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Idiom(s) of the day: a class act
My category (Russian-to-English translation):
Explanation(s):
Collins Cobuild Dictionary of Idioms, 2004 (CCDI):
If you say that someone, for example a sports player or a performer, is a class act, you mean that they are very good at what they do.
Lingvo (www.lingvo.com):
a person or thing displaying impressive and stylish excellence
Babylon (www.babylon.com):
an example of outstanding quality or prestige
AMERICAN someone who has the natural ability to choose the best thing or behave in the most appropriate way in every situation; INFORMAL a person or group with great style and skill
One of distinctive and superior quality
someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence
Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary v4.7:
something or someone regarded as outstanding or elegant in quality or performance
Translation(s):
CCDI:
Классный игрок, музыкант, певец и т.д.
Lingvo (www.lingvo.com):
Babylon (www.babylon.com):
Multitran (www.multitran.ru):
отличный парень
первоклассное действие
Multilex (www.multilex.ru):
Examples:
CCDI:
Koeman is a class act. He’s got great control and can hit passes from one side of the pitch to the other with amazing accuracy.
I have been tracking Neil for a year, he is a class act and I’ve got a lot of respect for his ability.
Hiatt’s songs have been recorded by class acts like Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, The Everly Brothers and Willie Nelson.
Lingvo (www.lingvo.com):
I like the way you move on the field. It's a real class act — Мне нравится, как ты двигаешься по полю. Сразу чувствуется мастер
The prof puts on a real class act but he grades very hard — Преподаватель блестяще объясняет материал, но хорошие оценки ставит туго
Babylon (www.babylon.com):
Always a class act[,] Martin offered to resign rather than become involved in the ugly political battle.
“Academy members... tend to favor films that will make Hollywood seem a class act instead of a hotbed of money-grubbing vulgarians” (Jay Carr)
Multitran (www.multitran.ru):
My friend Jimmy is such a class act!
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) v4.0:
British National Corpus (BNC), Mark Davies (http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/): 35 total
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3 JT5 S_unclassified Erm It's er just offering a service er I really think it's a class act, to use an expression Mhm. you know you cover all the areas
5 CH3 W_newsp_tabloid back to Wembley," he added. Laughton commented: "Kevin is a class act who's proved his worth in the English game. He's a big
6 CH5 W_newsp_tabloid Irons starring opposite his wife, Sinead Cusack you know you're in for a class act. Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name, the movie tells
7 CH7 W_newsp_tabloid month." LIFE AFTER ANDY Wigan call up their young guns Jason's a class act MARTIN RICHARDS JASON Robinson heads a posse of Wigan young guns who will be
8 AA9 W_newsp_brdsht_nat_arts doubt that she is much like the real Gertrude Lawrence but she is decidedly a class act. Alan Strachan as director knits the whole show together neatly and Jonathan Cohen
11 K45 W_newsp_other_social lifted last autumn. Most batsmen would agree, though, that Foster remains a class act even if 12 first-class wickets this season have cost 49 runs each. "By
12 K4J W_newsp_other_social "I'm relishing the opportunity to follow someone like John. Wigan is a class act. "I have my goals and all I can do is set out
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