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Перевод: fray

[существительное]
столкновение; драка ; скандал ; шумная ссора; борьба ; протершееся место; редина ;
[глагол]
протирать; изнашивать; обтрепывать; истрепать; протираться; протереться; изнашиваться; обтрепываться; обтрепаться; обтирать; издергать; раздражать

Тезаурус:

1. Lord Joseph is now 71, in the House of Lords and out of the political fray.
2. All set to return to the fray?
3. But when the red letters roll in and nerves begin to fray you may revise your opinion, so to stay quids in, make sure you know how your new status affects your finances.
4. Tables and benches were put right, the unconscious bodies revived and the two young men who had started the fray were led bloodied and dishevelled from the hall.
5. Its presidential candidate, Mrs Violeta Chamorro, brings to the fray a symbolic appeal as the widow of the murdered publisher of La Prensa, but lacks any political experience - a fact that becomes embarrassingly clear when she appears in public.
6. Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.
7. The Deputy Leader, Roy Hattersley, joined the fray in The Sunday Correspondent .
8. The field is being actively investigated and is at an exciting stage; computational chemists have entered the fray.
9. John Browne, the sitting MP until parliament was dissolved, has nominated himself as "Conservative", and the Tories, chosen alternative Gerald Malone has entered the fray as the "Conservative Party Candidate".
10. (Robyn scans the front-page headline of the Guardian , "LAWSON DRAWN INTO FRAY OVER WESTLAND", but does not linger over the text beneath.
11. When Edward III of England invaded France, John went to Philip's aid and fought at the battle of Crecy where, as R.W. Seton-Watson describes it: "giving the reins of his horse to two of his companions, and shouting the battle-cry of "Prague'", he charged into the thick of the fray and, blind as he was, soon went down fighting (26th August, 1346).
12. Pat Goodman, head of New Zealand's Goodman Fielder Wattie food group, has withdrawn from the fray in Britain after buying a stake in Ranks Hovis McDougall, mounting a bid which was stalled by the Office of Fair Trading then pocketing a profit by selling his shares to Sir James Goldsmith and partners.
13. Anyone working with Mr Gates must take decisions on the spot; studies and committees fray the billionaire's patience.