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Перевод: poised

[прилагательное]
уравновешенный; ведущий себя с достоинством; колеблющийся; подвешенный

Тезаурус:

1. He holds his violin low down, the bow fastidiously poised above it.
2. The frowners fear that the ideal of European union will fade just when it is usefully poised to temper the return of nationalism to Europe in general and Germany in particular.
3. OLYMPIC and world champions from East Germany are poised to join leading Dutch professional teams in 1990, writes William Fotheringham.
4. During the Cold War it seemed that aliens, like communists, were poised to invade the West.
5. Jason Hemmings is poised to take over from Howell in goal next season.
6. It is poised to channel a massive 450m into the insurance company in a move that hints that the competition is getting fiercer and that only the big boys will survive.
7. BOB Morton, the man who made a personal fortune of 15m building up and selling companies like Kwik-Fit, Burgess, Hatfield Estates and Norank, is poised to repeat the process.
8. His hand was poised ready to knock again on the peeling green front door.
9. He made periodic dives at the bowl of cherries poised on a coffee table by the sofa.
10. So we are poised to fight a strong, united and hard-hitting campaign."
11. Her internal agitation was greater than the poised picture she presented.
12. Poised in a glass bottle, the flower looked unruffled under the neon strip-lights in a draughty sixth-form college room, where the classes are held.
13. The company, which has just concluded preliminary talks with 13 potential predators and is poised for big cuts in staffing costs, pledged to try to recover all the money lost through the ISC affair.