- to keep appearances
- придерживаться приличий
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
to keep appearances
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keep up appearances — To keep up an outward show, esp one that belies, or is intended to disguise, the inward reality • • • Main Entry: ↑appear * * * keep up appearances phrase to pretend that everything is good, for example with your marriage or your financial… … Useful english dictionary
keep up appearances — {v. phr.} To maintain an outward show of prosperity in spite of financial problems. * /Mr. Smith s widow had a hard time keeping up appearances after her husband s death./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep up appearances — {v. phr.} To maintain an outward show of prosperity in spite of financial problems. * /Mr. Smith s widow had a hard time keeping up appearances after her husband s death./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
keep up appearances — keep an outward show of prosperity or good behavior They have been trying to keep up appearances even though he has lost his job. делать вид, что ничего не произошло, что все в поpядке After Mr.Darrell failed in business, his family had great… … Idioms and examples
keep up appearances — ► keep up appearances maintain an impression of wealth or well being. Main Entry: ↑appearance … English terms dictionary
appearances — n. outward looks 1) to keep up appearances 2) outward appearances 3) by appearances (to judge by appearances) 4) for the lake of appearances 5) from, to all appearances (to all appearances, the matter is closed) * * * to all appearances (to all… … Combinatory dictionary
keep — keep1 W1S1 [ki:p] v past tense and past participle kept [kept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not change)¦ 2¦(continue doing something)¦ 3¦(not give back)¦ 4¦(not lose)¦ 5¦(store something)¦ 6¦(make somebody stay in a place)¦ 7¦(delay somebody)¦ 8¦(do what you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
keep — [c]/kip / (say keep) verb (kept, keeping) –verb (t) 1. to maintain in one s action or conduct: to keep watch; to keep step; to keep silence. 2. to cause to continue in some place, position, state, course, or action specified: to keep a light… …
keep up — Synonyms and related words: afford support, au courant, back, back up, be employed, bear, bear up, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy up, buttress, carry, carry on, carry on business, conserve, continue, copyright, cradle, crutch, cushion, do… … Moby Thesaurus
