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Terms containing стру́сить | all forms | exact matches only
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Makarov.в конце концов он струсилhis courage failed him in the end
gen.игра "кто первым струсит"game of chicken (The game of chicken (also referred to as playing chicken) is a "game" in which two "players" each drive a vehicle of some sort towards each other, and the first to swerve "loses" and is humiliated as the "chicken". In practice, this sort of game, if played at all, is most likely to be played amongst adolescents or aggressive young men, though it is not at all popular. The principle of the game is to create pressure until one person backs down. Alexander Demidov)
inf.играть в "кто первый струсит"play chicken (Stevvie)
mil., lingo"кнопка для струсивших"chicken switch (Am.E. Taras)
Makarov.мальчик боялся, что если он не пойдёт с ними на дело, они скажут, что он струсилthe boy was afraid that if he did not join the others in the crime, they would say he had chickened out
slangне струситьhave the balls (Artjaazz)
gen.он совсем струсилhis courage was at the lowest ebb
gen.он струсилhis heart sank
gen.он струсилhis heart was in his boots
gen.он струсилhis heart failed him
gen.он струсил и не полез на деревоhe chickened out of climbing up the tree
chess.term.струсить и уклониться от матчаfunk the match
Makarov.струсить отbottle out of something (чего-либо)
Makarov.струсить перед лицом опасностиquail in the face of danger
Makarov.я надеюсь, вы не подумаете, что я струсилI hope you will not think I am funking