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shoestring

['ʃuːstrɪŋ]

  1. сущ.

    1. амер.; = shoelace

    2. разг.

      1. небольшая сумма денег

      2. небольшие сбережения

  2. прил.

    длинный и узкий

Biology (En-Ru)

shoestring

бот.; = shoestrings

аморфа седоватая (Amorpha canescens)

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To get his shoestrings he speculates in herds of cattle.
Чтобы заработать на шнурки для башмаков, он торгует целыми стадами.
Thoreau, Henry David / WaldenТоро, Генри Дэвид / Уолден
Уолден
Торо, Генри Дэвид
© Издательство Академии Наук СССР, 1962
Walden
Thoreau, Henry David
© 2008 Megalodon Entertainment LLC.

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'ʃuːstrɪŋNounнебольшая сумма денегExamples

shoestring organization — малобюджетная организация
on a shoestring — на малые средства
a movie that was made on a shoestring budget — фильм, снятый на малые средства; малобюджетный фильм

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Collocations

trading on a shoestring
заключение сделок с ценными бумагами при недостаточной марже
shoestring margin
недостаточная маржа
buy on shoestring
покупать с минимальным доходом

Word forms

shoestring

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseshoestringshoestrings
Possessive caseshoestring'sshoestrings'