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Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единицBarr taught himself to type, and he uses the hunt-and-peck system./ [hunt down]{v.} 1. To pursue and capture; look hard for an animal or person until found and caught. /The police hunted down the escaped prisoner./ Compare: TRACK DOWN. 2. To search for (something) until one finds it. /Professor Jones hunted down the written manuscript in the Library of Congress./ Syn.: TRACK DOWN. [hunting] See: HAPPY HUNTING GROUND. [hunt up]{v.} To find or locate by search. /When John was in Chicago, he hunted up some old friends./ /The first thing Fred had to do was to hunt up a hotel room./ [hurry on with] or [make haste with] {v. phr.} To make rapid progress in an undertaking. /Sue promised to hurry on with the report and send it out today./ [hurry up]{v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). /Hurry up or well miss our plane./ [hurt] See: CRY BEFORE ONE IS HURT or HOLLER BEFORE ONE IS HURT. [hush-hush]{adj.}, {informal} Kept secret or hidden; kept from public knowledge; hushed up; concealed. /The company had a new automobile engine that it was developing, but kept it a hush-hush project until they knew it was successful./ [hush up]{v.} 1 ...» |
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