Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - breeze
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Breeze
breeze
~1 n 1 a gentle wind (flowers waving in the breeze) 2 be a breeze informal to be something that is very easy to do (- see also shoot the breeze shoot1 (11)) ~2 v to walk somewhere in a calm confident way + in/into/out etc (She just breezed into my office and said she wanted a job.) breeze through sth phr v to finish a piece of work or pass an exam very easily (She breezed through the exam.)
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(breezes, breezing, breezed) 1. A breeze is a gentle wind. ...a cool summer breeze. N-COUNT 2. If you breeze into a place or a position, you enter it in a very casual or relaxed manner. Lopez breezed into the quarter-finals of the tournament... ‘Are you all right?’ Francine asked as she breezed in with the mail. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv 3. If you breeze through something such as a game or test, you cope with it easily. John seems to breeze effortlessly through his many commitments at work. VERB: V through n, also V through ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: probably from Spanish brisa northeast wind Date: 1626 1. a. a light gentle wind b. a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour 2. something easily done ; cinch • ~less adjective II. intransitive verb (~d; breezing) Date: 1907 1. to move swiftly and airily ~d past the protesters 2. to make progress quickly and easily ~d through the exam ~d to victory III. noun Etymology: probably modification of French braise cinders — more at braise Date: 1726 residue from the making of coke or charcoal ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a gentle wind. 2 Meteorol. a wind of 4-31 m.p.h. and between force 2 and force 6 on the Beaufort scale. 3 a wind blowing from land at night or sea during the day. 4 esp. Brit. colloq. a quarrel or display of temper. 5 esp. US colloq. an easy task. --v.intr. (foll. by in, out, along, etc.) colloq. come or go in a casual or lighthearted manner. Etymology: prob. f. OSp. & Port. briza NE wind 2. n. small cinders. Phrases and idioms breeze-block any lightweight building block, esp. one made from breeze mixed with sand and cement. Etymology: F braise live coals 3. n. a gadfly or cleg. Etymology: OE briosa, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) метео бриз; слабый ветер 2) угольная мелочь - coke breeze - fresh breeze - gentle breeze - land breeze - light breeze - moderate breeze - mountain breeze - screening breeze - sea breeze - strong breeze ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) бриз (легкий ветерок) 2) горн. коксовая мелочь, мелкая фракция, штыб, угольная пыль - coke breeze ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. (легкий) ветерок; бриз 2. мор. ветер 3. разг. ссора, перебранка 4. разг. шепотом передаваемые новости, слухи 5. ам. разг. пустячное дело; работа легче легкого Id: in a breeze —- легко Id: he got the job done in a breeze —- он выполнил работу без труда (играючи) Id: to go like a breeze —- лететь как на крыльях Id: to bat (to shoot) the breeze —- ам. воен. жарг. болтать, трепаться; нести вздор, загибать Id: to fan the breezes —- заниматься бесплодным делом; носить воду в решете 6. редк. веять, слабо дуть (о ветре) 7. ам. разг. промчаться 8. (часто along, into, through) разг. делать что-л. небрежно, наспех he breezed through the task —- он выполнил поручение кое-как 9. ехать вскачь (на лошади) 10. каменноугольный мусор; угольная пыль; штыб ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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through легко проходить тест To his own surprise, John breezed through his driving test this time. BREEZE up крепчать (о ветре) BREEZE block noun constr. шлакобетонный блок BREEZE in вбежать, влететь Jim just breezed in, full of the good news. BREEZE I 1. noun 1) легкий ветерок, бриз; naut. ветер 2) coll. шум, ссора, перебранка 3) новость; слух to fan the breezes - заниматься бесплодным делом Syn: see wind 2. v. 1) веять, продувать 2) amer.; coll. промчаться 3) - breeze through - breeze in - breeze up II noun овод, слепень III noun каменноугольный мусор; угольная пыль; штыб ...Англо-русский словарь
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See: SHOOT THE BREEZE or BAT THE BREEZE or FAN THE BREEZE, WIN IN A WALK or WIN IN A BREEZE. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- 1565, from O.Sp. briza "cold northeast wind," or perhaps nautical, from E.Fris. brisen "to blow fresh and strong." The slang for "something easy" is Amer.Eng., c.1928; breezy "easygoing, jovial" is from 1870. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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