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Перевод: periscope

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перископ

Тезаурус:

1. The rear cockpit is practically identical to the front, but does have one truly unique piece of hefty-looking ironmongery: a big black binocular periscope fixed right in front of the occupant's face to look over front seater's head
2. Astigmatism, squints, premature presbyopia, short sight, long sight, tunnel vision, barrel vision, migraine, Ruthie had the lot, and her glasses resembled some early form of periscope; they were a circular, heavy-duty affair, with catches and locks and screws.
3. "I keep seeing a periscope" she semi-joked.
4. The exhibition consisted of giant ceramic sculptures featuring the likes of a white Michael Jackson cuddling his pet chimp, a girl in a bathtub being surprised by a periscope, and a menagerie of smiling bears, penguins, puppies and pigs.
5. Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott, caught up in something of the optimism in the British Imperial Headquarters at Cairo after General Wavell's sweeping desert victories of December 1940, was aware of these and many more problems as he completed a survey through the periscope of a mine-laying submarine off the island of Rhodes, which lies close to the Turkish coast (see map p. 116).
6. A quick check confirmed that, looking straight ahead, the threshold would appear where his helmet had been It took a dumbfounded second to realise that this illusion was caused by that blasted periscope, fulfilling its designed job, in the centre of my field of view.
7. However, Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott, swimming into the beaches at Rhodes, with his army compass covered in periscope grease and his water-proofed torch in its rubber sheaths of issue contraceptives, was unlikely to reveal his purpose.
8. Nevertheless, landing in heavily greased jerseys and long-john underwear, with a revolver in a supposedly waterproof packet and carrying the waterproofed torch and compass, was difficult enough after several days in the confined quarters of submarine HMS Triumph while she made a periscope survey of Rhodes' beaches, often having to dive below 60 feet (18m), because in these clear waters a submarine at shallower depth is plainly seen from the air.
9. It accounts for the curious, rather comical way they have of standing perfectly upright and perfectly still while surveying their surroundings with a quick 240 swivel, like a furry periscope.
10. When I started circuit work that periscope, completely forgotten during the flight, made me jump just before touchdown.
11. We upped periscope, identified it, then downed periscope.
12. Rear cockpit above features a periscope that seemingly makes the front occupant's head transparent.
13. The teams of paddlers (some of them from the SBS) and the navigators therefore spent two weeks making periscope reconnaissances, drawing the profiles of the hinterland to target beaches.