648 Chuck good money after bad, to див. T-1381.
649. chuck (або throw) in (або up) the sponge, to [тж. to chuck one's hand in; to hang out the white flag; to haul down one's colours (або flag); to haul down the flag; to hoist the white flag; to lower (або strike) one's (або the) colours (або flag); to throw (або toss) in the towel; to fling (або throw) up one's cards; to throw in (або up) one's hand; to throw up the game] визнати себе переможеним, скласти зброю, здатися, спа сувати; відмовитися від своїх поглядів [ви рази з словами sponge та towel спочатку вживалися тільки в боксерському жаргоні];
And finally, after 26 hours of struggle — not deliberation— in which physical, moral, medical pressure was exerted to bludgeon a vote of "guilty" from him, the lone juror threw in the sponge (S. Nelson).
"Something will have to be done, and that very soon," Grinder was saying. "We can't go on much longer as we're doing at present. For my part, I think the best thing to do is to chuck up the sponge at once; the company is practically bankrupt now, and the longer we wait the worse it will be" (R. Tressell).
She was ready to throw up the sponge- (0. Henry).
I gave it up. I hauled down my colours and surrendered (M. Twain).
So Miss Pole had to lower her colours and even her voice, as she said to me that (E. Gaskell).
The linits of that vast and varied population bought and learnt what had happened; there had been a fight, and New York had hoisted the white flag (H. Wells).
"Yaies." he said, "don't you think you'd better throw in the towel?" (S. Heym).
I saw it wasn't a bit of use to try to go ahead — I'd got to throw up my hand (M. Twain).
650. chuck one out on one's neck, to сл.
увільнити, вигнати когось з роботи, посади;
We don't even get food, lads, nor fire, nor proper clothes, nor boots for our kids. The minute things go wrong we're chucked out on our necks! (A. Cronin).
chuck oneself at one's head (або at the head of one), to див. F-754.
Chuck one's hand in, to див. С-649.
chuck one's weight about (або around), to див. Т-1438.
Chuck up the sponge, to due. C-649.
Church of England, the англіканська церква;
Old Mrs. Linden, who had never seen Owen before, although she had heard of him, belonged to the Church of England and was intensely religious (R. Tressell).
656. churchyard cough кашель (звич. су хотний) ;
Monsieur Bonelle gave a short dry, churchyard cough, and looked as if his life were not worth an hour's purchase (Ch. Dickens).
chute the chute (або the chutes), to кататися з водяних гір (у човні, що ско чується у воду).
cinema (або film) star кінозірка;
1 She pretended interest when he pointed out Glen Roscoe, the cinema star... (A. Cronin).
659. circumlocution office, the (тж. the Cir cumlocution Office) «міністерство балакани ни»; установа, в якій панує формалізм, бю рократизм, волокита, тяганина [за назвою бюрократичної установи в романі Ч. Дік- кенса (Ch. Dickens, 1812—1870) "Little Dor- ritt"];
Dickens in Little Dorritt makes great play with the circumlocution office where the practice of • "how not to do it" had become a fine art (W. Gallacher).
660. circumstances alter cases прися. ^ все залежить від обставин; обставини ви-, значають вчинки людини;
"When a fellow-creature's life is at stake, surely there is no man so lost to humanity as not to come forward and save it. if it be in his power."
"Circumstances alter cases," was the curt reply of Herbert Dare (H. Wood).
661. circumstantial evidence top. побічні докази;
The murderer still hung about the scene of his crime. For once circumstantial evidence had not lied (E. Seton-Thompson).
citizen of the world громадянин світу; людина, що визнає увесь світ своєю батьків щиною.
city Arab due. G-2174.
city fathers «батьки міста», члени мі ської управи, міські радники, ольдермени;
You'll be giving our f.riend Emery here a jaundiced idea of the morals of our city fathers (/. Lindsay).
city man комерсант, фінансист, ділок з Сіті.
City of Brotherly Love, the жарт, або Іран. (тж. Quaker City) «місто братерської любові» (або «місто квакерів»; м. Філадель фія) [у грецькій мові слово Філадельфія має значення братерська любов];
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I cannot state positively that a course in house-breaking is a part of the training of newspaper reporters in the City of Brotherly Love (U. Sinclair).
City of Magnificent Distances амер. «місто великих проспектів» (м. Вашінгтон); див. тж. F-339.
City of Monuments амер. «місто па м'ятників» (м. Балтімор).
City of Notions амер. «місто галан тереї» (м. Бостон); див. тж. В-278; Н-1823 та Р-1223.
City of the Angels амер. «місто анге лів» (м. Лос-Анжелес) [ісп. Los Angelos — ангели].
City of the Golden Gate амер. «місто золотих воріт» (м. Сан-Франціско); див. тж. G-1450 та Q-14.
City of the Seven Hills «місто на семи горбах» (м. Рим); див. тж. Е-249.
civil law юр. цивільне право.
civil list цивільний лист (встановлена законом сума, яка щорічно видається в осо бисте користування короля чи королеви і на утримання двору).
civil (або public) servant (тж. servant of the state) державний службовець, служ бова особа;
676. Civil Service, the державна цивільна служба;
The executive of the Civil Service Clerical Association is meeting to-day to discuss a proposition instructing their 3.000 branches, with 142,000 members, to operate.., a strike (D. W. L., Dec. 2, 1958).
clack nineteen (або sixteen) to the dozen, to див. 1-791.
claim a foul, to спорт, опротестувати перемогу супротивника через те, що були порушені правила гри.
ciaim one's right, to вимагати свого; вимагати те, що належить по праву; пе- рен. взяти своє.
clap (one) by the heels, to див. L-202.
clap (або lay, set) eyes (або one's eyes) on (one, something), to розм. побачи ти, помітити;
I knew he was one of the cheats as soon as I laid eyes on him! (7. Cooper).
First time I set eyes on you. Missus Sally, I felt we weren't strangers (K. S. Prichard).
682. clap (one) into prison (або jail), to [тж. to put (one) in gaol (або jail, prison)] заарештувати, ув'язнити, посадити, упекти в тюрму (когось); див. тж. С-1207 та Т-1392;
We must drive right to Washington first and loremost, and then I'll clap you into jail while I do the business (H. Beecher Stowe).
clap one's eyes on (one, something). to див. С-681.
clarion (або trumpet) call бойовий за клик; гучний заклик; заклик до дії;
The demand for a peace treaty and the rejection of the perilous treaties of Bonn and Paris sounds like a mighty clarion call through our whole country (L. M., Sept., 1954).
685. class conscious (тж. class-conscious) класово-овідомий;
Nova lluta while turning out steel for the country, is also a school for class conscious workers and builders of socialism (The Worker, Feb. 22, 1959).
class consciousness (тж. class-consci ousness) класова свідомість.
classic battleground історичне поле битви; бойовище; історична арена боїв.
classification club амер. клуб, члена ми .якого можуть бути лише особи певної професії.
class struggle класова боротьба;
Не who recognizes only the class struggle is not yet a Marxist; he may be found not to have gone beyond the boundaries of bourgeois reasoning and politics (The Worker, Dec. 17, 1961).