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Значение идиомы sit on a volcano
[sit on a volcano] {v.}, {informal} 1. To be in a place wheretrouble may start or danger may come suddenly.
Bob was in that partof South America before the revolution began. He knew he was sittingon a volcano.
The policemen who patrolled the big city slum areathat summer were sitting on a volcano.
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- Перевод слова slum Slum – трущобы; жить на ограниченные средства Перевод слова Slum landlord – владелец трущобы slum dwelling – ветхое жилище jungle of a city slum – джунгли городских трущоб Conditions in the Slum worsened. Условия жизни в трущобах ухудшились. He was Slumming it in a cabin without plumbing. Он жил в лачуге без водопровода. They’ve been […]...
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- Перевод слова revolution Revolution – революция; вращение Перевод слова Communist revolution – коммунистическая революция cone of revolution – конус вращения industrial revolution – промышленная революция the revolution of celestial bodies – вращение небесных тел They called flat out for Revolution. Они открыто требовали революции. Catiline was meditating a Revolution. Катилина замышлял переворот. The Earth makes a yearly Revolution […]...
- Значение идиомы to one’s name [to one’s name] {adv. phr.} In your ownership; of your own; as partof your belongings. David did not have a book to his name. Edhad only one suit to his name....
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- Значение идиомы as follows [as follows] A list of things that come next; what is listed next. – Followed by a colon. My grocery list is as follows: bread, butter, meat, eggs, sugar. The names of the members are as follows: John Smith, Mary Webb, Linda Long, Ralph Harper. The route is as follows: From City Hall go south […]...
- Volcanoes Where are volcanoes located? The earth’s crust is made up of sections or plates. They always move and at places where they get together they collide or slide on top of each other. 90% of all volcanoes are located around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific coasts of Asia, North America and South […]...
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- Значение идиомы heart goes out to [heart goes out to] {formal} You feel very sorry for; you feel pityor sympathy for. – Used with a possessive. Frank’s heart went outto the poor children playing in the slum street. Our hearts wentout to the young mother whose child had died....
- Значение идиомы wear thin [wear thin] {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or thepassing of time. My old pair of pants has worn thin at the knees. This old dime has worn very thin. 2. To grow less, or lessinteresting; decrease. The joke began to wear thin when you heardit too many times. The teacher’s patience began […]...
- Перевод слова south South – юг, южный Перевод слова In the south – на юге towards the south – к югу to ship goods to South Africa – перевозить товары в Южную Африку Turn South onto Elm Street. Поверните на юг, на улицу Вязов. Most of the birds had already flown South. Большинство птиц уже улетело на юг. […]...
- Значение идиомы in a flash [in a flash] also [in a trice] {adv. phr.} Very suddenly. Wewere watching the bird eat the crumbs; then I sneezed, and he was gonein a flash. Bob was looking over his notes for English class andin a flash he knew what he would write his paper about....
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- Значение идиомы for all the world [for all the world] {adv. phr.} 1. Under no circumstances. Bettysaid she wouldn’t marry Jake for all the world. 2. Precisely;exactly. It began for all the world like a successful baseballseason for the UIC Flames, when suddenly they lost to the BlueDemons....
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