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I . act [ækt] N

2. act (performance):

act
но́мер m програ́ммы

3. act (pretence):

act
притво́рство nt

4. act LAW:

act
акт m

5. act a. THEAT:

act
де́йствие nt

II . act [ækt] VB intr

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2. act (behave):

act
поступа́ть
act
вести́ себя́

3. act (take effect):

act
поде́йствовать

4. act THEAT:

act
игра́ть

III . act [ækt] VB trans THEAT

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act on VB trans

act out VB trans

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act up VB intr inf

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play-act VB intr

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speech act N LING

variety act N

Official Secrets Act N

Usage examples with act

to act on instructions
де́йствовать в соотве́тствии с инстру́кцией
an act of betrayal
изме́на f
an act of God
стихи́йное бе́дствие nt
to act the fool
валя́ть дурака́
to act the goat Brit inf
вести́ себя́ глу́по
get one's act together inf
хорошо́ подгото́виться к чему́-ли́бо
to act for sb
представля́ть кого́-ли́бо
to act in concert
де́йствовать сообща́ [или заодно́]
act of charity
благотвори́тельный акт m
to act as
де́йствовать в ка́честве
Habeas Corpus Act
зако́н m о неприкоснове́нности ли́чности
one-act play
одноа́ктная пье́са f
to put on an act
лома́ть коме́дию
a hard act to follow
труднодостижи́мый у́ровень m
to act with precipitate haste
де́йствовать поспе́шно
to act on a hunch
де́йствовать по интуи́ции

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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An 1819 act of the second chamber abolished compulsory labor required by the state with the extra costs which resulted being absorbed by the treasury.
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Animal models suggest lupeol may act as an anti-inflammatory agent.
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In a shocking act of savagery, she says he set fire to a bowl of nail polish remover while her hand was in it.
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For example, if one claims or implies with their speech act that it is raining outside, a good reason for claiming this is that one saw it out the window.
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Extracts of flowers are used against heart diseases, leucorrhoea, and menorrhagia, and act as antiduretic in polyuria and antitoxin.
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The bizarre concept of delivering a ventriloquist act, a visual humour, by radio, an audio medium, never seemed to bother anyone at the time, however.
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The act of imagining unexperienced childhood events, such as being rescued by a lifeguard or breaking a window with one's hand, increased confidence that the events had occurred.
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Do you allow those walls to be vilolated with a simple act of a registered letter?
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Hence, conditional sentences act as "filters" for presuppositions that are triggered by expressions in their consequent.
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Even her gran got in on the act by performing a belly-dance.
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