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press, v. t. & i.
1. to act on with force or weight, to push steadily on or against (as, to press the button)’стискати, надавлювати, натискувати’.
e. g. "Listen, Jim." She freed her hand and leaned against him, pressing both her palms to his chest. (Len Doherty)
2. to urge forward with force ‘просуватися, пробиватись вперед’.
e. g. Then the Germans were in possession of Laon and Rheims and still pressing south. (Wells)
3. to squeeze, to compress; specifically: to iron (as, to press clothes) ‘стискати; прасувати (праскою)’.
е. g. 1) Lady Casterley pressed her faded lips together. (Galsworthy) 2) Caroline ... had pressed his suits, sewed buttons on his shirts. (Cronin)
4. to embrace (as, to press to one's heart) ‘притискати’.
e. g. Lanny put his arm round her shoulder and pressed her to him. (Abrahams)
5. to demand immediate action ‘вимагати негайної дії’.
Phr. time presses — there is no time to wait; to be pressed for time — to be short of time; to be pressed for money — to be short of money.
6. to insist on; to force; to compel; to urge on ‘наполягати; примушувати’.
e. g. ... a storm blew up and Bill was pressed to stay for the night. (J. Lindsay)
press, n.
newspapers, magazines and printed publications in general ‘друк, преса’.
e. g. The thoughts of the coming April, of leaving Indo-China .were affected by the day's telegrams, the bulletins of the Vietnam Press and by the illness of my assistant.
(G. Greene)
press-man — a journalist, a reporter ‘журналіст, репортер’.
press-cutting — a paragraph, a review, etc. cut out of a newspaper ‘газетна вирізка’.
press-conference — collective interview granted to journalists ‘прес-конференція’.
e. g. It was 1 now who had to attend the wearisome Press Conference .(G. Greene)
pressure, n.
the act of pressing; a condition of distress; oppression ‘тиск; гніт’.
e. g. It was not however till the pressure of the 1935—45 war that Australia became an industrial country. (J. Lindsay)
pressing, a.
urgent, requiring immediate attention ‘невідкладний; спішний’. e. g. "Is then our danger so pressing?" asked Cora. (Cooper)