2609. breathe¹ a vein, to пустити кров.

2610. Breathe a word, to див. B-2608.

2611. breathe freely, to вільно зітхнути.

2612. breathe (або infuse) life into, to

вдихнути життя;

Abramovici could breathe life into any official document (S. Heym)

2613. Breathe new life into, to див. В-2607.

2614. breathe one's last (breath або gasp), to див. В-725.

2615. breathe out one's last (breath або gasp), to див. В-725.

2616. breathing space 1) перепочинок, пе­ рерва (в роботі; тж. breathing spell; breath­ ing time); див. тж. G-846;

But I want you now to move your eye a little farther down the shelf to the line of olive-green volumes. That is my edition of Scott. But surely I must give you a little breathing space before I venture upon them (A. Doyle).

In the breathing spell of the vacation he had taken, he had spent many hours in self-analysis, and thereby learned much of himself (J. London).

I must have breathing time to consider the pro­posal; be seated, I pray you, young Sir (E. Bulwer Lytton).

2) простір, привілля;

There was room. Room to breathe. And clean air. And the curving earth as far as the eye and the bright morning sun and a cool breethe. Space to live in. Breathing space (P. Abrahams).

2617. breathing spell (або time) див. B-2616, 1).

2618. breathless attention напружена ува­ га.

2619. breath of life (дихання як) ознака життя.

2620. breath of life, the [тж. the breath and life; the breath of one's life; the breath of one's (або the) nostrils; the breath to one's (або the) nostrils] щось потрібне, як повіт­ ря, життєва необхідність [етим. бібл.];

Tact was a quality unknown to her, discretion too, and because gossip was the breath of life to her this stranger must be served for her dissection (D. du Maurier).

Her attention for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being (Th. Hardy).

You mean, I suppose, that 'public life' is the breath of my nostrils (J. Galsworthy).

2621. bred in the bone невикорінний; при­ родний, природжений [частина прислів'я what is bred in the bone will not go out in the flesh];

"I suppose you are devoted to your profession?" "Yes," he said simply. "It's bred in the bone, we've always had a sailor in the family" (J. Gals­worthy).

2622. breeches part театр, жарг. чоловіча і роль, яку виконує жінка-актриса.

2623. breed (або incite, make, stir up) bad (або ill) blood, to викликати ворожнечу, спричинитися до ворожих стосунків; див. тж. Е-369 та W-224.

2624. breed in and in, to одружуватися з родичами з покоління у покоління; див. тж. В-2626.

2625. breed like rabbits (або tadpoles), to швидко розмножуватися, плодитися, як кро­ лики;

The Germans breed like tadpoles (R. Aldington).

2626. breed out and out, to не одружува­ тися з родичами з покоління у покоління; див. тж. В-2624.

2627. breed up crows and they will peck your eyes out присл. ^ за моє жито, та • мене ж і биуо;

Everything gone to loss. Everything to pieces. Make yourself honey and the flies will eat you. Breed up crows and they will peck your eyes out (A. Cronin).

2628. brevity is the soul of wit ^ стислість ,] виразу — основа дотепності; стислість — сестра таланту [шекспірівський вираз; Ham­ let, д. II, сц. 2];

As we have just explained, its words are lev/: brevity is the soul of wit (Ch. Dickens).

2629. Brewster (або licensing) Sessions англ. судова інстанція, що видає патенти на торгівлю спиртними напоями.

2630. bride elect наречена.

2631. bride of the sea, the «наречена моря», Венеція [етим. італ. fanciulla del mare].

2632. bridge of gold (або of silver), а [тж. a golden (або silver) bridge] ^ шлях до відступу [етим. фр. un pont d'or];

I tell thee, be not rash; a golden bridge Is for a flying enemy (G. Byron). Lay a bridge of silver for a flying enemy (T. Smollett).

2633. bridge over the difficulties, to пере­ бороти, подолати труднощі.

2634. bridge the bloody chasm, to амер. заст. усунути відчуження між Північчю і Півднем (що виникло внаслідок громадян­ ської війни 1861—1865 pp.).

2635. bridge the gap, to ліквідувати роз­ рив;

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She had made him bridge the gap between Yates the man, and Yates, the soldier afraid of death (S. Heym)

2636. bridled bear жарт, багатий парубій­ ко, що мандрує з гувернером.

2637. brief sleeper людина, що мало спить; людина, що швидко висипається;

...Не was a brief sleeper (Th. Dreiser).

2638. bright and early жарт, рано; зазда­ легідь;

However, he said that was still a lot of money for a day's work, and he told Handsome and me to go out to the country bright and early the next morning and start picking [blackberries] (E. Cald-well).

2639. (as) bright as a button (або as a new penny, as a new pin, амер. as a new dime) чистенький, аж блищить; нарядний; ^ з голки; перен. що чудово себе почуває;

Well, Michael, my boy, what think you of Slant Street? Each one of these houses is going to be gutted and made as bright as a new pin (/. Gals­worthy).

She woke in the morning, feeling bright as a new dime... (A. Saxton).

2640. bright boy, а молодець, молодчина;

I was waiting for you to tell me what a bright boy I had been to do so much work on my own (M. Wilson).

2641. bright in the eye розм. напідпитку, під чаркою.

2642. bright side (of або to), the радісні, яскраві моменти;

Becky Thatcher was gone to her Constantinople home to stay with her parents during vacation — so there was no . bright side to life anywhere (M. Twain).

2643. bright spot, а приємний, яскравий момент.

2644. bright star перен. видатна особа; обдарована, талановита людина;

They were the bright particular stars (Ch. Dick­ens).

2645. bring a baby up by hand, to [тж. to bring up (one) on the bottle] виростити дитину на штучному харчуванні;

Не was brought up by hand (Ch.' Dickens).

2646. bring a bill to the floor, to парл. поставити законопроект на обговорення.

2647. bring about, to [тж. to bring (або carry, put) (something) into effect; to bring (або carry, put) (something) into being; to bring (something) to effect; to give effect to something; to bring (something) to pass; to put (something) in (або into) practice; to

call (something) into being (або effect, exist­ence); to call (something) to life; to make (something) a reality; to put (something) into life] здійснювати, реалізувати, викли­кати щось до життя;

That revelation was supposed to bring about a complete change in the nature of our feeling for one another (B. Shaw).

So the whole party were free to carry into effect their projected Continental trip (W. Thackeray).

The founder of Russian national music, Glinka, had brought into being a new kind of Russian folk and historical opera (M. & M., Sept., 1951).

Matters being brought to, this so far satisfactory pass, and time being on the wane, Mrs. Bagnct proposes a departure (Ch. Dickens).

2648. bring (something) about one's ears,

to [тж. to bring (something) about the ears of one] накликати на себе чийсь гнів, викли­кати багато нарікань, створити значні труд­нощі;

My asperity brought about my ears the enmity of all the petticoats about the house (R. Stevenson).

In a country that had honest newspapers and clear heads all this would have brought such a storm about the ears of the coal-owners that they would have met the men half-way three quarters o'f the way, in a hurry (ft. Wells)."

2649. bring a charge of something against one, to обвинувачувати когось у чомусь, ви­ сунути обвинувачення проти когось.

2650. bring a crime home to one, te обви­ нуватити когось у злочині, викрити чийсь злочин.

2651. bring (one) a cropper, to завдавати поразки (комусь);

Не had brought one of them a cropper (7. Lon­don).

2652. bring a disgrace on (або upon) (one, something), to зганьбити (когось, щось);

She hath brought a disgrace upon us all (ff. Fielding).