SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS

Meaning of SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS in English

Brit.

a situation in which different actions result in no eventual gain or loss.

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SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS — брит. ; разг. победы и поражения, взлёты и падения; достоинства и недостатки, плюсы и минусы см. тж. you win some …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS — брит.; разг. победы и поражения, взлёты и падения; достоинства и недостатки, плюсы и минусы см. тж. you win some you …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS — ( BrE , informal ) used to say that there are advantages and disadvantages whatever decision you make : If …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS — see swing
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS — see swing
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS — • ↑ it's swings and roundabouts/it cuts both ways
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AND
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SWINGS — present third singular of swing plural of swing
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUNDABOUTS — • ↑ it's swings and roundabouts/it cuts both ways
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SWINGS — Колебание
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROUNDABOUTS — roundabouts: swings and ~ непредсказуемые колебания рыночной конъюнкткры roundabouts: swings and ~ непредсказуемые колебания рыночной конъюнкткры
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SWINGS — Скала
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ROUNDABOUTS — Карусели
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SWINGS — Колебание
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROUNDABOUTS — roundabouts: swings and ~ непредсказуемые колебания рыночной конъюнкткры roundabouts: swings and ~ непредсказуемые колебания рыночной конъюнкткры
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SWINGS, POL — born Sept. 24, 1906, Ransart, Belg. byname of Polidore F.f. Swings Belgian astrophysicist noted for his spectroscopic studies of the …
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SWING — / swɪŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swung , swung / swʌŋ; NAmE /) HANG AND MOVE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWING — I. swing 1 W3 /swɪŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle swung /swʌŋ/) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWING — ( swings, swinging, swung) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If something …
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ROUNDABOUT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a roundabout route ( also a circuitous route formal ) (= one that is …
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OUT
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ON
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SWING — 1. сущ. 1) а) качание, колебание In the last elections there was a swing to the right. ≈ На последних …
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WHAT YOU LOSE ON THE SWINGS YOU GAIN ON THE ROUNDABOUTS — = swings and roundabouts
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHAT YOU LOSE ON THE SWINGS YOU GAIN ON THE ROUNDABOUTS — - swings and roundabouts
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SWING — 1. сущ. 1) а) качание, колебание In the last elections there was a swing to the right. ≈ На последних …
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PARALLEL BARS — Event in men's gymnastics in which a pair of wooden bars supported horizontally above the floor at the same height …
Английский словарь Британика
SWINGING
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SWING
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ROUNDABOUT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: round (I) about 1. : something circular: as a. archaic : a circular …
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SWINGING DOOR — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself. Also …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWING — swing 1 — swingable , adj. /swing/ , v. , swung, swinging , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to cause …
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PAS DE BASQUE — Fr. /pahdeu bannsk"/ , pl. pas de basque . Ballet. a step in which the dancer swings one foot to …
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TRAFFIC LIGHTS — (also traffic light or traffic signal ) ■ plural noun a set of automatically operated coloured lights for controlling traffic …
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SWING — ■ verb ( ~s , ~ing ; past and past participle swung ) 1》 move or cause to move back …
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ROUNDABOUT — I. round ‧ a ‧ bout 1 /ˈraʊndəbaʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] British English 1 . a raised circular area …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWING — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWING — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWING — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swung) 1. intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
Oxford English vocab
ROUNDABOUT — ( roundabouts) 1. A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You …
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YOURSELF
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YOUR
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WORK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business/working lunch (= a lunch during which you also do business ) ▪ …
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WITH
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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UP
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TAKE
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SWING — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a door swings open/shut (= moves forward to open or backwards to shut ) …
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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S
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PUT
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OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
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OFF
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NO
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MOOD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mood/sense of optimism ▪ A mood of optimism prevails in the White House. be …
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MAKE
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LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
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IT
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HAVE
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GOOD
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GO
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GIVE
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GET
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FRAME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a framed photo ▪ A small framed photo of his girlfriend sits on a …
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