Смысл: abandon

abandonI
1. [əʹbændən] n страх.
<Í> абандон

2. [əʹbændən] v
<Í> 1. отказываться; оставлять
to abandon the attempt - отказаться от попытки, прекратить попытки
to abandon (all) hope - оставить (всякую) надежду
abandon hope all ye who enter here (Dante) - оставь надежду всяк сюда входящий
the search was abandoned - поиски были прекращены
to abandon a custom - не сохранить /предать забвению/ обычай
immigrants slow to abandon their native languages - иммигранты, неохотно отказывающиеся от своего родного языка
2. сдавать
to abandon the city to the enemy - сдать город врагу
to abandon oneself to the conqueror's mercy - сдаться на милость победителя
3. покидать, оставлять; самовольно уходить (с поста и т. п.)
to abandon smb. - бросить кого-л.
to abandon the sinking ship - покинуть тонущий корабль
courage abandoned him - мужество покинуло его
4. юр. отказаться (от собственности, от права и т. п.)
5. закрывать; консервировать (предприятие и т. п.)
♢ to abandon oneself to smth. - предаваться чему-л.; отдаваться чему-л.
to abandon oneself to passion [despair] - предаваться страсти [отчаянию]
to be abandoned to smth. - предаваться чему-л.; испытывать что-л.
to be abandoned to grief [despair] - предаться горю [отчаянию]

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[əʹbændən]
n
<Í> 1. книжн. развязность; несдержанность
to do smth. with /at, in/ (complete) abandon - делать что-л., (совершенно) забыв обо всём /отдавшись порыву/
2. импульсивность; энергия
to sing with abandon - петь с чувством, забыться в песне
to wave one's hand with abandon - энергично размахивать рукой
he spoke with complete abandon - он говорил, забыв обо всём; его словно прорвало

December, May and Идиома

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a firm hand

a person who will discipline people The students in Grade 8 need a teacher with a firm hand.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a free hand

complete authority, freedom to control The President gave Ms. Drake a free hand in choosing the colors.

a grandfather clause

a written statement that protects a senior worker They can't demote him because he has a grandfather clause.

a handful

a child who is difficult to manage Jason is not easy to manage. He is a real handful for his mother.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a helping hand

help with a job or task, lend a hand May was always ready with a helping hand.

a hot hand

lucky in card games or at gambling Walter's got a hot hand tonight. He's won four games of poker.

a jim dandy

a fine piece of work, a beautiful object Mom, you should just see this saddle. It's a jim dandy!

December, May and

A alliance amid a adolescent and a abundant earlier individual. This alterity was alleged January and May by Chaucer, January continuing for the age-old frosts of old age and May for the adolescent animation of spring. In Chaucer’s The Merchant’s Tale the adolescent girl, May, marries January, a baron age-old sixty. This fourteenth-century abstraction was adapted into December and May by the aboriginal 1600s (although January and May survived as well). December, of course, is not alone algid but additionally comes at the end of the agenda year and so may accommodate a bigger affinity for backward in life. “You doe amiss to Time, administration May to embrace December,” wrote Thomas Dekker (The Seven Deadly Sinnes of London, 1606). Learn more: and, may

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