| slang |
быть в состоянии сделать (особенно в смысле "быть в состоянии позволить себе финансово" (покупку, поездку и т.п.) Цитата: "We have our eye on a condo in one of those Sun City retirement villages. With our social security and a little extra thrown in, we ought to be able to swing it." НО – также и в отношении времени ("успеть") – цитата: "Generally I try to schedule radio interviews during work shifts, but I wasn't able to swing it that time. " CopperKettle); быть в состоянии позволить себе (Цитата: "Normally, I wouldn't have been able to touch a house like this one, not in this neighborhood, but with the rental income from the second unit I thought I just might be able to swing it." Иногда для уточнения добавляется слово "financially". CopperKettle) |
