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⇒ go in; go in with |
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увлекаться (чем-л.); заниматься (with instr.); заняться |
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участвовать (в конкурсе, состязании: I did a bit of diving but I never went in for any major competitions. • Well if you recall he was going in for a competition at Donnington for the loudest sound system.); выступать в пользу (approve of something, advocate); пойти в (в знач. "решить заняться": go in for politics – пойти в политику Jura K.); пойти на (что-либо tavost); выбрать (в знач. "решить заняться" – о специальности, увлечении и т.п. В.И.Макаров); решить заняться ("Why on earth do you go in for track?" I asked him. And then he explained that he thought that, if you wanted to be an all-around man, you ought to cultivate some form of athletics– he's actually taken up pole-vaulting: isn't that a ghastly thought?); записываться в кандидаты (на что-либо); принять участие (в соревновании, экзамене: He went in for the competition last year and he was hoping to win it this time. Jura K.); вступать в игру (В.И.Макаров); решиться на (В.И.Макаров); прибегнуть к (чему-либо tavost); принимать участие (в конкурсе, состязании: Well if you recall he was going in for a competition at Donnington for the loudest sound system. В.И.Макаров) |
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сдавать (экзамен: The other day he went in for a driving license exam. – На днях он сдавал экзамен на права. TarasZ) |
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нравиться (have an interest in or approve of something: "I hope she doesn't go in for big purple orchids," Miss Tinkham said to Mrs. Rasmussen, "there are so many pretty kinds." Jura K.); интересоваться (чем-либо); увлекаться (чем-либо: I never really went in for sports.) |
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enter a competition or sit an examination (He went in for the competition last year and he was hoping to win it this time. • I did a bit of diving but I never went in for any major competitions. • Well if you recall he was going in for a competition at Donnington for the loudest sound system. • Fred and J.R. went in for the Knobbly Knees competition but neither of them won. • ‘It's funny - when I went in for what I term the swimsuit competition,’ he said I was the first to be scheduled. • He's solid, he's reliable and you know he's going to give it everything in every single challenge he goes in for.  lexico.com) |
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like or habitually take part in an activity (I don't go in for the social whirl. • Although they very much enjoy sex with the right partner, they are quite undemanding and don't go in for party tricks. • Even when I was single, I never went in for that playing-with-fire kind of dallying - not that I was a prude. • Apparently this show is a departure from the stronger stuff Taki Rua usually goes in for but stick with it I say. • I think modern young couples are still looking for the old fashioned stability and public commitment my generation went in for. • At 17, Olga had the world standing up and applauding, daring and innovative, she at times went in for near suicidal routines. • And at least the singer didn't try to do all that guttural bellowing into the mic stuff that the other bands went in for. • And maybe the assertiveness training and confidence-building exercises we women have been going in for down the years is just as much of a waste of time. • They don't romanticize the instrument's folk origins or go in for New Age contrivances. • He doesn't go in for the trappings of stardom, preferring a quiet family life. • I'm not one to go in for a lot of political correctness, so if the depiction of the Spanish-Californian peasants bothered me even a little bit, it is bound to offend others to a far greater degree. lexico.com); to do or use something often because you enjoy it or like it (I never really went in for sports. ldoceonline.com); to take part in a game or contest (merriam-webster.com); to give support to (syn.: advocate: And I don't go in for those terrible exercises that some theatrical actors swear by. merriam-webster.com); to have or show an interest in or a liking for (merriam-webster.com); to engage in : take part in (merriam-webster.com) |
