Boost - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

idiom

To help someone to climb over something

noun

Help, typically of a practical nature.

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He saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid

verb

Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something.

Примеры использования:

Women were aided in childbirth by midwives

abbreviation

Artificial insemination by donor.

verb

Increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.

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The accompanying chords have been amplified in our arrangement

verb

To increase the strength of a sound; make louder

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Electric guitars are amplified through loudspeakers., this study amplifies earlier research., [ u ]…

verb

To make something louder

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Amplified music/guitar

verb

Evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).

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Something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions

verb

To cause someone to have a particular feeling

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It's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest., our suspicions were first aroused when we heard…

verb

To cause someone to feel sexual excitement

verb

Help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.

Примеры использования:

A senior academic would assist him in his work

noun

An act of giving help, typically by providing money.

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The budget must have an assist from tax policies

verb

To help

Примеры использования:

Assist someone with something you will be expected to assist the editor with the selection of illus…

verb

Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Примеры использования:

He augmented his summer income by painting houses

noun

A vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in greek and certain other indo-european languages.

verb

To increase the size or value of something by adding something to it

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He would have to find work to augment his income., the region needs to augment its water supply.

noun

A long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support.

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Sessions were kept short or broken for comfort breaks so that she could be re-positioned with suppo…

verb

Support or strengthen.

Примеры использования:

The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence

noun

A heavy chisel used for cutting bricks.

Примеры использования:

‘i began to knock the wooden fascia off using a bolster and hammer,’ said mr sparkes.

verb

Raise or lift (something) to a higher position.

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The exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head

verb

Raise from a lower to a higher position

verb

To give someone a higher or more important position

Примеры использования:

He was elevated to the chairmanship of the house armed services committee., they hoped to elevate t…

verb

Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).

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We were encouraged by the success of this venture

verb

To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen

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[ t + to infinitive ] we were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school., the council is enco…

verb

To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something

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Encourage someone in something they've always encouraged me in everything i've wanted to do.

noun

The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.

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Thank you for all your support and encouragement

noun

Words or behaviour that give someone confidence to do something

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Children need lots of encouragement from their parents., i could never have achieved this without t…

noun

Words or behaviour that make something more likely to happen

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Give encouragement we give positive encouragement to applications from older candidates.

verb

Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.

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His refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation

Increase

verb

To improve the quality, amount, or strength of something

Примеры использования:

The marinade enhances the flavor of the fish., the county took steps to enhance water quality., [ c…

noun

Something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.

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The halving of car tax would provide a fillip to sales

verb

Propel (a small object) with a flick of the fingers.

Примеры использования:

He filliped him over the nose

noun

Something that causes a sudden improvement

Примеры использования:

The athletics win provided a much-needed fillip to/for national pride., the news gave the stock mar…

verb

Encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable).

Примеры использования:

The teacher's task is to foster learning

combining form

Denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering.

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Foster-parent

verb

To take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent

Примеры использования:

Foster a child would you consider fostering a child?

idiom

To help someone to climb over something

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Примеры использования:

She heaved the sofa back into place

noun

An act of heaving.

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With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud

verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

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[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …

verb

Make or become more intense.

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The pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it

verb

To increase, esp. an emotion or effect

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[ i ] as the excitement heightened, the audience began stamping their feet., [ t ] the high winds h…

verb

To increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect

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The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd.

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Примеры использования:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

The action of helping someone to do something.

Примеры использования:

I asked for help from my neighbours

exclamation

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Примеры использования:

Help! i'm drowning!

verb

Lift or pull abruptly or with effort.

Примеры использования:

She hoicked her bag on to the desk

noun

An abrupt pull.

Примеры использования:

With a bit of a hoick, woods blasts his second shot just through the green.

verb

To raise or pull something, usually with a quick movement and with effort

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They hoicked the box onto the table., he hoicked up his trousers.

verb

Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

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A white flag was hoisted

noun

An act of raising or lifting something.

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Instead, dick persuaded fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a …

verb

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

verb

Make or become better.

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Efforts to improve relations between the countries

verb

To make better

verb

To (cause something to) get better

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He did a lot to improve conditions for factory workers., i thought the best way to improve my frenc…

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

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Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

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An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

noun

The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

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Helen had one of her flashes of inspiration

noun

Someone or something that gives you ideas for doing something

Примеры использования:

Inspiration for the golden autumn light provided the inspiration for the painting., divine inspirat…

noun

A sudden good idea

Примеры использования:

Have an inspiration he had an inspiration - why not apply for some government money?

verb

Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

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His philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists

verb

Serve as the inciting cause of

verb

To make someone feel that they want to do something and can do it

Примеры использования:

His confident leadership inspired his followers., [ + to infinitive ] after her trip to venezuela, …

verb

Give strength or energy to.

Примеры использования:

The shower had invigorated her

verb

To give new energy or strength to someone or something

Примеры использования:

They argued that a cut in the tax rate would invigorate the economy., the fresh air was invigorating.

verb

To make someone feel fresher, healthier, and more energetic

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We were invigorated by our walk.

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Примеры использования:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Примеры использования:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Примеры использования:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

verb

Make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.

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The retinal image will be magnified

verb

To make something look larger than it is, esp. by looking at it through a special piece of glass

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Although your skin looks smooth, when magnified you can see a lot of little bumps and holes., he al…

verb

Care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing.

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Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family

noun

The action or process of nurturing someone or something.

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The nurture of children

phrasal verb

To improve or become more exciting

Примеры использования:

Prices perked up slightly before the close of trading.

phrasal verb

To make something more interesting or exciting, or to become this way

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The city is trying to perk up the business district by planting trees., she perked up considerably …

phrasal verb

To become or cause something to become higher in value or more active

Примеры использования:

Share prices have perked up., the overall good news failed to perk up the stock market.

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Примеры использования:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Примеры использования:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Примеры использования:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Примеры использования:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Примеры использования:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Примеры использования:

He wants a raise and some perks

verb

Move upwards

verb

Imbue (something) with new life and vitality.

Примеры использования:

A package of spending cuts to revitalize the economy

idiom

Something that has a sudden, strong, positive effect on something

Примеры использования:

Winning this award has been a big shot in the arm for the students.

verb

Push (someone or something) roughly.

Примеры использования:

They started pushing and shoving people out of the way

noun

A strong push.

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She gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell

verb

Come into rough contact with while moving

noun

A device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.

Примеры использования:

Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the ho…

verb

Urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.

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She spurred her horse towards the hedge

verb

To encourage an activity or development, or to cause something to develop faster

Примеры использования:

The huge new factory spurred economic growth in the entire region., the team's win on saturday will…

verb

Raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).

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The women are given fertility drugs to stimulate their ovaries

verb

To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

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Tax cuts will stimulate the economy., read books to stimulate your child’s imagination., some veget…

verb

To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

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The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy., stimulate growth/investment/t…

noun

A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

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Areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli

noun

Something that causes growth, activity, or reaction

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[ c ] scientists are studying the cell’s response to stimuli., [ u ] the aid package would provide …

noun

Something that encourages growth or causes activity

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A stimulus to sth we would support a further cut in interest rates as a stimulus to economic growth…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Примеры использования:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Примеры использования:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

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Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

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The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Примеры использования:

You're looking swell

verb

Push suddenly or violently in a specified direction.

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She thrust her hands into her pockets

noun

A sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part.

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He drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust

verb

To push suddenly and strongly

Примеры использования:

[ t ] she thrust the money into his hand., [ i ] he thrust at me with a stick., [ c ] a sword thrus…

verb

Heave or lift up (something, especially part of the earth's surface).

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The area was first upheaved from the primeval ocean

verb

Raise the level of; improve.

Примеры использования:

The refreshing smell of essential oils like lavender and peppermint can instantly uplift your mood

noun

An instance of being raised or increased.

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The whole club has seen an uplift in confidence

noun

An increase in value

Примеры использования:

Shares have now recovered to $4.81 - this represents a huge uplift of almost 50% in their value., f…