- to cook up a scheme
- состряпать план
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
to cook up a scheme
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cook up something — cook up (something) to invent something to produce a result you want. Freddy cooked up a great story so that Jane wouldn t know she was on her way to a surprise party for her birthday. Usage notes: often cook up means to invent something that is… … New idioms dictionary
cook up — (something) to invent something to produce a result you want. Freddy cooked up a great story so that Jane wouldn t know she was on her way to a surprise party for her birthday. Usage notes: often cook up means to invent something that is… … New idioms dictionary
cook up — [v] devise arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp; concepts 17,36 … New thesaurus
scheme — I n. 1) to concoct, cook up, devise, think up a scheme 2) to foil, thwart a scheme 3) a diabolical; fantastic; get rich quick; grandiose; nefarious; preposterous, wild eyed scheme 4) a scheme to + inf. (she concocted a scheme to get publicity) 5) … Combinatory dictionary
cook up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If someone cooks up an explanation or a story, they make … English dictionary
Cook, Elisha, Jr. — (1906–1995) The wellknown veteran character actor Elisha Cook Jr. appeared in more than 120 movies including STANLEY KUBRICK’s taut FILM NOIR, THE KILLING (1956). As George Peatty, the humble racetrack window clerk and henpecked cuckold, Cook… … The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick
cook up — verb 1. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients (Freq. 1) concoct a strange mixture • Syn: ↑concoct • Derivationally related forms: ↑concoction (for: ↑concoct) … Useful english dictionary
cook — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cōc, from Latin coquus, from coquere to cook; akin to Old English āfigen fried, Greek pessein to cook Date: before 12th century 1. a person who prepares food for eating 2. a technical or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
scheme — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine intrigues, action, anagnorisis, angle, approach, architectonics, architecture, argument, arrangement, art, artful dodge, artifice, atmosphere, attack, background, backstairs influence, bag of tricks, blind,… … Moby Thesaurus
cook — v 1. bake, roast, broil, charbroil, grill, barbecue; saut^, braise, fricassee; fry, frizzle, pan, griddle, toast; boil, simmer, steam, stew, seethe, scald; precook, parboil; curry, devil. 2. heat, torrefy, parch, fire, kiln. 3. cook up Informal.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
cook up — Synonyms and related words: ad lib, angle, beget, breed, brew, bring forth, bring into being, cabal, call into being, coin, collude, complot, conceive, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, counterfeit, countermine, counterplot, dash off, design … Moby Thesaurus
