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jerry-built
['ʤerɪbɪlt]
прил.
построенный, сделанный на скорую руку, кое-как
AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)
jerry-built
сколоченный на скорую руку
перен поспешно (и плохо) спланированный
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The sheds, across the street from the day room and jerry-built on the strip of worn near-bald earth between the street and the narrow gauge Post railroad, were already going full blast.Через дорогу от комнаты отдыха в грубо сколоченных сараях на полоске вытоптанной, голой земли между асфальтом улицы и путями гарнизонной узкоколейки игра уже шла полным ходом.Jones, James / From Here to EternityДжонс, Джеймс / Отныне и вовекОтныне и вовекДжонс, Джеймс© Издательство "Правда", 1989From Here to EternityJones, James© 1951 by James Jones© renewed 1991 by Gloria Jones, James Anthony Phillipe Jones, and Kaylie Anne Jones
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jerry-built market
неустойчивый рынок