190. against heavy odds (тж. with heavy odds against) у виключно несприятливих умовах; проти значно переважаючих сил (звич. вжив, з дієсловами to fight, to struggle).

191. Against nature див. А-197.

192. against one's mind (тж. against the mind of one; without the mind of one) заст. всупереч чиїйсь волі, проти бажання, без чиєїсь згоди. \

193. against the background на фоні;

For the ordinary reader there are w^ritty, lyrical and revealing glimpses [in S. Obraztsov's book "My profession"] in Tsarist Russia, youth against the background of civil war, and, above all, a sense of the impetus toward the creative activity which went with the building of a socialist society (D.W.L., June 27, 1957).

194. against the collar з великим напру­ женням; важкий, дуже втомний [при підйомі вгору хомут тисне шию коневі].

195. against the current проти течії.

196. against the grain 1) тех. проти во­ локна дерева;

2) перен. неприємно, проти шерсті, не до вподоби (тж. against the hair);

It's much against the grain with me, I assure you Copperfield, to be concerned in anything so unpleasant (Ch. Dickens).

Thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair (W. Shakespeare).

197. against the law of nature [тж. against (або contrary to) nature] протиприродний, протиприродне (часто вжив, з дієсловом to be);

І had Miss Sophia's bird in my hand, and think­ing the poor creature languished for liberty, I own I could not forbear giving it what it desired; for I always thought there was something very cruel in confining anything. It seemed to be against the law of nature, by which everything hath a right to liberty (H. Fielding).

198. against the mind of one див. А-192.

199. against the rules не за правилами, всупереч правилам;

This important business of the evening had hardly commenced, when the door was thrown open, and another gentleman in a light-blue suit, and leaden buttons, made his appearance.

"Against the rules," said Mr. Tuckle. "Too late, too late" (Ch. Dickens).

200. against the sun проти годинникової стрілки; ідив. тж. W-I189.

201. against the world проти всіх на світі.

202. against time 1) в межах визначеного часу, з наміром закінчити щось у визначений для цього час;

Perhaps he was writing against time, though he might have told me less about the post and more of Mrs. Leland (L. Tracy).

2) з метою виграти час, з наміром побити раніш встановлений рекорд (звич. вжив, з дієсловами to run, to talk, to work);

Then Paul, instructed by Cornelia, shook hands with the four young gentlemen at work on the pro­blems, who were very feverish; then with the young gentleman at work against time, who was very inky... (Ch. Dickens).

203. age of consent, the шлюбний вік.

204. age (або years) of discretion, the до­ зрілий вік, повноліття, вік, коли людина вже несе відповідальність за свої вчинки (в Англії 14 років);

My sister, though many years younger than I, is at least old enough to be at the age of discretion (H. Fielding).

205. Age of Reason, the вік раціоналізму (звич. мають на увазі XVIII ст.).

206. (as) agile as a cat спритний, як кіш­ ка;

...Не was as swarthy as a mulatto, and, notwith­standing his lameness, as agile as a cat (E. Voynich).

207. agony column розм. відділ, шпальта в газеті, де вміщують об'яви про розшук пропалих родичів і знайомих.

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208. agony in red жарт, яскравочервоний kocxioM, одяг.

209. agreed case top. справа, в якій сторо­ ни дійшли згоди, порозумілися.

210. agree like cats and dogs (або like pickpockets in a fair; заст. like harp and harrow) жити, як кішка з собакою, зовсім не мирити; див. тж. В-1917 та L-330.

211. agues come on horseback, but go away on foot присл. ^ хвороби входять пудами, а виходять золотниками (або грамами); див. тж. І-И4.

212. ahead of (або before) one's time (або the times) що випередив свою епоху, свій час (у поглядах).; див. тж. В-796;

Не was ambitious, a man far before his time (A. Cromn).

213. ahead of time (тж. before one's time) 1) достроково, раніш строку; див. тж. В-803;

Tom reached school ahead of time. It was noticed that this strange thing had been occurring every day lately (M. Twain).

2) до народження когось, до чиєїсь появи, приїзду і т. д.; 3) дуже рано, раніш домов­леного часу;

"It's Mr. Rushton I want to see: I arranged to meet him here at ten o'clock; but" — looking at his watch —"I'm rather before my time" (R. Tressell).

214. aid and abet, to підбурювати і ак­ тивно сприяти (здійсненню чогось поганого);

Now it's [=the government's] aiding and abetting the London stock gamblers to get a monopoly of mineral leases (K. S. Prichard).

215. aid and comfort top. заст. допомога і підтримка.

216. aids and appliances прилади.

217. aim (або level, shoot) at the moon (або at the stars), to бути надмірно гоно­ ристим, марнолюбним, високо націлятися;

Plato drew a good bow; but, like Acestes in Virgil, he aimed at the stars (ТА. Macaulay).

218. air castles [тж. air-castles; airy no­ tions; airy schemes; castles in Spain, castles (або palaces) in the air; сл. donkey's carrot] повітряні замки, химери; див. тж. В-2921;

І could not find it in my heart to shatter the air castles of his fancy (S. Leacock).

He founded so many castles in the air (W. Scott).

219. air may be cut with a knife, the за­ душливе повітря; ^ хоч сокиру вішай;

They groped their way, and at last, guided by voices, found the door of the taproom. This was very full indeed, and the air might have been cut with a knife (H. Watpole).

220. airs and graces манірність;

She dropped those airs and graces when she visited Sally (K. S. Prichard).

221. airy notions (або schemes) див. А-218.

222. Aladdin's lamp чарівна лампа Аладі- на (талісман, який виконує всі бажання його володаря) [вираз взято з казки «Аладдін і чарівна лампа» із книги «Тисяча і одна ніч»; Аладдін натирав свою лампу, щоб викликати джина, який виконував всі його бажання], див. тж. R-749.

223. alarms (або alarmus) and excursions (спочатку театральна ремарка) жарт, хви­ лювання і шум, сутички.

224. alien enemy (тж. enemy alien; enemy national) людина, що живе в країні, яка воює проти її батьківщини;

І shall be an alien enemy (В. Sham). Well-known citizens became 'enemy aliens' over­night, and were interned (K. S. Pilchard).

225. alight on one's (або the) lure, to [тж. to come to one's (або the) lure; to jump at the bait; to rise to the bait (або the fly); to swallow a gudgeon; to swallow the bait; to stoop to one's (або the) lure; to take the bait (або the fly)] піти на чийсь гачок, на чиюсь вудку; «клюнути», спійматися [lure — принада для сокола];

"Aw, go on... you just don't want to shoot nothing! You're scared to shoot!"

Mike refused to rise to that bait. "If you want to shoot a jack, all right" (D. Carter).

I know the fly they will both rise to (W. Scott).

"I wish you wouldn't let her do that," observed Kinroy, who was rather exulting over the satisfac­tory manner in which this bait was being swal­lowed (Th. Dreiser).

226. alignment of forces, the розмежування сил; групування сил.

227. alike every day makes a clout on Sun­ day присл. одноманітність набридає.

228. alive and hearty [тж. розм. жарт, alive and kicking; hale and hearty; safe and sound; sound in life (або wind) and limb; sound in mind and body] повний життя, енергії, жва­ вий, живий та здоровий, цілий і неушкодже- ний [вираз alive and kicking спочатку вжи­ вався лише продавцями живої риби; етим. safe and sound фр. sain et sauf з лат. sanus et salvus];

He was himself one of a family of fourteen, and yet his mother was alive and hearty (A. Doyle).

"Well, brother, you're still alive and kicking," he called to me (J. London).

It was a hale and hearty age, though, still (Ch. Dickens).

Will you be pleased to present my compliments t& your mother, who will be thankful to have her son safe and sound out of the war (W. Thackeray).

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"I think you'll find me sound in wind and limb," Francis smiled (A. Cronin).

...In the following year Grahame returned in Wortley, apparently sound in mind and body, with complete unconcern, as though he had left only yesterday, addressed himself to his own profession (A. Cronin).

229. all aboard! посадка закінчена! (попе­ редження про відхід корабля, а в США тж.— поїзда, трамваю тощо);

They entered the rear day coach and sat down. Almost immediately, "All aboard," resounded faintly from the outside, and the train started (Th. Dreiser).

230. all ale (або інколи beer, porter) and skittles безперервні розваги, безтурботне, до­ звільне життя;

Some people seem to fancy that an actor's life is all beer and skittles — I thought so once myself, but I can tell you that's a confounded mistake (E. Lyall).

"You see how these fellows drink, and smoke, and roar," replied Mr. Pickwick. "It's quite impos­sible that they can mind it much."

"Ah, that's just the very thing, Sir," rejoined Sam, "they don't mind it; it's a regular holiday to them — all porter and skittles" (Ch. Dickens).

231. all alone один, сам, без сторонньої допомоги;

She smiled a little anxiously when he opened the door, and he knew immediately that she had spent an agony of uncertainty all alone in that intermi­nable moment before he answered (M. Wilson).

232. all along весь час, з самого початку;

When they came to recite their lessons, not one of them knew his verses perfectly, but had to be prompted all along (M. Twain).

233. all along of див. В-600.

234. all along the line (або the track, the way) у всіх деталях, у всіх відношеннях;

It is becoming more and more patently clear that Soviet Communism not only stands for peace but is winning all along the line on the economic front (J. Cornford).

The Englishman agreed to play his part: did it so succesfully that there wasn't a hitch in the scheme. It worked all along the track (K. S. Pri-chard).

235. all and severally всім разом і кож­ ному зокрема;

І gathered them all in and talked to them, all and severally (S. Leacock).

236. all and sundry (тж. заст. all and some) всі, всім, всі без винятку;

She held the two new pound notes up in the air for all and sundry to see (P. Abrahams).

237. all are good lasses, but where come the bad wives? присл. якщо всі дівчата хороші,

то звідки ж беруться погані жінки? ^ всі дівчата — голуб'ята, а де ж ті чортові баби беруться?

238. all are not hunters that blow the horn присл. не кожний мисливець, хто в ріг трубить (пор. не все то золото, що бли­ щить).

239. all are not merry that dance lightly присл. не всі ті веселі, що танцюють.

240. all are not saints that go to church присл. не кожний праведник, хто до церкви ходить.

241. all are not soldiers that go to the wars присл. ^ не усе ж то козак, що списа має.

242. all are not thieves that dogs bark at присл. не все то злодії, на кого собаки гав­ кають.

243. all around амер. (тж. англ. all round) скрізь, всюди, кругом, з усіх боків, по всіх усюдах.

244. all asses wag their ears присл. ^ дурням властиво набирати глибокодумного вигляду.

245. all at once (тж. at once) негайно, несподівано, раптом, зразу ж;

All at once and before Harran had a chance to knock on the door, Annixter flung it open (F. Nor-ris).

He must go and see his sister and look into it at once (J. Galsworthy).

246. all beer and skittles див. А-230.

247. all bread is not baked in one oven

присл. £=; не всі люди однакові, люди бу­вають різні, не можна стригти всіх під один гребінець.

248. all but 1) за винятком;

All of us but Jim took the canoe and went down there (M. Twain).

2) трохи не, майже;

The train was now all but stopped (Th. Dreiser).

249. all cats are (alike) grey in the dark

(або in the night) (тж. when candles are out all cats are grey) присл. вночі всі коти бурі (або сірі).

250. all considered див. Е-328.

251. all covet all lose (тж. grasp all lose all; if you run after two hares, you will catch neither; dogs that put up many hares kill none) присл. ^ як одкусиш багато, ковтнеІІ мало, за двома зайцями поженешся, жод ного не впіймаєш.

252. all day (або morning, night) long ці лий день (або ранок, ніч);

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...The strain told on the men's temper; there was a growl of quarelling all day long from berth to berth (R. Stevenson).

All morning long I was wearing out my pants in the library (M. Wilson).

Davy resolved to stay up and go through the review with Ken no matter when he came in, even if it meant working all night long (M. Wilson).

253. all day with one амер. (тж. англ. сл. all dickey with one) пропаща справа, все, кінчено, капут.

254. all dolled (або dressed) up and (або with) nowhere to go ^ убрався (одягся) невідомо для чого;

All of a sudden he felt "all dressed up with nowhere to go," He wasn't going to spend the evening with Pedro anyhow (G. Trea.se).

255. all doors open to courtesy присл. для ввічливості всі двері відкриті.

256. all dressed up and (або with) no­ where to go див. А-254.

257. allegation of faculties юр. заява дру­ жини (яка подала позов на аліменти) про матеріальний стан чоловіка.

258. all flesh все живе, смертне.

259. all fools' day [тж. April fool (або fool's) day] жарт, перше квітня (коли жар­ тома обдурюють);

, І think this must be All-Fools'-day, and that everything around me is going mad (W. Scott).

It was not until the 18th century in Great Britain that April Fool's Day, as we know it, was created (W. Funk).

260. all for nothing (або nought) (тж. all to nothing) даремно, марно; див. тж. Т-1735;

"Well," he said immediately, in a low voice, "you make a pretty fool of me to-night. And all for nothing" (A. Cronin).

261. all found на всьому готовому;

I've just heard from a manager who wants a lady to play... I think you'll just suit him.. I'll give you a card to go and see him. It's three pounds a week and all found (K. Mansfield).

262. all fours (тж. all-fours) один з видів гри в карти;

Ham, who had been giving me my first lesson in all-fours, was trying to recollect a scheme of tell­ing fortunes with the dirty cards (С/г. Dickens).

263. all hands 1) мор. команда судна, екі­ паж; 2) розм. всі учасники (особл. про лю­ дей, які працюють разом).

264. all hands to the pumps 1) мор. всі до «асосів; 2) .перен. всі сили на бороть­ бу з...

265. all in розм. (тж. all-in; розм. played out; run down; розм. washed up; washed-up;

розм. washed out; washed-out; розм. whacked to the wide) стомлений, вимучений, висна­жений;

I'm sorry to say that I'm all in, financially (O. Henry).

I am played out (J. London).

In short she was a little run down nervously and suffered from fits of depression (Tfi. Dreiser).

Lately I been washed up at the end of the shift (D. Carter).

He felt washed out (A. Mattz).

266. all in a breath [тж. all in one (або the same) breath; at one breath; in а (або one, the same) breath] одним духом;

After delivering this speech all in a breath, and with extraordinary animation and pleasure, Mr. Peggotty put one of his large hands rapturously on each side of his niece's face (Ch. Dickens).

"Is Harry going away? You don't mean to say you will go away?" cry out Frank and Beatrix at one breath (W. Thackeray).

She remarked in the same breath that it was a fine night (Ch. Dickens).

267. all in а (або one's, the) day's work нормально, природно;

Sometimes, we get shot at, or bombed, or shel­led — but that's all in a day's work (S. Heym).

Mother got him used to it [to the breaking of things] while we were away, so he looks on it as all in the day's work (7. Galsworthy).

268. all in a fhister (або flutter) хвилю­ ючись, у збудженні; схвильовано, збуджено.

269. all in а (або one's) lifetime в житті всякого буває, в житті всяке трапляється.

270. all in all 1) п. центр уваги, щось най­ істотніше, предмет, об'єкт кохання [етим. бібл.];

She longed,- poor thing, I have no doubt, to cry over the grave'of the dear father to whom she had been all in all (E. Gaskell).

My motive is my own; but my act shall be all in all to you (H. Caine).

2. п. вирішальний фактор у якійсь справі;

2. adv. повністю, цілком, в цілому, в ос­ новному, беручи все до уваги;

All in all, he did not see how he could have done anything more than he had done (Th. Dreiser).

4) adv. всього-навсього, всього.

271. all in a shiver (або tremble) [тж. all of a shake (або a shiver, a tremble); (all) on the tremble; in a tremble] (весь) тремтя­ чи, схвильовано, збуджено;

"If we keep perfectly still, maybe they won't notice us at all."

"I'll try to, Tom, but Lord, I'm all of a shiver" (M. Twain).

Mr. Bob Sawyer glanced at his friend with a look of abject apprehension, and once more cried, 'Come in."

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The permission was not at all necessary, for, before Mr. Bob Sawyer had uttered the words, a little fierce woman bounced into the room, all in a tremble with passion, and pale with rage (Ch. Dickens).

272. all in a tumble в безладді.

273. all in good time все в свій час;

All in good time, says you? Right, says I (A. Cranin).