- invent an explanation
- придумать объяснение
Новый англо-русский словарь. 2013.
Новый англо-русский словарь. 2013.
invent — in‧vent [ɪnˈvent] verb [transitive] 1. to make, design or produce something new or a new way of doing something: • Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven. • Mr. Monaghan virtually invented the modern pizza delivery business when he founded… … Financial and business terms
make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
make up — phrasal verb Word forms make up : present tense I/you/we/they make up he/she/it makes up present participle making up past tense made up past participle made up 1) [transitive] to invent an explanation for something, especially in order to avoid… … English dictionary
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externalize — ex·ter·nal·ize or Brit ex·ter·nal·ise ek stərn əl .īz vt, ized or Brit ised; iz·ing or Brit is·ing 1 a) to transform from a mental image into an apparently real object (as in hallucinations): attribute (a mental image) to external causation… … Medical dictionary
rationalize — ra|tion|al|ize also rationalise BrE [ˈræʃənəlaız] v [I and T] 1.) if you rationalize behaviour that is wrong, you invent an explanation for it so that it does not seem as bad ▪ When he fouls up, Glen always finds a way to rationalize what he s… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
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