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быть педантичным; быть предельно точным; быть скрупулёзным; ставить точки над "i" |
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уточнить все детали (The negotiations are nearly finished, but we still have to dot the i's and cross the t's. • Well, we haven't dotted the i's and crossed the t's, but the contract's nearly ready.) |
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причесать (The proposal's almost complete – all we have to do now is dot the i's and cross the t's. 4uzhoj) |
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ставить точки над "и" |
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to pay a great deal of attention to the details of something, especially when you are trying to complete a task (The negotiations are nearly finished, but we still have to dot the i's and cross the t's.  cambridge.org); finish the details (The proposal’s almost complete – all we have to do now is dot the i's and cross the t's.
cambridge.org); to pay careful attention to all the details when you are finishing something (Well, we haven't dotted the i's and crossed the t's, but the contract's nearly ready. ldoceonline.com); to finish the final details in something such as a plan or contract (macmillandictionary.com); ensure that all details are correct (I just have to dot the i's and cross the t's on my dissertation • He also told us last week that they just needed to dot the i's and cross the t's to complete their takeover but now he's saying the creditors' meeting won't take place until at least September. • I still think the military procurement system needs more flexibility - but it also needs to be managed by competent staffs with the capability to dot the i's and cross the t's of their contracts. • I didn't do much at work apart from filling out my appraisal as there is pressure to dot the i's and cross the t's as redundancy stalks the office for the SEVENTH time in 3 years. • We are being held up, however, while we wait for the council to dot the i's and cross the t's. • It's important to take the time to do the research - check the facts, dot the i's and cross the t's, especially when a particular piece could end up in print. • ‘All that's left to do is dot the i's and cross the t's,’ Tuttle said. • Maybe they are so dysfunctional that Parliament has to prescribe that they dot the i's and cross the t's in whatever they have to do. • I reckon our copies were hardly off the press before the boys in Swindon began dotting the i's and crossing the t's on their press release announcing the lowest mortgage rate in 30 years. • They tended to sue him any chance they got, so it was vital to have every I dotted and every T crossed in their notes. • She finished dotting her I's and crossing her T's and handed her teacher her paper. lexico.com) |
