62. Call things by their proper (або true) names, to див. С-17.

63. call (one) to account, to див. В-2768.

64. call to arms заклик до зброї; мобілі­ зація;

Ere long, the call to arms arose among our nation (W. Collins).

65. call to attention, to військ, скоманду­ вати «струнко!».

66. call (something) to life, to див. В-2647.

67. call (one, something) to memory, to див. В-2663.

68. call (one, something) to mind, to див. B-2800.

69. call (one, something) to order, to див. B-2809.

70. call (one, something) to record, to див. C-74.

71. call (one) to task, to див. С-48.

72. call to the bar, (the) top. одержання звання адвоката.

73. call (one) to the colours, to військ, при­ звати на військову службу; мобілізувати;

Ramon Paliz is hereby notified that he is called to" the colours, and within twenty-four hours of receiving this must report for military service to the Central Barracks... (G. Trease).

74. call (one, something) to witness, to

[тж. заст. to call (або take) (one, something) to record] посилатися на (когось, щось); свідчитися (кимсь, чимсь).

75. call upon one's purse потреба зробити витрати;

Не had no ready money to meet the sudden call upon his purse which such an expedition rendered necessary (E. Yates).

76. call (one) (up) on the carpet, to див. C-48.

77. call (або make) white black, to (тж. to turn white into black) називати біле чор­ ним; захищати, обстоювати очевидну не­ правду;

78. (as) calm as a Quaker (або as pie) див. С-1333.

79. calm (або lull) before the storm тиша перед бурею;

Everything was calm — the lull, he told himself, before the storm (A. Cronin).

80. calm sea спокійне море, безвітря, штиль.

81. calumniated virtue ірон. скривджена, ображена невинність; див. тж. 1-549;

"І hope you don't think quite so badly of us, Mr. Pickwick, as when we first had the pleasure of seeing you."

"I hope not," said Dodson. with the high tone of calumniated virtue (С/г. Dickens).

82. Cambridge (або light) blues, the «бла­ китні», кембріджські студенти (на спортив­ них змаганнях).

83. camera eye амер. сл. добра зорова пам'ять.

84. campaign biography амер. біографія кандидата (особл. у президенти), написана^ перед виборами з метою залучення виборців.

85. camp on one's doorstep, to оббивати пороги у когось,

86. can afford, one мати можливість (щось зробити); дозволяти собі;

He's a man that can afford to live anywhere (W. Thackeray).

87. can (або could) be counted on the fin­ gers of one hand [тж. you can (або could) count them on the fingers of your hand] мож­ на на пальцях порахувати;

88. can hold a candle to (one, something), one, something не гірший, що витримує по­ рівняння (звич. вжив, у заперечних речен­ нях); див. тж. С-97 та N-393;

canned

193

Of course, I'm all for progress and that kind of

thing, but I'll never believe that a hall-dressed,

lipstick-painted, cigarette-smoking, Charlston-danc-

ing flapper can hold a candle to the girls of that

I time (M. Wilson).

89. canned (або tinned) music амер. сл. грампластинка; музика в механічному за-

Е пису.

90. cannon fodder (тж. cannon-fodder; food for powder) гарматне м'ясо [етим. cannon fodder нім. Kanonenfutter; етим. food for powder — шекспірівський вираз; King Hen­ ry IV, ч. І, д. IV, сц. 2];

...So you, the educators under the capitalist re­gime, are going to fulfil your destiny as cultivators ; of cannon-fodder (U. Sinclair).

91. can't beat something, you, one розм. нічого кращого немає; ви не знайдете ні­ чого кращого;

If you want rest and change, you can't beat a I sea-trip (Jerome K. Jerome).

92. can't (або cannot) be cured, something І з цим нічого не зробиш; з цим треба мири­ тися [частина прислів'я what can't be cured, must be endured];

Alan whistled "Well," said he, "that can't be cured. And now follow me" (R. Stevenson).

93. cannot be too careful, one обережність не завадить, не перешкодить.

94. cannot but..., one (тж. one can't help...; one can't help but...) не може не...;

He could not but admire the dexterity with which' the thing was done (A. Doyle).

There will probably be a strike and I can't help joining it (I. Sommerfleld).

But there was something so damned gentle and sincere about Fox, he thought, that you couldn't help but tell him everything about the ,past two months (M. Wilson).

95. can't call (або dare not call) one's soul one's own, one не бути хазяїном самому собі; бути у цілковитій залежності від ко­ гось; не сміти слова вимовити; див. тж. N-431;

You know a business man can't call his soul his own (K. S. Prichard).

I am frightened at you myself sometirr.es; and so no wonder that they shake in their shoes, and dare not call their harmless souls their own (R. Brough-ton).

96. can't help (but), one див. С-94.

97. cannot (або is not fit to) hold (або show) a candle to one [тж. not fit to hold (або show) a candle to one; not fit to tie one's shoe-strings (або the shoe-strings of one); not to be worthy to unloose the latchet of one's shoe (або shoes); not worthy to dust the dirt off one's shoes] не витримує порів-

няння; значно гірший; с^ не годен у слід ступити [етим. not to be worthy to unloose the latchet of one's shoe (або shoes) бібл.]; див. тж. С-88 та N-393;

They like him because he's cleverer than Mr. Henchard, and because he knows more; and, in short, Mr. Henchard can't hold a candle to him (Th. Hardy).

I say she's the best, the kindest, the sweetest girl in England; and that, bankrupt or no, my sisters are not fit to hold candles to her (W. Thack­eray).

"You must not forget she was a Varandah The­atre girl..." she urged.

"A girl whose shoe-strings you are not fit to tie," he was goaded to retort (F. Danby).

98. can't say bo (або boh, boo) to a goose, one (тж. one dare not say bo (або boh, boo) to a goose] дуже соромливий, боязкий; ^ мухи не зачепить;

"Look at Glorvina enter the room," Mrs. O'Dowd would say, "and compare her with that poor Mrs Osborne who couldn't say bo to a goose" (W, Thackeray).

Why isn't he kind to you then, mother, who darenot say bo to a goose? (F. Marryat).

99. cannot see a hole through a ladder, one

нічого не бачить; ^ п'яний як ніч.

"Let him come," replied the boy defiantly, "He's so drunk he couldn't see a hole through a ladder" (F. Marryat).

100. cannot see (або is not able to see, not to be able to see) (an inch, a step, two inches, two yards) before (або beyond) one's nose (тж. to see no further than one's nose) не бачити далі свого носа;

I'll give it to you straighter than Holtzer ever will, because he's concerned with being a Senator that he can't see beyond his nose (M. Wilson).

He couldn't see a step beyond his own nose (A. Maltz).

You can't see two yards before your nose (/. Galsworthy).

They never see two inches before their noses (I. Galsworthy).