favour

favour
I ['feɪvə] n
1) одолжение, услуга, любезность

May I ask a favour of you? — Разрешите попросить вас об одолжении?

Do me a favour - turn the radio down, will you? — Будь любезен, сделай радио потише.

- great favour
- do smb a favour
- ask for a favour
- heap favours upon smb
- do smth as a favour
2) расположение, благосклонность

I'm in favour of going. — Я за то, чтобы поехать.

He is back in favour with the boss. — Начальник ему снова благоволит

- in favour of smb, smth
- be high in smb's favour
- be out of smb's favour
- show smb undue favour
- speak in smb's favour
- look with favour on smth
- win smb's favour
- find favour with smb
- lose favour with smb
- vie for smb's favour
- curry favour with smb II ['feɪvə] v
1) быть благосклонным, оказывать внимание, оказывать предпочтение, оказывать любезность, благоволить

The judge favoured the plaintiff. — Судья благосклонно отнесся к истцу.

He favoured them with a copy of his book. — Он любезно подарил им экземпляр своей книги.

A mother must not favour one or her children more than the others. — Мать не должна оказывать предпочтение одному ребенку перед остальными.

- favour me with an answer
2) содействовать, помогать, способствовать, оказывать помощь

The darkness favoured his escape. — Темнота способствовала его побегу.

The tax system favours early marriage. — Эта налоговая система поощряет ранний брак.

3) поддерживать, одобрять

He couldn't favour the proposal. — Он не мог одобрить это предложение.

These facts favour his theory. — Эти факты подтверждают его теорию


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  • favour — (Brit.) fa·vour || feɪvÉ™(r) n. kindness; approval; bias, prejudice; preferential treatment; small gift; ribbon, badge of loyalty (also favor) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • favour — favour, favourable, favourite are the normal BrE spellings, as distinct from favor, favorable, favorite in AmE …   Modern English usage

  • favour — [fā′vər] n., vt. Brit. sp. of FAVOR …   English World dictionary

  • favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special …   Collocations dictionary

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  • favour — 1 BrE, favor AmE noun 1 HELP (C) something that you do for someone in order to help them or be kind to them : ask a favour (of sb): Can I ask a favor of you? | do sb a favour: Could you do me a favour and turn off that light? | do sth as a favour …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • favour — I UK [ˈfeɪvə(r)] / US [ˈfeɪvər] noun Word forms favour : singular favour plural favours *** 1) [countable] something that you do for someone in order to help them do someone a favour: Could you do me a favour? ask a favour of someone: Can I ask a …   English dictionary

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