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1.b> 1) (); I can't find my book anywhere ; I have found what I want , ; I ran to find a doctor / ; he is not to be found , ; to find one's way / [.i> .i> ]; can you find your way home alone? / ? the committee must find a suitable man for the job ; to find a post for smb. ; to find bail ; he found his missing brother at last ; to find means ; to find the money for an undertaking / / ; to find nothing to say , ; to find a treasure ; he found a coin in the dust ;
2) i> (); ; it is found everywhere , ; such men are not often found ; to find some difficulty in doing smth. i> / ;
2.b> , i> ..i> i> () / ; , ; they found many interesting things in the barrow i> ; he found a more modern method / ; he'll find a way to do it i> / ; to find a mistake in the calculations / ; to find the answer to the problem , ;
3.b> 1) (), ; we must leave everything as we find it ; , ; he found the room empty ; I found the key missing , ; when the doctor came he found him already dead , ; to find smb. at home , ; I found everybody out ; she found him gone ;
2) , i> ..i> () / ; I found her gathering flowers in the garden , ; six months later we find him saying the exact opposite / ; Christmas found him still looking for work ;
4.b> 1) i> (), , ; to find a good friend in smb. ; he found a warm supporter in his old teacher ; his theory found no acceptance among scholars ; the new product found few buyers ; he finds great satisfaction in his work ; to find happiness with smb. ; to find courage to ... / i>;
2) : to find oneself ) (); ; / ; ) : how do you find yourself to-day? ? ) ();
5.b> (), i> ; the bullet found its mark ; the blow found his chin , ;
6.b> 1) (), ; to find it impossible [necessary, easy, difficult] to do smth. [, , ] ; to find the terms reasonable / ; I find it is time to go , ; I find it pays to get up early , ; I find his fits of temper very childish - ; to find reading tedious ; this letter, I find, arrived yesterday , , ; how do you find him? ? ?
2) i> (); ; ; you will find that I am right , ; I found that I was mistaken / , ; I was surprised to find that ... / , ...; it has been found that ... , ...; you may find it do you good ;
3) / i> / (); I found him a sensible man ; I find something repellent about the man , ; she found him pleasant to talk to ;
7.b> .i> 1) , , (); they found a verdict of guilty / ; the jury found the prisoner guilty ; he was found guilty [innocent] [] ; to find that the deceased had been murdered by a person unknown , i> ; to find for [against] the plaintiff i> [] ;
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8.b> (); [. .i> II 3]; the hotel doesn't find tea i> ; to find one's son with everything necessary for farming , ; the State finds half of the sum, leaving the parents to find the rest , ; 2 a week and find yourself ; all / everything / found (. , i>) ; wages 10 and all found ;
9.b> .i> (), ; to (try to) find the value of the unknown quantity ;
10.b> .i> (), ; to find the advance-guard ;
11.b> .i> ();
II b>
1.b> i> () / ; I can't find time to do it ;
2.b> .i> .i> 1) / ( i>);
2) () i> ;
3.b> .i> (); ;
4.b> .i> .i> (), ( i>);
II b>
1.b> 1) to find oneself somewherei>b> / i> / (); I found myself in a dark forest ; when he awoke he found himself in a strange room , , ; you will find yourself in prison soon if you act in that way / , ;
2) to find oneself in a statei>b> i> (); she found herself in a dilemma ; she found herself at a loss , ;
2.b> to find oneself doing smthi>.b> (); ; when I heard the details I found myself crying , ; I found myself saying "yes" ; I found myself begging / obliged to beg / ;
3.b> to find smb. [oneself] in smth.i>b> [ ] () [.i> .i> I 8]; she pays for her board and lodging but her father finds her in clothes , ; we are found in everything -- house, food -- , ;
to find outb> 1) (), , , ; to find out smb.'s name and occupation ; find out when he will come , ; I found out that he was divorced , ;
2) (), (, i>); i> ..i> ; to find out the truth , ;
3) : to find smb. out ) i> (); he has been found out ; ) ..i> (); to find smb. out in a lie ;
to find one's wayb> ) i> , , [.i> .i> I 1 1)]; how did it find its way into this book? ? how did he find his way into the laboratory? ? ) i> / (i>); to find one's bearingsb> ) , ; ) , , ; ; wait till he finds his bearings he'll show himself , , ; to find one's feetb> ) , ( i>); ) i> , , ; ; ) , (i> ..i> i>); ) ; ; / ; to find one's tongue / voice /b> ; to find fault (with)b> / i> / ; to find favourb> i> ; he hoped to find favour in her sight / eyes / , ; to find it in one's heart to do smth.b> / (.i> i>); I can't find it in my heart to scold him / .
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