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I . fly¹ <flew, flown> [flaɪ] VB intr

1. fly through air:

fly

2. fly (move rapidly):

fly

пролета́ть

to fly at sb

броса́ться на кого́-ли́бо

3. fly (leave):

fly

убега́ть

Phrases:

time flies when you're having fun proverbial

вре́мя про́сто лети́т, когда́ ве́село

to fly high Am

стреми́ться к успе́ху

to fly in the face of logic/reason

де́йствовать напереко́р ло́гике/здра́вому смы́слу

to fly off the handle

выходи́ть из себя́

to fly off the handle

вспыли́ть

II . fly¹ <flew, flown> [flaɪ] VB trans

1. fly (aircraft):

fly

пилоти́ровать

2. fly (make move through air):

fly

мча́ться

to fly a flag

развева́ть зна́мя

to fly a kite

запуска́ть зме́я

Phrases:

go fly a kite! Am inf

пошёл вон!

go fly a kite! Am inf

прова́ливай!

to come through with flying colours

блестя́ще вы́держать испыта́ние

fly² N

fly (insect):

fly

Phrases:

he wouldn't harm a fly

он и му́хи не оби́дит

to drop (off) [or die] like flies inf

мрут как му́хи

a fly in the ointment

ло́жка дёгтя в бо́чке мёда

crane fly <-ies> N

долгоно́жка f

fly away VB intr

улета́ть

fly in VB intr

to fly in from somewhere

прилете́ть отку́да-ли́бо

fly off VB intr

отлете́ть

fly-trap N

мухоло́вка f

tsetse fly [ˈtsetsɪflaɪ] N

му́ха f цеце́

tzetze fly [ˈtsetsɪflæɪ] N

tzetze fly BIOL → tsetse fly

му́ха f цеце́

See also tsetse fly

tsetse fly [ˈtsetsɪflaɪ] N

му́ха f цеце́

fly-by-night [ˈflaɪbaɪnaɪt] ADJ inf

fly-by-night

ненадёжный

fly-by-night

безотве́тственный

Usage examples with flies

as the crow flies

кратча́йшим путём

black with flies

почерне́вший от мух

time flies when you're having fun proverbial

вре́мя про́сто лети́т, когда́ ве́село

to drop (off) [or die] like flies inf

мрут как му́хи

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English

These aircraft are controlled by pushing against a horizontal control bar in roughly the same way as a hang glider pilot flies. en.wikipedia.org

Whilst learning they must catch 100,000 flies to get their patent, their conversation is overheard by several crooks across the hallway. en.wikipedia.org

The helicopter flies towards the theodolite and is tracked by the telescope in elevation and azimuth. en.wikipedia.org

An ocean away, a drone flies over enemy territory, cut off from its remote pilot by a satellite communication link that has gone kaput. www.theatlantic.com

Photos show people having a great time dressed like glow-worms, hornets, spiders, flies, and bedbugs. vancouversun.com

The airline flies charter and scheduled flights along with an air ambulance service. en.wikipedia.org

Flowers remain open for 1 or 2 days and are pollinated by humble bees, thrips, flies, and hummingbirds. en.wikipedia.org

Flies with mutations in decapentaplegic fail to form these structures correctly, hence the name ("decapenta" -, fifteen, - "plegic", paralysis). en.wikipedia.org

Today there many different types of natural and synthetic materials used to tie flies. en.wikipedia.org

He then puts the fly into a jar filled with hundreds of other dead flies. en.wikipedia.org

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