Смысл: brown

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1. [braʋn] n
<Í> 1. 1) коричневый цвет
2) коричневая краска
3) коричневая одежда или ткань
2. сл. медная монета, медяк
3. (тж. Brown) мулат

2. [braʋn] a
<Í> 1. коричневый; бурый
brown tints of autumn - бурые краски осени
she has brown hair - она шатенка
2. смуглый, загорелый
thin brown hands - худые смуглые руки
as brown as a berry - очень загорелый
3. карий (о глазах)
4. поэт. сумеречный, тёмный
the ivy's brownest shade - густая тень плюща
I watched the twilight falling brown - я следил, как сгущались сумерки
5. текст. суровый, небелёный
brown holland - суровое полотно
6. малайский
♢ to do brown - а) поджарить; the fish was done brown - рыба была хорошо поджарена; б) разг. хорошо сделать (что-л.)
brown done! - здорово сделано!; в) сл. обмануть, надуть, обжулить
we are all of us done so uncommonly brown - нас всех здорово провели /ловко одурачили/; г) сл. избить до синяков, наставить синяков

3. [braʋn] v
<Í> 1. 1) делать коричневым
2) делаться коричневым
2. зажаривать, подрумянивать
3. 1) вызывать загар
the hot sun had parched and browned him - на солнце кожа его высохла и потемнела
2) загорать
4. воронить (металл)

II
[braʋn]
a разг.
<Í> бойкий, ловкий

do it up brown Идиома

brown bag it

take a lunch to work I have had to brown bag it every day this week as the company cafeteria is closed for repair work.

brown nose

try to please the manager, suck up to Some guys brown nose their way to success. But is it success?

browned off

unhappy, a little bit angry, ticked off Tran was browned off because we were late. She didn't like that.

brownie points

points for doing extra work for the manager Bruno earns brownie points by offering to help the manager.

Admiral Browning

chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck

brown

see brown bag it , brown bag special , brown bread , brown hatter , brown-nose , brown trout , browned off , brownie point

brown bag special

a woman whose face is foul but her body is attractive

brown bread

dead. Cockney rhyming slang

brown hatter

derogatory term for a homosexual male

brown-nose

to overly praise or behave sycophantically

do it up brown

To do article absolutely well. To do a acceptable job at something. A: "Boy, you absolutely do it up amber back you plan these parties." B: "Thank you! I anticipate that actuality a affair artist is my absolute calling in life." I did it up amber for that activity because I was acquisitive to affect my boss.Learn more: brown, up

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