Boards - Английское значение и перевод слова Boards на Русский язык

verb

(of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for.

Примеры использования:

The cottages accommodate up to six people

verb

To provide space or a place for a group

Примеры использования:

The new dormitory will be able to accommodate an additional 200 students., we certainly try to acco…

verb

To have or provide the space that someone or something needs

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The centre can accommodate up to 220 students., the airport simply doesn't have enough room to acco…

verb

Go up or climb.

Примеры использования:

She ascended the stairs

verb

To move up or climb something

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[ t ] they slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain., [ i ] a long flight of steps ascends (=…

noun

A long flat strip of squared timber or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall.

Примеры использования:

The horizontal timber battens of the south wall overlay profiled metal sheets, changing the scale o…

verb

Strengthen or fasten (something) with battens.

Примеры использования:

Stephen was battening down the shutters

verb

Thrive or prosper at the expense of.

Примеры использования:

Multinational monopolies batten on the working classes

noun

A long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used to support the roof or floor of a building.

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There are very fine oak beams in the oldest part of the house

verb

Transmit (a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified direction.

Примеры использования:

The satellite beamed back radio signals to scientists on earth

noun

A line of light coming from the sun or a bright light, esp. as seen against a darker background

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A beam of sunlight, a laser beam scans the disc’s surface., [ i ] the sun beamed down on the ball f…

noun

A place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily.

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The sergeant gave them leave to rest while officers went in search of billets

verb

Lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house.

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Most of the army was billeted within the town

noun

A thick piece of wood.

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Tucker refused the original proposal to buy the european company's bats, instead working out a deal…

noun

Food made of flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked.

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A loaf of bread

verb

Coat (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking.

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Bread the chicken and fry it in oil.

noun

A basic food made from flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked

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[ u ] a slice/loaf of bread

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Примеры использования:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Примеры использования:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

Food.

Примеры использования:

Tex-mex chow is more than melted cheese and beans

verb

Eat.

Примеры использования:

He chowed down on lobster

phrasal verb

Very close

phrase

Very near.

Примеры использования:

Close up she was no less pretty

noun

A photograph taken from a short distance that gives a very detailed picture

Примеры использования:

She took a stunning close-up of him.

noun

An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group.

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One of his first commissions was to redesign the great exhibition building

verb

Order or authorize the production of (something).

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The portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792

noun

A group of people who have been formally chosen and given the authority to get information about a problem or to perform other special duties

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Congress appointed a commission to study immigration policy., she received a commission to paint th…

noun

A group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group.

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The housing committee

noun

A group of people chosen from a larger group to act on or consider matters of a particular kind

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She sits on the city’s finance committee.

noun

A small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and make decisions or collect information for it

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Committee members, a committee meeting, if the others on the committee share his view and the data …

noun

A large formal assembly of people.

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This was their second reunion as a similar convocation gathered for a get together in summerhill tw…

noun

A large, formal meeting, esp. for the ceremony at a university at the end of a course of study, or the act of arranging a large, formal meeting

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[ c ] she was awarded an honorary degree at the spring convocation.

noun

An advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly.

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An official human rights council

noun

A group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization

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The un security council, the council is being pressured to approve the plan.

noun

A group of people who are responsible for making official decisions about a particular activity or advising people about something

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The un security council, a council meeting/member, a governing/ruling council, sit on/serve on/be e…

noun

A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

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The delegates rejected the proposal

verb

Entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.

Примеры использования:

She must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks

noun

A body of delegates or representatives; a deputation.

Примеры использования:

A delegation of teachers

noun

A set of people chosen or elected to represent a larger group

noun

A group of delegates

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The trade and industry secretary is taking a delegation of business and union leaders to shanghai t…

noun

The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

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A vegetarian diet

verb

Restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.

Примеры использования:

I began dieting again

noun

A legislative assembly in certain countries.

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The diet met to approve the budget for the next quarter

noun

The board of directors of a company.

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Such companies developed elected directorates to enforce their rules, deal with disputes amongst th…

noun

A department or organization that is responsible for one particular thing, especially in government

Примеры использования:

European sugar beet farmers are being backed by the eu's agricultural directorate., the competition…

verb

Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.

Примеры использования:

He was eating a hot dog

noun

Light food or snacks.

Примеры использования:

These make great party eats

abbreviation

Tanzania (international vehicle registration).

noun

Items of food.

Примеры использования:

The farm grows a variety of tropical plants yielding an amazing assortment of fruits and other edib…

adjective

Fit or suitable to be eaten.

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The shrub has small edible berries

verb

Go on board a ship or aircraft.

Примеры использования:

He embarked for india in 1817

verb

To go on to a ship or an aircraft

Примеры использования:

We embarked at miami for our caribbean cruise.

verb

To go onto a ship, aircraft, or train

Примеры использования:

The flight crew embarked and the plane took off., the ship had an electrical hoist which allowed ca…

verb

Board or put on to a bus.

Примеры использования:

Troops had on arrival embussed for an unknown destination

verb

Go or put on board an aircraft.

Примеры использования:

Some travellers spend the night before emplaning the next day for new york

verb

Come or go into (a place).

Примеры использования:

She entered the kitchen

noun

A key on a computer keyboard which is used to perform various functions, such as executing a command or selecting options on a menu.

Примеры использования:

The games are rather shallow and require only the use of the four arrow keys and the enter key on y…

verb

To come or go into

verb

Board a train.

Примеры использования:

Arriving in bombay, they entrain and travel up the country

verb

(of a current or fluid) incorporate and sweep along in its flow.

Примеры использования:

Convection does not entrain liquids very far

noun

Enthusiasm or animation.

noun

The money paid for a journey on public transport.

Примеры использования:

We should go to seville, but we cannot afford the air fare

verb

Perform in a specified way in a particular situation or over a particular period.

Примеры использования:

The party fared badly in the elections

noun

The money that you pay for traveling on a vehicle such as a bus or train

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We shared a taxi and split the fare., middle eastern fare, middle-income families will fare better/…

noun

Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.

Примеры использования:

We need food and water

noun

Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal

noun

Something that can be taken in by an animal and used to keep it alive and allow it to grow or develop, or such things considered as a whole

Примеры использования:

[ u ] baby/cat food, [ c ] there were a lot of frozen foods in the refrigerator., [ u ] he has had …

noun

A substance suitable for consumption as food.

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The people depend on sago starch as a basic foodstuff

noun

Any substance used as food

noun

A substance that is used as food or to make food

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Straw is a valuable by-product for farmers as an animal bedding and foodstuff., basic/essential foo…

phrasal verb

Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

phrasal verb

To have a good relationship or deal successfully with a situation

Примеры использования:

Alexis and her roommate are getting along better., she doesn’t get on well with her father.

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Примеры использования:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

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Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

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A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

noun

The larva of an insect, especially a beetle.

Примеры использования:

My onions are ruined by small grubs eating the roots

verb

Dig or poke about in soil.

Примеры использования:

The damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms

noun

Food

Примеры использования:

The food was just good, greasy grub., can i grub a sandwich from you?

noun

A place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures.

Примеры использования:

They enjoyed fishing in the harbour

verb

Keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one's mind, especially secretly.

Примеры использования:

She started to harbour doubts about the wisdom of their journey

noun

An area of water near land where ships can stay safely and which may have equipment and services for shipping

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Примеры использования:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

phrasal verb

Attack or take hold of someone suddenly.

Примеры использования:

Two men jumped on him from behind

phrasal verb

To get on a plane, train, etc. to go somewhere quickly

Примеры использования:

He jumped on a plane and flew out to chicago for the convention.

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Примеры использования:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Food, clothes, and other essentials for living.

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The society are paying for your keep

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity

noun

A thin flat strip of wood, especially one of a series forming a foundation for the plaster of a wall.

Примеры использования:

That's the condition you will wish to duplicate, and this can be done with slatted frames made of f…

verb

Cover with laths.

noun

A long, thin, flat strip of wood, used to make a structure to support plaster on walls or tiles on the roof of a building

verb

Remain alive.

Примеры использования:

The doctors said she had only six months to live

adjective

Not dead or inanimate; living.

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Live animals

adverb

As or at an actual event or performance.

Примеры использования:

The match will be televised live

noun

A small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.

Примеры использования:

The house, the entrance lodge and garden of just over an acre comprise lot one.

verb

Present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities.

Примеры использования:

He has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal

verb

To become fixed or cause something to become fixed in a place or position

Примеры использования:

[ i ] a fish bone had lodged in her throat., [ t ] the explosion lodged some metal fragments in his…

noun

The process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved.

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We support local initiatives that ensure the maintenance of community spirit

noun

The process of keeping or continuing something

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The office is charged with the maintenance of customary practices and ceremonies., bridges require …

noun

The activity of keeping a building, vehicle, road, etc. in good condition by checking it regularly and repairing it when necessary

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Refineries typically schedule yearly maintenance., components necessary for the maintenance of our …

noun

Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten.

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The evening meal

noun

An occasion when food is served or eaten, esp. breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or the food itself on such an occasion

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I don’t enjoy preparing three meals a day every day.

noun

An occasion when food is eaten, or the food which is eaten on such an occasion

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Go out/take sb out for a meal he took the whole team out for a meal at the end of the project., hav…

noun

A list of dishes available in a restaurant.

Примеры использования:

The waiter handed her a menu

noun

A list of the dishes served at a meal, esp. in a restaurant

Примеры использования:

There are several vegetarian dishes on the menu.

noun

A list of possible available actions that appears on a computer screen and allows you to choose the instruction you want

Примеры использования:

Select the edit menu and then click on copy.

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Примеры использования:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Примеры использования:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Примеры использования:

Mount etna

noun

Food.

Примеры использования:

Filling the freezer with all kinds of nosh

verb

Eat food enthusiastically or greedily.

Примеры использования:

You can nosh to your heart's content

noun

The food necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

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Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment

noun

Food that you need to grow and stay healthy

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Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk.

noun

A flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling.

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A layer of insulating material should be placed between the panels and the wall

verb

Cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.

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We panelled the wall around the window

noun

A flat section in the shape of a rectangle that is part of or fits into something larger

Примеры использования:

We sanded down the insides of the door panels., the car’s instrument panel has buttons that give of…

noun

A long, thin, flat piece of timber, used especially in building and flooring.

Примеры использования:

As you lay the planks, use a hammer or mallet and a scrap piece of flooring to force the planks tig…

verb

Make, provide, or cover with planks.

Примеры использования:

The ship was planked with teak

noun

The action of providing or supplying something for use.

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New contracts for the provision of services

verb

Supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

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Civilian contractors were responsible for provisioning these armies

noun

Something that is needed or wanted, or the act of considering the need for something and arranging for it

Примеры использования:

[ u ] when designing buildings in california, you have to make some provision for earthquakes., [ c…

noun

A semi-public administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.

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However, government ministers, the devolved assemblies, local authorities, quangos and all public b…

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Примеры использования:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Примеры использования:

Peel and quarter the bananas

noun

A light snack or drink.

Примеры использования:

Light refreshments are available

verb

Have one's permanent home in a particular place.

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People who work in the city actually reside in neighbouring towns

noun

Space that can be occupied or where something can be done.

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There's only room for a single bed in there

verb

Share a room, house, or flat, especially a rented one at a college or similar institution.

Примеры использования:

I was rooming with my cousin

noun

An area within a building that has its own walls, floor, ceiling, and door

Примеры использования:

The house has a laundry room., is there any room for me in the car?, fig. she writes better, but th…

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Примеры использования:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

noun

An expression of scornful derision.

Примеры использования:

Scoffs of disbelief

noun

Food.

Примеры использования:

Ice cream was seen as suitable scoff to keep the under-tens quiet

noun

A device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.

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Attach a draught seal to the door itself

verb

Fasten or close securely.

Примеры использования:

He folded it, sealed the envelope, and walked to the postbox

noun

A fish-eating aquatic mammal with a streamlined body and feet developed as flippers, that returns to land to breed or rest.

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Others suggest that marine species were derived at least twice, with one lineage leading to the sea…

noun

A place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Примеры использования:

Huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter

verb

Protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather.

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The hut sheltered him from the cold wind

noun

Something that gives protection, such as a building or tent, or the protection provided

Примеры использования:

[ c ] we took the stray dog to an animal shelter., [ u ] the wall gave us some shelter from the win…

noun

A thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal, especially one of a series which overlap or fit into each other, as in a fence or a venetian blind.

Примеры использования:

Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door

noun

Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Примеры использования:

Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance

noun

Food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to keep them strong and healthy

Примеры использования:

The ranch animals get a lot of their sustenance from grazing.

noun

A piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at.

Примеры использования:

She put the plate on the table

verb

Present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting.

Примеры использования:

More than 200 amendments to the bill have already been tabled

noun

Furniture having a smooth flat top supported by legs

phrasal verb

Provide with shelter

verb

To move something or someone from one place to another

Примеры использования:

Please, take me with you!, it may rain, so take your umbrella., the suitcases were taken to madrid …

verb

To subtract one number or amount from another

Примеры использования:

Take sth from sth you'll need to take $2,000 from the $8,000 to allow for tax., take sth/sb off (st…

noun

Wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.

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The exploitation of forests for timber

noun

Wood from trees that is used for building, or trees grown for this use

Примеры использования:

[ u ] the houses were constructed of timber and whitewashed clay.

noun

Wood that has been specially produced for use in the building industry

Примеры использования:

Houses at the eco-friendly retirement complex are made from sustainable timber and stone that has b…

noun

An individual person or member of a board given control or powers of administration of property in trust with a legal obligation to administer it solely for the purposes specified.

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Pension fund trustees

noun

A person, often one of a group, who controls property or money for the benefit of another person or an organization

Примеры использования:

He was a member of the museum’s board of trustees.

noun

A person or organization legally chosen to work alone or as part of a group to manage money or property for others

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The pension fund is managed by a 12-member board of trustees., the ceo, who is responsible for deve…

noun

The process of keeping something in good condition.

Примеры использования:

We will be responsible for the upkeep of the access road

noun

The process or cost of keeping something, such as a building, in good and usable condition

Примеры использования:

It costs the landlord about $2000 a month just for upkeep.

noun

The cost or process of keeping something, such as a building, in good condition

Примеры использования:

The upkeep of larger old properties is very expensive., farepayers paid €4.8 billion for the upkeep…

verb

Short for viva voce.

noun

A cry of ‘viva’ as a salute or cheer.

Примеры использования:

The vivas of the crowd greeted the ship as it returned to port

exclamation

Long live! (used to express acclaim or support for a specified person or thing)

Примеры использования:

‘viva mexico!’