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Ten to one - десять против одного (ставить в споре); Спорим!
Nine chances in ten that something will happen; very likely: It is four o'clock already. Ten to one, Paul will be late again.
Ten-four? (Am interrog sl) - Сечёшь? Врубаешься? По нимаешь?
A code used by CB (citizen's band radio) owners possibly since the dawn of amateur radio, the code 10-4 simply means "Message received" or "OK". Since the 70s the code system have been popular in law-enforcement circles, then evolved into what it is today: Is that a ten-four? (Do you understand?)
Tenner (inf) - десятка; червонец (денежная купюра)
A ten-dollar bill; a ten-pound note.
Upper ten/crust - верхушка общества, аристократия
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Nine tenths - на девять десятых; почти все/всё
You're nine tenths right.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law - собственность всегда законна/охраняется законом
I f you have something, it is difficult for other people to take it away from you: It would be hard to ask for the piano back after they've had it for so long. Possession is nine-tenths of the law and all that.
Submerged tenth - беднейшая, угнетённая часть на¬ селения; пария
The lowest and most under-privileged social class.
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