733. As to the rest див. А-621.

734. astounding (або knowing і r. d.) card дивна або прониклива людина.

735. as well 1) бажано; краще; з таким же успіхом.(тж. рідк. as good);

After sitting for a time Wolfe said: "We might as well go out there" (1. Aldridge).

Meantime, sit down, Sir: you can talk, I suppose, as well sitting as standing (Ch. Bronte).

2) до того ж, на додачу; так само (як), а також, в однаковій мірі;

And all the while, interested in the discussion, Martin had been aware of an irk in it as well (7. London).

736. as well as 1) як тільки;

I comforted her as well as I could (E. Gaskell).

2) так само, як; в однаковій мірі, в такій же мірі;-

But it must be understood between them that she was fighting for her own future as well as his (K. S. Prichard).

737. as well be hanged (або hung) for a sheep as (for) a Iamb присл. ^ сім бід — один одвіт, сім смертям не бути, а одної не минути, раз козі смерть [за старовинним англійським законом того, хто вкрав вівцю, страчували через повішення] • див. тж. О-1094;

Why should I be civil to you? I may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb (B. Shaw).

738. as yet поки що;

As yet nothing was visible at the trap (7. Cooper).

739. As you brew, so must you drink див. A-725.

740. as you have brewed, so shall you drink див. A-725.

741. as you have made your bed, so you must lie (або sleep,) on it див. A-725.

742. as you make your bed, so you must lie on it див. A-725.

743. as you say розм. хай буде так, не за­ перечую, згоден з вами, про мене;

"І can look after the goats."

"I can look after the goats myself."

"As you say" (I. Aldridge).

744. as you sow, you shall mow див. A-725.

745. as you were! військ, відставити (команда);

Not a single man, vet or civilian, stood sloppily at ease.

"As you were!" (D. Carter).

746. at а (або one) blow [тж. at a heat; at a stretch; at а (або one, the) stroke; at a (або one) sweep; at а (або one) swoop;'at one fell swoop (або stroke); at one go; at one (або with a) scoop; at the first go-off (або onset); at once] одним махом, за од­ ним заходом, враз; див. тж. А-799;

If I had stayed at Badger's I should have been obliged to spend twelve pounds at a blow (Ch. Dick­ens).

Bert was a knowing one: for the last two weeks in the face of curses and entreaties he had refused all credit; but now, with pay Saturday a near-by certainty, he had re-established himself at a stroke. The bar was open: and payment deferred (A. Cronin).

Here the huffing of Miss Bella, and the loss of three of her men at a swoop, aggravated by the coronation of the opponent, led to that young lady jerking the draught-board and pieces off the table (Ch. Dickens).

Here was all the solid foundation knocked from under at one fell stroke, as if by a cannon (Th. Dreiser).

...We have them all "at one fell swoop,"

Instead of being scattered through the pages (G. Byron).

If I'd been the old man I'd have turned loose the quick-firers at the first go-off (R. Kipling).

Miserly literature not being abundant, the pro­portion of failures to successes may have been as a hundred to one: still Mr. Boffin, never wearied, remained as avaricious for misers as he had been-at the first onset (Ch. Dickens).

747. ata (або atta) boy! (тж. ataboy!; good for you! англ. well dope!) амер. розм. молод­ чина!, молодець!, браво! [перший вираз є перекрученим that's the boy!];

"Atta boy!" Her voice was mocking. "Ring me up at ten o'clock tomorrow morning and I'll let you know what I've been able to fix" (D. Cusack).

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"Put me five pounds on him," he said suddenly, to Jack Cardigan.

"Good for you, Uncle Soames" (7. Galsworthy)

748. at a bound швидко; зразу, відразу, негайно;

Crossjoy spied Miss Middleton and was off to meet her at a bound (G. Meredith).

749. at a clap заст. відразу, зразу, враз.

750. at a dash відразу, зразу, негайно; з нальоту;

...Since I had got to face my father, it had better be done at a dash (I. Greenwood).

751. at a discount нижче номінальної ціни, знецінений; перен. неходовий, «а який нема попиту; непопулярний.

752. at a distance (тж. at distance; in the distance) вдалині, в далечині;

Не thought he heard the train's whistle in the distance, and he saw himself with bleak vividness standing by the track yearning up to Mary's face, as it flashed by, framed in the window (M. Wilson).

753. at a draught одним ковтком (щодо рідини);

James finished his sherry at a draught (J. Gals­worthy).

754. at (або at all) adventure заст, наугад, наздогад, навмання; на щастя, безрозсудно, нерозважливо, необачно.

755. at a full jump (тж. full jump; on the jump; upon the jump) амер. дуже швидко, з великою швидкістю, шалено; див. тж. А-842 та F-1425.

756. at a glance (або glimpse) [тж. at (the) first blush (або face, gaze, glance); at first sight; in a 'glance; on the first face (або gaze); upon first sight (або gaze); in the first face (або gaze, glance, glimpse)] з пер­ шого погляду, зразу;

My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was... conveyed her up stairs to her own room with all speed (Ch. Dick­ens).

"Well, that's not a bad idea," he said finally. "At first glance it seems good" (M. Wilson).

James, most averse at the first blush to accepting any new confirmatory of his own poignant suspicions, took her up at once (J. Galsworthy).

I could tell in a glance that something had made him very angry (D. du Maurier).

757. at a good (або at a rare) bat дуже швидко, у швидкому темпі.

758. at a good hour [тж. in a good (або happy) hour] в щасливу пору, годину, впору, вчасно; див. тж. 1-241.

759. at a great lick див. А-842.

760. at a guess приблизно, принаймні;

Не had no illusions about being chosen from all the unemployed physicists in the country. And there were even fewer labs in the country looking for men with his particular background. At a guess, not more than three or four universities (M. Wilson).