гл .
засыпать, заснуть, уснуть
(sleep, fell asleep)

Словосочетания
fall asleep — засыпать; заснуть; уснуть
to fall asleep — заснуть
fall asleep on feet — заснуть на ходу
will oneself to fall asleep — заставить себя заснуть
to will oneself to fall asleep — заставить себя заснуть
when he listens to music, he falls asleep — он засыпает (всегда), когда слушает музыку
Примеры

The poor child is frightened to fall asleep again, she"s had such a turn.

Бедняжка так напугалась, что боится уснуть.

You"re the last one to talk about wasting electricity! How about all the times you fall asleep with your bedside lamp on all the night?

Только не тебе говорить об экономии электричества. Ты что, забыл, сколько раз ты засыпал, а лампа у тебя горела всю ночь?

One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=fall asleep while driving).

Один в семь дорожно-транспортных происшествиях по вине водителей falling asleep at the wheel (=уснуть за рулем).

I"ll stay with her until she falls asleep .

Я останусь с ней, пока она заснет.

Verb change from a waking to a sleeping state (Freq. 8) he always falls asleep during lectures Syn: dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, … Useful english dictionary

fall asleep - begin to sleep, drop off Don t fall asleep while we re in church. It s embarrassing … English idioms

fall asleep - verb a) To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep. John Doe, fell asleep 1 January 2001. b) To die Syn: drift off, drop off, go to sleep … Wiktionary

fall asleep - to die The common sleeping imagery: ... fell asleep in Jesus... of enteric fever in Mesopotamia, (memorial in West Monkton church, Somerset) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

fall asleep - I almost fell asleep at work Syn: doze off, drop off, go to sleep; informal nod off, go off, drift off, crash, conk out, go out like a light, sack out … Thesaurus of popular words

fall asleep - (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go to sleep, doze, drop off*; see sleep … English dictionary for students

fall asleep - Meaning Euphemism for death. Origin … Meaning and origin of phrases

fall asleep - doze off, nod off … English contemporary dictionary

fall asleep at the switch - be asleep at the switch if someone is asleep at the switch, they are not ready to act quickly to avoid problems and do their job well. The Party was simply too confident of victory and fell asleep at the switch … New idioms dictionary

fall asleep at the switch

fall asleep at the switch - {v. phr.} To fail to perform an expected task; be remiss in one s duty. * /The two airplanes wouldn t have collided, if the control tower operator hadn t fallen asleep at the switch./ * /The dean promised our department $250,000 but the… … Dictionary of American idioms

Книги

• Only Fish Fall From the Sky , . A dreamworld where it rains fish instead of water, people dance through dinner, and children sleep with tigers--welcome to the imagination of author/artist Leif Parsons, whose detailed… Купить за 1759 руб
• House of Sleep , Coe J.. Sarah is narcoleptic. Her inability to distinguish between dreams and waking reality gives rise to many misunderstandings. For Terry, a disillusioned film critic, sleep is merely a memory.…

Verb change from a waking to a sleeping state (Freq. 8) he always falls asleep during lectures Syn: dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, … Useful english dictionary

fall asleep - begin to sleep, drop off Don t fall asleep while we re in church. It s embarrassing … English idioms

fall asleep at the switch - be asleep at the switch if someone is asleep at the switch, they are not ready to act quickly to avoid problems and do their job well. The Party was simply too confident of victory and fell asleep at the switch … New idioms dictionary

fall asleep at the switch

fall asleep at the switch - {v. phr.} To fail to perform an expected task; be remiss in one s duty. * /The two airplanes wouldn t have collided, if the control tower operator hadn t fallen asleep at the switch./ * /The dean promised our department $250,000 but the… … Dictionary of American idioms

fall\ asleep\ at\ the\ switch - v. phr. To fail to perform an expected task; be remiss in one s duty. The two airplanes wouldn t have collided, if the control tower operator hadn t fallen asleep at the switch. The dean promised our department $250,000 but the foundation never… … Словарь американских идиом

fall asleep - verb a) To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep. John Doe, fell asleep 1 January 2001. b) To die Syn: drift off, drop off, go to sleep … Wiktionary

fall asleep - to die The common sleeping imagery: ... fell asleep in Jesus... of enteric fever in Mesopotamia, (memorial in West Monkton church, Somerset) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

fall asleep - I almost fell asleep at work Syn: doze off, drop off, go to sleep; informal nod off, go off, drift off, crash, conk out, go out like a light, sack out … Thesaurus of popular words

fall asleep - (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go to sleep, doze, drop off*; see sleep … English dictionary for students

fall asleep - Meaning Euphemism for death. Origin … Meaning and origin of phrases

Книги

• Only Fish Fall From the Sky , . A dreamworld where it rains fish instead of water, people dance through dinner, and children sleep with tigers--welcome to the imagination of author/artist Leif Parsons, whose detailed… Купить за 1759 руб
• House of Sleep , Coe J.. Sarah is narcoleptic. Her inability to distinguish between dreams and waking reality gives rise to many misunderstandings. For Terry, a disillusioned film critic, sleep is merely a memory.…