Значение идиомы give-and-take

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1. Значение идиомы give the bounce[give the bounce] or [give the gate] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. or [givethe air] To stop being a friend or lover to ; separate from. Mary gave John the bounce after she saw him dating another girl. Bill and Jane had an argument and Bill is giving her the gate. 2. or[give the sack] also […]...
2. Перевод идиомы give-and-take / give and take, значение выражения и пример использованияИдиома: give-and-take / give and take Перевод: 1. компромисс, уступки 2. обмен мнениями; энергичный, живой разговор Пример: You must be willing to give-and-take if you want to have a good marriage. Нужно уметь идти на компромисс, если хочешь, чтобы у тебя был хороший брак. There was a lot of give-and-take of ideas among the scientists. […]...
3. Значение идиомы give as good as one gets[give as good as one gets] {v. phr.} To be able to give back blowfor blow; defend yourself well in a fight or argument. TheAmericans gave as good as they got in the war with the English. George gave as good as he got in his fight with the older boy. Compare: EYE FOR AN […]...
4. Значение идиомы give out[give out] {v.} 1. To make known; let it be known; publish. Marygave out that she and Bob were going to be married. 2. To let escape;give. The cowboy gave out a yell. Syn.: GIVE OFF, LET GO. 3. togive to people; distribute. The barber gives out free lollipops toall the children. Compare: HAND OUT, […]...
5. Значение идиомы give way[give way] {v.} 1. To go back; retreat. The enemy army is givingway before the cannon fire. Compare: FALL BACK. 2. To make room, getout of the way. The children gave way and let their mother throughthe door. Compare: MAKE WAY. 3. To lose control of yourself; loseyour courage or hope; yield. Mrs. Jones didn’t […]...
6. Значение идиомы give up[give up] {v.} 1a. To stop trying to keep; surrender; yield. Thedog had the ball in his mouth and wouldn’t give it up. Jimmy isgiving up his job as a newsboy when he goes back to school. Compare:GIVE ONESELF UP, HAND OVER, LET GO. Contrast: HOLD ON TO. 1b. Toallow; permit. Ford gave up two […]...
7. Значение идиомы talk down[talk down] {v.} 1. To make silent by talking louder orlonger. Sue tried to give her ideas, but the other girls talked herdown. Compare: SHOUT DOWN. To use words or ideas that are tooeasy. The speaker talked down to the students, and they werebored....
8. Значение идиомы give a hard time[give a hard time] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To give trouble by whatyou do or say; complain. Jane gave her mother a hard time on thebus by fighting with her sister and screaming. Don’t give me ahard time, George. I’m doing my best on this job. Compare: GIVE FITS.2. To get in the way by […]...
9. Значение идиомы give one’s due[give one’s due] {v. phr.} To be fair to, give creditthat deserves. The boxer who lost gave the new championhis due. We should give a good worker his due. Compare: GIVE THEDEVIL HIS DUE....
10. Значение идиомы give it to[give it to] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To give punishment to; beat. The crowd yelled for the wrestler to give it to his opponent. Syn.: LET HAVE IT. 2. To scold. Jerry’s mother gave it to him forcoming home late. Compare: GIVE A PIECE OF ONE’S MIND, LACE INTO. Contrast: CATCH IT....
11. Значение идиомы talk over[talk over] {v.} 1. To talk together about; try to agree about ordecide by talking; discuss. Tom talked his plan over with hisfather before he bought the car. The boys settled their argumentby talking it over. 2. To persuade; make agree or willing; talk andchange the mind of. Fred is trying to talk Bill over […]...
12. Значение идиомы in touch[in touch] {adj. phr.} Talking or writing to each other; giving andgetting news. John kept in touch with his school friends during thesummer. Police anywhere in the U. S. can get in touch instantlywith any other police department by teletype. The man claimed tobe in touch with people on another planet. Compare: KEEP TRACK. Contrast: […]...
13. Значение идиомы give in[give in] {v.} To stop fighting or arguing and do as the otherperson wants; give someone his own way; stop opposing someone. Mother kept inviting Mrs. Smith to stay for lunch, and finally shegave in. After Billy proved that he could ride a bicycle safely, his father gave in to him and bought him one. […]...
14. Значение идиомы give one a lift[give one a lift] {v. phr.} 1. To give someone a ride. Jack gaveme a lift in his new car. 2. To comfort someone. Talking to mydoctor yesterday gave me a lift....
15. Значение идиомы give fits[give fits] {v. phr.} {informal} To upset; bother very much. Paul’s higher grades give John fits. The short guard gave histall opponent fits. Compare: GIVE A HARD TIME....
16. Значение идиомы compare notes[compare notes] {v. phr.}, {informal} To exchange thoughts or ideas about something; discuss together. Mother and Mrs. Barker like to compare notes about cooking....
17. Значение идиомы give oneself up[give oneself up] {v.} To stop hiding or running away; surrender. The thief gave himself up to the police. Mr. Thompson hit anothercar, and his wife told him to give himself up. Compare: TURN IN....
18. Значение идиомы give the show away[give the show away] {v. phr.} To reveal a plan or information thatis supposed to be secret. You have read further in the book than Ihave, but please don’t tell me where the treasure was buried;otherwise you’d be giving the show away....
19. Значение идиомы give it the gun[give it the gun] or [give her the gun] {v. phr.}, {slang} To gunor speed up a motor; make a car, airplane, or something driven by amotor go faster. The race driver gave it the gun. The speedboatpilot gave her the gun. Compare: STEP ON IT....
20. Значение идиомы not to give quarter[not to give quarter] {v. phr.} 1. To be utterly unwilling to showmercy; not to allow a weaker or defeated party the chance to savethemselves through escape. The occupying foreign army gave noquarter – they took no prisoners, shot everyone, and made escapeimpossible. 2. To argue so forcefully during a negotiation or in acourt of […]...
21. Значение идиомы give oneself away[give oneself away] {v. phr.} To show guilt; show you have donewrong. The thief gave himself away by spending so much money. Carl played a joke on Bob and gave himself away by laughing. Compare: GIVE AWAY....
22. Значение идиомы give gray hair[give gray hair] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make anxious, confused, or worried. The traffic problem is enough to give apoliceman gray hairs. Compare: GET GRAY HAIR....
23. Значение идиомы give an ear to[give an ear to] or [lend an ear to] {v. phr.}, {literary} Tolisten to. Children should give an ear to their parents’ advice. The king lent an ear to the complaints of his people....
24. Значение идиомы give one a piece of one’s mind[give one a piece of one’s mind] {v. phr.}, {informal} To scoldangrily; say what you really think to. Mr. Allen gave theother driver a piece of his mind. The sergeant gave the soldier apiece of his mind for not cleaning his boots. Syn.: TELL OFF. Compare: BAWL OUT, DRESS DOWN, GIVE IT TO, TONGUE LASHING....
25. Перевод слова agreeAgree – соглашаться Перевод слова To agree on conditions – оговорить условия to agree to an exchange – соглашаться на обмен to agree reluctantly – неохотно соглашаться to agree on all points – договориться по всем пунктам All Agree. Все согласны. I Agree with you. Я с вами согласен. Agreed! Разг. решено!, по рукам! We […]...
26. Значение идиомы break with[break with] {v.} To separate yourself from; end membership in; stop friendly association with. He broke with the Democratic party on the question of civil rights. He had broken with some friends who had changed in their ideas....
27. Значение идиомы give ground[give ground] {v. phr.} To go backward under attack; move back;retreat. After fighting for a while the troops slowly began to giveground. Although they were outnumbered by the enemy, the menrefused to give ground. Compare: DRAW BACK, DROP BACK, LOSE GROUND. Contrast: HOLD ONE’S GROUND, STAND OFF, STAND ONE’S GROUND, STAND PAT, STAVE OFF....
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29. Значение идиомы give the go-by[give the go-by] {v. phr.} To pay no attention to a person; avoid. John fell in love with Mary, but she gave him the go-by. Theboy raised his hand to answer the question, but the teacher gave himthe go-by. Compare: THE RUNAROUND....
30. Перевод идиомы give someone a taste of one’s own medicine / give someone a dose of one’s own medicine, значение выражения и пример использованияИдиома: give someone a taste of one’s own medicine / give someone a dose of one’s own medicine Перевод: дать попробовать своего же лекарства; отплатить той же монетой; ответить тем же за плохой поступок, несправедливость Пример: I have my friend a taste of her own medicine after she made me wait for her. I made […]...
31. Значение идиомы give a pain[give a pain] {v. phr.}, {slang} To make disgusted; annoy. Ann’s laziness gives her mother a pain. John’s bad manners givehis teacher a pain. Compare: PAIN IN THE NECK....
32. Значение идиомы give off[give off] {v.} To send out; let out; put forth. Rotten eggsgive off a bad smell. Burning leaves give off thick smoke. Syn.:GIVE OUT....
33. Значение идиомы give one a ring[give one a ring] also {informal} [give a buzz] To call on thetelephone. Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring in theafternoon. Alice will give her friend a buzz tonight....
34. Значение идиомы give of oneself[give of oneself] {v. phr.}, {literary} To give your time andeffort to help others. You should give of yourself sometimes. During World War II, Governor Baldwin gave of himself by sweeping thehalls of a hospital every afternoon....
35. Значение идиомы give voice[give voice] {v. phr.}, {formal} To tell what you feel or think;especially when you are angry or want to object. – Used with “to”. The students gave voice to their pleasure over the new building. Little Willie gave voice to his pain when the dog bit him by cryingloudly. Compare: CRY OUT, SPEAK OUT....
36. Значение идиомы give birth to[give birth to] {v. phr.} 1. To bear live offspring. The mothergave birth to twin baby girls. 2. To bring about; create; occasion. Beethoven gave birth to a new kind of symphony....
37. Looking for IdeasLing: Ugh! Sam: What’s the matter? Ling: I’m trying To jot down some ideas for the meeting tomorrow but I’m Drawing a blank. Sam: When I’ve got a Block, I usually Step away from it for a while and come back to it later. Then I can look at it with a Fresh perspective. Ling: […]...
38. Значение идиомы give one an inch, and he will take a mile[give one an inch, and he will take a mile] If you give some peoplea little or yield anything, they will want more and more; some peopleare never satisfied. I gave Billy a bite of candy and he wantedmore and more. If you give him an inch, he’ll take a mile. Thecounselor said to Jack, […]...
39. Being Assertive and MeekVictor: We need To take the bull by the horns. In the meeting today, we’re going To give it to them straight, no more Hemming and hawing. Maura: You’re right. We need to tell them what we really think and Be done with it. Victor: Definitely. We’ve been Conciliatory long enough. Today, we need to […]...
40. Значение идиомы give oneself up to[give oneself up to] {v. phr.} Not to hold yourself back from; letyourself enjoy. Uncle Willie gave himself up to a life ofwandering. John came inside from the cold and gave himself up tothe pleasure of being in a warm room. Compare: ENJOY ONESELF, LETONESELF GO....