double tides

double tides
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My two experts arrived in the evening, and pretty well fagged, for they had traveled double tides. (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. 23) — Мои специалисты прибыли сегодня вечером страшно измученные, так как в пути они почти не отдыхали.

Is he working double tides to finish his magnum opus? (J. Galsworthy, ‘Fraternity’, ch. XXXI) — Неужели он работает день и ночь, чтобы закончить свой большой труд?


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • To work double tides — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To work double tides — Work Work (w[^u]rk), v. t. 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor. [1913 Webster] He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • work double tides — phrasal : to perform the labor of two days in one * * * work double tides (nautical) To work night and day • • • Main Entry: ↑work …   Useful english dictionary

  • Double Aught — was a software company founded by several former members of the Bungie Software team (prior to Bungie s acquisition by Microsoft). Founding the company was Greg Kirkpatrick, Chris Geisel, Jihan Kim, Randy Reddig, Colin Kawakami and David Longo.… …   Wikipedia

  • Atmospheric tides — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness — Boxart Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment …   Wikipedia

  • Norfolk Tides — Founded in 1961 Norfolk, Virginia Team Logo …   Wikipedia

  • Rivers and Tides (soundtrack) — Infobox Album Name = Rivers and Tides Type = Soundtrack Artist = Fred Frith Background = orange Released = 2003 Recorded = Germany, 2002 Genre = Chamber music Experimental music Length = 40:51 Label = Winter Winter (Germany) Producer = Fred Frith …   Wikipedia

  • Tide — This article is about tides in the Earth s oceans. For other uses, see Tide (disambiguation). Tidal redirects here. For other uses, see Tidal (disambiguation). High Tide redirects here. For other uses, see High Tide (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

  • guard lock — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inferior tide — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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