take a line

take a line
придерживаться линии, направления, курса

...if she wanted him to remain in Parliament - and she did - he must hang on to the line he had taken... (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part III, ch. XI) — ...если Флер хочет, чтобы он остался в парламенте, - а она хочет этого, - она поймет, что он не должен отступать от намеченной программы...

I made it all a bit pompous and hush-hush, because that is the line most fellows like to take now. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Black-out in Greiley’, ch. 1) — Все это я изложил высокопарным, несколько таинственным тоном, как это принято сейчас у молодых людей.

‘I'll show you -’ ‘No, Mr. Montague, don't show me, just tell me.’ Montague eyed him stonily. ‘And why shouldn't I show you, Cleeton? I don't like this line you're taking.’ (J. B. Priestley, ‘Daylight on Saturday’, ch. 26) — - Я вам сейчас покажу... - Нет, мистер Монтегю, вы мне ничего не показывайте, а просто скажите. Монтегю смерил его ледяным взглядом. - Почему бы мне не показать вам, Клитон? Не нравится мне позиция, которую вы заняли!

I had explored the possibilities of crystallography very carefully during the past months: and by the time my apparatus was ready, I was quite certain of the line I was going to take. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Search’, part f, ch. IV) — Последние месяцы я тщательно изучал возможности кристаллографии. И к тому времени, когда мой аппарат был готов, я твердо знал, по какому пути пойду.


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

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