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ЧТО НАДО highly coll Invar

1. ( usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human, concr, or abstr) ) very good, excellent

first-rate

topnotch the best there is you couldn't ask for better (for a better NP) a whiz-bang ( NP) (in limited contexts) just what one needs.

Через несколько минут мы были на шоссе. Сергей показывал класс - скорость была что надо! (Аксёнов 1). Within a few minutes we were on the highway. Sergei was showing his stuff-speed was just what we needed! (1a).

2.

adv

(to do sth. ) very well, excellently

superbly

wonderfully (well) incredibly smashingly (in limited contexts) (be) a hell of a NP

работать - - (do) a hell of a job.

Сергееву не жаль было потраченных денег: дом был построен что надо. Sergeev didn't regret the money he'd spent on building the house: it came out wonderfully.