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I(быть, оказаться и т. п.) be up-to the mark; be at one's best; be equal to smth.; rise (be equal) to the occasion; cf. come up to scratchОна поняла, что не дождётся от него ни утешения, ни уступок. Он хотел, чтобы она была "на высоте", и молча, твёрдо ждал, пока она возьмёт себя в руки. (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — She realized that she could expect from him neither comfort nor indulgence. He wanted her 'to come up to scratch, and waited silently and firmly until she had pulled herself together.
II...вновь наши пехотинцы оказываются на высоте. Они отсекли автоматчиков от танков и прижали своим огнём к земле. (М. Шумилов, Стойкость, мужество, отвага) —...again our infantrymen were up to the mark. They severed the submachine-gunners from their armour and pinned them down.
( чего) (быть, оказаться и т. п.) rise to the demands of smth.; be at the tip-top of smth.Повар Григорий Иваныч, бывший воронежский дворовый, оказался на высоте своего призвания. Он накормил нас превосходно. (А. Чехов, Письмо Е. Я. Чеховой, 20 июня 1890) — The cook, Grigory Ivanich, who had been a house-serf at Voronezh, turned out to be at the tip-top of his profession. He fed us magnificently.
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2 после ужина горчица
погов.cf. after meat, mustard; a day after the fairВ это время у берега показались русские суда отряда береговой обороны и начали обстреливать японцев во фланг из Лунвентаньской бухты. - После ужина горчица, - возмутились стрелки. -...Моряки прохлаждались в Артуре, а теперь развоевались в пустой след. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — Somewhat later a unit of the Russian coast defence squadron appeared off shore and opened fire on the Japanese flank from Lungwentan Bay. 'The mustard comes when the meat's all eaten,' grumbled the infantrymen... 'The tars were cooling their heels in Port Arthur. But now they're shelling the empty tracks.'
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