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Перевод: scuttle
[существительное] ведро для угля; ящик для угля; отверстие в борту или днище судна; люк ; стремительное бегство; стремление избежать опасности или трудностей; трусость ; торопливая походка; [глагол] затопить судно, открыв кингстоны; поспешно бежать; поспешно удирать; стремительно бежать; позорно бежать от опасности или трудностей
Тезаурус:
- Turning her head round to see what the pain could be, Pepita had seen the spider scuttle back into the crate from which she had been thrown with the bananas.
- You say this project is the only thing that matters, and yet you do your best to scuttle it by refusing to cooperate with what is necessary to keep it going!"
- The stars turned out to pay tribute to Fred Scuttle - better known to us as?
- (I remembered an evening, almost bedtime, when the coal in the scuttle had been very low.
- I would scuttle back, shaking with cold to read the Bible and pray.
- Crabs throw off a leg if it is grabbed by a predator, and scuttle away to the safety of a nearby crevice.
- Washington is likely to react angrily to Kiev's stance, the latest example of brinkmanship between Russia and Ukraine over military matters, which could scuttle what was hailed as the most significant arms deal reached by the superpowers.
- One fight reported from Newton Heath in 1890 involved a pitched battle in Holland Street of between 500 and 600 youths, and shopkeepers were obliged to barricade themselves behind shutters to prevent damage and looting when a "Scuttle" was announced.
- Because he was convinced Zack was about to scuttle and run, if he couldn't get to Zack alone and unarmed, without a shadow from either the British or American authorities."
- The coal scuttle was full.
- Molten watches tumble out of wardrobes, cellos sprout spider-legs and scuttle musically in the shadows, faceless conductors lash out with scorpion-tailed batons.
- They now hope that Danish or British opposition will scuttle the Maastricht treaty, because they know that the economic austerity required by "convergence" will be unpopular - and they, Italy's least popular politicians, will never be returned to power.
- Starting at Chester on Sunday, McGuigan will scuttle through Britain's forests in his Vauxhall Nova for four days, chasing away the thought that he may lose every penny he battled for in the ring if his appeal against 450,000 libel damages plus legal costs fails.
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