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📖 Определения и значения для слова door

📒 a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people can get in and out of a room, building, car, etc.; a similar thing in a cupboard

  • Open the door!
  • Close the door behind you, please.
  • The door closed behind him.

📒 the space when a door is open

  • through a/the door Marc appeared through a door at the far end of the room.
  • As we walked through the door, the phone rang.
  • (informal) in the door She's just arrived—she's just come in the door

📒 the area close to the entrance of a building

  • at the door There's somebody at the door (= at the front door of a house).
  • ‘Can I help you?’ asked the man at the door.

📒 a house, room, etc. that is a particular number of houses, rooms, etc. away from another

  • the family that lives three doors up from us
  • Our other branch is just a few doors down the road.

📒 the amount of money made by selling tickets for an event

  • 50% of the door will go to the Red Cross.
  • Performers keep 75% of the door.

📒 so ill that you may die

  • I suppose you won’t be coming to the party if you’re at death’s door!

📒 if a lot of people beat a path to somebody’s door, they are all interested in something that person has to sell, or can do or tell them

  • Top theatrical agents are beating a path to the teenager's door.

📒 without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private

  • The meeting was held behind closed doors.

📒 to work at the entrance to a theatre, club, etc., for example collecting tickets from people as they enter

  • He was working the door at the event.

📒 in an unfair or indirect way

  • He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.

📒 to make it unlikely that something will happen

  • She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.

📒 to stop trading

  • The factory closed its doors for the last time in 2009.
  • The company closed shop and left the US last year.

📒 to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so

📒 (to provide) the means of getting or reaching something; (to create) the opportunity for something

  • The agreement will open the door to increased international trade.
  • Our courses are the door to success in English.

📒 from building to building

  • The journey takes about an hour door to door.
  • a door-to-door salesman

📒 at an early stage, especially in a game or competition

  • Suddenly we lost three home matches early doors.
  • The team had the game in the bag early doors after tries from Ellis and Wilkins.

📒 to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success

  • I always wanted to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.

📒 to have enough money to avoid going hungry; to stop somebody feeling hungry

📒 to say that somebody is responsible for something that has gone wrong

  • The blame for the disaster has been laid firmly at the government’s door.

📒 to make sure that there is still the possibility of doing something

  • We have left the door open for further talks.

📒 used to tell somebody never to come to your home again

  • Go! And never darken my door again!

📒 to provide opportunities for somebody to do something and be successful

📒 not inside a building

  • You should spend more time out of doors in the fresh air.

📒 to ask somebody to leave, because they are no longer welcome

📒 to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in

📒 to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way

📒 directly to somebody’s house

  • We promise to deliver to your door within 48 hours of you ordering.
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