- extend and pretend
- Финансы: "продлевай и надейся" (нужен хороший перевод) (политика финучреждений, направленная на пролонгацию проблемных кредитов с целью "сохранения лица" и позиции на рынке)
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
extend — [14] Etymologically, to extend something is to ‘stretch it out’. The word comes from Latin extendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend and tension and a wide range of derivatives,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
extend — [14] Etymologically, to extend something is to ‘stretch it out’. The word comes from Latin extendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend and tension and a wide range of derivatives,… … Word origins
pretend — [14] To pretend something is etymologically to ‘hold it out’ – as an excuse, or as something it is not. The word comes from Latin praetendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
pretend — [14] To pretend something is etymologically to ‘hold it out’ – as an excuse, or as something it is not. The word comes from Latin praetendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend,… … Word origins
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