TO – phrases

Terms for subject Grammar containing TO | all forms | exact matches only

English	Russian
according to purpose	по цели высказывания (shpak_07)
action that began in the time frame prior to the main narrative time frame and that is still underway as another action begins	действие, которое началось до временного периода, на который указывает основное временя повествования, и продолжается в течение данного периода времени параллельно с началом совершения другого действия (Alex_Odeychuk)
action that began in the time frame prior to the main narrative time frame and that was still underway as another action began	действие, которое началось до наступления основного времени повествования и продолжалось на момент начала другого действия (Alex_Odeychuk)
attached to a link verb	присвязочный
hold up to the laws of English grammar	соответствовать законам грамматики английского языка (Alex_Odeychuk)
is nowhere to be found	нигде нет (He is nowhere to be found. – Его нигде нет. ART Vancouver)
it is not reasonable to expect	неразумно ожидать, что (It is not reasonable to expect a person to tolerate being treated in that particular way. — Неразумно ожидать, что человек будет терпеть такое обращение. britannica.com Alex_Odeychuk)
it's better to use	лучше употребить (To avoid confusion, it's better to use a different verb to convey the intended meaning.)
the predicative comparative of most adjectives is formed by adding the ending "-ее" to the stem of the adjective	Предикативная сравнительная степень большинства прилагательных образуется путём прибавления к основе прилагательного окончания "-ee"
the two words are close to being synonyms	оба слова являются почти полными синонимами (Alex_Odeychuk)
there was nothing to be seen	ничего не было видно (I looked out of the window, but it was dark and there was nothing to be seen. ART Vancouver)
to start with	вначале (I reached in my pocket and held out her bottle of sleeping pills. "I was a little scared last night," I said. "I counted these but I didn't know how many had been there to start with. You said you took two. I couldn't be sure you wouldn't rouse up enough to gulp a handful." (Raymond Chandler) – сколько их было вначале ART Vancouver)
was nowhere to be found	нигде не было (He was nowhere to be found. – Его нигде не было. ART Vancouver)

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