tepidness
Comentário do autor
"Easier to let hers cool than watch Jane trying not to complain about the tepidness of her own drink."
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"тепловатость", не прохладность
Tradução adicionada por Mariia M.Prata en-ru
in hock
Comentário do autor
"This might ease fears that NS2 will leave parts of Europe in hock to the Russians for decades to come."
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в долгу
Tradução adicionada por Иван ФедоровPrata en-ru
impetuousness
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порывистость
порывчатость
Tradução adicionada por Иван ФедоровPrata en-ru
letterman
Comentário do autor
a college sportsman who has achieved a set level of success in his sport and so has been awarded cloth letters of the initials of his college, to be displayed on an item of clothing
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a letterman jacket --школьная куртка с надписью (буквой) на ней
Tradução adicionada por Талгат МырзахановOuro en-ru
once and future
Exemplo
Cultural psychology: A once and future discipline.
The once and future astronaut John Glenn, 77 years old now.
And no matter how his once and future rivals choose to address that in public, they have to like their chances better than usual this week.
How will insisting that our once and future students stand up and be counted better our attempts at minority inclusion?
Comentário do autor
denoting someone or something that is eternal, enduring, or constant; from T. H. White's Once and Future King (1958). Выражение пошло от названия книги "Король былого и грядущего". Варианты перевода: проверенный временем, постоянный, верный. Есть еще идеи?
toe-curling
Exemplo
But though my skin prickled with sensation, it was a toe-curling prickle of pleasure, not the electric-shock prickle of magic.
They showed the most toe-curling home videos.
I saw the worst comedy act I've ever seen last night - it was absolutely toe-curling!
He'd shack up with me, and we'd indulge in crazy, toe-curling sex marathons, barely leaving my bedroom.
He is subjected to horrific torture that Vargas Llosa describes in toe-curling detail.
Comentário do autor
UK informal. Something that makes you feel very embarrassed, ashamed for someone else, because of being very bad or silly. Есть варианты "смущающий, шокирующий, пугающий, стыдливый". Подскажите, пожалуйста, более точные варианты перевода.
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Позорный, постыдный
Tradução adicionada por Holy MolyOuro en-ru
smarten up your act
Exemplo
The company needs to smarten up their act if they are to keep customers.
Partnerships with non-insurers are another way for conventional insurers to smarten up their act.
Comentário do autor
to improve the way you behave or do something; behave more wisely
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прикладывать больше усилий
Tradução adicionada por Holy MolyOuro en-ru