1886. beyond one's reach див. А-26 та A-27, 1).

1887. beyond one's scope не в чиїйсь владі, не в чиїйсь компетенції; див. тж. W-1015.

1888. beyond one's understanding див. В-1913.

1889. beyond one's vision поза чиїмсь по­ лем зоРУ-

1890. beyond one's years не по чиїхсь літах, ^не по віку.

1891. Beyond peradventure див. В-1860.

1892. beyond praise понад усяку похвалу.

1893. beyond (або without) precedent без­ прецедентний; безпрецедентно; див. тж. W-1120;

It was incredible that this little band of men had committed murder and massacre on a scale beyond precedent (H. Wells).

1894. beyond price див. А-29.

1895. Beyond propriety див. В-1861.

1896. Beyond question див. В-и862.

1897. beyond (або past) recall забутий, непоправний; забуте, непоправне.

1898. beyond range of поза межами до­ сяжності (когось, чогось);

Mist clung there among the bluish tree shapes, beyond range of the lamps (J. Galsworthy).

1899. beyond (або past) reclaim непоправ­ ний; непоправно.

1900. beyond (або past) recognition до

не(в)пізнання;

His condition now was different; he, himself, had altered beyond all recognition (A. Cronin).

1901. beyond (або past, without) redemp­ tion без надії на поліпшення, покращання, виправлення; безповоротно;

His opinion of women was spoiled almost past redemption (F. Danby).

1902. beyond repair цілком непридатний;

який не можна полагодити, виправити.

They thought that I was damaged beyond repair (Ch. Snow).

1903. beyond (або past) retrieve безпово­ ротно, непоправно.

1904. beyond rubies див. А-30.

1905. beyond sea (тж. beyond seas; beyond the sea; beyond the seas; over sea; over the sea) за морем, за межами країни, за кордоном.

1906. beyond the compass of за межами; поза межами досяжності; недосяжний;

It dawned upon Bert that hardly a third of the fleet was visible. The others had gone upon errands he could not imagine, beyond the compass of thai great circle of earth and sky (H. Wells).

1907. beyond (або out of, outside) the pale (of something) за межами (чогось); див. тж. W-996;

Does an individual place himself beyond the pale of those preferments by entering on such an office as Mr. Micawber has accepted? (Ch. Dickens).

As Paul slowly resumed his way towards this wretched spot he felt that the last frail bulwark of his respectability was gone. Now, surely, he was beyond the pale (A. Cronin).

It was only girls like Iris Cooper who stepped outside the pale, but they were the exceptions (J. Lindsay).

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1908. beyond the reach of one див. A-27, 1).

1909. beyond the realm of hope див. В-1856.

1910. beyond the seas (або sea) див. B-1905.

1911. beyond the shadow of a doubt [тж. there is not а (або the) shadow of doubt; without a (060 the) shadow of doubt (або of a doubt)] немає найменшого сумніву, ні крихти сумніву;

"Guilty! Guilty!" he muttered to himself. "Be­yond the shadow of a doubt!" (A. Cronin).

...Without the shadow of a doubt mere industry would clear his debt (S. White).

1912. beyond the veil див. B*S02.

1913. beyond (або past) understanding

[тж. beyond (або past) one's understanding; рідк. beyond (або out of, past) one's ken] поза межами, понад розуміння; див. тж. В-1879;

The arrogance and stupidity of the ministry was past understanding (K. S. Prichard).

No wonder the political leaders and publicists of Western imperialism have viewed with ill-conce­aled fury this [i. e. Soviet-Indian friendship's! vision of the new world that is arising beyond their ken and their control (L. M., Jan., 1956).

1914. beyond words невимовний, неописа­ ний; невимовне;

She really was touched beyond words (K. Mans­field).

1915. be yourself розм. візьміть себе в ру­ ки, заспокойтеся.

1916. В (або mahogany) flat жарт, клоп [В — перша буква слова bug]; див. тж. N-349 та G-129.

1917. bicker like cat and dog, to не мири­ тися, сваритися; ^ жити як кішка з соба­ кою; див. тж. L-330 та А-210;

I'm devoted to Maxim, you kno\v, though we always bicker like cat and dog when we meet (D. du Maurier).

1918. bid (one) adieu, (060 farewell, good­ bye), to [тж. to bid (або say) adieu (або farewell, good-bye) (to); to bid (або take) one's farewell; to give (one) a good-bye; to make (або take) adieu; to make one's adieus (або farewells); to take good-bye (of); to take farewell; to take one's adieus; to take one's leave (of)] прощатися, піти.

"Having discharged my "duty, Sir," said Mr. Pickwick to Mr. Nupkins, "I will, with my friends bid you farewell" (Ch. Dickens).

One by one they bade him good-bye in their own individual ways (P. Abrahams).

Mr. Weller was then roused by his master from ^ sxveet sleep of an hour's duration; and, bidding

adieu to 'Lowten, they returned to the City (Ch. Dickens).

When she had her hat and coat on, by the door, she turned to say good-bye (D. Carter).

But the thing that embittered me most was that the Honourable Beatrice Normandy should have repudiated and fled from me as though I was some sort of leper, and not even 'have taken a chance or so, to give me a goodbye (H. Wells).

1919. bid defiance to, to [тж. to hurl de­ fiance at; to set (one, something) at defiance] не рахуватися, ставитися із зневагою, зне­ важати, зовсім не цінити, відкрито не ко­ ритися, кидати виклик;

Yes: you and papa had quarrelled terribly, and you set both him and mama, and Mrs. Pryor, and everybody, at defiance (Ch. Bronte).

In his high-handed, impetuous fashion, he set all caution and discretion at defiance (A. Doyle).

1920. bide (або watch) one's time, to че­ кати слушного моменту; чекати свого часу;

Не regarded himself as a man like the others, and was biding his time until he could find a mate and go off prospecting (K. S. Prichard).

1921. bid fair (to be, to do і т. д.), to обі­ цяти, здаватися вірогідним, імовірним;

The girl bade fair to be one of those women who develop late, who ripen slowly, like the best fruit (//. Merriman).

1922. bid (one) farewell, to див. В-1918.

1923. bid farewell (to), to див. В-1918.

1924. bid (або wish) (one) God speed, to

побажати удачі, успіху (комусь); ^ боже помагай.

1925. bid (one) good-bye, to див. В-1918.

1926. bid good-bye (to), to див. В-1918.

1927. bid (або let) (one) go whistle, to 1) не рахуватися з чиїмись бажаннями, не брати до уваги чиїсь бажання; безцеремон- но відмовити комусь;

If these mortals, the Critics, should bustle I care not, not I — let the Critics go whistle (R. Burns).

2) вигнати (когось).

1928. bid one's farewell, to див. В-1918.

1929. bid (one, something) welcome, to ві­ тати (когось, щось).

1930. big and little of something, the уся суть чогось, увесь зміст чогось;

They all know about this business of our street-railway holdings and they want to shake us out and that's the big and little of it — nothing more and nothing less (Th. Dreiser).

1931. (as) big (або large) as life (тж. the size of life; to the life) натурального __роз­ міру, в натуральну величину; як живий;

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You want to pretend to yourself that you're very small and all the time you know that you're as bie as life (S. Heym).

Here's the governor, the size of life! (Ch. Dick-

When he came to the portrait of June he stood for a minute, with his head on one side... "You've got her to the life" (1. Galsworthy).

1932. Big Ben «Великий Бен» (годинник на будинку англійського парламенту) [за ім'ям Бенджаміна Холла, під керівництвом якого було встановлено цей годинник};

Soames had concentrated, sitting before the fire in his bedroom till Big Ben struck twelve (J. Gals­worthy).

1933. big bird, the театр, жарг. свист, ши­ кання у залі для глядачів (звич. вжив, з дієсловами to get, to give).

1934. big boy і) розм. друзяка, старина [тж. фам. my boy; фам. old boy (або chap, cock, dog, fellow, man, son, ship); сл. old bean (або egg, fruit, nobs, socks, stub, thing, top) (old ship вживається тільки щодо мо­ ряків)] ;

"Get a basket!" called the rivet heater sarcast-, ically, and Ed was too dejected and scared to curse him.

"Not so hot, big boy!" I encouraged (7. Conroy).

I like you, old boy (W. Thackeray).

Hello, old chap; you got no work, hey? (M. Twain).

Do be cool, you fool! None of your crowing, old cock (E. Poe).

Why, in a year or two, you old dog, you'll be sending patients up to me in town from your stick in the mud Blaen — whatever you call it (A. Cro-nin).

Who knows that I'm not going to try, old fellow? (W. Thackeray).

I know what it is, old man; you've got a chill (Jerome K. Jerome).

"Gee, it's good to have a look at you, old socks!" he began (Th. Dreiser).

"Well done, old stub!" he shouted (J. Cooper).

"Why the sudden haste, old top?" called one girl banteringly (Th. Dreiser).

2) амер. сл. хазяїн; заводій, верховода, впливова людина, «цяця»;

They seem to hate Julius the most, calling him names, and kicking him, and bringing people over to introduce them to him, like it was a game. I guess because he was a real war hero, and wouldn't have anything to do with their Legion, after the big boys started to run it (A. Maltz).

"What kind of job?"

Arnie laughed. "You're going too fast, Erik. As long as you started this, let me tell it my way. And I'll give it to you very straight because you're a big boy now" (M. Wilson).

3) військ, жарг. велика гармата. )35. big bug due. B-1938, 1).

1936. big business (тж. Big Business) ве­ликий капітал; великі монополії;

Labor in N. Y. [= New York] city slammed hard at the weekend against moves by Big Business and the bankers to saddle workers with the costs of automation... (The Worker, Dec. 12, 1961).

1937. big canoe амер. сл. велике каное (так колись індійці називали пароплав).

1938. big card 1) важна особа, шишка, туз, велика цяця, велике цабе [тж. big pot (або wig, спочатку амер. gun); спочатку амер. great gun; амер. big cheese (або noise; shot); амер. жарт, high muck-a-muck (або high-muck-a-muck); сл. спочатку амер. big bug; амер. сл. big dog (або fish, gamble, number)];

MeLunt was the big gun in the Liberal organiza­tion (D. Carter).

I've come to offer my humble congratulations. Oh dear! all the great guns are before me (B. Shaw).

I'm a big noise in the Stepney Street Traders' Association, and I know all about the trade, love. (/. Lindsay).

He said his brother-in-law, who's a big shot at Military Headquarters, told him our defences are in a bad way (K. S. Prichard). .

It would have been my job if the high mucky-mucks had known he was there (7. Conroy).

I guess this is as good a place as any to see the crowd. It's a good chance to see all the big bugs of the city (F. Norris).

Haviland's a big gamble. An awful lot depends on the man you work for (M. Wilson).

Now it looks bad if one after the other of us troop in to pester him. You've got to consider their feelings, too — right? Pick some other Big Number (S. Heym).

2) розм. популярна людина, душа това­риства, улюбленець усіх (тж. great card).

1939. big cheese (або dog) див. В-1933, 1).

1940. big drink, the амер. жарт. 1) Атлан­ тичний океан; див. тж. В-1961; 2) ріка Міс­ сісіпі.

1941. big fish див. В-1938, 1).

1942. big fish in a little pond [тж. big frog in a little puddle; triton among (або of) the minnows] ^ велетень серед пігмеїв; жарт. ^ молодець проти овець [останній вираз е шекспірівським; Coriolanus, д. III, сц. 1].

1943. big game великий звір; перен. ба­ жана здобич, об'єкт шукання (особл. що пов'язується з риском).

1944. big gamble див. В-1938, 1).

1945. bigger the mouth, the less comes out of it, the присл. ^ скоріше в курки молока випросиш; захотіли від кішки оладків;

Fried stuff... it's as American as Texas. Nothing but a bag of wind. The bigger the mouth, tht less comes out of it (D. Carter).

1946. biggest fools have the best luck, the

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fools; God sends fortune to fools) присл. ~ дурням щастя;

"There's no mistake about the saying that the biggest fools have the best luck," he observed, still retaining his hold on my collar (J. Greenwood).

1947. biggest frog in the pond, the амер. жарт. (тж. англ. жарт, the biggest toad in the puddle) місцевий заводій.

1948. big gun див. В-1938, 1).

1949. big (060 good) hand, а амер. тривалі оплески (звич. вжив, з дієсловами to get, to give).

1950. big haul, а перен. великий улов, ви­ лов; велика здобич.

1951. big head, the див. S-2681.

1952. big head and little wit, a ^ широкий лоб, a мозку мало; виріс, та ума не виніс.

1953. big heart, a 1) великодушна, бла­ городна людина; людина великої душі; 2) великодушність, благородство (звідси big-hearted — великодушний, благородний);

Don't worry, Bobby, when a boxer has as big a heart as you have, he will never let anybody down (D. W. L., Oct. 22, 1959).

1954. big (або grand, great) idea (часто ірон.) чудова думка; чудово вигадано, чу­ довий план.

1955. big John амер. військ, жарг. ново­ бранець.

1956. big (або long) knife амер. заст. «ве­ ликий або довгий ніж» (прізвисько, яке ін­ дійці дали білим).

1957. big mouth амер. балакун, базіка, хвалько; due. тж. В-2935;

The big shots, the big mouths, the labor baiters and union busters, they keep coming back to race hatred like a dog comes back to a rotten carcass (A. Saxton).

1958. Big Muddy амер. «велика замазура» (так називають ріку Міссурі).

1959. big noise 1) див. В-1938, 1); 2) амер. хазяїн.

1960. big number див. В-1938, 1).

1961. Big Po^id (або Puddle), the жарт. «великий ставок», «велика калюжа» (гак називають Атлантичний океан); див. тж. В-1940, 1).

1962. big pot див. В-1938, 1).

1963. Big Puddle, the див. В-1961.

1964. big (або fat, heavy, long, well-lined) purse туго набитий гаманець; гроші, багат­ ство, достаток, забезпеченість; див. тж. Е-27; Е-38, 1); R-294 та L-377;

You see they are pretty able men both of them, with very long purses to boot (F. Harris).

1965. big roll амер. великий куш, сила грошей; ^ лантух грошей; див. тж. М-1153.

1966. big shot див. В-1938, 1).

1967. big (або great) smoke, the розм. «великий димар» (так називають Лондон); див. тж. G-2078.

1968. big stick (тж. big stick policy) амер. пол. «політика великого кийка», політика сили; прояв ворожнечі [вираз належить пре­ зиденту США Т. Рузвельту (Th. Roosevelt, 1858—1919)]; див. тж. S-787.

1969. big (або tall) talk хвастощі, пере­ більшення; див. тж. Т-776.

His talk was big. He, too, was a mighty traveller, he said (V. London).

1970. big wig див. В-1938, 1).

1971. big (або heavy, заст. great, quick) with child (тж. with child; розм. in the family way) вагітна; див. тж. 1-163;

She has been carried before the justice for being big with child (Я. Fielding).

The girl, heavy with child, followed the~ old wo­man when she turned away from the travellers, along a rough gutter torrential rains had made in the hard red earth (K. S. Prichard).

His wife, Jeannie, who was three months with child, came to visit him each day (F. Hardy).

She's in the family way, too! (Th. Hardy).

1972. big with news що горить бажанням розказати новини.

1973. big words хвастовиті слова, хвасто­ щі.

1974. bill and coo, to пеститися, милува­ тися, голубитися, воркувати;

They were like two children, billing and cooing, driving, seeing the sights (Th. Dreiser).

1975. billingsgate language (тж. language of the fishmarket) неподобна, базарна лай­ ка; див. тж. А-50 та Т-777.

1976. Bill Jim військ, жарг. Білл Джим (прізвисько австралійських солдатів).

1977. bill of adventure ком. угода, за якою перевозка товарів здійснюється на риск власника (без страховки).

1978. Bill of Attainder див. А-102.

1979. bill of exchange вексель.

1980. bill of fare (тж. bill-of-fare) меню; перен. програма;

I always match my appetite to my bill of fare (O. Goldsmith).

1981. Bill of Oblivion див. А-104.

1982. bill of privilege петиція пера про те, щоб його судив суд перів.

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1983. Bill (або Declaration) of Rights англ. іст. Декларація прав людини (1689 p.).

1984. bills of mortality, the іст. щоденні відомості про смертність (у Лондоні та в районі Лондона).

1985. bill was read, the парл. законопро­ ект було представлено на обговорення.

1986. bill will cross the lobbies, the парл. законопроект перейде з палати громад до палати лордів.

1987. billy-goat beard (тж. goatee beard) козлина борідка;

...There is nothing so trying to the throat as a big billy-goat beard wagging under the chin (R. Kipling).

He was smiling quietly above that goatee beard of his, which lengthened his thin brown visage (7. Galsworthy).

1988. bind (one) hand and foot (або leg), to зв'язати по руках і ногах (когось);

My dear ladies —you may bind me hand and leg, or lock me up in a closet if you like. Only hear what I have got to say — only hear me (Ch. Dick­ens).

1989. bind (one) over to appear, to юр. зо­ бов'язати з'явленням на. суд (когось).

1990. bind the bargain, to дати завдаток (купуючи щось).

1991. bind the sack before it be (або is) full присл. ^ всьому знай міру; не будь надто завидющим, жадібним.

1992. bipartisan (або two-party) system, the пол. двопартійна система;

The General Strike was the greatest event in the last hundred years of the British working class. Today there are many who would be happy to have it forgotten, or treated as an abnormal disturbance of what they would present as-a relatively smooth chronicle of social advance, powered by the recip­rocating engine of the twoparty system (L. M.. May, 1956).