example: Water flows down several brooks on the mountain.
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Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition):
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They took a sound methodology and made it a dogma that brooked no opposition, even from reality.
He was determined to put upon the unconverted the burden of responsibility, and brooked no opposition from metaphysicians… the message of Finney was wholly American.
As Singapore's first prime minister, he brooked no political opposition for 31 years of tough rule, before stepping down.
Synonyms
tolerate, allow, stand, bear, abide, stomach, swallow, put up with, go along with, endure, suffer, withstand, cope with;
accept, permit, admit of, countenance;
Scottish thole
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ручей , ручеек Синоним: stream
терпеть , выносить , допускать (в отрицательных предложениях) the matter brooks no delay — дело не терпит отлагательства he will not brook any more of your insults — он не потерпит больше твоих оскорблений He would brook no interruptions from subordinates. — Он не потерпит никакого вмешательства со стороны своих подчиненных.
definition: To cater to someone means to provide them with all the things needed or wanted.
example: Bill was too sick to get out of bed, so his nurse catered to his needs.
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Provide people with food and drink at a social event or other gathering:
Provide food and drink for (an event):
Provide with what is needed or required:
Take into account or make allowances for:
Try to satisfy (a need or demand):
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I've always thought that women are better at catering and dealing with food.
Many of the people selling us food - in retail and in catering - are real enthusiasts.
We often cater at local events, specialising in Indian foods and make a sauce which is so popular that we have been asked time and time again about the possibility of buying it in the shops.
Manzo said the meals were catered lunches or dinners for the caucus on days when the Legislature was in session.
They said they had made a lot of arrangements to prepare submissions, organise time off for the presenters and prepare the conference room for the meeting, as well as to cater breakfast and lunch.
I'm in the catering business - among other things - and I will be most glad to cater your dinner or lunch or whatever.
It has since been updated with the latest equipment and a new calving unit was provided in 2002 which caters for 48 cows at a time.
Clause 3 requires Radio New Zealand to provide programming that caters to a full range of age groups.
It can find shoes for people up to size 18, and cater for people who require wide or narrow fittings.
The interest of the police is however catered for by the police being able to make a complaint to the Law Society.
It was in the form of a deed but the deed catered for consideration, so it took effect as a contract as well.
Designed in Ireland for the Irish market, it caters for all the Irish Vat schemes and is euro-compliant.
Over time, Indians are becoming more market savvy and catering to the demands of the American consumer.
The school's rising student population means that the school needs to extend in order to cater to demand.
A number of shops have sprung up in the city to cater to the demand for traditional ornamental furniture.
Synonyms
provide food for, feed, serve, cook for, wine and dine, regale, provide for, provision
dated victual
serve, provide for, oblige, meet the needs/wants of, accommodate, entertain, receive;
deal with, handle, see to, look after, care for
take into account, take into consideration, make allowances for, allow for, consider, bear in mind, make provision for, make preparations for, prepare for, make concessions for, have regard for
satisfy, indulge, pander to, gratify, please, accommodate, pacify, appease, minister to, give in to, fulfil, satiate, pamper, mollycoddle, feather-bed, spoil
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= cater for поставлять (пищевые продукты на крупные мероприятия) ; обеспечивать ; обслуживать to cater for the best public — обслуживать избранную публику this playground caters for children of all ages — эта игровая площадка предназначена для детей всех возрастов to cater for dinners — обслуживать обеды to cater for bus tours — обслуживать экскурсионные автобусные туры a business that caters banquets and weddings — предприятие, поставляющее продукты для банкетов и свадеб The bakers specialize in catering for large parties. — Эта пекарня специализируется на обслуживании банкетов. "Weddings catered for." — "Обслуживание свадеб" (объявление) Синоним: provide, service
( to ) пренебр. угождать , стараться угодить, доставить удовольствие to cater to the public demand — приспособляться к вкусам публики ; угождать публике It needs to be reminded that businesses need to cater to consumers if they want to make money. — Необходимо напомнить, что бизнес обязан угождать потребителям, если он хочет делать деньги.
(cater for / to) удовлетворять (требования) поставлять провизию: снабжать продовольствием располагать в виде ромба резать , пересекать и т. п. по диагонали, наискось (cater for) принимать во внимание , учитывать Politicians should learn to cater for the man in the street. — Политики должны научиться считаться с простыми людьми. Some have published cook books and most are able to cater to your preferences and any dietary wishes you may have. — Некоторые опубликовали кулинарные книги и большинство способно учесть ваши предпочтения или выполнить любые диетические пожелания.
потворствовать (чьим-л. прихотям) снабжать (часто об обеспечении продовольствием) обеспечивать питание (для предприятий, потребителей и т. п.) диагонально, наискось
definition: The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking it.
example: These apples are too rotten for consumption.
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The action of using up a resource:
The action of eating or drinking something:
An amount of something which is used up or ingested:
The purchase of goods and services by the public:
The reception of information or entertainment by a mass audience:
A wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis:
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Newcastle then moved quickly to become more accountable for its own operations in terms of energy and resource consumption.
We can start by reducing our energy consumption and turning to renewable resources.
It is clear, then, that entrepreneurs have strong incentives to manage their residuals efficiently and gradually to reduce their consumption of resources for any given output.
The coffee shop, which has been open in Blackheath since 2001, has never received planning permission to sell food for consumption on the premises.
No liquor shall be sold or supplied for consumption away from the premises in containers larger than two litres.
Increased consumption of such drinks and foods brings up the question of whether or not people are exercising enough to burn all the excess fat and energy their bodies are taking in.
The consumption of large amounts of refined starches can lead to increases in blood-sugar levels.
There are 18.2 days of diesel fuel reserves with a daily consumption of 72,000 KL a day.
The castor beans are highly toxic and death is likely with the consumption of even a small amount.
Many futurists believe that the desire of retirees to protect their wealth will increase their consumption of financial services.
Household spending, public consumption and investment have all grown strongly and the housing market remains buoyant.
Mass consumption, stimulative consumer policies, and revolutions in wholesaling and retailing led to the convergence of regional economies.
The reader, viewer or audience is actively involved in the construction of the work of art, and without the act of reception / consumption, the cultural product is incomplete.
But now there are two new primary tasks - communication (via email) and information consumption.
On the other hand, there is, I think, an impact on how people view the world politically which they take from their entertainment consumption.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, consumption was considered incurable by most people, patients and physicians alike.
In the 19th century, it seemed as if everyone was slowly dying of consumption.
They were so undernourished that they easily became ill from consumption, fevers, pestilence, and a variety of other disorders.
Synonyms
using up, use, utilization, expending, expenditure;
потребление consumption of food — потребление пищи home consumption — внутреннее потребление per capita consumption — потребление на душу населения mass consumption — массовое потребление Синоним: use
тех. расход (масла, воздуха, пара, топлива) thrust specific fuel consumption — удельный расход топлива на кг тяги в час to minimize fuel consumption — доводить расход топлива до минимума aircraft fuel consumption — расход топлива воздушным судном cruise consumption — расход на крейсерском режиме specific fuel consumption — удельный расход топлива
затрата (энергии) чахотка , туберкулез легких увядание (от болезни) издержки эк. сфера потребления туберкулез истощение организма (в результате болезни) поглощение
definition: Crust is the tough outer part of a loaf of bread.
example: The little boy never ate the crust of his pizza.
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Form into a hard outer layer:
Cover with a hard outer layer:
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Nickel allergies cause symptoms like itching, crusting, and blisters.
This can be especially true if a hard rain after weeding causes crusting.
The breast is stuffed with Saskatoon berry cream cheese, then crusted with crushed pecans.
It had taken us longer than expected to make the trip back and we were both a total mess with a thick layer of dirt crusting our clothes and flowers stuck in our hair, which was probably every where by now.
When I got tired of that I took up fire-gazing, watching the flames crusting the coals with rosy spark edgings.
Next morning the valley is crusted in frost as I find the turn-off and wind up 11 km through 135 bends, nine of them hairpins, to reach Snow Farm.
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Idioms
ˌearn a/your ˈcrust to earn enough money to live on
австрал., новозел. средства к существованию ; кусок хлеба to earn one's crust — зарабатывать, свой хлеб /на жизнь/ "What do you do for a crust?" "I work on a newspaper". — А чем ты зарабатываешь на жизнь? - Работаю в газете.
твердый поверхностный слой, корка ; настыль ; наст a thin crust of ice — тонкая корочка льда Синоним: encrustation
геол. земная кора поверхностные отложения разг. угрюмый , раздражительный человек разг. дерзость , наглость , нахальство he had the crust to look me in the eyeball without a blink — у него хватило наглости смотреть мне прямо в глаза Синоним: impudence, effrontery
метал. настыль покрываться коркой , корой the snow crusted over during the night — за ночь на снегу образовалась твердая корка Синоним: encrust
давать осадок (о вине) покрывать коркой, корой = crust over покрывать корой, коркой The ground was crusted over with snow. — Земля была покрыта коркой снега. The meat becomes crusted and baked. — Мясо жарится и покрывается корочкой.
покрываться коростой (при болезни) ; болеть проказой амер. охотиться на оленей по насту
definition: To degrade someone means to cause people to have shame.
example: The teacher degraded Bob when she announced his poor performance to the class
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Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect:
Lower the character or quality of:
Break down or deteriorate chemically:
Reduce (energy) to a less readily convertible form.
Wear down (rock) and cause it to disintegrate.
Reduce (someone) to a lower rank, especially as a punishment:
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Imperialism, which has always been chummy with and supportive of its fascist kin, will play its historical role in degrading the people, dividing the society, and destroying the nation.
These are really two entirely different problems: lack of encouragement is not the same as someone degrading you as a person or telling you your project will never work.
He is just offended by an incongruous adaptation, which, in his opinion, undermines his own concept by degrading his heroine.
Decades of harmful land use practices have degraded water quality in much of the species' historic habitat, leaving only a few remnant populations.
While the substance that degrades or lowers the quality of food is an adulterant.
A recent article reported that lagoons and sprayfields for animal waste near streams and watercourses may be significantly degrading water quality and endangering human health.
This would mean that the decaying matter was buried (most likely under water) before it could be completely degraded to carbon dioxide and water.
Depilatories are put on skin to chemically degrade body hair.
Over time, however, it oxidizes and chemically degrades to form alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, acids and esters.
Energy is always degraded to a less useful form.
Heat death will occur when all the energy of the cosmos has been degraded to random heat energy, with random motions of molecules and uniform low-level temperatures.
On an orbiting satellite, energetic particle exposure degrades the efficiency of the solar-cell panels used to provide operating power.
While stabilized and vegetated, the dune fields are often degraded, since in some cases it has been many thousands of years since they were last active.
As such, some peatlands are relict landforms, no longer actively accumulating peat, while other peatlands may even be slowly degrading, some even back to their mineral wetland origins.
We have seen no evidence that this degraded fault-line scarp is Holocene active.
It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative authority.
He was degraded from the grandeeship and exiled to the Philippines.
He was degraded from his dukedom in 1399, and was beheaded in January of the following year for conspiring against Henry IV.
Synonyms
demean, debase, cheapen, devalue, prostitute, lower the status of, reduce, shame, humiliate, bring shame to, humble, mortify, abase, disgrace, dishonour;
книжн. ухудшать (качество) , портить , вызывать деградацию to degrade man to the level of beasts — низводить человека до уровня животных degraded audio quality — плохое качество звука Синоним: spoil
приводить в упадок; портить , разлагать ; вызывать распад to degrade the theatre — привести театр в упадок In fact, compounds such as DDT, PCBs, and asphalt were purposefully designed not to be degraded by microorganisms in the environment. — Между прочим, такие соединения как ДДТ, ПХБ и асфальт были специально рассчитаны на то, чтобы не разлагаться под воздействием природных микроорганизмов.
приходить в упадок , деградировать ; вырождаться ; портиться , разлагаться книжн. понижать , снижать , убавлять (цену, силу) He proposed to degrade prices instead of aiming to sustain them. — Он предложил понизить цены, вместо того чтобы стараться сохранить их на том же уровне. Синоним: scale down
разжаловать ; понизить в должности, в чине и т. п. to degrade smb. from the priesthood — лишить кого-л. духовного сана Синоним: disgrace, demote
унижать ; подрывать авторитет; позорить to degrade oneself — уронить себя, унизиться it degrades a man to think too much about money — унизительно чересчур много думать о деньгах to degrade smb. — унизить кого-л. It would degrade me to marry him. — Брак с ним был бы для меня унизительным. The whole was a concerted scheme to depress and degrade every member of the Waverley family. (W. Scott) — Это был хорошо скоординированный план, рассчитанный на то, чтобы подавить и унизить каждого члена семьи Уэверли. You can't help thinking badly of any man who would degrade himself like that. — Невозможно хорошо относиться к человеку, который так унижается. He did not name names but said chefs who appeared on television shows degraded the profession. — Он не называл имен, но сказал, что повара, которые участвуют в развлекательных телепрограммах, позорят свою профессию. Синоним: debase, humiliate
хим., физ. деградировать геол. размывать , разрушать ухудшаться , деградировать уменьшать (масштаб, силу) жив. ослаблять интенсивность тона или цвета to degrade the brilliancy of the dyes — ослабить сочность красок
биол. вырождаться понижаться (о местности) отложить экзамен на год (при получении степени бакалавра искусств в Кембриджском университете) распадаться уст. понижать в звании, ранге, статусе; лишать сана He was formally degraded from the priesthood. — Он был официально лишен духовного сана. Синоним: disgrace, demote
definition: To entitle someone means to give them the rights to have or do something.
example: His golden ticket entitled him to sit in the front row at the concert.
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Give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something:
Give (something) a particular title:
Give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character:
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If she is entitled to receive it for professional services rendered, then she must be paid.
In particular, would she be entitled to claim any compensation if I asked her to move out either now or in the future?
He is entitled to claim that money back from the Commons as long as the office is not used for party politics.
De Botton presents us Xavier de Maistre, a Frenchman who, in 1790, undertook a journey around his bedroom, later entitling an account of what he had seen ‘Journey Around My Bedroom’.
Synonyms
qualify, make eligible, authorize, sanction, allow, permit, grant, grant/give the right, give permission;
enable, empower, accredit;
enfranchise, capacitate
title, name, call, give the title of, label, term, designate, dub;
baptize, christen
rare denominate
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давать право to be entitled — иметь право to be entitled to a leave — иметь право на отпуск to be entitled to speak and vote — пользоваться правом решающего голоса his knowledge entitles him to speak — его познания дают ему право говорить we are entitled to know the truth — мы имеем право знать правду every boy was entitled to his own views — каждый мальчик мог иметь свое мнение these discoveries entitle us to believe that ... — эти открытия дают нам основания считать, что ... this entitles him to our full confidence — этим он заслужил наше полное доверие this ticket entitles the bearer to free admission — этот билет предоставляет предъявителю право свободного входа
озаглавливать , давать название, называть to entitle an article — озаглавливать статью the book entitled❝Jane Eyre❞ — книга под заглавием «Джейн Эйр» the association shall be entitled ... — ассоциация будет именоваться ...
титуловать , величать , называть ; жаловать титул an ambassador is entitled❝Your Excellency❞ — посла титулуют «ваше превосходительство»
уполномочивать ; юр. тж. давать право, управомочивать to be entitled — иметь полномочия /правомочия/, быть уполномоченным I am entitled to say — я управомочен заявить he entitled me to speak for him — он уполномочил меня выступить от его имени we are not entitled to refuse them this right — мы не полномочны отнимать у них это право
арх. приписывать a sonnet entitled to N. — сонет, приписываемый N an opinion entitled to Aristotle — мнение, которого якобы придерживался Аристотель /приписываемое Аристотелю/
конвой , эскорт ; охрана , прикрытие merchant ships under escort — конвой, конвоируемые торговые суда escort aircraft — самолет(ы) сопровождения escort destroyer — конвойный эсминец ; сторожевой корабль escort duty — амер. конвойная служба police escort — полицейский конвой armed escort — вооруженный эскорт motorcycle escort — эскорт мотоциклистов under escort — в сопровождении (эскорта) Синоним: guard, convoy
охрана ; эскорт ; караул mounted escorts — конная охрана escort of honour — почетный караул ; почетный эскорт under police escort — в сопровождении полицейских ; под конвоем
кавалер , партнер young ladies and their escorts — девицы со своими кавалерами
нанятый кавалер (для сопровождения дам, особ. пожилых) эвф. «спутница» (женщина, нанятая для сопровождения мужчины; часто форма проституции) сопровождающий ; сопровождение , свита to provide an escort for — сопровождать кого-л. The ladies in waiting formed the royal escort. — Фрейлины составляли свиту королевы. She was drinking ginger-beer and her escort had a shandy. — Она пила имбирное пиво, а ее кавалер - шанди. Синоним: convoy
сопровождать ; провожать ; эскортировать (почетного гостя и т. п.) escorted by her husband — в сопровождении супруга to escort a lady to her home — проводить даму до дома to escort smb. round the sights of the city — показывать кому-л. город The teacher was able to escort all the children from the burning school. — Учителю удалось вывести всех детей из горящей школы. He had escorted her to the first of her parties. — Он сопровождал ее на первую в ее жизни вечеринку. Синоним: accompany
воен. эскортировать , конвоировать , прикрывать ; вести под конвоем; выпроваживать Anyone who interrupts again will be escorted from the meeting. — Если кто-нибудь еще раз прервет выступление, он будет выпровожден из зала. Синоним: convoy
юр. конвоировать (арестованного) амер.; разг. "гулять" с кем-л.; ухаживать Синоним: walk out
definition: When something is external, it is connected to an outer part.
example: It is warm inside my house, but the external temperature is freezing.
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The outward features of something:
Inessential or superficial features:
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They appear different only in externals, just as milk is all the same though it comes from cows of different colour.
When we truly forget the self, there is no division between inside and outside, no division between yourself and externals.
Perhaps surprisingly, given his genuine good keen man externals, Wilkes also happened to be a lover of ballet and opera - he once went to Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman at Sydney Opera House - and he was a good friend of the artist Tony Fomison.
I've never been fully convinced by the Wittgenstein comparison as far as grasping reality goes, since Wittgenstein, for at least large portions of his life, seemed to be pretty big on free-floating externals.
Each can manifest itself either as an attitude, an authentic way of relating to the world, or as a style, in which only the externals of the attitude are practised without attention to its inner dictates.
Don't yield to the temptation to deal with externals in order to keep the conversation going, or to impress others.
(часто to ) находящийся вне external force — внешняя сила external evidence — объективные данные /показания/ ; свидетельства со стороны external circumstances — привходящие обстоятельства problems external to our own sphere — проблемы, не входящие непосредственно в нашу область
посторонний , не относящийся к данному вопросу, существу дела и т. п. external considerations — сторонние соображения
филос. объективный , существующий независимо от нас external world — внешний /объективно существующий/ мир external reality — объективная реальность
учащийся или изучаемый экстерном an external degree — диплом /степень бакалавра/ полученный /-ая/ экстерном
анат. выходящий или находящийся на внешней поверхности тела (об органе тела) выходящий за пределы чего-л., находящийся за пределами чего-л. those who were external to Christianity — люди, не относящиеся к христианскому миру
несущественный иностранный ; внешний (о политике, торговле) the external debt of the state — внешний долг государства
pl наружность , внешность , внешний облик; внешний вид to judge things and people by externals — судить все и вся по внешнему виду Синоним: appearance, exterior, outside
наружная, внешняя сторона , поверхность pl внешнее , показное , несущественное externals of religion — религиозная обрядность, внешние проявления религиозности the subordination of externals to essentials — подчинение внешней стороны существу дела
внешние обстоятельства облик Синоним: appearance, exterior, outside
definition: A facility is a building that exists for a particular purpose.
example: There are many educational facilities in big cities.
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A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose:
A special feature of a service or machine, which offers the opportunity to do or benefit from something:
A natural ability to do or learn something well and easily:
Absence of difficulty or effort:
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There are also disabled toilets at the Washburn Valley reservoir, as well as car parking and picnic facilities.
Passengers would have a choice of airlines, terminal facilities and car parks.
As well as a second operating theatre, the unit needs more ward space and more facilities to hold clinics and carry out research.
Later this year we'll launch a facility offering flexible benefits, so that our client's employees can optimise the package their employer provides in line with their lifestyles.
The revamped site also demonstrates the full breadth of Eddisons' service by offering the facility to search online for plant and machinery.
The developer will also offer a full facilities management service.
As Eve pointed out, I have a facility for falsehoods, a talent both natural and learned.
Even there though, in a movie which tested your patience to destruction and beyond, there were flashes of arresting talent: a facility for framing and delineating a mood and a moment.
Along with a facility for languages, the fledgling student quickly demonstrated an aptitude for computers and taught himself programming.
Shifting from gritty and fervid to soft and wet in the blink of an eye, she flicks away all competitors with effortless facility.
However, his non-Punjabi audience may not feel estranged as he writes with ease and facility.
Your opponent is invariably unfamiliar with it, while you master it with matchless facility.
легкость , несложность the facility of the task — несложность задачи the facility with which he has done it — легкость, с которой он это проделал the facility or difficulty of understanding — легкость или трудность в понимании
способность ; подвижность , гибкость (ума) to have great facility in learning languages — иметь хорошие способности к языкам His facility for languages is astonishing. — У него поразительные способности к языкам.
гладкость (стиля) ; плавность (речи) to speak with facility — говорить гладко
умение , ловкость , легкость to write letters with facility — легко писать письма to play the piano with facility — бегло играть на фортепиано he showed marvellous facility in playing difficult music — он с удивительной легкостью исполняет трудную музыку practice gives a wonderful facility — мастерство достигается практикой
мягкость , покладистость , уступчивость ; подверженность влиянию ( со стороны ) it's a great error to take facility for good nature — принимать покладистость за доброту - большая ошибка
тех. доступность facility of access — доступность (для осмотра и т. п.) Синоним: pliancy, liability, readiness
(facilities) средства обслуживания, удобства; услуги good transportation facilities — хорошо организованный транспорт There was but little need of postal facilities. — В почтовых услугах практически не было потребности.
возможности , благоприятные условия ; льготы ; возможность facilities for research — благоприятные условия для исследований my way of life offers no facilities for study — у меня нет благоприятных условий для занятий they are not given the facilities you have — у них нет таких возможностей /льгот/, как у вас a cell phone with internet facility — сотовый телефон с возможностью доступа в интернет Синоним: opportunity
pl оборудование ; средства ; устройства; установка , аппаратура ; приспособления ; здания (заводов, фирм и т. п.) ; общ., преим. мн. устройство ; средство ; мощности; сооружения (любое техническое устройство или сооружение, предназначенное для выполнения определенной задачи) athletic facilities — спортивные сооружения bathing facilities — оборудование пляжа /бассейна/ lighting facilities — осветительные устройства dining / eating facilities — учреждения общественного питания educational facilities — образовательные учреждения mechanical facilities — технические приспособления medical facilities — медицинские учреждения outmoded facilities — устаревшее оборудование recreational facilities — место отдыха и развлечений research facilities — оборудование для проведения исследований storage facilities — склады transportation facilities — транспортные средства to provide facilities for smth. — доставать оборудование для чего-л. production facilities — производственные мощности Синонимы: installation , equipment
объект или сооружение (ракетная база и т. п.) ; часть объекта; установка pl средства ; оборудование pl эк. производственные мощности вчт. линия связи (facilities) эвф. удобства, туалет податливость беспечность , невнимательность , халатность to read with careless facility — читать с беззаботной невнимательностью Синоним: lassitude, carelessness
ТМО канал обслуживания, обслуживающее устройство (в теории массового обслуживания: устройство или лицо, обслуживающее требования) упр. (учреждение, имеющее специфическое предназначение) банк. ссуда , кредит (схема, программа или договор кредитования) The credit facility is granted for the period up to 5 years. — Кредит предоставляется сроком на пять лет.
definition: A faculty is a mental or physical ability.
example: The boy’s mental faculties impressed all of his teachers.
Extra definition
An inherent mental or physical power:
An aptitude for doing something:
A group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge:
The teaching or research staff of a group of university departments viewed as a body:
The members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively.
A licence or authorization from a Church authority:
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The Chief Minister pointed out that Yoga exercises had the capacity to prevent illness and keep the body fit by evolving a steady balance between the physical and mental faculties.
Because it is through the cultivation of physical and mental faculties that we relate to our surroundings, and create conditions for our survival.
Power tools should only be used when your mental and physical faculties are at their best.
Also like humans, apes have a marked faculty for language.
Her moods are many, and she has a faculty for portraying deep emotions with an airy touch.
He has a faculty for legislation, and some of the most useful laws on the statute book owe their origin to him.
Mississippi State University teaching faculties from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Education provided the responses for this study.
Harvard University, I didn't realise this, Harvard University has 8,000 faculties.
Citation-based measures have been used to evaluate the impact of journals and research institutions, including universities, faculties, and departments.
From 1936-46 he served on the faculty of Osmania University teaching International Law.
These are teaching institutions, staffed by faculty with heavy teaching loads.
The department has 29 staff members on the faculty and 36 residents in training.
To sustain and improve quality of training, the surgical faculty should develop expertise in education.
Aside from financial considerations and "turf wars," there was a genuine concern and reluctance of some of the obstetrical faculty to train family physicians in operative obstetrics.
When Ireland reviewed his credentials and saw he was a priest of the Byzantine church and a widower, Ireland refused to grant him faculties or permission to officiate.
The canon lists several conditions which must be met for parish priests to exercise validly the faculty to confirm adults they baptize or receive into full communion.
Although the parish priest has no faculty from the law to confirm these people, he could seek from the diocesan bishop the concession of the faculty to confirm them.
informal the go-ahead, the thumbs up, the OK, the green light, say-so
rare permit
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способность , дар faculty of hearing — слух faculty of speech — дар речи the mental faculties — умственные способности the faculty of making friends — способность легко заводить друзей to have a great faculty for mathematics — иметь большие способности к математике faculty for saying the right thing — умение говорить всегда кстати faculty of making oneself agreeable — умение нравиться to collect one's faculties — взять себя в руки, прийти в себя to be in possession of all one's faculties — сохранять все свои умственные и физические способности the faculty of hearing — слух the faculty of teaching — преподавательские способности the faculty of imagination — дар воображения loss of faculty — утрата трудоспособности physical and moral faculties — физические и духовные способности high mental faculties — высокие умственные способности This process utilizes our rational faculties, located in the left side of our brains. — Этот процесс задействует наши способности рационального мышления, расположенные в левом полушарии мозга. Синоним: ability
власть , право (особ. церковное) факультет , отделение the faculty of law — юридический факультет the four faculties — богословский факультет, юридический факультет, медицинский факультет и отделение гуманитарных наук law faculty — факультет права medicine faculty — медицинский факультет science faculty — факультет естественных наук faculty of arts — факультет гуманитарных наук faculty of economics — экономический факультет faculty of law — юридический факультет
профессорско-преподавательский состав (данного факультета в Великобритании, всего университета в США) faculty member — преподаватель высшего учебного заведения faculty wives — жены профессоров и преподавателей вузов adjunct faculty — амер. временные преподаватели (работающие по контракту) college / university faculty — преподаватели университета, колледжа school faculty — школьные преподаватели standing faculty — постоянные преподаватели
собир. лица с высшим образованием, принадлежащие к одной профессии the medical faculty — врачи the legal faculty — юристы
правомочие обр. , амер. профессорско-преподавательский состав (в отличие от адмнистрации и от вспомогательно-обслуживаещего персонала высшего учебного заведения)
definition: A heap of things is a large pile of them.
example: After the building was torn down, all that was left was a heap of bricks.
Extra definition
Put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap:
Load something copiously with:
(Of a spoon or other container) with the contents piled above the brim or edge:
Form a heap:
Direct a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc. at (someone or something):
Give someone or something (a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc.):
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Piles of wood were heaped up at crossroads and street corners.
When building homes, dusky-footed wood rats heap sticks into protective piles that may reach several feet in height and width.
The amount of garbage the city generates is staggering—piles and piles of rubbish are heaped on the sidewalks by the end of the day.
The U.S. soldiers lined up at the truck, heaping their plates with food.
I guess that's why I haven't actively tried to talk with him about my troubles - I don't want to heap his plate with my issues when he has his own to deal with.
Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes.
Spread the beef slices out on a worktop and spoon a heaped tablespoon of filling into the centre of each.
Once most of the crystals have dissolved, add another heaped spoon and continue to agitate, checking periodically on your progress.
When the butter has melted, whisk in a heaped tablespoon of flour and keep whisking (over a low heat) until the sauce thickens.
I thought it was bad earlier this week, but it all heaped up on me today.
Feel free to pour your scorn or heap your praise upon us.
Now that I have that out of the way, let me start heaping some praise on this film.
Even at my worst, I never believed in heaping extra abuses on any feeling being that didn't do something that warranted it.
Such a patently absurd claim deserves to be heaped with ridicule.
Other bands heaped with such lofty comparisons might not be able to deliver the goods.
After a life heaped with honors, including election to the Academie Francaise, Paul Valery died in Paris on July 20, 1945.
Synonyms
pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of, make a mound of;
assemble, accumulate, collect, amass;
store, store up, stock up, stockpile, hoard
shower on, lavish on, load on;
bestow on, confer on, give, grant, vouchsafe, assign to, award to, favour with, furnish with
Idioms
at the top/bottom of the ˈheap high up/low down in the structure of an organization or a society
collapse, fall, etc. in a ˈheap to fall down heavily and not move
heaps ˈbetter, ˈmore, ˈolder, etc. a lot better, etc.
pour/heap ˈscorn on somebody/something to speak about somebody/something in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them
нагромождать ; складывать , сваливать в кучу (тж. heap up, heap together) ; (heap (up)on) бросать в кучу; складывать в кучу to heap (up) stones — сваливать камни в кучу Heap on more wood. — Подложи еще дров.
накапливать , скапливать (тж. heap up) to heap up riches — накапливать богатства ; богатеть to heap up facts, names and dates in one's memory — запомнить или хранить в памяти массу фактов, имен и дат Синоним: amass, accumulate
( with ) нагружать , наполнять to heap a plate with cherries — наложить полную тарелку вишен to heap a cart with hay — нагрузить телегу снегом Our very generous host heaped our plates with food. — Наш щедрый хозяин нагромоздил нам на тарелки горы еды.
сыпать , осыпать to heap smb. with favours, to heap favours upon smb. — осыпать кого-л. милостями to heap work on smb. — заваливать кого-л. работой to heap praises on /upon/ smb. — осыпать кого-л. похвалами, петь дифирамбы кому-л. they heaped insults on his memory — они глумились над его памятью to heap gifts on smb. — осыпать кого-л. подарками The crowd heaped the singer with flowers. — Толпа засыпала певицу цветами. Синоним: load, charge, overwhelm
накапливаться , собираться в кучу (тж. heap up) snow heaped against the fence — у забора скапливался снег
груда , куча , масса a heap of stones — груда камней struck / knocked all of a heap разг. — сраженный, ошеломленный ; подавленный compost heap — компостная куча Синоним: pile, mass
обычно heaps; разг. масса ; уйма ; много , множество a heap of work — масса работы heaps of people — масса людей heaps of time — уйма времени heap of times — много /тысячу/ раз ; часто to make a heap of mistakes — делать уйму /массу/ ошибок to have heaps of money — иметь уйму денег there were heaps and heaps of them — их было полным-полно /тьма-тьмущая/ there are heaps of books on this subject — на эту тему написано много книг there is heaps more to say on this question — по этому вопросу можно еще много сказать she feels a heap better — она чувствует себя куда лучше Синоним: lot
горн. отвал , терриконик разг. старый автомобиль, драндулет , колымага
definition: A hemisphere is one half of the earth.
example: In the northern hemisphere, the weather is usually warmest in July and August.
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A half of a sphere.
A half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
A half of the celestial sphere.
Each of the two parts of the cerebrum (left and right) in the brain of a vertebrate:
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The sculpture consists of an elliptical loop of steel, attached to which are spheres and hemispheres fashioned from strips of steel.
The code was validated by comparing the computed forces and torques with the analytic solutions for a hemisphere and sphere in point contact with the wall and also computations for axisymmetric spherical caps and spheroids.
When set, gently remove from molds and form eight spheres by gently pressing two hemispheres together at their centers and rolling between hands.
The direction follows the magnetic poles of the Earth between the Southern and Northern hemispheres.
In both the northern and southern hemispheres aridity occurs at latitudes characterized by more or less permanent high pressure cells and hot dry subsiding air.
Countries in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres continue to treat the world's rivers, seas and oceans as dumping grounds.
Generally, though we look to find at least 7 planets in any one hemisphere in order to take it into account in an analysis.
The fundamental difference between the out-going, waxing hemisphere aspects and the incoming, waning hemisphere aspects can readily be seen if we think of the cycle of the seasons or of the lunation cycle or the daily cycle.
It is pointed out that the State capital is ideally placed for sky-gazing, as it is close to the equator and the northern and southern hemispheres can be seen almost in their entirety.
The vertebrobasilar arteries supply the brain stem, cerebellum, and occipital lobes; the cerebral hemispheres are supplied through the carotid arteries.
Sensory axons extend from the skin of the big toe to the base of the brain; and motor axons run from the motor cortex of the cerebral hemispheres right down to motor neurons at the bottom of the spinal cord.
The left brain hemisphere posterior speech areas showed much greater activation for forward than backward speech.
сфера , область the hemisphere of one's knowledge — область знаний It is beyond the hemisphere of my knowledge. — Это находится вне сферы моей компетентности. Синоним: realm, province
(the hemisphere) амер. западное полушарие полусфера анат. полушарие головного мозга (тж. cerebral hemisphere) анат. полушарие головного мозга и мозжечка
nag, bully, browbeat, chivvy, keep on at, go on at
informal hassle, bug, give someone a hard time
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гнать , травить собаками ; преследовать , загонять добычу (с помощью собак) травить , преследовать ; подвергать гонениям; подвергать преследованиям; гонениям (кого-л.) hounded from place to place — гонимый отовсюду creditors hounded him — кредиторы его преследовали he was hounded by reporters — репортеры не давали ему покоя Someone is hounding down at me in a vehicle. — Кто-то преследует меня на машине. Синоним: chase
не отставать (от кого-л.) ; мешать (кому-л.) she couldn't get her little brother to stop hounding her — она не могла добиться, чтобы братишка отвязался от нее
науськивать , натравливать ; спускать собак (на кого-л.) to hound a dog on smb. — натравить собаку на кого-л.
натравливать (кого-л. на кого-л.) ; подстрекать (к чему-л.) ( at , on , upon ) ( out of ) выживать (откуда-л.) ; изгонять (с позором) he was hounded out of the city — гонения заставили его покинуть город
не давать проходу (кому-л.) Her ex-boyfriend still hounds her. — Ее бывший дружок все еще не дает ей проходу.
охотничья собака ; гончая ; борзая the (pack of) hounds — свора гончих master of hounds — обер-егермейстер to follow the hounds, to ride to hounds — охотиться (верхом) с собаками They could follow their hounds (ride to their hounds) for hours. — Они могли часами охотиться верхом с собаками. to ride to hounds — брит. охотиться с собаками (на мелкую дичь) the hound of hell — миф. Цербер Orion's hound — астр. Гончая Ориона winged hound — орел Gabriel's hounds — стая диких гусей, летящих на юг scent hound — охотничья собака, работающая в полазе, чутьем; гончая sight hound — охотничья собака, работающая навзрячь, не выпуская добычу из поля зрения; борзая Синоним: beagle, foxhound, greyhound
собака , пес (обыкн. ирон. или пренебр.) репортер , «гончий пес» мачтовый бугель , чикс (мачты) "собака" или "гончая" , один из игроков в игре "заяц и собаки" см. тж. hare and hounds зоол.; = hound-fish рыба-собака (небольшая акула) Синоним: dogfish
definition: If something is impersonal, it is not friendly and makes people feel unimportant.
example: The boy felt scared on his first day at the big, impersonal high school.
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Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings:
(Of a place or organization) featureless and anonymous:
Not existing as a person:
(Of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing).
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The subject matter may be impersonal and unemotional but it doesn't make it any more enjoyable to know that.
It might suggest a curt, efficient, formal, impersonal, or even angry attitude about the conversation.
But a book is always an extension of its author, however impersonal the subject matter.
But online stores are cold, impersonal places devoid of any sense of human contact, where every book is merely an itemised commodity.
At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine.
You may have a tendency to avoid gyms because you think of them as unattractive, boring or impersonal places.
God is not a personal heavenly Father but an impersonal force.
Both Bactrian and Pagolak recall the mysterious Ursprache of Borges's Tlön, which contains no nouns but only impersonal verbs, and in which famous poems consist of a single enormous word.
The it in suffice it to say is an impersonal or indefinite pronoun, one that functions as a grammatical placeholder without supplying much real meaning.
A person is now ‘impersonal,’ as in an impersonal verb construction, as in ‘it is raining.’
Synonyms
neutral, unbiased, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unprejudiced, unswayed, objective, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, free from discrimination, without favouritism, with no axe to grind, without fear or favour;
fair, just, equitable, balanced, even-handed
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беспристрастный , объективный an impersonal point of view — объективная точка зрения impersonal interest in literature — бескорыстный интерес к литературе Синоним: disinterested, impartial
бесстрастный , равнодушный , безразличный безликий , безличный slaves were regarded as impersonal men — рабов не считали за людей
холодный , отчужденный Hospitals always seem such impersonal places. — Больницы всегда кажутся такими казенными. She has a very cold and impersonal manner. — Она очень холодно и официально держится.
украшение to add smth. by way of ornament — украсить что-л. rich in ornament — богато украшенный a choice ornament — лучшее украшение ornaments for a Christmas tree — елочные украшения ornaments on the mantelpiece — безделушки на камине
украшение (действие) украшение , гордость a student who is an ornament to our group — студент, являющийся гордостью нашей группы she is an ornament to her profession — она крупный авторитет в своей области she will be an ornament to any society — она украсит любое общество He is an ornament to his profession. — Он украшение своей профессии.
орнамент rich ornament — богатый орнамент a book on Gothic ornament — книга, украшенная готическим орнаментом
обыкн. pl церковная утварь ; ризы; церковные облачения ornaments rubric — заголовок с орнаментом в требнике (перед текстами утренней и вечерней молитвы)
муз. орнаментика, украшение мелодии (трель, мордент и т. п.) декорирующий аксессуар украшательство ; декорирование украшать to ornament a room — украшать комнату to ornament a dress with lace — отделывать платье кружевом to ornament with draperies — драпировать Синоним: adorn, beautify, bedeck, decorate, embellish Антоним: disfigure, mar
быть украшением, гордостью a man, formed to ornament, to enlighten, and to defend his country — человек, которому суждено стать гордостью нации, ее просветителем и защитником
пеший , пешеходный pedestrian tour — пешеходная прогулка, туристический поход pedestrian control — регулирование пешеходного движения pedestrian crossing — пешеходный переход pedestrian island — «островок безопасности» (для пешеходов) pedestrian precinct — район, по которому движение транспорта запрещено pedestrian underpass — тоннель для пешеходов, подземный переход Синоним: unmounted, foot
прозаический , скучный verse of pedestrian order — скучные /невыразительные/ стихи pedestrian muse — прозаическая /бескрылая/ муза
definition: A sanctuary is a place where people in danger can go to be safe.
example: The church was made into a sanctuary for homeless people in the winter.
Extra definition
Refuge or safety from pursuit, persecution, or other danger:
A nature reserve:
A place where injured or unwanted animals of a specified kind are cared for:
A holy place; a temple:
The inmost recess or holiest part of a temple:
The part of the chancel of a church containing the high altar.
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His shunning of the rest for the more difficult shots demonstrated a confidence not normal for such an arena, while he went for pots where mere mortals would have sought safety sanctuary.
The Waterford technique also provided this patient a place of refuge or sanctuary where she could retreat and find safety.
Without foot patrols, drug dealers took sanctuary in these areas and set up shop.
Traditionally conservation has focused on national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests, but this project goes to show that by co-opting private land owners, much can be achieved.
Regions once preserved as national parks, sanctuaries, and havens for wildlife have no laws, regulations, or societal values to protect them.
Wildlife sanctuaries and national parks are cornerstones of bio-diversity conservation of the country and will remain so in future, unless danger of the arrogant ‘only for humans’ view.
The Fauna Foundation started out originally as a sanctuary for unwanted farm animals.
Horses, ponies and donkeys are overcrowding animal sanctuaries after being abandoned by their owners.
The Center also serves as a sanctuary for injured or orphaned animals that could not survive in the wild.
In Jerusalem the sanctuary of the temple was called the Holy Place and was between the court and the Holy of Holies.
It was replaced by the older form, shrine Shinto, the worship of kami in shrines or sanctuaries, tended by priests.
The sense of place as a point of access to and focus for the sacred informs Pausanias's description of the Greek world, with its enumeration of cities and sanctuaries, their sacred shrines and associated rituals.
It was to this precinct that the survivors of the attack retreated, barricading themselves into the inner sanctuary of the temple, which was burned to the ground with them in it.
A photograph of the balustrade and the underside of the eaves of the main sanctuary at the inner shrine extends to the edge of all four sides of the left page with no frame.
Then we confront a full view of the main sanctuary shot from the southwest corner of the inner compound.
On entering the Church, he noticed pieces of stained glass strewn over the sanctuary and on the altar table.
The service takes place in the sanctuary, which contains an altar table and an oblation table.
Many sermons die in the sanctuary because preachers try to say too many things and give too much extraneous information.
Synonyms
refuge, haven, harbour, port in a storm, oasis, shelter, retreat, bolt-hole, foxhole, hideout, hiding place, hideaway, den, asylum, safe house, fastness;
Spanish querencia
reserve, park, wildlife reserve, nature reserve, reservation, preserve, home, shelter
храм ; святилище the sanctuary of sciences — храм науки
алтарь , алтарная часть, святая святых (в церкви) desecrated sanctuary — оскверненная святыня
убежище , приют , прибежище inviolable sanctuary — надежное убежище privilege /right/ of sanctuary — право убежища a sanctuary for study — убежище для занятий ; комната, где никто не мешает заниматься the sanctuary from care — уголок, где можно забыть горе to seek sanctuary — искать убежища to violate /to break/ sanctuary — нарушить неприкосновенность убежища to find sanctuary in sleep — найти покой /успокоение/ во сне privilege of sanctuary — неприкосновенность убежища to give / offer / provide (a) sanctuary — давать прибежище, приют to take sanctuary — найти убежище, приют to find sanctuary — найти покой, успокоение (в чем-л.) The government offered sanctuary to 4 000 refugees. — Правительство предоставило приют четырем тысячам беженцев. Синоним: asylum, shelter, refuge
заказник , заповедник bird sanctuary — птичий заповедник sanctuary forest — заповедный лес wildlife sanctuary — заповедник живой природы
тайник the sanctuary of one's thoughts /of one's heart/ — тайники души
сезон , когда охота запрещена диал. кладбище ист.; = privilege of sanctuary неприкосновенность убежища to violate / break sanctuary — нарушить неприкосновенность убежища Синоним: immunity
definition: A spectator is someone who watches something, especially a sports event.
example: There were thousands of spectators at the big game.
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A person who watches at a show, game, or other event:
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These have every appearance of being intended for the use of spectators watching sporting events.
She was a spectator, a spectator watching her life break apart before her eyes.
Most of the spectators were gathered watching his game, and I was glad that they could not see the dilemma I was in.
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onlooker, watcher, looker-on, fly on the wall, viewer, observer, witness, eyewitness, bystander, non-participant, sightseer;
commentator, reporter, monitor, blogger
informal rubberneck
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зритель ; посетитель (театра, стадиона и т. п.) the event drew over 10 000 spectators — встреча привлекла свыше десяти тысяч зрителей /болельщиков/ the spectators were moved to tears — зрители были растроганы до слез
наблюдатель , очевидец , свидетель there were no spectators of the accident — свидетелей катастрофы не было I was a spectator of the whole affair — все это произошло на моих глазах Синоним: observer, onlooker Антоним: participant, performer
pl туфли-лодочки (часто из кожи двух цветов ; тж. spectator pumps)
definition: Criteria are factors on which a person judges or decides something.
example: Before she got the job, she had to meet all the necessary criteria.
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критерии DOB evaluation criteria — критерии оценки средств защиты информации Министерства обороны США, критерии " Оранжевой книги " Orange Book criteria — (DOB evaluation criteria) критерии оценки средств защиты информации Министерства обороны США, критерии " Оранжевой книги " access criteria — критерии для разрешения доступа criteria of randomness — критерии случайности cryptographic criteria — криптографические критерии data protection criteria — критерии защиты данных evaluation criteria — (DOB evaluation criteria) критерии оценки средств защиты информации Министерства обороны США, критерии " Оранжевой книги " independent criteria — независимые критерии Jones criteria — (иммунологические) критерии Джоунса (иммунопатологические симптомы острой ревматической лихорадки)
