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Перевод: soapbox

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ящик из-под мыла; импровизированная трибуна

Тезаурус:

1. The soapbox suits Mr Major.
2. The Prime Minister was on his soapbox.
3. WHATEVER the merits of John Major's soapbox, Mrs Thatcher must have her doubts about another accessory: the megaphone he used in Luton.
4. So the plan did not work and the emphasis switched from stage set to soapbox.
5. But last Saturday Major climbed on to that soapbox in Luton.
6. Last week's development of the walkabout was the famous soapbox which is now a talisman, like a Gibraltar chimp.
7. After visiting a geothermal heating plant, he took the opportunity of a walkabout in the shopping centre to mock Mr Major's use of a soapbox.
8. Only that morning the party had been excited over Mr Major's rediscovered soapbox.
9. Unlike John Major and his soapbox, it is not part of the image.
10. Once that soapbox came out, Major campaigned as if he would now do and say what he really thought.
11. Mr Major's soapbox was a triumph.
12. A S THIS campaign rumbles on I long for John Major to stand up either on his soapbox (which is really a box for transporting Central Office typewriters but no matter) or on one of the Conservative Party's all-singing, all-dancing stage sets, and say: "I have brought you a dramatic drop in the rate of inflation.
13. But, like all the best soapbox orators, Major had prepared his repartee in advance.