Смысл: collect

collectI
1. [kəʹlekt] v
<Í> 1. 1) собирать
to collect pupils in the hall - собрать учеников в зале
to collect evidence [information, data, material for a dictionary, signatures] - собрать свидетельские показания [сведения, данные, материал для словаря, подписи]
2) собираться, скопляться
a crowd soon collected - вскоре собралась толпа
water collects in hollows - вода собирается во впадинах
2. собирать, коллекционировать
to collect stamps [books, pictures, curiosities] - коллекционировать марки [книги, картины, редкости]
3. 1) собирать (пожертвования)
2) взимать (налоги, пошлины, проценты, арендную плату и т. п.)
collect on delivery - оплата при доставке, наложенным платежом
4. ком. инкассировать
5. 1) забирать; получать
to collect goods from the station - забрать товары со станции
to collect one's suitcase - получить свой чемодан
to collect the ball - спорт. завладеть мячом
2) заходить (за кем-л.)
he collected his girl and brought her to the cinema - он зашёл за своей девушкой и повёл её в кино
6. собраться с мыслями и т. п., сосредоточиться
to collect oneself - овладеть собой, прийти в себя, опомниться
to collect one's thoughts [energies] - собраться с мыслями [с силами]
to collect one's courage - собрать всё своё мужество
7. редк. заключать, делать вывод из сказанного
♢ to collect eyes - стараться привлечь к себе внимание

2. [kəʹlekt] adv амер., канад.
<Í> 1) с оплатой получателем
phone me collect - позвони мне с переводом оплаты на меня (при междугородных переговорах)
to send a telegram collect - послать телеграмму, которую должен оплатить получатель
❝freight collect❞ - «фрахт подлежит уплате грузополучателем» (отметка в коносаменте)
2) наложенным платежом
I sent you the books collect - я отправил вам книги наложенным платежом
I'll pay for the goods collect - отправьте мне товар наложенным платежом

II
[ʹkɒlıkt,ʹkɒlekt]
n церк.
<Í> коллект, краткая молитва во время обедни

re collect Идиома

collect my thoughts

think calmly and clearly, organize my thoughts She was glad when the kids left so she could collect her thoughts.

collecting dust

not used for a long time, idle, gathering dust """Where's the silver tray?"" ""On the shelf, collecting dust."""

bill collecta

drug dealer

take up a collection

Idiom(s): take up a collection

Theme: COLLECT

to collect money for a specific project.
• We wanted to send Bill some flowers, so we took up a collection.
• The office staff took up a collection to pay for the office party.

Collect dust

If something is collecting dust, it isn't being used any more.

collective farm|collective|farm

n. A large government-run farm made by combining many small farms. The Russian farmers used to live on collective farms.

collector's item|collector|item

n. Something rare or valuable enough to collect or save. Jimmy's mother found an old wooden doll in the attic that turned out to be a collector's item.

collected

collected
see cool, calm, and collected.

collector's item

collector's item
An object of great interest, value, or rarity, as in This necklace is a collector's item. Originating in the early 1900s as collector's piece, a usage still common in Britain, the term in its present form is occasionally transferred to persons as well, as in The Beach Boys became a collector's item on the tour. [c. 1930]

cool, calm, and collected

cool, calm, and collected
Calm and composed, self-possessed. For example, No matter what the board decides, you have to appear cool, calm, and collected in front of the stockholders. This alliterative synonym for cool as a cucumber dates from the late 1800s.

recollect (oneself)

To bethink or become acquainted of one's purpose, intention, or situation, abnormally afterwards a cursory interruption, diversion, or distraction; to become recomposed. The protestor's chants threw the presentation into anarchy for a moment, but the apostle anon recollected himself and agitated on as before. She appeared to alluvion off into anticipation center through her story, afore recollecting herself and acrimonious up area she larboard off.Learn more: recollect

re-collect (oneself)

To become composed again, abnormally afterwards one has been abashed or confused.

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