example: Mindy’s head ached because she bumped it against the wall.
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Suffer from a continuous dull pain:
Feel intense sadness or compassion:
Feel an intense desire for:
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By now I was bed-bound, unable to think straight, aching continually with what appeared to be a consistent low-grade flu.
His chest muscles ached and he continued to pant.
When you wake up, you're in pain, aching all over, your eyes are stinging from the light and you're hungry.
That had been less than a year ago, and Inger's tender heart ached for the child's obvious yearning for comfort.
He heart ached for his life and the sadness she felt was far deeper than the pain in her leg or arm.
Cameron's heart ached for this poor girl; she looked so hurt when she talked about it.
Although she ached with desire for him, Krystal was glad she would have time to plan the perfect romantic evening for them.
The familiar feelings of longing returned, and his heart ached for her.
How long her heart had ached for a hand to hold, for someone to call her own.
Synonyms
hurt, be sore, be painful, be in pain, throb, pound, twinge;
smart, gnaw, burn, tingle, sting, be uncomfortable, be tender, give someone trouble
informal play up, give someone gyp
grieve, sorrow, be sorrowful, be sad, be distressed, be in distress, be miserable, mourn, be mournful, lament, agonize, anguish, be in anguish, suffer, bleed;
eat one's heart out, weep and wail
long for, yearn for, hunger for, thirst for, hanker for, hanker after, pine for, pine after, itch for, be desperate for, be unable to wait for;
crave, desire, covet
informal have a yen for, yen for, be dying for
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болеть , испытывать боль my head aches — у меня болит голова it made my head ache — у меня от этого разболелась голова he ached all over — у него все болело My ear aches. — У меня болит ухо. Which tooth aches? — Какой зуб вас беспокоит? He was aching all over. — У него все болело. She was aching with weariness. — Ее ломило от усталости.
болеть ; сострадать ; переживать (о чем-л.) my heart aches at the sight of him, it makes my heart ache to see him — когда я вижу его, у меня сердце разрывается she ached for the hurt little dog — ей было до слез жаль раненую собаку My heart aches for him. — У меня сердце болит за него. Синоним: feel
разг. жаждать , изо всех сил стремиться; страстно стремиться (к чему-л.) I ached to see him — я очень хотел его увидеть his body ached for a rest — все его тело ныло от усталости he was aching for home — он истосковался по дому he was aching to go /with a desire to go/ — ему не терпелось уйти She is simply aching to get back. — Она просто жаждет вернуться домой. I ached to see that race and those two horses run, ached and dreaded it too. — Мне ужасно хотелось посмотреть этот забег, особенно, как побегут те две лошади ; я жаждал, но и боялся этого зрелища.
боль (особ. продолжительная, тупая) to have an ache — испытывать боль to have aches and pains all over — совершенно разболеться ; ≅ все болит
эйч, название буквы H боль (обычно продолжительная, тупая) dull ache — тупая боль, ноющая боль persistent ache — постоянная боль, стойкая боль steady ache — непрекращающаяся боль He felt a dull ache in his shoulder. — Он чувствовал тупую, ноющую боль в плече. Poor posture can cause neck ache, headaches and breathing problems. — Неправильная осанка может вызывать боли в шее, головные боли и сложности с дыханием. I have aches and pains all over. — У меня все болит. Синоним: pain
definition: A canal is a path for water to travel through.
example: The city of Venice, Italy, has many canals.
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An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation:
A tubular duct in a plant or animal, serving to convey or contain food, liquid, or air:
Any of a number of linear markings formerly reported as seen by telescope on the planet Mars.
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Keeping enough water in the canal to guarantee ships passage has become a problem.
Many canals, inland waterways and towpaths were open for walkers and other visitors while many English Heritage and National Trust sites were open across the region.
The surrounding countryside is flat and almost treeless, but there is some greenery thanks to the complex of irrigation canals that feed water from the Euphrates River and other waterways.
Each cord maintains its connection with the abdominal cavity via the canal, whence the vas joins the urinary tract below the bladder.
Between the vestibular and tympanic canals lies the cochlear duct.
This canal is the top canal of the inner ear so it is actually right under the brain.
Percival Lowell was convinced that these lines were canals, built by a race of intelligent Martians.
This controversy continued until the 1960s when spacecraft exploration of the planet showed no evidence of the canals.
A century ago, the astronomer Percival Lowell described water-filled canals on Mars for the same reason.
Synonyms
inland waterway, channel, watercourse, waterway;
ship canal
duct, tube, passage, vessel
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канал irrigation canals — оросительные каналы canal dues /toll/ — сборы за проход через канал, канальные сборы canal head — головное сооружение канала canal lock — камерный шлюз to cut /to make/ a canal through the desert — построить /провести/ канал в пустыне irrigation canal — ирригационная система, оросительный канал to build / construct a canal — провести, построить канал canal boat — баржа, предназначенная для перевозок по системе каналов ship canal — судоходный канал; канал для морских судов
канава ; канавка ; ров ; арык to dig a canal — прорыть канаву
definition: A chemist is a scientist who works with chemicals.
example: My mother is a successful chemist who helps invent new products.
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A shop where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold, and in which toiletries and other medical goods can be purchased:
A person authorized to dispense medicinal drugs.
A person engaged in chemical research or experiments:
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Legalise drugs and have them properly sold in chemists and off-licenses, and there will be no money to buy guns.
These are available through chemists sold as a remedy for motion sickness.
Weleda products are available from most chemists and health food shops.
The higher professional category includes chemists, vets, dentists and barristers.
There is still the image that chemists simply dispense medicine after a visit to the doctor.
However, it did eventually run out, and the chemist reported that he was no longer allowed to supply it, because the mercury content was potentially dangerous.
The first person to appreciate the meaning of such experiments was the English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish.
One researcher with perhaps the greatest reason to hope for success in producing silicon was the English chemist and physicist Humphry Davy.
Take for example vinegar, more formally known to chemists as acetic acid, CH 3 COOH.
example: The chill from the cold wind made Bill shiver.
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Chilly:
Very relaxed or easy-going:
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With the return of grey skies and chill winds, what better than a concert promising a hint of warmer climes?
On a bleak, grey afternoon with a chill wind coming from the North Sea barely 100 yards away, Stanley took control of the game early on and the home side rarely threatened.
A crisp, chill wind bit at our exposed faces as we walked along designated walkways to the terminal; despite the cold, I found an extra vigour in my step.
What they need is more unstructured time, more 'chill time.'
At just before seven minutes in, the band settles into a chill mid-tempo groove conducive to minor head-nodding.
More assertive than ambient, but more chill than club music.
охлаждать , замораживать (на льду, в холодильнике) to chill wines — охлаждать вина to chill meat — охлаждать мясо Chill the dessert in the fridge for about two hours. — Охлаждайте десерт в холодильнике примерно два часа.
охлаждаться , холодеть The wine is chilling right now. — Вино сейчас охлаждается.
расхолаживать ; разочаровывать ; приводить в уныние ; лишать бодрости; удручать to chill smb.'s hopes — охладить чьи-л. надежды Синоним: dispirit, discourage, damp, deject
метал. закаливать охлаждать ; студить to be chilled to the bone — продрогнуть до (мозга) костей it chills my blood — от этого во мне стынет /леденеет/ кровь to be chilled with terror — оцепенеть от ужаса nothing could chill the ardour of his love — ничто не могло остудить жар его любви
редк. чувствовать озноб амер. разг. игнорировать , пренебрегать амер. сл. отказать кому-л. в продаже наркотиков отбеливать замерзать испугать His words chilled her. — Его слова напугали ее.
холод ; охлаждение , охлажденное состояние to take the chill off — немного подогреть Синоним: cold, coldness
простуда , озноб to catch a chill — простудиться chills and fever — малярия Синоним: cold
холодок (в отношениях) ; холодность , прохладность (в обращении) there was a chill in his voice — его голос звучал холодно
холод ; холодная погода the chills of night — ночной холод, ночные заморозки there is quite a chill in the air this morning — сегодня с утра свежевато /прохладно/
озноб , дрожь chills and fever — мед. перемежающаяся лихорадка, малярия I felt a chill — у меня мороз побежал по коже
расхолаживающее влияние; разочарование to cast /to throw/ a chill — охлаждать пыл ; омрачать to put the chill (on) — амер. сл. относиться холодно, третировать ; амер. сл. убить the bad news cast a chill over the gathering — печальная весть произвела тяжелое впечатление на собравшихся a chill comes o'er my heart — поэт. холод леденит мне сердце
definition: Congress is a group of leaders in a government.
example: Congress makes laws for people to follow .
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A formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party, trade union, or from within a particular sphere of activity:
A national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington DC, was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives:
(Often in names) a political society or organization.
The action of coming together:
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In the past, disputes at Green party congresses were often vehement and passionate, although usually conducted on a very low level.
At the same time, the party congress was instructive in exposing the political background of the latest round of anti-foreigner and German nationalist agitation.
Hundreds of psychologists from all over the world attend our annual conventions, and hundreds of U.S. psychologists attend international congresses and other overseas meetings each year.
As you know, I have spend most of week up on Capitol Hill covering the Congress.
She could get seven years and says she plans to take her case to the United Nations and the U.S. Congress.
The Congress of the United States and the president of the United States unite.
Her next job was at Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, as a Child Health Coordinator.
The National Congress of Indians provides national leadership on issues facing tribal communities throughout the United States.
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons exists to enhance health and improve lives worldwide through the advancement of education and scientific exchange.
Violent husbands offer excuses that range from the wife not doing housework, her frequent visits to her parents' home, or refusing the husband's request for sexual congress.
The dictionary says that ‘tupping’ describes what rams do to ewes but I first came across it being used in relation to human sexual congress.
While society has thankfully moved on from the ignorant days when homosexuality was a crime, it is still against the law to indulge in any kind of sexual congress in a public place, and quite rightly so.
upper house, lower house, upper chamber, lower chamber, second chamber
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конгресс ; съезд The World Peace Congress — Всемирный конгресс сторонников мира medical congress — съезд врачей to go into congress — заседать в конгрессе /на съезде/ annual congress — ежегодный съезд, ежегодный конгресс biennial congress — конгресс, проходящий каждые два года party congress — съезд партии to convene / hold a congress — проводить конгресс, организовывать конгресс to convene [hold] a congress — проводить [организовывать] конгресс an annual congress — ежегодный съезд [конгресс] a biennial congress — конгресс, проходящий каждые два года a party congress — съезд партии Scottish Trades Union Congress — Шотландский конгресс тред-юнионов Синоним: meeting
( Congress ) конгресс США Congress meets at Washington — конгресс заседает в Вашингтоне
общение ; встречи, знакомства и т. п. ; светская жизнь Синоним: converse
собир. молочный скот (тж. dairy cattle, dairy stock) dairy bull — бык молочной породы dairy cows — молочные коровы the grounds were turned to dairy — земли были отведены под пастбище для молочного скота
example: I descended the stairs to get out ofthe building.
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Move or fall downwards:
Move down (a slope or stairs):
(Of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards:
Move down a scale of quality:
(Of sound) become lower in pitch:
Act in a shameful way that is far below one’s usual standards:
(Of a situation or group of people) reach (an undesirable state):
Make a sudden attack on:
Make an unexpected visit to:
(Of a feeling) develop suddenly and affect a place or person:
(Of night or darkness) begin to occur:
Be a blood relative of (a specified ancestor):
(Of an asset) pass by inheritance, typically from parent to child:
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Caroline leapt out of the van as heavy rain began to descend.
Huge drops of falling rain descended from the heavy clouds above.
Doors slid silently closed behind him and he began to descend.
The problem presents as anterior knee pain, which is worse after prolonged sitting with the knee flexed, or on climbing or descending stairs or slopes.
John Henry is speaking to an acquaintance in the lobby and a beautiful young woman, followed closely behind by a companion, is descending the stairs.
A young woman descends the stairs from a low, curtained gallery to hand a sheet of music to a cellist waiting downstairs.
Angel walked the hallways without trouble until she turned at the right hallway and saw several flights of steps descending before her.
Broad flights of steps descended directly into the azure water.
She pushed a button, and a large flight of stairs descended from the ship to the ground.
You can also choose to display from 10 to 100 items per page, in descending or ascending order.
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This will either sort the list ascending or descending.
The implied connection between ‘cadence’ and falling is most explicitly realized in music where a melodic line descends conclusively to the modal final or tonal tonic.
The first descending row of chords is just magic, raising the little hairs on the back of a listener's neck.
By the end of ‘Cromosomi’, with its tricky harmonic sequence that descends in semitones, he had the audience in the palm of his hand.
Politics now dominates - and the level of civility descends to new lows.
Sometimes the physical instincts are elevated to a spiritual level and often the spiritual being descends to a baser life.
Anyone who descends to such cheap jibes with nothing more substantial to say is just making himself ridiculous.
With the onset of the reforms, the power situation in the State descended into chaos.
However the situation soon descends into something more sinister.
The situation has now descended into farce as the row rumbles on.
When we began to make speeches the riot police descended on us and started attacking people, throwing tear gas everywhere.
In the single worst incident, attackers descended on the village.
I knew that they were far stronger than I was, and that if I did not do something, the other attackers would descend upon me in a moment.
One week, the Prime Minister descends on the town to visit the office of a training company.
Eight friends came to visit and descended on my living room.
He was visiting his children when federal agents descended upon his ex-wife's house and took him away in handcuffs.
My depression descends on me really suddenly, and… when I am there I can't… move… within it.
A thick tension descended on them suddenly as their eyes locked.
I'm not sure if it was because of the laughing or because of the sudden depression that descended upon me.
It was now a matter of time before the moonless darkness of night descended.
During autumn and winter, darkness descends at about 4pm and the area dies once children have left the two local schools.
Darkness was beginning to descend and it was time for the happy couple to make the long journey home again where Mick's plan was to have a few pints in his local before closing time.
The findings show that more than 95 percent of dogs in this group were descended from three original female ancestors.
This character is common to all animals as the result of their being descended from a common multicellular ancestor that also possessed this character.
White hart deer graze the lawns, said to be descended from two white harts given by Elizabeth 1 to her god-child.
Heathcliff dies intestate, the property descends - as it should - to the young lovers, and the two great houses revert to their dynastic owners.
In accordance with Colonel Brooke's will, her property descended to her daughter, whose husband thus became possessed of a respectable income
He remarried, and after his own death in 1556, his property descended to his son William.
go downhill, decay, worsen, get/grow worse, take a turn for the worse, go to rack and ruin
informal go to pot, go to the dogs, go to seed, hit the skids, go down the tubes, go down the toilet
come in force, arrive in hordes, attack, assail, assault, storm, invade, pounce on, raid, swoop on, charge
be a descendant of, originate from, issue from, spring from, have as an ancestor, derive from
be handed down, be passed down, pass by heredity, be transferred by inheritance;
be inherited by
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спускаться , сходить to descend from the mountains — спуститься с гор the sun descended over the hill — солнце скрылось за горой sleep descended upon his eves — сон смежил его веки a feeling of sadness descended upon him — его охватило чувство грусти to descend the stairs — спускаться по лестнице to descend into a valley / cave — спускаться в долину / пещеру From the heights of the mountain immense avalanches often descend. — С вершины этой горы часто сходят ужасные лавины. to descend to particulars — переходить к частностям / деталям Синоним: go down Антоним: rise, ascend
спускаться , идти вниз (по чему-л.) ; иметь нисходящую часть to descend a hill — спуститься с горы From here the path descends. — Отсюда тропа идет под уклон. Антоним: ascend, rise
опускаться , снижаться (о самолете) to descend in a field — опуститься на поле (о воздушном шаре и т. п.) We watched the plane descend. — Мы наблюдали за тем, как самолет снижается. Антоним: ascend
происходить , вести род he is descended / редк. he descends/ from an ancient family — он происходит из старинного рода to be descended from Vikings — быть потомком викингов Синоним: spring
переходить , передаваться по наследству to descend from father to son — переходить от отца к сыну Our principles may come from our fathers; our prejudices certainly descend from the female branch. — Принципы достаются нам от наших отцов, а предрассудки, несомненно, от матерей. Синоним: hand down, pass down
астр. склоняться к горизонту; двигаться к югу опускаться , понижаться (о местности) the road descends — дорога идет /уходит/ под гору
понижаться (о тоне, звуке) переходить (от общего к частному, от прошлого к настоящему и т. п.) to descend to details /particulars/ — переходить к деталям /подробностям/
прибегать , обращаться к (недостойным средствам) ; не гнушаться to descend to falsehood — не брезговать ложью, не гнушаться лжи to descend to smb.'s level — опуститься до чьего-л. уровня to descend to doing smth. — уронить себя каким-л. поступком
обрушиваться , налетать , нападать to descend upon the enemy — обрушиться на врага
неожиданно навещать, приезжать без предупреждения; бывать наездами to descend upon one's friends — нагрянуть к своим друзьям
опускать , вести вниз as steps that descend us towards our graves — как ступени, что ведут нас вниз, в могилу
поэт. наступать , надвигаться (о сумерках, ночи) The shades of evening began to descend. — Надвигались сумерки. Синоним: fall
погружаться (в хаос, отчаяние) нагрянуть (к кому-л. в гости) Thousands of tourists descend on the lake every year. — Каждый год на озеро приезжают тысячи туристов.
овладевать (кем-л.) , захватывать (кого-л.) A feeling of sadness descended on me. — Меня охватила грусть.
внезапно напасть (на кого-л.) The Arsenal man had the ball in the net before the defensive hordes could descend on him. — Игрок "Арсенала" послал мяч в сетку ворот, прежде чем на него обрушились полчища защитников.
переходить по наследству The manor descended to his son. — Поместье перешло к его сыну.
пасть , опуститься , унизиться (до чего-л.) to descend to a mean trick — поступить низко, нечестно Синоним: stoop, sink
example: Our grocer, Mr. Smith, is a very kind man.
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A person who sells food and small household goods.
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Moreover, another problem is that some grocers sell the subsidised food products which are allocated for the ration cards at higher prices.
Under his direction, a team of volunteers keeps a close watch on any businesses which come up for sale in the area and then helps young grocers or other food sellers to move in.
In some cases, grocers have refused to sell food and petrol to anti-drug officials and vandals have slashed the tyres of their government vehicles.
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бакалейщик , торговец бакалейными товарами; торг. торговец [продавец] продуктов питания you can get it at the grocer's — это есть в бакалейной (лавке)
definition: To hesitate is to wait for a short time before doing something.
example: He hesitated for a moment before he decided which choice to make.
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Pause in indecision before saying or doing something:
Be reluctant to do something:
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Men are almost twice as likely to pause or hesitate when they speak unlike women who are more fluent speakers.
They discovered that men are almost twice a likely as women to pause or hesitate when talking.
Should any further questions in this regard arise, please do not hesitate to contact the writer.
If you would like to donate money or material please do not hesitate to contact Tommy at his home address.
I do hope this clarifies the point you have raised and if I can be of any further help, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Synonyms
pause, delay, hang back, wait, shilly-shally, dither, stall, temporize, be in two minds, be in a quandary, be in a dilemma, be on the horns of a dilemma;
be uncertain, be hesitant, be unsure, be doubtful, be indecisive, equivocate, vacillate, oscillate, waver, have second thoughts;
British haver, hum and haw;
be reluctant, be unwilling, be disinclined, scruple;
have misgivings about, have qualms about, be ambivalent about, feel uneasy about, shrink from, demur from, hang back from, think twice about, be diffident about, baulk at, boggle at
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he who ˈhesitates (is ˈlost) if you delay in doing something you may lose a good opportunity
колебаться , сомневаться I hesitated about taking the position — я раздумывал, согласиться ли мне на эту должность we hesitated concerning the course to be taken — мы не знали, какой путь избрать he didn't hesitate for an instant — он не колебался ни минуты go on!, don't hesitate! — продолжайте!, не мешкайте! to hesitate over a choice — колебаться в выборе Синоним: falter, flounder, vacillate, waver Антоним: ascertain, choose, continue, decide
сомневаться , не решаться to hesitate to do /in doing/ smth. — не решаться сделать что-л. I hesitate to affirm — (я) боюсь утверждать to hesitate about accepting a gift — не решаться принять подарок he hesitated over the price — его смущала цена I hesitate rather to choose my opinion — я боюсь высказать определенное мнение She hesitated to act. — Она не решалась действовать. Синоним: falter, flounder, vacillate, waver Антоним: ascertain, choose, continue, decide
запинаться , заикаться to hesitate in one's speech — заикаться he hesitated for a word — он запнулся, подыскивая нужное слово he who hesitates is lost — промедление смерти подобно Синоним: stammer, stutter
стесняться do not hesitate to ask me — спрашивайте меня, не стесняйтесь
медлить , находиться в нерешительности (на какой-то короткий промежуток времени) Синоним: pause
definition: An institution is an organization that works to help a city or group of people.
example: Banks are vital institutions that businesses and people use every day.
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An organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose:
An organization providing residential care for people with special needs:
See also home, hospital, asylum, prison
An established official organization having an important role in a society, such as the Church or parliament:
A large company or other organization involved in financial trading:
An established law or practice:
A well-established and familiar person or custom:
The action of instituting something:
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Self-financing professional educational institutions are a challenge to ethical and social values.
Status rewards can flow from a variety of institutions including academic, professional, sporting and artistic bodies.
The club's volunteers have been highlighting domestic safety and evacuation drills, mainly in educational institutions and social organisations.
We also looked at dedicated smoking rooms in hospital care institutions, residential disability care institutions, and rest homes.
Almost all outbreaks occurred in hospitals, residential care institutions and nursing homes and resulted in elective surgery being cancelled in several instances.
The volunteers participated in special projects at multiple institutions that care for children with special needs and orphans.
The authority lies with governments and other important institutions of society.
The wealth accrued by some churches made them powerful institutions and thus important political players.
In this sense, churches were institutions in civil society.
Little can be done to rein in personal borrowing as interest rates the only way to curb lending by financial institutions are set by the European Central Bank.
Eavesdropping can also be a problem in commercial buildings where financial institutions are housed.
High domestic savings encouraged financial institutions to lend beyond the limits of prudence.
Amish communities routinely practice the institution of rumspringa (from the German herumspringen, to jump around).
As a matter of law, the institution of ‘marriage’ is itself the product, the creation, of the exercise of state power.
Thus, just as in the American South, Cherokee lawmakers would prohibit legal marriages between slaves and free people to preserve the institution of slavery.
she is now considered as something of a "national institution".
Dress codes are a British institution, and the British love their uniforms.
Twenty-four years since he escaped death-by-civil-service in an employment office in Tooting, Merton, 47, is a bona fide British institution.
I do not believe there is a finding that institution of proceedings on one occasion made them troublesome tenants.
First of all, your Honour, we say this was not at the time of institution of these proceedings an inappropriate forum.
What will the institution of a practice doctorate do to that trend?
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organization, establishment, institute, foundation, centre;
academy, school, college, university, conservatory, seminary, centre of learning, seat of learning;
installation, instatement, induction, investiture, inauguration, introduction, swearing in, initiation;
ordination, consecration, anointing;
enthronement, coronation, crowning;
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установление , учреждение , введение ; создание ; образование ; основание the institution of customs and rules — введение обычаев и правил institution of a new inaugurational ceremony — введение новой церемонии инаугурации institution of new rules — введение новых правил However, industry continues to fight against institution of a new standard. — Тем не менее отрасль продолжает сопротивляться введению нового стандарта. Синоним: establishment
общество , организация , учреждение , институт (организация, созданная для определенных целей: научных, образовательных, религиозных, коммерческих и т. д.) literary institution — литературное объединение charitable institution — благотворительное учреждение, благотворительная организация educational institution — образовательное учреждение financial institution — финансовое учреждение philanthropic institution — благотворительное учреждение, благотворительная организация state-supported institution — учреждение, финансируемое государством
институт , установление the institution of marriage — институт брака institution of marriage — институт брака institution of papacy — институт папства
обыкн. шутл. обычай , порядок , норма поведения ; непременный атрибут и т. п. giving presents on smb.'s birthday is an institution — ко дню рождения принято дарить подарки He is one of the institutions of the place. — Он здесь завсегдатай.
церк. установление чина таинств церк. облечение (духовной властью) учебное заведение ; детское, лечебное, благотворительное и т. п. учреждение учреждение ; ведомство установленная практика, система
example: He jogs every day so he can be healthier.
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A spell of jogging:
A gentle running pace:
A slight push or nudge:
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It was early enough so that there were very few tourists around, and the people who could be seen were like us, out for a morning jog or power walk.
Then she changes into workout clothes and we head out for a morning jog.
He has his diamonds and ankle weights on and he's going for a jog.
Feeling better, Noca increased her pace to a jog.
Her face automatically brightened and her pace increased into a jog.
In fact, she almost seemed to increase her pace to a jog, with Becky following suit a moment after her.
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run, jogtrot, dogtrot, trot, lope
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jog somebody’s ˈmemory to say or do something that makes somebody remember something
толчок , подталкивание , встряхивание ; толчок локтем; легкий толчок to give a jog — подтолкнуть Синоним: push, shake, nudge
медленная, тряская езда; медленное, механическое движение вверх и вниз; медленная ходьба неровность , выпуклость , углубление легкое препятствие, помеха трусца at a jog — трусцой
пробежка , ходьба на короткое расстояние a housewife's endless jogs to the shops — вечные походы хозяек по магазинам
медленная рысь (у лошади) резкий поворот, резкая смена направления толкать , трясти , подталкивать локтем; слегка толкать; подталкивать I shall jog you with my elbow when it is time to go — я подтолкну тебя локтем, когда надо будет уходить Синоним: nudge
ехать , двигаться подпрыгивая, подскакивая; трястись ; трусить ; идти ; ехать подпрыгивая the carriage joged along on the rough road — экипаж трясся по неровной дороге
расшевелить to jog smb.'s memory — помогать кому-л. припомнить, напомнить кому-л., не дать кому-л. забыть
спорт. делать разминочную пробежку; бежать трусцой двигаться медленно, с трудом , плестись , тащиться (тж. jog along, jog on) I must be jogging — мне пора в путь, ну, я поплетусь the tired boys jog home — усталые ребята шли домой еле волоча ноги things are jogging along /on/ — разг. дела понемногу идут /двигаются/ the work jogs on — разг. работа (медленно, но верно) идет time keeps jogging on — время тянется we must jog on somehow until business conditions improve — нам надо как-то перебиться /продержаться/ до улучшения деловой конъюнктуры
резко менять направление the road jogs to the right — дорога сворачивает направо
напомнить , пробудить в памяти I often jog him up with a letter, but he never answers. — Я часто напоминаю ему о себе письмом, но он никогда не отвечает.
пустить рысью (лошадь) двигаться , перемещаться вверх-вниз, взад-вперед; подпрыгивать His holster was jogging against his hip. — Кобура в такт скачке била его в бок. Mr. Venus listened to these lamentations in silence, while Mr. Boffin jogged to and fro. (Ch. Dickens) — Мистер Венус слушал эти причитания молча, а мистер Боффин ходил взад-вперед.
идти медленной рысью (о лошади) делать резкий поворот The road jogs to the right. — Дорога круто сворачивает направо.
definition: A merchant is a person who sells things.
example: The merchant was selling used cars.
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(In historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce:
(Of ships, sailors, or shipping activity) involved with commerce rather than military activity:
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At this stage in history, the merchant class, desperate for money to finance their adventures, struggled with the monopoly of the moneylenders and overcame it.
In the end, it will be commerce and the merchant class that will provide, and they will have to go it alone, without the help of superpowers.
Toward the left foreground are the small yellow houses of the common people; note the red roofs of the merchant class, clustered around the open bazaar.
She gave protection to the merchant ships and sailors, and gave those ashore confidence that the vital supplies would always get through under her watchful eye.
The rest of his young adulthood became a quest for financial security, and he shipped out as a merchant sailor.
Built of English oak and Cornish elm, they are traditionally designed and locally built rowing boats originally used to deliver pilots to incoming merchant ships.
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a person who predicts that things will go very badly
купец ; ( оптовый ) торговец merchant's court — коммерческий суд merchants of death — торговцы смертью ; торговцы оружием
разг. человек , который поступает неблаговидно; «тип» (о человеке) speed merchant — лихач (о шофере) a gossip merchant — сплетник
лицо , занимающееся оптовыми продажами Синоним: trader
знаток , специалист Синоним: specialist
разг. "тип" (о человеке) торг. , ист. купец торговая фирма (экономический субъект, осуществляющий деятельность по купле и продаже товаров) Синоним: merchandiser, seller
юр. , амер. торговец (согласно определению Единообразного торгового кодекса США: лицо, которое осуществляет торговлю товарами определенного рода или иным способом по роду своих занятий представляет себя как обладателя знаний и профессионального мастерства в сфере, касающейся сделок с товарами, или которому такие знания и мастерство можно приписать на основании того, что он работает по найму в качестве агента, брокера или иного посредника) торговый , коммерческий merchant air force — гражданская авиация merchant fleet /marine, navy, service/ — торговый флот merchant ship /vessel/ — торговое судно merchant seaman — матрос торгового флота merchant prince — крупный торговец, «король» merchant law — торговое право merchant activity — торговая [коммерческая] деятельность Синоним: commercial
занимающийся торговлей merchant prince — крупный оптовик, "король" Синоним: commercial
относящийся к торговому флоту merchant ship — торговое судно
definition: To poke something is to push it with your finger.
example: I poked my finger on a thumb tack.
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another term for pokeweed.
A North American plant of the lily family with a poisonous black rhizome and tall sprays of yellow-green flowers.
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poke ˈfun at somebody/something to say unkind things about somebody/something in order to make other people laugh at them
poke/stick your nose into ˈsomething to try to become involved in something that does not concern you
have a ˌpoke aˈround to look carefully around a place to see what you can find; to try to find out information about somebody/something
(buy) a pig in a ˈpoke if you buy a pig in a poke , you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough
take a ˈpoke at somebody/something to make an unkind remark about somebody/something; to laugh at somebody/something
= poke in / at / up совать , пихать , тыкать , толкать to poke smb. in the ribs — толкнуть кого-л. дружески или многозначительно в бок to poke at with the horns — бодать (рогами) to poke away — отпихнуть, оттолкнуть в сторону to poke out — выпихнуть, вытолкать He poked at the meat with his fork, but it seemed undercooked. — Он потыкал в мясо вилкой, но оно казалось недожаренным. The room is cold, poke the fire up a little. — В комнате холодно, повороши уголья. to poke (one's nose) into other people's business, to poke and pry — совать нос в чужие дела poke along — фраз. гл. брести; передвигаться лениво, медленно Синоним: prod, jab
разг. нанести удар , ударить ; ударить кулаком I poked him on the nose. — Я дал ему в нос.
= poke through пронзать , протыкать to poke a hole in smth. — продырявить что-л. to poke a hole in a drum — проткнуть /пробить/ барабан The tops of his shoes had worn so thin that his toes were poking through. — У него были такие поношенные ботинки, что большие пальцы торчали наружу.
мешать (кочергой) , шуровать (уголь в топке) (тж. poke up) to poke the fire — мешать кочергой угли в камине /в печке/
(тж. poke about, poke around) идти ощупью ; искать (что-л.) ощупью , шарить ; = poke about / around идти to poke (about) in every corner — шарить по всем углам to poke one's way into a place — пробираться куда-л. ощупью ; втираться куда-л.
совать , всовывать , пихать , засовывать to poke a sweet into smb.'s mouth — сунуть конфету кому-л. в рот he poked his head through the door — он просунул голову в дверь
(тж. poke out) высовывать ; выдвигать ( вперед ) to poke one's head out of the window — высунуть голову в окно
высовываться ; выдвигаться the buildings poke above the trees — здания возвышаются над деревьями pens and pencils poked out over the top of his jacket pocket — из верхнего кармана его пиджака торчали ручки и карандаши
выковыривать to poke smb.'s eye out — выбить /выколоть/ кому-л. глаз
выскакивать (об автомобиле и т. п.) выискивать , высматривать ; любопытствовать ; глазеть we poked about for an hour in the old furniture shop — мы целый час выискивали что-нибудь интересное в магазине старинной мебели
лодырничать , бездельничать амер. разг. надевать ярмо с шестом разг.; = poke up запирать (кого-л.) в тесном помещении прям. и перен. It would break her heart, to be poked up in a town. (Mrs. J. H. Riddell) — То, что она не сможет никуда выехать из этого города, просто разобьет ее сердце. He poked himself up in a dull town. — Он заживо похоронил себя в провинциальном городе.
расковырять , проделать (дырку) You are like children who poke a hole in a drum to see what it is. — Вы прямо как те дети, которые проделывают дырку в барабане, чтобы посмотреть, что там внутри.
раздуть , спровоцировать (что-л.) to poke up a great conflagration in the country — спровоцировать большие столкновения в стране
разг. лениво , неспешно делать что-л.; попусту тратить время to poke about here in the country — бездельничать здесь в деревне Синоним: potter
толчок , пинок , тычок to give smb. a poke in the ribs — толкнуть кого-л. в бок Синоним: jab
definition: To postpone something is to make it happen later than planned.
example: They postponed the meeting until Elena arrived.
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Cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled:
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To my surprise she now seemed to believe my problems and was considering postponing my death sentence.
Meanwhile the council is planning to postpone the introduction of recycling schemes for flats.
Worries about crime led councillors to postpone a decision on a leisure trail on a former railway.
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put off, delay, defer, put back, hold over/off, carry over, reschedule, adjourn, stay, shelve, stand over, pigeonhole, keep in abeyance, suspend, mothball;
North American put over, table, take a rain check on;
North American Law continue
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откладывать ; отсрочивать , оттягивать to postpone a conference — отложить конференцию to postpone payment — отсрочить платеж The concert has had to be postponed to next week. — Концерт пришлось отложить до следующей недели. Синоним: adjourn, defer, delay, suspend Антоним: schedule
относить в конец предложения to postpone an adjective — поставить /перенести/ прилагательное в конец предложения
подчинять ; ставить ниже; уменьшать приоритет to postpone one's own interests to the public welfare — ставить общественные интересы выше личных
definition: When a liquid splashes, it bursts and hits something.
example: Some green paint splashed upon the floor.
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A sound made by something striking or falling into liquid:
A spell of moving about in water energetically:
A small quantity of liquid that has fallen or been dashed against a surface:
A small quantity of liquid added to a drink:
A bright patch of colour:
A prominent or sensational news feature or story:
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I went back to reading my book until I was interrupted about ten minutes later by the sound of some enormous splashes.
He had not taken much notice until he heard a splash and the sound of panic-stricken voices.
Valos slowly opened his eyes as he heard the sound of a splash.
A few splashes of water, and I'm feeling a lot better.
He leaned to listen to her splashes, but the water was still.
The horses were cantering lightly, making small splashes of water around their hooves.
As they walked down the street, they heard a yell, which was followed by a splash of some liquid.
Add corn, reserved dill and a splash of reserved braising liquid and heat through.
The dumplings wade in a thick peanut mixture with a splash of soy sauce and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.
That's why we recommend using a consistent product like Rose's, and then use a splash of fresh juice to add some dimension to the drink.
Another, The Jacuzzi, has more of a kick to it lent by the addition of Bombay Sapphire Gin and a splash of lemon to the traditional drink.
Strain the ingredients into a ice filled highball glass and add a splash of soda water.
Darker colours tend to be more appropriate at work although there is no harm in adding a splash of brighter colour with accessories.
Add to this a splash of bright colour and the result is nothing short of arresting.
For a splash of bright colour it is hard to beat marigolds, Calendula officialis.
For nearly 15 years the media has contributed screaming headlines and front page splashes as well as serious studies.
My front-page splash became a three-inch brief on the inside - albeit one that took hours to report.
Of course, the hard but essential task now will be to maintain the sense of priority and importance about indigenous issues once the front page splashes die away again.
make, cause, etc. a ˈsplash to do something in a way that attracts a lot of attention or causes a lot of excitement
= splash up забрызгивать ; брызгать , плескать to splash one's oars — бить по воде веслами His boots were splashed with mud. — Его сапоги были забрызганы грязью. Passing traffic has splashed the wall up with mud / splashed mud on the wall. — Проезжающие машины забрызгали стену грязью. Синоним: spatter
плескаться , брызгаться , бултыхаться to splash in one's bath — плескаться в ванне the fish splashes at the end of the line — рыба бьется на крючке waves splash against the rocks — волны бьются о скалы a brook splashing over rocks — ручеек, журчащий по камням
шлепать (по воде, грязи) he splashed his way across the pool — он прошлепал по луже
усыпать , усеивать , расцвечивать fields splashed with poppies — поля, усеянные /пестрящие/ маками wood splashed with patches of light — лес, расцвеченный бликами света The garden was splashed with bright flowers. — Сад пестрел яркими цветами. She has light skin, splashed with a galaxy of freckles. — У нее светлая кожа, усыпанная веснушками.
разг. тратить без счета, транжирить (тж. splash out) ; разг.; = splash out; = splash about неразумно тратить to splash money (about) — сорить деньгами to splash out on luxuries — транжирить деньги на предметы роскоши to splash money on smth. — неразумно тратить деньги на что-л. Now he has splashed out £ 45,000 on a Jaguar XJR. — А теперь он спустил сорок пять тысяч фунтов на "Ягуар XJR".
брызгать , разлетаться брызгами the water splashed on the floor — вода брызгала на пол
разбрызгивать , расплескивать to splash gravy over the tablecloth — пролить подливку на скатерть to splash water — разбрызгивать воду, брызгать /плескать/ водой
забрызгивать , обрызгивать to splash smb., smth. with mud — заляпать /забрызгать/ кого-л., что-л. грязью to splash a page with ink — залить страницу чернилами to splash ink on to one's fingers — запачкать пальцы чернилами to be splashed from head to foot — быть забрызганным с головы до ног
плюхнуться , бултыхнуться to splash into the water — плюхнуться /бултыхнуться/ в воду
разг. печатать аршинными буквами; подавать материал броско, под кричащими заголовками to splash a piece of news — напечатать сообщение на видном месте /под кричащим заголовком и т. п. /
❝Time❞splashed him on its cover - ( журнал ) «Тайм» подал его броско на обложке воен. проф. сбивать самолет , обыкн. над водой two enemy planes were splashed — два неприятельских самолета были сбиты над водой
приводняться (о космическом корабле ; тж. splash down) плеск , всплеск to hear a splash — услышать всплеск to fall into the water with a splash — плюхнуться /бултыхнуться/ в воду
брызги splash of water — брызги воды Синоним: spray
брызганье children enjoying a splash — ребятишки, с наслаждением барахтающиеся в воде
пятно a splash of colour on a dark surface — яркое пятно на темной поверхности a splash of ink on the carpet — чернильное пятно на ковре a splash of light falling on the thicket — блик света в чаще a splash of light — пятно света Синоним: patch
разг. эффект ; выставление напоказ ; сенсация splash headline — сл. броский заголовок splash story — сл. сообщение, помещенное на видном месте (в газете и т. п.) to cut /to make/ a splash — наделать шуму, произвести сенсацию to cut / make a splash — произвести сенсацию Синоним: boom
разг. капелька , небольшое количество (жидкости) to add a splash of soda-water to a glass of whisky — добавить немного содовой в стакан виски
редк. осколки пули воен. проф. самолет противника, сбитый над водой падение ракеты при неудачном пуске ликвидация ракеты в полете разг. небольшое количество жидкости a splash of brandy — капелька коньяка
упрямый , неподатливый stubborn man — упрямый человек as stubborn as a mule /as a donkey/ — упрямый как осел stubborn child — упрямый ребенок Don't be stubborn! — Не упрямься! Синоним: mulish
упорный ; настойчивый stubborn battle — упорный бой to be stubborn in the defence of smth. — упорно защищать что-л. stubborn efforts — упорные усилия stubborn fight — упорная борьба stubborn defence — упорное сопротивление
пригород , окраина ; общ пригород; предместье bedroom / dormitory suburb — "спальный" пригород, "спальные" районы easterly suburb — восточный пригород garden suburb — парковая зона, зеленый пригород outlying suburb — отдаленный пригород in the suburbs — на окраине to live in the suburbs — жить на окраине, жить в пригороде residential suburb — жилой пригород Синоним: overspill town
(the suburbs) окрестности, предместья a house in the suburbs — дом в пригороде fashionable suburbs — модные пригородные районы, фешенебельные предместья the residents of the suburbs — жители предместий
пригородный поселок (жители которого работают в городе) to move to a suburb — переехать в пригород ; стать загородным жителем
definition: The tide is the level of the water in the sea.
example: The tide continued to craw l upon the beach little by little.
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Drift with or as if with the tide.
(Of a ship) work in or out of harbour with the help of the tide.
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go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have
used to say that there is a change in somebody’s luck or in how successful they are being
волна , подъем the tide of prejudice — вспышка предрассудков a rising tide of interest — возрождение интереса, новая волна интереса the high tide of fortune — полоса редкого везения the tide of enthusiasm waned — волна энтузиазма пошла на убыль on the tide of public enthusiasm — на волне всеобщего воодушевления to work double tides — работать день и ночь ; работать не покладая рук Синоним: wave, breaker
течение , направление ; развитие ; общее направление (событий и т. п.) sluggish tide — медленное течение to go with the tide — плыть по течению, бездействовать In the autumn of 1918 the tide finally turned. — Осенью 1918 года ход событий принял наконец другой оборот.
поток , течение поэт. море , океан ; течение , поток уст. время года ; сезон ; период морской прилив и отлив flowing /high, rising, flood/ tide — прилив, полная вода ; что-л. нарастающее low /ebb/ tide — отлив, малая вода the rise of the tide — прилив at high tide — в момент прилива ; в момент, когда прилив достигает высшей точки leeward tide — прилив с подветренной стороны neap tide — квадратурный прилив, малая вода tide day — приливные сутки (≈ 24 часам 51 минуте) tide pool — водоем, образованный приливом the tide had not come yet — прилив еще не начинался the tide is coming in — прилив начинается
мор. период времени между приливом и отливом tide's work — путь, пройденный парусным судном с приливом или отливом
pl потоки the tides of air — потоки воздуха
течение , ход дел the tide of life — течение жизни the tide of battle — воен. разг. изменение боевой обстановки ; воен. разг. ход боя against the tide — наперекор стихиям to go with the tide — плыть по течению to stem the tide — противодействовать ; преграждать путь to go /to row, to swim/ against the tide — идти против течения to turn the tide — изменить ход событий to turn the tide of battle — повернуть ход битвы the tide turns — события принимают иной оборот the turn of the tide — перемена, изменение (к лучшему)
уст. шанс , возможность прилив и отлив (на море, океане) tide comes in — вода приливает tide ebbs / goes out — вода убывает, спадает ebb tide — отлив falling tide — отлив flood tide — полная вода; прилив high tide — полная вода; прилив low tide — отлив
приток и отток (жидкости, воздуха и т. п.) время между приливом и отливом или между двумя приливами плыть по течению ; (тж. to tide it) to tide (it) up further with the flood — подниматься вверх по реке на приливной волне to tide in — входить (в гавань и т. п.) на приливной волне, с приливом to tide out — выходить (из гавани и т. п.) на отливной волне, с отливом
смывать , сносить водой a flow of animal spirits tided (off) the boredom — взрыв буйного веселья сменил (царившую до этого) скуку
нести по течению to tide smth. up the river — нести что-л. вверх по реке
случаться , происходить tide what may — что бы ни случилось
трагедия Greek tragedy — греческая трагедия tragedy and comedy — трагедия и комедия tragedy king — актер, исполняющий в трагедии роль короля ; главный трагик труппы tragedy queen — трагическая актриса to stage a Shakespeare tragedy — ставить на сцене трагедию Шекспира classic Greek tragedy — классическая греческая трагедия
несчастье , трагедия , трагическое событие his father's death was a real tragedy for him — смерть отца была для него настоящей трагедией to make a tragedy out of smth., to treat smth. as a tragedy — делать из чего-л. трагедию
трагическая ситуация he didn't realize the whole tragedy of the situation — он не понимал всей трагичности положения the tragedy is that ... — трагедия в том, что ... the tragedy of his life — трагедия его жизни
