make out a case against smb.
- make out a case against smb.
выступать против кого-л. ; приводить доводы против кого-л.
There has been a heavy shower of letters in The Times about the mistakes made by famous novelists... The correspondence was extremely interesting, but as one read it, one became more and more astonished at the weakness of the case made out against the novelists... (Kenk) — В "Таймс" хлынул поток писем об ошибках, допущенных великими романистами... Письма были чрезвычайно интересны, но, читая их, я все больше удивлялся, как ничтожна, в сущности, эта критика в адрес великих писателей...
If, as I think, we are still... subconsciously a little prejudiced against the use of idiom, I should like to put the case for it as emphatically as I can (L. P. Smith, ‘Words and Idioms’) — Так как мы, я полагаю, все еще... подсознательно предубеждены против идиом, то мне хотелось бы самым решительным образом выступить в их защиту.
I must say he put the case for me rather well; I couldn't have done better myself. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part II, ch. VIII) — Надо сказать, что Джон очень хорошо изложил мою позицию в этом вопросе. Я бы и сам лучше не смог.
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2006.
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