Смысл: breach

breach1. [bri:tʃ] n
<Í> 1. 1) пролом, пробоина, отверстие, брешь
to get out through a breach - пролезть /выбраться/ через отверстие
2) воен. брешь
the guns made a breach in the wall - орудия пробили брешь в стене
2. разрыв (отношений)
breach between friends - размолвка между друзьями
to heal the breach - положить конец долгой ссоре, помириться
3. юр. нарушение (закона, обязательства и т. п.)
breach of the law - нарушение закона
breach of justice - несправедливость
breach of (the) peace - нарушение общественного порядка
breach of contract /of covenant/ - нарушение договора
breach of confidence - злоупотребление доверием
breach of trust - обманные действия или нарушение доверительным собственником своих обязанностей
breach of promise - нарушение обязательства /обещания/
breach of faith - супружеская измена
breach of prison - побег заключённого (из места заключения)
breach of privilege - нарушение привилегий /прав/ законодательного органа (парламента, сената и т. п.)
breach of order - нарушение регламента
breach of discipline - воен. дисциплинарный проступок
4. мор. буруны; волны, разбивающиеся о берег или о корабль
clear breach - волны, перекатывающиеся через судно, не разбиваясь
clean breach - волны, сносящие с корабля мачты и т. п.
♢ without a breach of continuity - непрерывно
a custom more honoured in the breach - а) обычай, который не стоит соблюдать; вредная традиция; б) неправ. обычай, который часто нарушается
to stand in /to throw oneself into/ the breach - принять на себя всю силу удара, броситься в прорыв

2. [bri:tʃ] v
<Í> 1. пробивать брешь; проламывать (отверстие); проделать проход
2. нарушать
this fundamental principle has been breached - этот основополагающий принцип был нарушен
3. мор. выскакивать из воды (о ките)

boarding house reach Идиома

practice what you preach

do what you say people should do If you want to hear truth, tell the truth. Practice what you preach.

reach a stalemate

arrive at a position where no progress is made The talks to buy the materials for the new computer labs reached a stalemate and it will be difficult to get them started again.

reach first base

make a good start, succeed We were unable to reach first base over the new pricing policy with our competitors.

reach for the sky

raise your hands, put them up "The cowboy drew his gun and said, ""Reach for the sky, mister!"""

reach me

cause me to feel your message The minister said he was trying to reach the kids through a film.

reach out

offer to help, let people know that you care Magdalena reaches out to the children in violent families.

out of sb's reach

beyond sb．'s ability力所不及
Reading twenty pages a day is simply out of his reach．一天读20页对他来说简直不可能。
Prices are rising so fast that the kind of house we want to buy keeps getting out of our reach．价格上涨太快，我们想买的房子老是买不起。

reach for

stretch one's hand so as to touch or hold伸手拿
There was no time for me to reach for my own gun．我来不及掏出枪。

within reach of

within practicable traveling distance；near在近处
Our house is within reach of the school．我们家在学校附近。

within one's reach

Idiom(s): within someone's reach AND within someone's grasp

Theme: PROXIMITY

almost in the possession of someone.
• My goals are almost within my reach, so I know I'll succeed.
• We almost had the contract within our grasp, but the deal fell through at the last minute.

boardinghouse reach

A long, awkward ability beyond a table (and added people) to booty food, rather than allurement for it to be anesthetized over. It is advised abrupt in affable aggregation and appropriately likened to amenities one ability acquisition in a boarding house. What accept I told you about application that boardinghouse ability at the banquet table? Pardon my boardinghouse reach—I'll try not to discharge annihilation on you!Learn more: reach

boarding abode reach

Table amenities in which amenities were sacrificed for survival. Most cities and towns had boarding or rooming houses, ample clandestine dwellings whose owners took in advantageous guests who usually backward for almost continued periods of time. Dinners were served ancestors style, with boarders abutting the owners. If you were one of a ample cardinal of people, the choicest or better amounts of aliment ability be gone by the time the platters accomplished area you were sitting. And so, behindhand the acceptable amenities that you abstruse at home, rather than delay your about-face or allurement politely, you accomplished beyond the table—and generally beyond your neighbors—to grab confined platters. That arm addendum was accepted as a “boarding abode reachLearn more: board, house, reach

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More Idioms/Phrases

Woe is me! without so much as without rhyme or reason without further ado without fail within one's reach within limits within hailing distance within an inch of one's life within a stone's throw wither on the vine with the best will in the world with one hand tied behind one's back