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FORTY
Be pushing forty (inf) - под сорок лет
Be nearly forty in age: Sheila must be pushing 40 by now.
Fair, fat and forty - «хороша, в годах и в теле» (о женщине среднего возраста)
Refers to the middle-aged spread in women (from Walter Scott "St Ronan's Well", Ch.7)
(Catch/Take/Snatch) Forty winks - краткий сон; вздрем¬ нуть, прикорнуть (как правило, сидя)
A nap taken after lunch; a short sleep during the day (not usually in bed). Father was tired after lunch, so he's just taking forty winks in his chair. * When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks. The expression dates from the early 19th century, but wink in the sense of a closing of the eyes for sleep is found from the late 14th century.
Forty years old - her tale is told (saying) - сорок лет бабий век Forty-niner - старатель времён Золотой лихорадки в Калифорнии в 1849 году
By the beginning of 1849, word of the Gold Rush had spread around the world, and an overwhelming number of gold-seekers and merchants began to arrive from virtually every continent. The largest group of forty-niners were Americans, arriving by the tens of thousands overland across the continent and along various sailing routes (the name "forty-niner" was derived from the year 1849).
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