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Значения термина brusk на английском

Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.

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National aspirations were encouraged, within limits; 'autonomy' fell far short of self-determination.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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International rights groups said the vote fell well short of democratic standards.
Reuters
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What are the short and long term health effects of cannabis use?
Radio NZ
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The investing process from there was fairly easy: long Japan, short France.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
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The company needed to address short-term liquidity problems first, the source said.
Reuters
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Getting up, 'I must go,' she said in her curt, abrupt way.
Eyeless in Gaza
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A curt Nicholas Raskin does appear on camera briefly to answer questions.
Reuters
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Sir Eustace spoke in the same curt tone; his mouth was merciless.
Greatheart
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In an instant there flashed back over the wires the curt reply:
The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873
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Johnny had offered to help, Hagen had given him a curt no.
The Godfather
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A brusque order from Ali Bey brought the work to a stop.
A river in the sky
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The Daily Mail's response to a similar request was almost as brusque.
The Guardian
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Something she saw in them excused the brusque command of his tone.
The Rosary
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However, she didn't shy from mentioning that he could be brusque too.
The Guardian
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Julia recognised this and recognised also the kindness of the brusque suggestion.
The Good Comrade
Использование термина brusk на английском
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He was big, brusk, quibbling, insulting, dictatorial, painstaking, considerate and kind.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
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A large, brusk, well-groomed, good-looking woman of fifty was Auntie.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
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In the adjoining room, over the "blotter," snapped the brusk stereotyped nasal reply:
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
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He was just as brusk and as brief of speech as he had been before.
A Little Miss Nobody; Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall
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Ina, being half a foreigner, thought this rather brusk.
A Woman-Hater
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His brusk manner often gets him into trouble.
A Son of the Immortals
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His manner was brisk, brusk, striding over trifles.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
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His manner was brusk and business-like again.
The Blood Red Dawn
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He was distinctly another person from that tense, saturnine, defiant, brusk person who strode through the reception-hall.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
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She spoke with almost brusk decision.
In the Wilderness
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But his voice was not brusk.
Then I'll Come Back to You
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The green dwarf was brusk.
The Moon Pool
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Roland had always imagined that editors in their private offices were less easily approached and, when approached, more brusk.
A Man of Means
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The brusk reply was: Why, you old fool, that's the Cabinet that is a-settin', and them thar big feet are ole Abe's.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
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There were no endearments or caresses, naturally, but her brusk nods of greeting and farewell seemed to have real good feeling behind them.
The Real Adventure
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It swept over Thorwaldsen, like a winter's wave, that this big, brusk, bizarre woman before him was Maria Louisa, the second wife of Napoleon.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
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