say a lot etc

say a lot etc
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She blushed? That says a lot — Она покраснела? Ты смотри!

And that's saying a lot — Это весьма показательно

That's not saying much — Это мало о чем говорит


Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . . 2003.

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  • say a lot for — say a lot/very little/etc for phrase to show that someone or something has a lot very little etc of a particular quality It says a lot for him that he never gave up. It doesn’t say much for my powers of observation that I had no idea what was… …   Useful english dictionary

  • say something/little/a lot etc. for — say something/little/a lot (etc.) for : to show that (someone or something) does or does not deserve to be praised, admired, etc. It says a lot for her that she stayed in the game even though she was injured. The students low test scores don t… …   Useful english dictionary

  • say very little for — say a lot/very little/etc for phrase to show that someone or something has a lot very little etc of a particular quality It says a lot for him that he never gave up. It doesn’t say much for my powers of observation that I had no idea what was… …   Useful english dictionary

  • say something/little/a lot for — say something/little/a lot (etc.) for : to show that (someone or something) does or does not deserve to be praised, admired, etc. It says a lot for her that she stayed in the game even though she was injured. The students low test scores don t… …   Useful english dictionary

  • say — 1 /seI/ verb past tense and past participle said /sed/ 3rd person singular says USE WORDS 1 WORD/SOUND (T) to pronounce a word or sound: “What did you say?” | “I m so tired” she said. | say hello/goodbye etc: She left without even saying goodbye …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • say — say1 [ seı ] (3rd person singular says [ sez ] ; past tense and past participle said [ sed ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 express something using words ▸ 2 have opinion ▸ 3 mean something ▸ 4 give information/orders ▸ 5 show what someone/something is like ▸ 6… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • say — I UK [seɪ] / US verb Word forms say : present tense I/you/we/they say he/she/it says UK [sez] / US present participle saying past tense said UK [sed] / US past participle said *** Get it right: say: Unlike the verb tell, the verb say is never… …   English dictionary

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  • say — 1. In ordinary use say occurs as a noun only in the expression have a say (or variants of it such as have a bigger say). 2. The use of say as an imperative in uses such as • Let s meet soon say next Friday is an established idiom. 3. The… …   Modern English usage

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