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Most of it was just a long formal list of who got how much return on the graft that went into making up this expedition, but there were a few paragraphs near the end called the ‘Haad Directives,’ couched in dense theologian

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always couched in polite terms, but it was clear that they were

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Jo laughed and explained that the invitation was couched in very formal terms inviting the Lady Josephine Symons to join the Ladies Katie and Abigail for an al fresco entertainment

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He’d couched his insistence on returning her as a matter of

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9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you have gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you

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down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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How good it felt to hear the great bird speak again, even though his language was couched in the images of his race

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2 for if I write unto you concerning the things that are at hand or the things that will be hereafter you all would not be able to understand them because they are couched in parables

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Could it be the unstated policy of the Delhi operatives as well, he suspected, but, couched by the pretentious unsuitability labels!

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She did not at once reply; it was a new experience for a man to speak so forthrightly to her, his words not couched in courtier phrases

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There was more of it—some of it couched in eloquence that made Valeria stare, in spite of her profane education among the seafarers

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―That bad, huh?‖ Can couched his comment as a question but Elise could not mistake the tone in his statement

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That status had however been couched on paper in rather vague or encompassing terms more than a century ago, leaving politicians and lawyers from all sides plenty of leeway to debate those constitutional powers both in public and in court

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The way she’d couched this invitation, instantly and accurately conveyed to all, exactly where she would like to have this nightcap — in bed with Joel

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“Surely there is some humanity couched within,” he would muse, “however deeply it might be buried

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But when it came to the positive question it was couched in cumbersome terminology, so the democrats claimed, that was either the result of ineptitude on the part of the professional company contracted by the survey office, or intentionally designed to confuse in order to arrive at an answer that suited those not in favour of an early introduction of direct elections

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In order to hide this obvious fact: scientists have couched their ramblings in arcane, complex, mysterious gibberish, that even they cannot explain to their own fellow scientists… simply to keep their sacred, specialized knowledge from being exposed as a complete fraud

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All are couched in their own cultural limitations

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Anything that has to be couched n sugar coated lies to be sold: is hiding poison inside it

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They are all lies, couched in cunning hyperboles and sneaky suggestions

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Except it is couched in modern consumer terms

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prophecies couched in the same language style, and even using the same metaphors, Mt

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If the Bible is allowed to be its own interpreter, when read in the light of the prophecies couched in the same language style, and even using the same metaphors, Mt

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It is well known that there are natural drugs that lie couched in the human brain;

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When he lay couched in the ominous horse,

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I took and read the letter, which was couched in terms so flattering that even I myself felt it would be wrong in my father not to comply with the request the duke made in it, which was that he would send me immediately to him, as he wished me to become the companion, not servant, of his eldest son, and would take upon himself the charge of placing me in a position

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William had written out a letter of application, couched in admirable business language, which Paul copied, with variations

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It did seem kinda strange that they couched

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«My friends,» I said, «to a question couched in these terms, our answer can be taken for granted

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I couched my pitch to Hopkins in terms of my surprise discovery

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They read to Noirtier the formal copy of a will, in order to give him an idea of the terms in which such documents are generally couched; then, in order to test the capacity of the testator, the first notary said, turning towards him,—»When an individual makes his will, it is generally in favor or in prejudice of some person

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A couched spear of acuminated granite rested by him while at his feet reposed a savage animal of the canine tribe whose stertorous gasps announced that he was sunk in uneasy slumber, a supposition confirmed by hoarse growls and spasmodic movements which his master repressed from time to time by tranquilising blows of a mighty cudgel rudely fashioned out of paleolithic stone

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He says this, a censor of morals, a very pelican in his piety, who did not scruple, oblivious of the ties of nature, to attempt illicit intercourse with a female domestic drawn from the lowest strata of society! Nay, had the hussy’s scouringbrush not been her tutelary angel, it had gone with her as hard as with Hagar, the Egyptian! In the question of the grazing lands his peevish asperity is notorious and in Mr Cuffe’s hearing brought upon him from an indignant rancher a scathing retort couched in terms as straightforward as they were bucolic

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At the same time it is couched in so unfortunate a manner, and certain phrases in it are of so provocative a character, that its publication would undoubtedly lead to a most dangerous state of feeling in this country

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That was fortunate, for if she could have Indignation at being misunderstood mingled with Scarlett’s forlorn feeling of being out spoken she would have cried out truths couched in Gerald’s forthright words

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It was not the first letter of the kind which she had received, but she never had one couched in such threatening terms

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Only, a rather obscure note was found among the Bishop’s papers, which may bear some relation to this matter, and which is couched in these terms, «The question is, to decide whether this should be turned over to the cathedral or to the hospital

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One day she received from the Thenardiers a letter couched in the following terms: «Cosette is ill with a malady which is going the rounds of the neighborhood

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” I’m not sure about you guys, but I’m leery of worthless risky advice couched in cute alliteration

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The lawyer had, accordingly, begun with an explanation as to the theft of the apples,—an awkward matter couched in fine style; but Benigne Bossuet himself was obliged to allude to a chicken in the midst of a funeral oration, and he extricated himself from the situation in stately fashion

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The order of arrest, signed by the district-attorney, was couched in these words: «Inspector Javert will apprehend the body of the Sieur Madeleine, mayor of M

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Uttering a wild whoop, Felipe couched his spear like a lance and booted his unhappy strider to a charge

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When the White River Legion rode into the midst of the stream and was fully engaged with von Augenfelsen’s men, we couched our lances and charged Karyl’s monsters

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A knight with the lower half of his unfashionably antique great helm painted red with a series of semicircles for an upper border and the top enameled white attacked Jaume at the sprint with his lance couched

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Like the others, he couched a spear in lieu of a longer, less wieldy lance

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This invitation to drink, couched, as it was, in such informal terms, came very strangely from Nastasia Philipovna

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Pavel Pavlovitch had written a short note couched in very polite and correct phraseology, and thanking Claudia Petrovna sincerely “for her great kindness to the orphan—kindness for which heaven alone could recompense her

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Not satisfied with seeing that individual prohibited the exercise of his official character, we are invited to pursue him with the joint terrors of legislative wrath, couched in terms selected to convey opprobrium and infix a stigma

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In his letter of the 17th of May, to the Secretary of State, speaking of the order, he says, «the note is couched in terms of restraint, and professes to extend the blockade further than it has heretofore done, nevertheless it takes it from many ports already blockaded, indeed all east of Ostend and west of the Seine, except in articles contraband of war and enemy’s property, which are seizable without blockade; and in like form of exception, considering every enemy as one power, it admits the trade of neutrals within the same limits to be free, in the productions of enemy’s colonies, in every but the direct route between the colony and parent country

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I have no hesitation in saying, that when the letters from this Minister to our Government are examined by the people, that independent of the arrogance bordering on insolence, in which they are couched, so characteristic of that nation, they will have a different effect from that of conciliation; the illiberal and disingenuous demands made preliminary to the revocation of the Orders in Council, will have a tendency to rouse the public mind; they will be looked on with an indignant frown by all real Americans

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On the day following he went accordingly to Portsmouth, but before his departure he received a letter from Captain Tracy, couched in the following terms: «Sir, you must go to Ryde, where you shall find a gentleman called Captain Henry, waiting for the New Galen; I shall send a boat on shore for both of you

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Seeds are sowed ordinary already couched in crude sand, sawdust, etc.

Семена высеваются обыкновенно уже проращенные в сыром песке, опилках и т.

Your educational material must be couched and framed and focused with this in mind.

Ваш образовательный материал должен быть сформулирован, и обрамлен и сфокусирован с учетом этого.

Statements couched in such terms are hard to take seriously.

Заявления, выдержанные в таком ключе, сложно рассматривать всерьез.

Every phrase was couched in a hypothetical.

Subsequently, the standards were revised and couched in general terms.

Впоследствии нормативные требования были пересмотрены и изложены в общих формулировках.

The relationship between Diocletian and Maximian was quickly couched in religious terms.

Отношения между Диоклетианом и Максимианом были быстро сформулированы в религиозных формах.

And nuptial beaches where the ocean couched.

И брачные пляжи, что у океана лежали,

In our steppes, on the bakhchakh, ordinary sow dry seeds, to the North, in districts of more damp,

it is more convenient to sow the couched seeds.

В наших степях, на бахчах, обыкновенно сеют сухими семенами, к северу же, в местностях более влажных,

Gryadna crops are made by the dry or couched seed or,

at last, seedling; the last way gives the chance to receive quite early cucumbers.

Грядной посев производится сухим или проращенным семенем или,

наконец, рассадой; последний способ дает возможность получить довольно ранние огурцы.

Although couched as»advice», for many developing countries IMF prescriptions

are in fact edicts giving the latter little choice and almost no room for manoeuvre.

Хотя предписания МВФ формулируются как» рекомендации», для многих развивающихся

стран они фактически имеют силу закона, не оставляя им практически никакого выбора и свободы маневра.

The protocols that made up the agreements were couched in relatively broad terms,

and much of the Mission’s work involved assisting the parties in fine-tuning the details.

Протоколы, входившие в соглашение, были сформулированы в относительно общих выражениях, и

во многом работа Миссии заключалась в оказании сторонам содействия в уточнении деталей.

It recalls that the Optional

Protocol is not intended for complaints couched in abstract terms about alleged shortcomings in national legislation

or national legal practice.

Оно напоминает, что Факультативный протокол не распространяется на жалобы, сформулированные в абстрактных выражениях и касающиеся предполагаемых недостатков в национальном законодательстве или

в национальной правовой практике.

Paragraph 14, it was observed, was couched in terms of an obligation, which was considered inappropriate.

Пункт 14, как было отмечено, сформулирован в виде обязательства, что было признано неуместным.

Resolution 242(1967), adopted by the Security Council, is couched in more general terms-

it only affirms»the necessity of achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.

Формулировки резолюции 242( 1967), принятой Советом Безопасности, носят более общий

характер- в ней подтверждается необходимость» достижения справедливого урегулирования проблемы беженцев.

While these are couched in mild language,

one recognizes between the lines the concern and possible frustration with the exercise.

менее, между строк сквозит озабоченность, а, возможно, и разочарование в связи с этим мероприятием.

Unfortunately, Azerbaijan’s explanation was couched in reference to the same policies,

laws and judicial processes that gave rise to concerns in the first place.

К сожалению, объяснение Азербайджана было выдержано в духе тех же политических стратегий,

законов и судебных процедур, которые привели к проблемам в первую очередь.

Mr. Surie(India):

An extraordinary statement was made against my country earlier today, couched in abusive language and consisting entirely of falsehoods.

Г-н Сурье( Индия)( говорит по-английски):

Ранее сегодня было сделано чрезвычайное заявление в адрес моей страны, сформулированное в оскорбительных выражениях и состоящее исключительно из ложных фактов.

It is in that spirit, finally,

that we support the proposal made by the Ambassador of Pakistan in the terms in which he couched it.

И наконец, в этом же

плане мы поддерживаем предложение посла Пакистана в том виде, как он

его

изложил.

The despatch that Hornblower wrote that evening and

entrusted to the Amelia Jane for delivery to the Admiralty was couched in the usual Navy phraseology.

Депеша, которую Хорнблауэр написал вечером и

отправил на« Амелию Джейн» для передачи в Адмиралтейство, была выдержана в обычных казенных выражениях.

But that decision- as a middle way- could be couched in terms similar to ordinary concluding observations,

with a final paragraph saying that the Committee hoped it could in future revert to its ordinary procedure, thus leaving the course open.

Однако в качестве паллиатива это решение можно было бы сформулировать в виде обычных заключительных замечаний,

отметив в последнем пункте, что Комитет надеется в будущем вернуться к своей обычной процедуре, тем самым сохранив за собой свободу действий.

The 1998 Act was couched in general terms and contained no provision excluding

the authors or other persons who might be convicted in connection with the murder of Garda McCabe or the events in Adare.

Закон 1998 года был сформулирован в общих выражениях и не содержал никаких положений,

которые исключали бы авторов или других лиц, которые могли быть осуждены за убийство детектива Маккейба или в связи с событиями в Адаре.

While initially the application by Hungary was partly couched in the language of»liability»,

it was later refined and contextualized within the confines of the law of treaties and the law of State responsibility.

Если первоначально заявление Венгрии было частично сформулировано в аспекте» ответственности»,

впоследствии оно было уточнено и обосновано нормами права международных договоров и права, регулирующего ответственность государства.

A number of those elements were, in effect, couched in compromise language that my Government

and numerous other Governments were prepared to accept in an effort to achieve consensus in the Disarmament Commission.

В сущности, целый ряд этих элементов были облечены в компромиссные формулировки, которые мое правительство

и правительства многих других стран были готовы принять, с тем чтобы достичь консенсуса в Комиссии по разоружению.

That draft resolution, which was couched in most reasonable and moderate language,

had, inter alia, expressed deep concern at the decision of the Israeli Government to initiate new settlement activities in East Jerusalem.

В том проекте резолюции, который был облечен в весьма разумные и сдержанные формулировки,

среди прочего, высказывалась глубокая обеспокоенность в связи с решением израильского правительства о начале нового строительства в Восточном Иерусалиме.

Such extensive amendments couched in such general terms would only render

the draft resolution imbalanced and alter its intended aim of highlighting the actions taken by States in applying the moratorium and the growing trend towards abolishing the death penalty.

Столь далеко идущие изменения, облеченные в столь общие формулировки,

лишь приведут к несбалансированности проекта резолюции и изменят его первоначальную цель, состоявшую в освещении мер, предпринимаемых государствами в целях введения моратория, и нарастающей тенденции к отмене смертной казни.

In those situations, arguments for the value of developing a treatment referral option in the criminal

justice system will need to be couched in terms of the likely cost-effectiveness of such a policy.

В таких случаях аргументы в поддержку со& 29; здания возможностей для направления на лечение в рамках

системы уголовного правосудия должны быть сформулированы с точки зрения возможной эконо& 29; мической эффективности такой политики.

Draft article 7(2) should read:»aquifer States may establish joint mechanisms of cooperation»; the wishes of all States would be

best respected if this measure were not couched in mandatory terms.

Проект статьи 7( 2) должен гласить следующее:<< Государства водоносного горизонта могут создавать совместные механизмы сотрудничестваgt;gt;; пожелания всех государств были бы учтены в большей степени,

если бы положение об этой мере не было облечено в форму имеющей обязательную силу нормы.

The State party considers that the author has failed to demonstrate that his right to due process was violated, by making vague,

generalized statements, couched in abstract phrases that fail to reflect the reality

of the criminal investigation proceedings.

По мнению государства- участника, автор не смог доказать факта нарушения процессуальных гарантий,

делая неопределенные и обобщенные заявления, облеченные в абстрактные фразы, никоим образом не отражающие реального

хода расследования уголовного дела.

Mr. Clerides, in November 1999, had accepted my invitation to start proximity talks with considerable

hesitation because he felt constrained by the terms in which it was couched at the insistence of Mr. Denktash.

В ноябре 1999 года г-н Клиридис принял мое приглашение приступить к непрямым

переговорам, несмотря на серьезные сомнения, вызванные формой, в которую оно было облечено по настоянию гна Денкташа.

Most of these were couched in terms that served the agenda of one or another of the parties,

and, as a result, the parties were unable to reach a consensus on any subject other than on the»innovative approach» of having my Personal Envoy intensify and diversify his activities.

Большинство из них были облечены в формулировки, которые были выгодны одной или другой стороне, и изза

этого стороны не смогли достичь консенсуса ни по одному из вопросов, за исключением вопроса о<< новаторском подходе>>, предусматривающем активизацию и диверсификацию деятельности моего Личного посланника.

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Verb

I’m trying to couch this delicately: I don’t think we should date anymore.

I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex.

Noun

find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home

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For a long time, Nolan slept on the couch while the kids shared the bedrooms.

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For those whose primary concern is preserving their sofa in their outdoor oasis, the Duck Cover sofa cover is an ideal pick to help extend the life of your couch.

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Settle into your couch.

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verbexpress in particular way

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frame
phrase
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word
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If your friend is planning to hibernate on the couch and watch their favorite shows, this will keep them company while you’re outside making snow angels.

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Someone said listening to him and Hellie do the game was like being in the room with two people watching on a couch.

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His absence was felt deeply as the cast, sitting on the familiar beige couches of the Banks’ living room, were brought to tears while watching a montage of Avery on screen.

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I was surprised to find that this also improved my comprehension and understanding of the content, and I now watch all video content with subtitles, whether or not my husband is sitting next to me on the couch.

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In a motivational speech last year in which he discussed the benefits of that plan, Nikic said some of the obstacles he had to overcome were the facts that he loves “food, video games and my couch” and that “everything is harder for me to learn.”

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On game day, Martin sat on a couch in a campus medical office that had been transformed into a calming living room, with a statue of the Buddha, airy paintings, and yellow-light table lamps.

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Miles hardly covers any ground on the sidewalk before he stops to help a man struggling to push a couch into the back of a trailer.

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I even wear it while reading in the evenings on the couch in lieu of a blanket.

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on the couch, Informal. undergoing psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.

Origin of couch

1300–50; (noun) Middle English couche<Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of coucher; (v.) Middle English couchen<Anglo-French, Old French coucher,Old French colcher<Latin collocāre to put into place, equivalent to col-col-¹ + locāre to put, place; see locate

OTHER WORDS FROM couch

well-couched, adjective

Words related to couch

bed, chair, lounge, utter, chesterfield, davenport, daybed, divan, ottoman, settee, formulate, frame, phrase, put, word, chaise longue, love seat, resting place, set forth

How to use couch in a sentence

If your friend is planning to hibernate on the couch and watch their favorite shows, this will keep them company while you’re outside making snow angels.
Someone said listening to him and Hellie do the game was like being in the room with two people watching on a couch.
His absence was felt deeply as the cast, sitting on the familiar beige couches of the Banks’ living room, were brought to tears while watching a montage of Avery on screen.
I was surprised to find that this also improved my comprehension and understanding of the content, and I now watch all video content with subtitles, whether or not my husband is sitting next to me on the couch.

In a motivational speech last year in which he discussed the benefits of that plan, Nikic said some of the obstacles he had to overcome were the facts that he loves “food, video games and my couch” and that “everything is harder for me to learn.”
While those state proposals largely failed, new legislation has been couched in similar fears.
Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.
As anybody who has read histories of the British in India or Africa, an imperial grab couched in such rhetoric is hardly news.
They once would have seemed full of attitude, couched in almost illegible forms.
In his 35-minute address, Cruz pushed familiar Republican policy prescriptions but couched them in the concerns of Mother Teresa.
It was a refusal couched in terms as little polite as they were equivocal.
But he meets only with an offhand denial, couched in words of scant courtesy.
He accordingly took no notice of her letter, and received a second and a third couched in the strongest language of affection.
There was no limit to the extravagance of Unionist demands, most of them ultimatums couched in Kruger-like terms.
But all I could see was the form of my tall aunt couched half-moonwise in Elton Reeve’s lap.

British Dictionary definitions for couch

noun

a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person

a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst

a frame upon which barley is malted

a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting

papermaking

a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing
a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying
a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section

archaic the lair of a wild animal

verb

(tr) to express in a particular style of languagecouched in an archaic style

(when tr, usually reflexive or passive) to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep

(intr) archaic to lie in ambush; lurk

(tr) to spread (barley) on a frame for malting

(intr) (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed

(tr) to embroider or depict by couching

(tr) to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried

(tr) surgery to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye

(tr) archaic to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

Derived forms of couch

coucher, noun

Word Origin for couch

C14: from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocāre to arrange, from locāre to place; see locate

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На данной странице находятся упражнения с ответами по английскому языку из рабочей тетради (Workbook) 10 класса УМК Spotlight. Упражнения из 7a.

Exercise 1. Match the words. Then, use the phrases to complete the sentences.
Упражнение 1. Соотнесите слова и полученные сочетания упoтребите в предложении.

ЗаданиеОтвет

1) couch
2) video
3) square-eyed
4) predictable
5) box
6) catchy
7) soap
film

a) generation
b) industry
с) office
d) games
e) operas
f) storyline
g) potato
h) tunes

1) All John does is sit on the sofa watching videos. He’s such a __ .
2) The Scissor Sisters’ new album is full of __ .
3) Mission Impossible III took 50 million dollars at the __ last weekend.
4) My grandfather calls us the __ as he says we watch too much TV.
5) I watch a lot of __ on TV.
6) The new James Bond film had such a __ you always knew what was going to happen next.
7) ‘Grand Theft Auto’ is one of my favourite __ I could play it all day!
Pete wants to work in the __ when he leaves school.

1) couch potato – ленивец, проводящий время на кушетке перед телевизором
2) video games – видео-игры
3) square-eyed generation – поколение с квадратными глазами
4) predictable storyline – предсказуемая сюжетная линия
5) box office – касса
6) catchy tunes – привязчивые мелодии
7) soap operas – мыльные оперы (сериалы)
film industry – киноиндустрия

1) All John does is sit on the sofa watching videos. He’s such a couch potato. – Все, что делает Джон, – это сидит на диване за просмотром телевизора. Он такой ленивец.
2) The Scissor Sisters’ new album is full of catchy tunes. – Новый альбом группы “Scissor Sisters” полон привязчивых мелодий.
3) Mission Impossible III took 50 million dollars at the box office last weekend. – “Миссия невыполнима III” на прошлой недели собрало в прокате 50 миллионов долларов.
4) My grandfather calls us the square-eyed generation as he says we watch too much TV. – Мой дедушка называет нас поколением с квадратными глазами, поскольку, как он говорит, мы слишком много смотрим телевизор.
5) I watch a lot of soap operas on TV. – Я смотрю по телевизору много мыльных опер.
6) The new James Bond film had such a predictable storyline you always knew what was going to happen next. – Новый фильм о Джеймсе Бонде имел такой предсказуемый сюжет, так что вы всегда знаете, что случится дальше.
7) ‘Grand Theft Auto’ is one of my favourite video games I could play it all day! – ‘Grand Theft Auto’ – это одна из моих любимых видео-игр, в которую я могу играть весь день!
Pete wants to work in the film industry when he leaves school. – Пит хочет работать в киноиндустрии, когда закончит школу.

Exercise 2. Fill in: unwind, beat, sing, book, direct in the correct form.
Упражнение 2. Вставьте: unwind, beat, sing, book, direct.

ЗаданиеОтвет

1) I love going dancing on a Friday night. Nothing __ that!
2) Have you already __ the tickets for the theatre tonight?
3) Steven Spielberg has __ many films; ET is one of them.
4) He sometimes watches TV in the evenings to relax and __ .
5) It is such a catchy tune you can’t help but __ along.

1) I love going dancing on a Friday night. Nothing beats that! – Я люблю ходить на танцы в пятницу вечером. Ничто не может с этим сравниться!
2) Have you already booked the tickets for the theatre tonight? – Ты уже забронировал билеты в театр на сегодняшний вечер?
3) Steven Spielberg has directed many films; ET is one of them. – Стивен Спилберг поставил много фильмов; “Инопланетянин” – один из них.
4) He sometimes watches TV in the evenings to relax and unwind. – Иногда он смотрит телевизор по вечерам, чтобы расслабиться.
5) It is such a catchy tune you can’t help but sing along. – Это такая привязчивая мелодия, так что вам не удержаться от того, чтобы не подпевать ее.

Exercise 3. Read the reviews (A-С) and replace the negative words and phrases in bold with positive ones from the list.
Упражнение 3. Прочитайте обзор и слова с негативным значением замените на слова (из списка) с положительным значением.

ЗаданиеОтвет

• gripping • interesting • entertaining • powerful • catchy • a good laugh • exciting

A) “I found the new soap opera really unenjoyable. The storyline was predictable and the characters were boring!”

B) “The concert was not much fun. The singer’s voice was really weak and the tunes were very forgettable.”

C) “The film was very unexciting indeed although some of the action scenes were repetitive.

A) “I found the new soap opera really entertaining. The storyline was gripping and the characters were interesting!” – Для меня этот сериал был интересным. Сюжетная линия была захватывающей, а персонажи были интересными.

B) “The concert was a good laugh. The singer’s voice was really powerful and the tunes were very catchy.” – Это концерт был очень смешным. Голос у певца был действительно мощным, а мелодии были легко запоминающимися.

C) “The film was very exciting indeed although some of the action scenes were repetitive. – Это фильм был очень интересным, хотя некоторые сцены были шаблонными.

Exercise 4. Fill in: cast, screen, stage, script, storyline, performance, tune, director, rehearsal.
Упражнение 4. Вставьте: cast, screen, stage, script, storyline, performance, tune, director, rehearsal.

ЗаданиеОтвет

NEW BROADWAY SHOW

А 1)__ of people is being put together to create a new show. The 2)__ has already been developed, however writers are needed to complete the 3)__.
Most of the music has been selected, although we do require a very special musical 4)__ for the final 5)__.
The 6)__ organises and plans each 7)__ prior to opening night.
Sound and 8)__ crew people will also be required.
Come and be part of the excitement of a new show and maybe one day we may even be on the silver 9)__.

West 45th Street

NEW BROADWAY SHOW (Новое шоу на Бродвее)

А cast of people is being put together to create a new show (Собирается творческий состав для создания нового шоу). The storyline has already been developed, however writers are needed to complete the script (Сюжетная линия уже разработана, хотя авторам надо завершить сценарий).
Most of the music has been selected, although we do require a very special musical tune for the final performance (Большая часть музыки уже подобрана, хотя для финального представления нам надо очень особая музыкальная мелодия).
The director organises and plans each rehearsal prior to opening night (Режиссер организует и планирует каждую репетицию перед премьерой).
Sound and stage crew people will also be required (Также потребуются специалисты по звуку и сцене).
Come and be part of the excitement of a new show and maybe one day we may even be on the silver screen (Приходите и становитесь частью замечательного нового шоу, и, может быть, однажды мы можем даже оказаться на киноэкране).

West 45th Street (Уэст 45-я Стрит)

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