747. climb a fence, to див. В-1327.

748. Climb into the band wagon, to див. B-968.

749. climb off the fence, to амер. поруши­ ти нейтралітет, приєднатися до когось, чо­ гось; див. тж. В-1327.

750. climb on (або onto) the band wagon, to див. B-96S.

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751. climb on (або onto) the wagon, to див. В-968.

752. climb the wall (або the walls), to дер­ тися на стінку (від злості, несамовитості тощо);

753. climb to the top of the ladder (060 tree), to зайняти значне становище в су.- спільетві; зробити кар'єру; див. тж. А-1036; С-754 та Т-1789;

Не was often heard to say that it would not be his fault if he did not climb to the top of the tree. He never worked late at night (C. Hamilton).

754. climb up the ladder (або tree), to робити кар'єру, просуватися; див. тж. С-753.

755. cling (або stick) like a bur (або burr, cockelty bur, cockelty burr, leech, limpet, flea to a fleece), to причепитися, як реп'ях, як п'явка; пристати, прилипнути, як шевська смола;

This terrible idea clung to him like a leech at a vein (H. Came).

But Grace clung to her position like a limpet (Th. Hardy).

Give him a taste of some good liquor and he'd stick like a burr till he had stopped it all up (A. Maltz).

She's sticking to that subject like a cockelty burr," said Liza, not troubling this time to speak beneath her breath (H. Came).

Nobody liked IBuck, and after that accident Buck stuck to Bill like a leech (K. S. Prichard).

He has powers of boring beyond ten of the dullest of all possible doctors — stuck like a limpet to a rock (W. Scott).

I should stick to it like a flea to a fleece for my own sake CO. Eliot).

756. cling (або hang on, hold on) like grim death (to), to (тж. to hang on for dear life) триматися з усіх сил, шалено хапатися; вче­ питися мертвою хваткою;

By clinging like grim death to the gunwale, we just managed to keep inside the boat (Jerome K. Jerome).

I hung on like grim death (]. Lindsay).

Laborde had jumped on the running board [of the truck] and hang on for dear life as Bing raced across the field, the German fire still pursuing them (S. Heym).

757. clink glasses, to чекатися, чокнутися.

758. clip one's claws, to див. В-2669.

759. cloak-and-dagger comedy див. С-116.

760. cloak-and-dagger drama див. С-1І7.

761. clock around див. А-551.

762. cloistered virtue доброчесність, яку за­ хищають від будь-яких спокус.

763. close (або conclude, drive, make, seal, settle, strike) a bargain, to укласти угоду, дійти згоди;

...From concession to concession on your father's part, they came at last to drive a sort of bargain (R. Stevenson).

They sealed their bargains with "Timberland" (M. Wilson).

764. close (або conclude, drive, make, seal, settle, strike) a fool's bargain, to укласти невигідну угоду; пошитися в дурні;

And I must plainly say you drove a fool's

bargain when you let a man like the sailor-man

so far forward in your private matters (R. Steven­ son).

"And if I give you over to the soldiers?"

"You would make a fool's bargam," said the other (R. Stevenson).

765. close (або fill up, stop, supply) a gap, to заповнити прогалину;

The girl who served the cocktails and the caviare looked up at Caister with interested blue eyes. Precious! — he had been "out" for six months!

"Nothing of a part," he drawled, "took it to fill a gap" (7. Galsworthy).

766. (as) close as an oyster (або as wax) ^ німий, як риба; що уміє мовчати, трима­ ти язик за зубами.

767. close at hand див. А-854, 1) та 2).

768. close (або pocket, snug) borough (тж. close-borough; pocket-borough; snug-borough) англ. іст. невелике місто, в якому вибори до парламенту були фактично під контролем одного впливового кандидата;

"Pocket-boroughs would be a fine thing," said Ladislaw, "if they were always in the right pocket, and there were always a Burke at hand" (G. Eliot).

769. close call, а [тж. a close (або narrow, near, tight) sh'ave; a close (або narrow, near, tight) squeak; a narrow escape; a near go (або thing, touch, прострч. toucher) ] критич­ ний момент, небезпечне становище, смер­ тельна небезпека; на волосинку від чогось; див.тж. Н-18;

Jean Robillard had a close call, that summer. He never would have survived but for the way his mate nursed him (K. S. Prichard).

Usually the snow above the hidden pools had a sunken, candied appearance that advertised the danger. Once again, however, he had a close call; and once suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go in front (J. London).

I thought we were all lost. That was a close shave (Th. Dreiser).

If ever any person had a close shave, it was you (R. Stevenson).

If you knew the man as I do, you'd think that we had had a narrow escape (H. Beecher Stowe).

770. close contest змагання, в якому бе­ руть участь майже рівні супротивники (особл. гостра боротьба на виборах).

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771. close (або tight) corner (або place, squeeze), а скрутне становище, скрутний стан, утруднення;

...Maria had extricated him from many a tight corner (K. S. Prichard).

Well, it's a kind of a tight place for Becky Thatcher because there isn't any way out (M. Twain).

772. closed (або sealed) book, а щось не­ відоме, незрозуміле; людина, що замовчує свої думки; ^ книга під сьома замками [у 1662 р. вийшло офіціальне видання the Book of Common Prayer за великою дер­ жавною печаткою. Цю книгу було наказано зберігати в соборах];

The science of Marx was a closed book to Shaw (R. Palme Dutt).

So many things, except in a very nebulous and suggestive way, were sealed books to Aileen — merely faint, distant tinklings (Th. Dreiser).

773. close district амер. виборча округа, в якій здобуто, перемогу незначною біль­ шістю голосів.

774. closed sea закрите, внутрішнє море; див. тж. F-1229.

775. closed (або close) season (або time) час, коли забороняється полювання; див. тж. О-828;

Pretty soon the Warden's going to declare a closed, season on all fur-bearers in the Musk-o-gee, and every time you want to trap a mouse you'll be poaching (J. Aldridge).

She had urged her son to provide her with a supply of quails for Sunday's banquet, but he had begged her not to insist on having them There Vvas no close time for them in Erewhon, but he set his face against their being seen at table in spring and summer (S. Butler).

776. closed shop амер. підприємство, що приймає на роботу тільки членів профспі­ лок; див. тж. О-831;

"І want to see a closed shop in Jefferson," said Princey venomously, between his teeth (A. Maltz).

777. closed time див. С-Т75.

778. close is the shirt but closer is the skin див. С-539.

779. close liver скнара, скупа людина.

780. close mouth catches no flies, а присл. в запертий рот муха не влетить; ^ слово — срібло, мовчання — золото [етцм. іт. in bocca serrata mai non entra mosca або ісп. en boca cerrada no entran moscas].

781. close (або end) one's days, to (тж. евф. to close one's eyes) закінчити свої дні, закінчити рахунки з життям, заснути на­ віки, померти; див. тж. В-725.

782. close one's ear (або ears) to, to [тж. to turn a deaf ear to; to shut one's cars to;

to stop (або seal) one's ears] не слухати, не звертати уваги, пускати щось повз вуха, бути глухим до чогось, ігнорувати; див. тж. В-633;

"Do you think I don't know," said my aunt turning a deaf ear to the sister, and continuing to address her brother, and to shake her head at him (Ch. Dickens).

I amn't shutting my ears to what we heard (A. Maltz).

783. close one's eyes, to див. С-781.

784. close (або shut) one's eyes to some­ thing, to [тж. to turn а (або one's) blind eye to something] закривати очі на щось, диви­ тися крізь пальці, потурати; див. тж. В-2223;

Could a responsible editor close his eyes to violations of hisireadership's civil rights, even dur­ing wartime? (Freedom-ways, vol. 3, No 2, 1963).

For not once but at least on three major occa­sions Nelson metaphorically turned a blind eye to the commands of his superior in rank (D. W. L., March 6, 1958).

785. close one's lips (або mouth), to (за)- мовчати, примусити когось (за) мовчати; держати язик за зубами, примусити когось держати язик за зубами; див. тж. В-3059 та Н-1550;

What powerful influence had induced him to close his lips? Had he been silent in mercy to others? or in dread of consequences to himself? Impossible to tell! (W. Collins).

786. close on one's tail див. А-913.

787. close place, а див. С-771.

788. close quarters невелика відстань (звич. вжив, у виразах at close quarters; from close quarters),;

I gathered from the newspaper report that the shot was. fired from close quarters (A. Doyle).

789. close season див. С-775.

790. close shave (або squeak), а див. С-769.

791. close squeeze, а див. С-771.

792. closet drama театр, п'єса для читан­ ня, але не для постановки.

793. close (або shut) the books, to тимча­ сово припинити справи (про комерційне під­ приємство, фірму тощо).

794. close the door on (або to, upon) some­ thing, to (тж. to shut the door upon some­ thing) (з)робити щось неможливим, проти­ діяти чомусь; див. тж. О-797;

The Home Secretary... said at a Press conference in Strassbourg yesterday that Britain was not closing the door on the proposed European army (D. W. L., Nov. 29, 1951).

Now she had driven him from her again, and this time, she very well knew, it was to be for ever. She had shut the door upon this great love (F. N orris).

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795. close time див. С-775.

796. close up shop, to див. S-1043.

797. close vote, а майже рівна кількість «за» і «проти» (при голосуванні).

798. closing time час закриття (магазинів, установ тощо).

799. clothes make the man присл. одяг ро­ бить людину; р^ і пень прибери, то гарним буде.

The well-known proverb, "Clothes make the man," has its .origin in a general recognition of the powerful influence of the habiliments in the reaction upon the wearer (S. Leacock).

800. clotted nonsense чиста, справжня ні­ сенітниця; справжнє безглуздя.

801. cloud on (або upon) one's brow по­ хмурий вигляд.

802. cloud on one's happiness те, що за­ тьмарює щастя, радість.

803. cloud on title юр. дефект у документі, що підтверджує чиєсь право власності на землю.

804. cloud upon one's brow див. С-801.

805. clout over the ears, а прострч. ляпас; див. тж. В-2452;

A clout over the ears, or a kick on the backside, \vas often the end of one of his forays (K. S. Prichard).

806. cloven foot (або hoof), the погані, злі наміри; диявольський характер (звич. вжив, з дієсловами to betray, to display, to show, to see тощо) [диявола звичайно зображали з роздвоєними ратицями];

Already they must spy the cloven hoof, since with all your pretended eagerness for the family honour, you take a pleasure to degrade it in my person (R. Stevenson).

807. cloven-footed gentleman, the (тж. the Evil One; the fiend of hell; the foul fiend; the Lord Harry; Sam Hill) евф. біс, сатана, дідько; див. тж. В-2141, 1); А-528; А-1072; Е-153; F-278; G-2047 та Н-1397;

Yet here the good woman gave Black George to the devil, and many expected every minute that the cloven-footed gentleman would fetch his own (H. Fielding).

A good hearty pace will bring us back to Glou­cester in an hour, but if we go forward, the Lord Harry knows when we shall arrive at any place (H. Fielding).

608. cloven hoof, the див. С-806. 809. club law (гав. club-law) 1) кулачне право, право сильного; 2) статут клубу.

810. club (або run) shares, to ділити ви­ трати нарівно; вносити рівні частки; див. тж. G-1371.

811. clutch at a straw, to див. С-377.

812. clutch hold of (або, on), to див. С-359,

1).

813. co.ach and pair (або four, six) див. C-151.

814. coaches won't run over one, the заст. жарт, він (вона і т. д.) у тюрмі, у в'язниці, заарештований.

815. coal-oil Johnny амер. сл. марнотрат­ ник, марнотратець.

816. coals to Newcastle як вугілля в Нью- касл (тобто даремна, марна, безглузда спра­ ва) [частина виразу to carry (або take) coals to Newcastle].

817. coast is clear, the ~- шлях вільний, перешкод немає;

She'l! see you now. Come as quick as vou can The coast is clear (W. Maxwell).

818. coat and skirt (тж. two-piece suit) жіночий костюм;

She wore a navy blue coat and skirt which intensified her usual air of trimness (A. Cronin).

819. coated pill підсолоджена пілюля.

820. coat "of arms (тж. coat-of-arms) герб;

I followed her to the study, a large untidy room, panelled in nondescript brown wood and sparsely lit by a yellowish leaded Gothic window with a stained-glass coat of arms inset (A. Cronih).

821. coat rack (тж. coat-rack) розм. роз­ дягальня;

The men returned slowly from the coat rack with their lunches (/. Steele).

822. cobber up with one, to австр. сл. по­ товаришувати з кимсь.

823. cobbler must (або should) stick to his last, the (тж. let not the cobbler go beyond his last; let the cobbler stick to his last) присл. ^ як не коваль, то й рук не погань; біда, як пироги та швець почне пекти [етим. лат. ne sutor supra (або ultra) crepidam (слово judicet пропускається) — хай швець судить не вище сандалії].

824. cobbler's (або shoemaker's) wife is the worst shod, the (тж. the smith's mare and the cobbler's wife are always the worst shod; the tailor's wife is the worst clad; who goes more bare than the shoemaker's wife and the smith's mare?) присл. ^ чоботар без чобіт.

825. cock-and-bull errand дурниця, нере­ альна мрія; марна, дурна витівка; гонитва за химерами; див. тж. W-745, 2);

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"And what of the Peeltown watch?" the Deem­ster was asking sharply. "Where was he?"

"Away on some cock-and-bull errand, sir" (//. Cains).

826. cock and bull (або cock-and-bull) story (або tale, розм. yarn) вигадка, нісенітниця, побрехенька; ^ казка про білого бичка;

It's quite true, on the other hand, that there are endless cock-and-bull stories of a not very pleas­ant kind going about concerning him in Paris; but if a man doesn't want to make enemies he sho­uldn't become a political satirist (E. Voynicli).

I can't believe this is true. It sounds like a complete cock-and-bull yarn to me (A. Cronin).

827. cock-and-hen club жарт, або грон, клуб, членами якого можуть бути як чоло­ віки, так і жінки.

828. cock an eye, to див. С-839.

829. cock (або cut, make) a snook at one, to шкільн. жарг. показати комусь довгий ніс.

830. cocket hat 1) трикутний капелюх;

"Smauker, my lad — your fin," said the gentle­man with the cocket hat (Ch. Dickens).

2) лист, складений трикутником.

831. cock is master of his own dunghill,

the (тж. a cock is valiant on his own dung­hill; every cock crows on its own dunghill; every dog is a lion at home; every dog is valiant at his own door) присл. всякий пі­вень на своєму смітті гордий [етим. трьох перших виразів фр. un coq est bien fort sur son fumier; четвертого — італ. ogni cane e leone a casa sua].

832. cock of a different hackle, а зовсім інший супротивник.

833. cock of the eye підморгування; знак, поданий очима; див. тж. С-839;

Colonel De Craye's cock of the eye at the door said that he had seen a raging coquette go behind it (G. Meredith).

834. cock of the loft (або of the roost) (тж. cock on his own dunghill; cock of the walk; cock-of-the-walk) І) ватажок у неве­ ликому місті, головна персона [cock on his own dunghill частина прислів'я a cock is valiant on his own dunghill; слово walk у виразі cock of the walk має значення при­ міщення, де утримується бійцевий півень пе­ ред боєм]; 2) хазяїн становища; 3) пер­ ший кавалер.

835. cock of the school перший забіяка в школі; перший у спорті, іграх тощо; вер­ ховода, заводій;

Cuff, you know was the Cock of the school (W. Thackeray).

836. cock of the walk див. С-834.

837. cock of the wood глухар (птах).

838. cock one's ear (або ears), to [тж. to prick (або prick up) one's ears] нащулити вуха, насторожитися; наставити вуха;

Не cocked his ear towards the door, standing listening with a slanting head and a sidelong eye (A. Doyle).

I cocked my ears for the footsteps of the police, but they didn't come (I. Conroy).

Soames pricked his ears, already slightly pointed by nature (7. Galsworthy).

Edward instantly pricked up his ears to the utmost (Ch. Dickens).

839. cock one's (або an, the) eye, to під­ моргувати; див. тж. С-833;

Mick pointed out where he'd picked up most of his slugs, and Bobby cocked his eye on the ridge (K. S. Prichard).

840. cock one's hat, to надіти капелюх на­ бакир.

841. cock one's head, to (раптом) підвести голову; насторожитися;

Ted Kirby cocked his head, listening (D. Carter).

842. cock one's nose, to (тж. заст. to hold up one's nose) дерти носа, гнути кирпу, ви­ соко нестися, зазнаватися; див. тж. А-697.

843. cock on his own dunghill див. С-834.

844. cockpit of Europe, the заст. «театр бойових дій Європи» (Бельгія як арена бо­ ротьби європейських держав); див. тж. В-201.

845. cockroach capitalist амер. дрібний ка­ піталіст; хазяйчик, торгаш.

846. cock-shut time присмерки [шекспірів- ський вираз; King Richard III, д. V, сц. 3].

847. cock the eye, to див. С-839.

848. code (або law) of honour, the кодекс честі. І

849. codfish aristocracy, the амер. заст. «тріскова аристократія», люди, що пиша­ ються своїм нещодавно придбаним багат­ ством, нуворіши [спочатку так називали осіб, що збагатіли на рибних промислах У штаті Массачузетс].

850 coffin nail (тж. coffin-nail) амер. сл. сигарета.

851. cog in a machine, а гвинтик машини; дрібнота;

Не began to doubt that editors were real men. They seemed cogs in a machine (/. London).

852. coign of vantage вигідна, зручна по­ зиція (для спостереження) [шекспірівський вираз; Macbeth, д. І, сц. 6}; див. тж. Р-795;

Не hoped to communicate with, or at least obtain sight of, the object of his affections, from

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some such turret or balcony-window, or similar "coign of vantage" (W. Scott).

853. coinage (або creation) of the brain плід, породження уяви.

854. coin a word, to утворити нове слово.

855. coin money, to швидко багатіти; ро­ бити гроші; «загрібати гроші».

The Star here says the Griffiths Company have got an order for 120,000 collars from the Buffalo trade alone. They must be just coining money over there (Th. Dreiser).

856. Colchester natives жарт, устриці [анг­ лійське місто Колчестер у графстві Есекс відоме своїми устрицями}.

857. cold arms (або iron, steel) холодна зброя.

858. (as) cold as a fish холодний, як риба; нечутливий; див. тж. С-361, 1);

Не stopped and lifted up the tiny thing, cold as a fish, but soft (A. Cronin).

859. (as) cold as a stone див. С-861, 2).

860. (as) cold as a wagon tire див. С-861,

2).

861. (as) cold as charity 1) дуже холод­ ний, без душевного тепла, черствий, нечут­ ливий; див. тж. С-858; 2) холодний, як крига [тж. (as) cold as a stone; (as) cold as ice (або marble); амер. сл. (as) cold as a wagon tire];

When a thing is as cold as charity, it can't get any colder (/. Walsh).

But by-and-by, when it came to me that he was saying his prayers too long, I touched him, and he was as cold as a stone (E. Lyall).

Again his voice had the strange bravado and the strange pathos; but his hand was as cold as ice (7. Galsworthy).

862. (as) cold as ice (або marble) див. C-861, 2).

863. cold blood холоднокровність (часто вжив, у виразі in cold blood).

864. cold coal to blow at, а заст. безна­ дійна, марна справа;

That's a cold coal to blow at, mister (W. Scott).

865. cold (або Dutch, sad, small) comfort (тж. Dutch consolation) погана, слабка втіха;

We waited for no second bidding, for bread and cheese is but cold comfort and the pudding smelt excellently well (R. Stevenson).

Sad comfort, whenever he returns, to hear how your brother has gone on (R. Sheridan).

Very, very small comfort it was to Tom to be alone in danger! (M. Twain).

866. cold cook злод. жарг. трунар; див. тж. С-874.

867. cold deck амер. колода краплених або] підтасованих карт.

868. cold fault заст. мисл. загублений слід.

869. cold feet розм. боягузтво, малодуш­ ність (часто вжив, з дієсловами to get, to have);

"What were you all waiting for, cold feet?" he said (D. du Maurier).

870. cold fish нахаба;

He's the coldest fish in the world and you . should have seen him out at that Country Club! (M. Wilson).

871. cold hand • (або hands), warm heart [тж. a cold hand (або cold hands), but a warm heart] ^ холодні руки, та гаряче серце;

, My pretty Vivien — you should not have tempted me with your questioning, haunting eyes, and your flickering love-flag rising and falling whenever I touched your cold hands. Cold hands, Vivien, but a warm heart (W. Maxwell).

872. cold in one's (або the) head (або nose), а нежить;

"You've a cold in the head, Marty," he said as they walked (Th. Hardy).

He inquired for Rincer and the cold in his nose, told Mrs. Rincer a riddle, asked Miss Rincer when V she would be ready to marry him, and paid his compliments to Miss Brett (V. Thackeray).

873. cold iron див. С-857.

874. cold meat злод. жарг. труп, покійник; див. тж. C-S66.

875. cold pig 1) сл. бризки холодної води (коли будять того, хто спить); 2) бризкання холодною водою на сплячого (щоб розбу­ дити його).

876. cold scent мисл. прохололий, захоло- лий слід;

The desperate Stag had joined onto his old track and bounded aside at length to let the hunt­er follow the cold scent (E. Seton-Thompson).

877. cold shoulder, the підкреслено холод­ ний прийом; холодне ставлення (звич. вжив. з дієсловами to get, to give, to show, to tip, to turn) [тут мається на увазі a cold should­ er of mutton — холодна бараняча лопатка, яку подавали непрошеному гостю].

878. cold snap (спочатку амер.) коротко­ часне, недовгочасне похолодання;

Не was sure to frost his cheeks; he knew that, and experienced a pang of regret that he had not devised a nose strap of the sort Bud wore in cold snaps (7. London).

879. cold steel див. С-857.

880. cold storage 1) холодильник; збері­ гання в холодильнику; 2) перен. консерва­ ція;

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Not half the pension but the whole should go into cold storage until he retired again to private life (D. W. L., Nov. 13, 1959).

881. cold (або cool) tankard прохолодний напій (з вина, води з лимоном та спеціями).

882. cold truth, the див. В-153.

883. cold war, the «холодна війна» див. тж. С-884 та Н-1742

The basic difficulty with New York finances,--as with state and municipal finance generally, is the domination of all government finance by the cold war and the swollen Federal military budget (The Worker, Feb. 22, 1959).

884. cold warrior той, хто проводить полі­ тику «холодної війни», активний прихильник «холодної війни»; див. тж. С-883;

For half the time some of them [= some of the British correspondents] behave like gossip column­ists and for the rest of the time like the most vicious American cold warriors (D. W. L., March 2, 1959).

885. cold water розхолоджування; те, що розхолоджує, знеохочує; «мокре рядно» [часто вжив, у виразах to throw (або pour) cold water on (one, something)];

"You'll be very much disappointed." "So everybody tells me. It's just because I don't like cold water at home as well as abroad, that I've given up worrying Fleur" (7. Galsworthy).

886. cold without спиртний напій, розбав­ лений холодною водою з прянощами, але без цукру [скорочене від spirits mixed with cold water without sugar].

887. collar and cuff сл. «пестунчик».

888. collars and cuffs коміри та манжети (частина форменого одягу покоївки);

My lady put me into collars and cuffs from the first (K. Mansfield).

889. collar (або spade, uphill) work (тж. collar-work; spade-work; uphill-work) важ­ ка, копітка робота; важка справа;

, That was all the pancake specifications I could get that night. I didn't wonder that Jackson Bird found it uphill work (O. Henry).

890. collective security system dun. систе­ ма колективної безпеки;

Party and union leaders said last night that suspension of tests and a ban on the use of nuclear weapons together with efforts to establish a Europe­an collective security system, were obvious objects for such [= i. e. Summit] talks (D. W. L., March 6, 1958).

891. collect one's faculties, to взяти себе в руки, опам'ятатися, отямитися, схамену­ тися; див. тж. С-892.

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892. collect (або compose) one's thoughts, to [тж. to collect (або gather) one's wits; to pull one's wits together; to collect one's senses] зібратися з думками; див. тж. С-891;

It was some time before she could collect her thoughts (Th. Dreiser).

He stood up, collected his wits for a minute, and then went slowly towards the gangway of the little gallery (H. Welts).

Before the chairman could gather his wits, one at a time the older Mission Church members came from their seats to the front (D. Carter).

Old Ebbits now and again pulled his tangled wits together, and hints and sparkles of intelligence came and went in his eyes (/. London).

893. color bar, the (тж. the Color Bar) див C-895.

894. color work амер. робота художника- ілюстратора.

895. colour bar, the (гак. the Colour Bar; амер. the color bar; the Color Bar) «кольоро­ вий бар'єр», расова дискримінація (дискри­ мінація, дискримінаційні закони, на підста­ ві яких корінне населення позбавлене мож­ ливості здобувати вищу освіту, займатися кваліфікованою працею тощо. Цей вираз також означає так званий расовий кордон, створений в Південній Африці європейськи­ ми колонізаторами, за межами якого негри не мають права жити);

News of a powerful movement to ban the colour bar in sport became known last night. Famous football and other sporting clubs, ...are backing the move (D. W. L., Feb. 17, 1959).

896. colour came and went, one's (тж. one's colour went and came) то червонів, то блід;

Her colour came and went, she made the motion of swallowing, then suddenly, passionately, unre­strainedly she gave way to her sobs (A. Cronin). As he gazed, the colour went and came fitfully over his swarthy cheeks (E. Bulwer Lytton).

897. colour discrimination расова дискри­ мінація; див. тж. С-895 та R-l.

898. colour rose to one's cheeks, one's (або the) почервонів, зашарівся; ,

She turned with an unquiet and anxious eye to Hilda, and after looking some moments wistfully at the Vala, the colour rose to her cheeks (E. Bulwer Lytton).

899. colour service див. А-98.

900. colour went and came, one's див. C-896.

901. comb one's hair (for one), to див. 0-48.

902. comb one's hair the wrong way, to див. B-1120.

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903. comb one's head for one, to [тж. to comb one's head (або noddle) with a three- legged stool] рідк. жарт, побити,, відлупцю­ вати когось; ^ намилити комусь голову [to comb one's noddle with a three-legged stool — шекспірівський вираз; The Taming of the Shrew; д. І, сц. 1].

904. come about, to відбуватися, трапля­ тися.

905. come abreast of (one, something), to наздогнати (когось, щось); порівнятися (з кимсь, чимсь);

Yon two men will have to sleep to-night, I reck­on; and they'll put up to a certainty and that's how we'll come abreast of them (H. Came).

906. come (або get) a cropper, to сл.

1) впасти (особл. з коня догори ногами), розтягнутися; 2) перен. зазнати невдачі, по­ трапити в біду; ^ сісти в калюжу (тж. to come a howler; to come a mucker; to go a mucker);

He had been involved in a duel between two rival groups of company promoters, and came a cropper (K. S. Prichard).

You'll come a mucker if you do go up (A. Cronin).

907. come across, to 1) (one, something) випадково зустрітися, зштовхнутися, на­ штовхнутися; натрапити;

Doesn't anybody in the whole house know where my coat is? I never came across such a set in all my life — upon my word I didn't (Jerome K. Je­rome).

2) амер. погодитися; признатися;

You might as well come across now and save trouble (I. London).

3) амер. розщедритися.

908. come a game on one, to амер. обду­ рити когось.

909. come a howler (або mucker), to див. C-906, 2).

910. come and go people випадкові люди.

911. come and have (або take) pot-luck with us ^ чим багаті, тим і раді; що маємо, тим і вгощаємо; що хата має, тим і приймає; див. тж. Р-883;

We've called to ask you to come round and take pot-luck with us at the Cock-and-Bottle (Th. Hardy).

912. come apart at the seams, to розвалю­ ватися, зовсім розпадатися; тріщати по всіх швах;

After the news broadcast, Anna Nelson's party began to come apart at the seams (D. Carter).

913. come away none the wiser, to піти геть, знаючи не більше ніж тоді, коли при­ йшов; див. тж. С-915.

914. come back (або turn up) again like a bad halfpenny (або penny, shilling), to по­ вернутися до володаря проти його бажання (про речі або тварин); знову з'явитися всу­ переч бажанню {про людей).

915. come back (або return) as wise as one went, to ^ повернутися, піймавши облизни, шилом патоки вхопивши; див. тж. С-913.

916. come back (або return) by the weep­ ing cross, to (тж. to come home by the weeping cross) заст. І) розкаятися; 2) за­ знати невдачі, пережити розчарування; див..{ їж. W-316;

The lawyers' harvest-term is o'er, Which to their purses brought good store; But many clients, to their loss, Do return home by Weeping Cross (Poor Robin, 1755).

917. come back (або down) .to earth, to

опам'ятатися, схаменутися; почати реалістич­но думати;

"Where did you get it?" the policeman demanded. Martin Eden came back to earth (J. London).

918. come back to one's head (або to one­ self), to отямитися;

Don't mind him, ma'am. He'll s®on come back to his head (Ch. Dickens).

919. come bad (або no) speed, to шотл. не мати успіху; див. тж. С-948.

920.' come between the bark and the tree, to див. Р-1537.

921. come butt (або full butt) against, to натикатися на.

I 922. come by chance (тж. ceme-by-chance) | щось випадкове; знахідка; позашлюбна ди-I -тина.

923. come by something, to придбати, одер- і жати щось;

They think we have come by this horse in some dishonest manner (Ch. Dickens).

924. come (або go) cap in hand to, to

j смиренно, покірливо, принижено поводитися; І виступати в ролі прохача; див. тж. І С-12І;

An alluvial man will have to go cap in hand to leaseholders and ask to be allowed to work the | ground on tribute (K. S. Prichard).

925. come captain (Stiff over one, to рідк. ; ставитися високомірно," холодно, з погордою

до когось.

926. come clean, to амер. щиро визнати щось, признатися в чомусь; викласти, висло­ вити все.

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927. come, come годі, годі; заспокойся; "Come, come," said he, still grinning at the

couple, "let us have as little sentiment as possible" (W. Thackeray).

928. come day, go day (спочатку діал.) ^ аби час минав; аби день до вечора; як мокре горить (кажуть про людей, що не бажають працювати).

929. come down a peg (або a peg or two), to див. С-523.

930. come down handsome, to (тж. to do the handsome; to do the handsome thing) бути щирим, щедрим.

931. come down hard on (або upon) (one, something), to нападати на (когось, щось); лаяти (когось, щось);

Never mind her, sister; let her talk; now just let her say anything she pleases to-night. She likes to come down hard upon your brother sometimes; it amuses me, so let her alone (Ch. Bronte).

932. come (або go) down in the world, to

втратити колишнє становище; занепасти; див. тж. В-1379, 1) та С-1154;

Then there was Grandma Lees, who had been a housekeeper in a big house, but had "come down" in the world (/. Walsh).

933. come down (on one, something) like a cartload (або hundred, thousand, ton) of bricks [тж. to come down (on one, some­ thing) like blazes (або hell, fun); to, come down (on one, something) like a cartload (або ton) of coal] накидатися, нападати, (на когось, щось); дати нагінку, прочухана (комусь); див. тж. L-779;

' Fortunately the G. M. C. have always come down like a ton of bricks upon that sort of thing in the past (A. Cronin).

I have seen this play and read it twice, but I still cannot find any point in the dialogue where any such insults occur. Indeed I should have come down like a ton of coal on the play the first time I saw it had been so (The Worker, March 2, 1959).

934. come down (або descend) on the right side of the fence, to приєднатися до пере­ можців або переможця; див. тж. В-968.

935. соте (або get, go) down to bed-rock

(або bedrock), to [тж. to reach bed-rock (або bedrock)] 1) дійти до суті справи, до самого головного [тж. to get at the heart (або root) of the matter (або something); to come (або get) (down) to the bottom of the mat­ter (або something); to get to the heart of the matter (або something); to touch bottom; to touch the core]; див тж. Т-887;

There was one thing to do, and that was to get at the heart of this mystery (H. Calne).

I felt the difficulty of resuming the subject, but had not got to the bottom of it yet, and must get to the bottom somehow (Ch. Dickens).

It was a silent argument because neither man had the means of arguing it out in its real terms. They could never really touch the core (I. Aldridge).

2) амер. вичерпати свої ресурси, можли­вості; сісти на мілину [тж. to reach bed-rock (або bedrock)] [первісна вираз гірників]

The proper thing to do, he said, was to see now and buy in during the war when everything had reached bed-rock, as he called it (F. Harris).

936. come (або get) down to brass (або tin) nails (або tacks), to (спочатку амер.) дійти, доходити до суті справи; входити, вдаватися в подробиці; див. тж. Т-779;

"Не looks as if he had plenty of determination," he said, "but when you come down to brass tacks he has no backbone" (V. Maugham).

Really, you're interesting. But suppose now you and Г get down to brass tacks (Th. Dreiser).

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well," Paddy was eager at last to come down to tin tacks (K. S. Prichard).

937. come down to earth, to див. С-917.

938. come down to the bottom of the mat­ ter (або something); to див. С-935, I).

939. come down to tin nails (або tacks), to див. С-936.

940. come down upon, to 1) (one, some­ thing) накидатися, лаяти (когось, щось);

"Trotwood," said he. "Let me see. I know the name too. Old lady? Carries a bag?" said he; "bag with a good deal of room in it; is gruffish, and comes down upon you sharp?" (Ch. Dickens).

2) (something) одержати щось, вступити в володіння чимсь;

Не felt her pulse, he kept hold of her hand, and asked her where she was going to live now that the Pontypool family had come down upon the property (W. Thackeray).

941. come down with (an illness), to за­ хворіти, злягти (від хвороби);

Can you imagine the life in that old mine — no light —filthy water dropping around you all the time; it's a wonder everybody doesn't come down with pneumonia (S. Heym).

942. come down with a run, to різко зни­ зитися, упасти (про атмосферний тиск); пе* рен. розоритися.

943. comedy of cape (або cloak) and sword див. С-П6.

944. come easy to one, to див. C-1002, I),

945. come from Missouri, to див. В-716.

946. come from the shoulder, to діяти від.- верто, чесно.

947. come full butt against, to див. С-921.

948. come good speed, to шотл. матн успіх, досягти успіху; див. тж. С-919.

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949. come hail, come shine див. В-2276.

950. come hell or high water див. В-2276.

951. come home, to 1) див. В-2723; 2) влу­ чити в ціль; дійти свого; ^ влучити в са­ місіньке око [тж. to get (або go, hit) home]; 3) дійняти до живого [тж. to get (або go, hit) home].

952. come home by (the) weeping cross, to див. С-916.

953. come (або go) home to one, to 1) до­ ходити до самого серця, до глибини душі, зворушувати когось (тж. to strike home to one); див. тж. С-954;

Gradually the stern truth came home to her. She was sinking to her natural value in the open labour market, and that was — nothing at all (W. Max­well).

2) доходити до свідомості, справляти вра­ження на когось; усвідомити щось (тж. to sink home to one);

The fruits of the way in which his sons had been reared were coming heavily home to him (H. Wood).

954. come (або go) home to one's heart, to

(тж. to go to one's heart) доходити до сер­ця, знаходити відгук в чиїйсь душі; брати за серце, зворушувати когось; див. тж. С-953, 1).

Now, look here, young workhouse; there's no mistake about it, you are hungry, and it goes to my heart to see it (J. Greenwood).

I can't tell you how it goes to my heart when I think of all my friends, here in the club and in the town, always glad to see me... (S. Leacock).

955. come home to roost, to датися взнаки, дати знати про себе, позначитися [частина прислів'я curses like chickens: they always come home to roost];

As one of Harvester workers put it to us, "The

logic of some of the stuff that Reuther and some

of the others have been spouting is coming home io roost" (Tfte Worker, Feb. 15, 1959).

956. come in (або into) contact with, to

стикатися з, зустрічатися з, наштовхувати­ся на, мати зв'язок з, входити в контакт з; військ, стикатися з ворогом.

957. come in foot and hand, to заст. зро­ бити крок уперед і одночасно завдати удару [шекспірівський вираз; King Henry IV, ч. І, д. II, сц. 4].

958. come in full force, to прибути в пов­ ному складі; див. тж. 1-451,4).

959. come in handy, to стати в пригоді, згодитися;

The carpentering he had picked up from Dinny, building the house, came in handy, and he became

quite accustomed to measuring the dead and mak­ing coffins (K. S. Prichard).

960. come (або fall, lie) in one's way, to

1) зустрічатися, попадатися; 2) траплятися на життєвому шляху; бути в чиїйсь компе­тенції; мати досвід у чомусь;

Well, well, it is a sad case, and very typical of many which come in my way (A. Doyle).

961. come in (або into) season, to дозріти (про фрукти); підрости; бути придатним для вживання (про рибу, дичину).

962. come in (або into) sight, to (тж. to соте in view) з'явитися, показатися; див. тж. В-2999 та Н-1111;

963. come in sight (або in view) of, to ' побачити, угледіти; бути побаченим;

"Magnificent ruin!" said Mr. Augustus Snod-grass, with all the poetic fervour that distinguished him, when they came in sight of the fine old castle (Ch. Dickens).

964. come in through the hawse-hole, to

мор. почати службу рядовим матросом.

965. come into a fortune, to одержати спадщину;

...І walked round the town hall square at lunch-time and dreamed that I had suddenly come into a fortune (Ch. Snow).