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Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единицReed was building his TV station./ /Serious trouble cropped up just when Martin thought the problem of his college education was solved./ Compare: TURN UP. [cross] See: AT CROSS PURPOSES, CARRY ONES CROSS, DOUBLE CROSS, KEEP ONES FINGERS CROSSED at CROSS ONES FINGERS(1b). [cross a bridge before one comes to it]{v. phr.} To worry about future events or trouble before they happen.Usually used in negative sentences, often as a proverb. /"Can I be a soldier when I grow up, Mother?" asked Johnny. "Dont cross that bridge until you come to it," said his mother./ Compare: BORROW TROUBLE. [cross-check(1)]{v.} To test the truth of by examining in different ways or by seeing different reports about. /If you see something in a book that may not be true, be sure to crosscheck it in other books./ [cross-check(2)]{n.} The testing of the truth of by checking one report against another or others. /A cross-check with other books will show us if this story is true./ [cross fire]{n.} 1. Firing in a fight or battle from two or more places at once so that the lines of fire cross. /The soldiers on the bridge were caught in the crossfire coming from both sides of the bridge./ 2 ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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