Matches - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

The same in amount, number, or size

Примеры использования:

One quart is equal to four cups., divide the class into equal groups., equal rights, we want a soci…

adjective

The same in price, number, size, etc.

Примеры использования:

The values of cross-border and internal sales were about equal over the year., an equal amount/numb…

idiom

To be not as good as someone or something else

Примеры использования:

Her latest movie is quite watchable but it's not in the same league as her first two epics.

idiom

To be in the same unpleasant situation as other people

Примеры использования:

She's always complaining that she doesn't have enough money, but we're all in the same boat.

noun

A short period of intense activity of a specified kind.

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Occasional bouts of strenuous exercise

noun

A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election.

Примеры использования:

Candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate

noun

A person who is competing to get a job or elected to a position

Примеры использования:

There are three candidates running for sheriff., she announced her candidacy for governor on the we…

noun

A person who is competing for a job or an elected position

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A candidate for sth she's the best candidate for the job., a good/likely/potential candidate he's h…

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

A person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels.

Примеры использования:

His travelling companion

verb

Accompany.

Примеры использования:

He is companioned by a pageboy

noun

A covering over the hatchway leading to a ship's companionway.

Примеры использования:

The room was illumined from the light in the companion, and the dim lantern hung from the deck beam.

noun

A person of equal rank, status, or ability.

Примеры использования:

He was better versed in his profession than his compeers

noun

The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.

Примеры использования:

There is fierce competition between banks

noun

An activity done by a number of people or organizations, each of which is trying to do better than all of the others

Примеры использования:

[ u ] competition for the job was fierce., [ u ] traditional booksellers face stiff competition fro…

noun

The situation in which people or businesses are trying to be more successful than each other, for example by making more sales in a market

Примеры использования:

There has always been competition between the auto manufacturers., stiff/fierce/strong/tough compet…

noun

A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality.

Примеры использования:

Local ales provide the perfect complement to fine food

verb

Contribute extra features to (someone or something) in such a way as to improve or emphasize their qualities.

Примеры использования:

A classic blazer complements a look that's smart or casual

verb

To help make something or someone more complete or effective

Примеры использования:

She used photographs to complement the text of the news story., this ancient chinese therapy is par…

noun

An event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality.

Примеры использования:

A tennis contest

verb

Engage in competition to attain (a position of power).

Примеры использования:

She declared her intention to contest the presidency

verb

Oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken or wrong.

Примеры использования:

The former chairman contests his dismissal

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Примеры использования:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Примеры использования:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Примеры использования:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Примеры использования:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

verb

To be similar or the same in some way

Примеры использования:

Her version of that meeting does not correspond with what i remember (= i remember it differently).…

verb

To communicate with someone by letter or email

Примеры использования:

Correspond with sb there has been some problem in the way insurers are corresponding with customers…

noun

A person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another person or thing in a different place or situation.

Примеры использования:

The minister held talks with his french counterpart

noun

A person or thing that has the same position or purpose as another person or thing in a different place or organization

Примеры использования:

The president will meet with his brazilian counterpart tomorrow.

noun

A person or thing that does the same job or has the same function as a person or thing in a different organization, etc.

Примеры использования:

Why should women in top managerial positions earn less than their male counterparts?, for the first…

noun

An annual flat race for three-year-old horses, founded in 1780 by the 12th earl of derby and run on epsom downs in england in late may or early june.

Примеры использования:

The irish derby

noun

A hard cheese made from skimmed milk, chiefly in derbyshire.

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In the seventeenth century, the custom of adding sage (a herb valued at the time for its health-giv…

proper noun

A city in the midlands of england, on the river derwent; population 244,700 (est. 2009).

adjective

Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.

Примеры использования:

Double doors

predeterminer

Twice as much or as many.

Примеры использования:

The jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for

adverb

At or to twice the amount or extent.

Примеры использования:

You have to be careful, and this counts double for older people

noun

A contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honour.

Примеры использования:

Twice he had seriously wounded men in duels

verb

Fight a duel or duels.

Примеры использования:

Shall we duel over this?

verb

A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Примеры использования:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Примеры использования:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

noun

A large flightless fast-running australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy grey or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet.

Примеры использования:

Ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, kiwis, moas and elephant birds really are more closely related…

abbreviation

Electric multiple unit.

noun

An electric multiple unit (train).

adjective

Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.

Примеры использования:

Add equal amounts of water and flour

noun

A person or thing that is the same as another in status or quality.

Примеры использования:

We all treat each other as equals

verb

Be the same as in number or amount.

Примеры использования:

Four plus six divided by two equals five

adjective

Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Примеры использования:

One unit is equivalent to one glass of wine

noun

A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Примеры использования:

The french equivalent of the bank of england

adjective

Equal to or having the same effect as something else

Примеры использования:

A mile is equivalent to about 1.6 kilometers., a day on the planet mercury is the equivalent of 176…

noun

A thing that happens or takes place, especially one of importance.

Примеры использования:

The momentous political events of the late 1980s

noun

Anything that happens, esp. something important or unusual

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Sporting events, a charity/fundraising event, political/world events, she later gave me her version…

noun

An activity that is planned for a special purpose and usually involves a lot of people, for example, a meeting, party, trade show, or conference

Примеры использования:

Manage/plan/organize an event the marketing team is organizing an event for their new product launc…

noun

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

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A facsimile of the manuscript

verb

Make a copy of.

Примеры использования:

The ride was facsimiled for another theme park

noun

An exact copy, esp. of a document

noun

A man or boy.

Примеры использования:

He was an extremely obliging fellow

adjective

Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.

Примеры использования:

They urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens

noun

A man

Примеры использования:

He was a big fellow with broad shoulders., dr. rodriguez is a fellow of the american college of phy…

verb

Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.

Примеры использования:

The men were fighting

noun

A violent confrontation or struggle.

Примеры использования:

He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club

verb

Be engaged in a contest or struggle

adjective

Coming at the end of a series.

Примеры использования:

The final version of the report was presented

noun

The last game in a sports tournament or other competition, which will decide the winner of the tournament.

Примеры использования:

The winners of the semi-finals will take part in a county final to decide the winner.

adjective

Last

Примеры использования:

The other team scored twice in the final minute., the recommendation will be sent to the city counc…

noun

A piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle.

Примеры использования:

Plumbing fixtures

noun

A piece of equipment that stays attached to a house or other building

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A light fixture, bathroom fixtures, fig. he became a fixture (= a regular feature) on television in…

noun

Something in a house that is permanently fixed, such as bathroom equipment, and that is not taken by someone when they move to a new home

Примеры использования:

All fixtures and fittings are included in the house price.

adjective

Kind and pleasant.

Примеры использования:

They were friendly to me

noun

A game or match that does not form part of a serious competition.

Примеры использования:

England will play two friendlies in sardinia

adjective

Having an attitude or acting in a way that shows that you like people and want them to like and trust you

Примеры использования:

They were friendly people., she had a bright, friendly smile., it’s a very friendly city., sometime…

noun

An activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

Примеры использования:

The kids were playing a game with their balloons

adjective

Eager or willing to do something new or challenging.

Примеры использования:

They were game for anything

verb

Manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous.

Примеры использования:

It was very easy for a few big companies to game the system

phrasal verb

To regularly exist at the same time, or often be found in the same place

Примеры использования:

Movies and popcorn just seem to go together., his suit, shirt, and tie didn't really go together.

phrasal verb

Go or occur together

phrasal verb

To accept an idea or agree with a person

Примеры использования:

I think we can go with the advertising agency's suggestions, don't you?

noun

The speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens or changes

Примеры использования:

She walks four miles every day at a brisk pace., you seem to be working at a slower pace than norma…

noun

The speed at which something happens or is done

Примеры использования:

A fast/rapid pace, a slow/leisurely/sustainable pace, their economy is expanding at an increasing p…

phrasal verb

To continue to be informed about something

Примеры использования:

He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.

phrasal verb

To do something or move at an acceptable rate, or at the same rate as someone or something else

Примеры использования:

It's a fast pace, and you'll have to work hard to keep up., they pioneered the product, but now the…

preposition

Having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.

Примеры использования:

He used to have a car like mine

conjunction

In the same way that; as.

Примеры использования:

People who change countries like they change clothes

noun

Used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another.

Примеры использования:

The quotations could be arranged to put like with like

noun

Someone or something very similar in physical appearance to someone or something else

Примеры использования:

An elvis presley lookalike

noun

The sexual partner of a bird or other animal.

Примеры использования:

A male bird sings to court a mate

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Примеры использования:

Successful males may mate with many females

verb

Short for checkmate (noun).

phrasal verb

To be as good as something else or as good as expected

Примеры использования:

We compared the movie we made to some of the other students' films to see how it measured up.

phrasal verb

To be good enough, or as good as someone or something else

Примеры использования:

If new staff measure up after six months, they are offered a permanent contract., measure up to sth…

verb

Arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone).

Примеры использования:

A week later i met him in the street

noun

A gathering of riders and hounds before a hunt begins.

Примеры использования:

She fell from her horse during a weekend meet

adjective

Suitable or proper.

Примеры использования:

It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour

noun

A set of two things used together or regarded as a unit.

Примеры использования:

A pair of gloves

verb

Put together or join to form a pair.

Примеры использования:

She wore a cardigan paired with a matching skirt

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Примеры использования:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Примеры использования:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Примеры использования:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

verb

Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

Примеры использования:

Faye peered at her with suspicion

noun

A member of the nobility in britain or ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

Примеры использования:

Hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the house of lords

verb

Make or become equal with.

Примеры использования:

The thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home

phrasal verb

To put someone or something in opposition or competition with someone or something else

Примеры использования:

That talk show is always pitting men against women.

phrasal verb

To encourage one person or group to compete or argue with another, hoping to gain some advantage from this situation

Примеры использования:

Management policy seemed to be to play one department off against another.

phrasal verb

(of two teams or competitors) play an extra game or match to decide a draw or tie.

Примеры использования:

The runners-up will play off against each other

phrasal verb

Bring two people into conflict or competition for one's own advantage.

Примеры использования:

Detectives employ more than one informant so as to play one off against the other

noun

One of a series of games played after the regular season to decide which teams will advance to play for the championship (= compete to be recognized as the best team)

Примеры использования:

The basketball playoffs, a playoff game

noun

The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.

Примеры использования:

There was no prospect of a reconciliation

verb

Search for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation.

Примеры использования:

The company is also prospecting for gold

noun

The possibility or likelihood that something will happen

Примеры использования:

[ c ] losing the elections is a prospect that still appears unlikely., [ u ] she smiled at the pros…

noun

Any of the four games in a competition that decides which players or teams will play in the two semifinals

preposition

In the matter of (used typically as the first word in the heading of an official document or to introduce a reference in a formal letter).

Примеры использования:

Re: invoice 87

noun

Variant spelling of ray3.

abbreviation

Are (usually after the pronouns you, we, and they).

Примеры использования:

We're a bit worried

verb

Play back (a recording on tape, video, or film).

Примеры использования:

He could stop the tape and replay it whenever he wished

noun

The playing again of part of a recording, especially so as to be able to watch an incident more closely.

Примеры использования:

Clouds can be studied in speeded-up replay

noun

A repetition of an earlier event

Примеры использования:

Interest rates were lowered to avoid a replay of the stock market crash., news programs broadcast e…

noun

An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale.

Примеры использования:

A replica of the empire state building

noun

A person or thing that looks very like another.

Примеры использования:

He is a dead ringer for his late papa

noun

(in certain games) a ring or similar object that is tossed so as to encircle a target.

noun

A thing that makes a ringing sound, especially part of a mobile phone

Примеры использования:

Turn off the phone's ringer by flipping the switch., other buttons include a volume rocker on the l…

noun

A person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.

Примеры использования:

He has no serious rival for the job

verb

Be or seem to be equal or comparable to.

Примеры использования:

He was a photographer whose fame rivalled that of his subjects

noun

A person, group, or organization competing with others for the same thing or in the same area

Примеры использования:

Business/political rivals, no computer can rival a human brain.

noun

The game or set of games before the final game in a competition

Примеры использования:

France was eliminated in saturday’s semifinal.

verb

Eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.

Примеры использования:

Todd spat in hugh's face

noun

Saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.

Примеры использования:

I brought up all this phlegm and spit into my mouth, and at first it was so, so foul i nearly choked.

verb

Put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire.

Примеры использования:

He spitted the rabbit and cooked it

idiom

To look extremely similar to someone

Примеры использования:

Josie is the spitting image of her granny at the same age., the old man was the (dead) spit of wins…

noun

A set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt.

Примеры использования:

A pinstriped suit

verb

Be convenient for or acceptable to.

Примеры использования:

What time would suit you?

verb

To be convenient or work well for someone or something

Примеры использования:

What time suits you best?, the job of a salesman seems to suit him., that new hairstyle really suit…

noun

A current score or amount.

Примеры использования:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

verb

Agree or correspond.

Примеры использования:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A record or count of a number of items

Примеры использования:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against., [ t ] i need to finish tallying the receipts., [ i ] hi…

noun

A procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use.

Примеры использования:

Both countries carried out nuclear tests in may

verb

Short for test match.

Примеры использования:

The first test against new zealand

noun

The shell or integument of some invertebrates and protozoans, especially the chalky shell of a foraminiferan or the tough outer layer of a tunicate.

Примеры использования:

The tests of the shells are recrystallized, but the original ornamentation is preserved in very goo…

verb

Attach or fasten with string or similar cord.

Примеры использования:

They tied max to a chair

noun

A piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something.

Примеры использования:

He tightened the tie of his robe

verb

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

verb

Come into or be in contact with.

Примеры использования:

He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

noun

An act of touching someone or something.

Примеры использования:

Her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

verb

Make physical contact with, come in contact with

noun

(in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.

Примеры использования:

Can you foresee a time when gaming tournaments rival sports championships in terms of audience inte…

noun

A formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.

Примеры использования:

The newspaper accounts of the trial

verb

Test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance.

Примеры использования:

Teachers all over the uk are trialling the materials

noun

The examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or responsible for an injury to another person

Примеры использования:

[ c ] a criminal/civil trial, [ u ] the case will soon go to trial (= begin)., [ u ] she must still…

noun

One of two children or animals born at the same birth.

Примеры использования:

Experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins

adjective

Forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth.

Примеры использования:

She gave birth to twin boys

verb

Link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange.

Примеры использования:

The russian city of kostroma is twinned with durham