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1 unmanageable
unmanageable [‚ʌn'mænɪdʒəbəl]∎ the trailer was of an unmanageable length à cause de sa longueur, la caravane était difficile à manœuvrer(c) (situation) difficile à gérer;∎ the problem has become unmanageable le problème est devenu impossible à gérer ou à réglerUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > unmanageable
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2 unmanageable
unmanageable [ʌnˈmænɪdʒəbl][number, size] difficilement gérable ; [hair] impossible à coiffer* * *[ʌn'mænɪdʒəbl]adjective [child, animal] farouche; [prison, system] ingérable; [hair] rebelle; [size, number] démesuré -
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СЛАДУ (-a) НЕТ с кем-чем coll VP impers prep obj: human or collect) it is impossible to cope (with s.o. or sth.): с X-om сладу нет - there is nothing I (he etc) can do with X I ( he etc) can't do anything with X there is no dealing with X X is impossible (unmanageable) person X is (gets) out of hand....Случилось одно небольшое происшествие в станционной парикмахерской. Решили подстричь ребят. А когда очередь дошла до Эрмека, тут поднялся такой крик и плач, что сладу не было никакого с мальчишкой (Айтматов 2)....There had been one small incident in the local hairdressers. They had decided to get the children's hair cut. And when it had come to Ermek's turn, he set up such a great display of shouting and tears, that there was nothing they could do with the boy (2a).«А этот, - она снисходительно кивнула в сторону мальчишки... - совсем от рук отбился, никакого сладу с ним нет. Был бы отец, научил бы уму-разуму...»(Максимов 1). "But as for him," she gave a contemptuous nod in the direction of the boy...,"he's got completely out of hand, I can't do anything with him. If his father was here he'd knock some sense into him..." (1a).На террасе татарского дома, где мы спали на положенном на пол тюфяке, он (Мандельштам) долго заедал меня, что ему пришлось целый час искать меня, что я своей глупостью срываю ему работу, что со мной нет сладу и что я никогда не поумнею... (Мандельштам 2). On the veranda of the Tartar house (where we slept on a mattress laid on the floor) he (Mandelstam) went on at me a long time about how he had spent a whole hour trying to find me, about how hard I was making it for him to do his work-I had got quite out of hand and would never learn any sense (2a). -
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• СЛАДУ <-a> НЕТ с кем-чем coll[VP; impers; prep obj: human or collect]=====⇒ it is impossible to cope (with s.o. or sth.):- с Х-ом сладу нет≈ there is nothing I <he etc> can do with X;- I <he etc> can't do anything with X;- person X is < gets> out of hand.♦...Случилось одно небольшое происшествие в станционной парикмахерской. Решили подстричь ребят. А когда очередь дошла до Эрмека, тут поднялся такой крик и плач, что сладу не было никакого с мальчишкой (Айтматов 2)....There had been one small incident in the local hairdressers. They had decided to get the children's hair cut. And when it had come to Ermek's turn, he set up such a great display of shouting and tears, that there was nothing they could do with the boy (2a).♦ "А этот, - она снисходительно кивнула в сторону мальчишки... - совсем от рук отбился, никакого сладу с ним нет. Был бы отец, научил бы уму-разуму..."(Максимов 1). "But as for him," she gave a contemptuous nod in the direction of the boy...,"he's got completely out of hand, I can't do anything with him. If his father was here he'd knock some sense into him..." (1a).♦ На террасе татарского дома, где мы спали на положенном на пол тюфяке, он [Мандельштам] долго заедал меня, что ему пришлось целый час искать меня, что я своей глупостью срываю ему работу, что со мной нет сладу и что я никогда не поумнею... (Мандельштам 2). On the veranda of the Tartar house (where we slept on a mattress laid on the floor) he [Mandelstam] went on at me a long time about how he had spent a whole hour trying to find me, about how hard I was making it for him to do his work-I had got quite out of hand and would never learn any sense (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ладу нет
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• СЛАДУ <-a> НЕТ с кем-чем coll[VP; impers; prep obj: human or collect]=====⇒ it is impossible to cope (with s.o. or sth.):- с Х-ом сладу нет≈ there is nothing I <he etc> can do with X;- I <he etc> can't do anything with X;- person X is < gets> out of hand.♦...Случилось одно небольшое происшествие в станционной парикмахерской. Решили подстричь ребят. А когда очередь дошла до Эрмека, тут поднялся такой крик и плач, что сладу не было никакого с мальчишкой (Айтматов 2)....There had been one small incident in the local hairdressers. They had decided to get the children's hair cut. And when it had come to Ermek's turn, he set up such a great display of shouting and tears, that there was nothing they could do with the boy (2a).♦ "А этот, - она снисходительно кивнула в сторону мальчишки... - совсем от рук отбился, никакого сладу с ним нет. Был бы отец, научил бы уму-разуму..."(Максимов 1). "But as for him," she gave a contemptuous nod in the direction of the boy...,"he's got completely out of hand, I can't do anything with him. If his father was here he'd knock some sense into him..." (1a).♦ На террасе татарского дома, где мы спали на положенном на пол тюфяке, он [Мандельштам] долго заедал меня, что ему пришлось целый час искать меня, что я своей глупостью срываю ему работу, что со мной нет сладу и что я никогда не поумнею... (Мандельштам 2). On the veranda of the Tartar house (where we slept on a mattress laid on the floor) he [Mandelstam] went on at me a long time about how he had spent a whole hour trying to find me, about how hard I was making it for him to do his work-I had got quite out of hand and would never learn any sense (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > слада нет
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• СЛАДУ <-a> НЕТ с кем-чем coll[VP; impers; prep obj: human or collect]=====⇒ it is impossible to cope (with s.o. or sth.):- с Х-ом сладу нет≈ there is nothing I <he etc> can do with X;- I <he etc> can't do anything with X;- person X is < gets> out of hand.♦...Случилось одно небольшое происшествие в станционной парикмахерской. Решили подстричь ребят. А когда очередь дошла до Эрмека, тут поднялся такой крик и плач, что сладу не было никакого с мальчишкой (Айтматов 2)....There had been one small incident in the local hairdressers. They had decided to get the children's hair cut. And when it had come to Ermek's turn, he set up such a great display of shouting and tears, that there was nothing they could do with the boy (2a).♦ "А этот, - она снисходительно кивнула в сторону мальчишки... - совсем от рук отбился, никакого сладу с ним нет. Был бы отец, научил бы уму-разуму..."(Максимов 1). "But as for him," she gave a contemptuous nod in the direction of the boy...,"he's got completely out of hand, I can't do anything with him. If his father was here he'd knock some sense into him..." (1a).♦ На террасе татарского дома, где мы спали на положенном на пол тюфяке, он [Мандельштам] долго заедал меня, что ему пришлось целый час искать меня, что я своей глупостью срываю ему работу, что со мной нет сладу и что я никогда не поумнею... (Мандельштам 2). On the veranda of the Tartar house (where we slept on a mattress laid on the floor) he [Mandelstam] went on at me a long time about how he had spent a whole hour trying to find me, about how hard I was making it for him to do his work-I had got quite out of hand and would never learn any sense (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сладу нет
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7 intrattabile
intractableprezzo fixed, non-negotiable* * *intrattabile agg.1 intractable, unmanageable; (fam.) impossible: bambino intrattabile, unmanageable child; è intrattabile come al solito, he is unapproachable as usual // argomento intrattabile, unmentionable subject // i miei capelli sono intrattabili, I can't do a thing with my hair2 (insensibile al trattamento) intractable; refractory.* * *[intrat'tabile]1) (scostante) [carattere, umore, persona] intractable, unbearable2) (delicato) [argomento, questione] taboo, unmentionable, thorny; (difficile da affrontare) [ problema] intractable, unmanageable* * *intrattabile/intrat'tabile/1 (scostante) [carattere, umore, persona] intractable, unbearable2 (delicato) [argomento, questione] taboo, unmentionable, thorny; (difficile da affrontare) [ problema] intractable, unmanageable. -
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Adj.1. (nicht zu [über-] prüfen) impossible to check2. (nicht zu beherrschen) uncontrollable* * *unmanageable; uncontrollable; runaway* * *ụn|kon|trol|lier|baradjuncontrollable* * *un·kon·trol·lier·bar[ˈʊnkɔntrɔli:ɐ̯ba:ɐ̯]adj uncontrollable* * *Adjektiv impossible to check or supervise postpos.; (nicht zu beherrschen) uncontrollable* * *unkontrollierbar adj1. (nicht zu [über-]prüfen) impossible to check2. (nicht zu beherrschen) uncontrollable* * *Adjektiv impossible to check or supervise postpos.; (nicht zu beherrschen) uncontrollable* * *adj.uncontrollable adj. adv.uncontrollably adv. -
9 ἀμήχανος
A without means or resources, helpless, Od.19.363;πενία ἀ. B.1.61
;πόριμον αὑτῷ τῇ πόλει δ' ἀ. Ar.Ra. 1429
;ἀ. καὶ ἄτεχνος Pl.Plt. 274c
; of animals, opp. εὐμήχανος, Arist.HA 614b34: hence,2 incapable, awkward,ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀ. h.Ap. 192
, cf. Theoc.1.85;τὸν ἀ. ὀρθοῦν A.Th. 227
;ἀ. γυνή E.Hipp. 643
; ἀ. εἴς τι awkward at thing, Id.Med. 408. Adv., ἀμηχάνως ἔχειν, = ἀμηχανεῖν, A.Ch. 407, E., etc.3 c. inf., at a loss how to do, unable to do,τὸ δὲ βίᾳ πολιτῶν δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀ. S.Ant.79
; - ώτατος ὅ τι χρὴ λέγειν πορίσασθαι [D.]60.12, etc.II more freq. in pass. sense, allowing of no means:b of things, hard, impossible, τοῦτό μ' ἄνωγας ἀμήχανον ἄλλο τελέσσαι ib. 14.262;τοῦτο δ' ἀ. εὑρεῖν Pi.O.7.25
, cf. Hdt.1.48; ὁδὸς ἀ. εἰσελθεῖν road hard or impossible to enter on, X.An.1.2.21;ἀ. ἐστὶ γενέσθαι Emp.12
, cf. Hdt. 1.48, 204, S.Ant. 175, etc.: abs., ἀμήχανα impossibilities, ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾶν ib.90, cf. 92;δεινὸς.. εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀ. πόρον A.Pr.59
, cf. Ar.Eq. 759: [comp] Sup., Them. in Ph.91.12.2 against whom or which nothing can be done, irresistible, freq. in Hom. of Zeus, Hera, Achilles; ἀ. ἐσσι, ἀ. ἔπλευ, Il.10.167, 16.29;Ἔρος.. ἀ. ὄρπετον Sapph.40
.b of things, ἀ. ἔργα mischief without help or remedy, Il.8.130; ;κήδεα Archil.66
; (lyr.); ἄλγος, νόσοι, S.El. 140 (lyr.), Ant. 363 (lyr.);συμφορά Simon.5.11
, cf. E.Med. 392; κακόν ib. 447: [comp] Comp.-ωτέρα, ἀγλαΐα Them.Or.4.51c
.c esp. of dreams, inexplicable, not to be interpreted, Od.19.560.3 extraordinary, enormous,ποταμῶν ἀ. μεγέθη Pl.Phd. 111d
;; ἀμή χανον εὐδαιμονίας an inconceivable amount of happiness, Id.Ap. 41c: freq.c.acc., ἀ. τὸ μέγεθος, τὸ κάλλος, τὸ πλῆθος, etc., i.e. inconceivable in point of size, etc., Id.R. 584b, 615a, X.Cyr.7.5.38: c. dat.,ἀ. πλήθει τε καὶ ἀτοπία Pl.Phdr. 229d
(nisi leg. ἀμηχάνων πλήθη τε καὶ ἀτοπίαι, where ἀ. = monsters): abs., infinitely great,δύναμις Plot.5.3.16
.b freq. in Pl. withοἷος, ὅσος, ἀμήχανον ὅσον χρόνον Phd 95c
; ἀμηχάνῳ ὅσῳ πλέονι by it is impossible to say how much more, R.588a;ἀμή χανόν τι οἷον Chrm.155d
. Adv.,ἀμηχάνως ὡς εὖ R.527e
;ἀ. γε ὡς σφόδρα Phdr.263d
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10 неподъёмный
General subject: impossible ( неисполнимый), overwhelming (неисполнимый), too heavy to lift, unmanageable, unwieldy, unyielding (неисполнимый) -
11 ingobernable
adj.ungovernable.* * *► adjetivo1 (nación) ungovernable2 (nave) unsteerable* * *ADJ [aparato] uncontrollable; [país, ciudad] ungovernable; [embarcación] unsteerable, impossible to steer* * *a) < país> ungovernableb) < barco> unsteerable* * *a) < país> ungovernableb) < barco> unsteerable* * *1 ‹país› ungovernable2 ‹barco› unsteerable* * *ingobernable adj1. [país] ungovernable2. [niño] uncontrollable, unmanageable* * *adj ungovernable* * *ingobernable adj: ungovernable, lawless -
12 неподъёмный
разг.1) ( слишком тяжёлый по весу) too heavy to lift, unmanageable, unwieldy2) ( неисполнимый) overwhelming, impossible, unbeatable, unyielding, overpowering, crushing, defeating -
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1. a порочный, извращённый; испорченный2. a упрямый, упорствующий3. a несговорчивый, капризный, своенравный4. a неправильный, нарушающий нормы5. a превратный, ошибочныйСинонимический ряд:1. cantankerous (adj.) cantankerous; irascible; ornery; surly2. contrary (adj.) balky; contrary; contumacious; cross-grained; difficult; disobedient; froward; impossible; restive; wayward; wrongheaded3. evil (adj.) bad; distorted; evil; sinful; wicked4. mulish (adj.) mulish; obstreperous; recalcitrant; unmanageable5. obstinate (adj.) bullheaded; closed-minded; deaf; dogged; hardheaded; headstrong; incompliant; intractable; intransigent; muleheaded; muley; obdurate; obstinate; persistent; pertinacious; pervicacious; pigheaded; refractory; self-willed; stiff; stiff-necked; stubborn; tough; unpliable; unpliant; unyielding; wilful; willful6. vicious (adj.) corrupt; debauched; degenerate; depraved; flagitious; infamous; miscreant; nefarious; perverted; putrid; rotten; unhealthy; vicious; villainousАнтонимический ряд:accommodating; acquiescent; agreeable; amenable; amiable; assenting; capricious; changeable; complacent; compliant; condescending; cooperative; docile; ductile; moral -
14 ἄπορος
ἄπορος, ον, first in Hdt. and Pi. (v.infr.),A without passage, having no way in, out, or through: hence,I of places, impassable, πέλαγος, π ηλός, Pl.Ti. 25d, Criti. 108e; ὁδός, ὀ?ἄποροςXρη, X.An.2.4.4, 2.5.18.II of states or circumstances, impracticable, difficult, Hdt. 5.3, etc.; ἄ. ἀλγηδών, πάθη, S.OC 513 (lyr.), Ph. 854; τἄπορον ἔτος ib. 897;ἄ. χρῆμα E.Or.70
; ἀγών, κίνδυνος, Lys.7.2 and 39 ([comp] Sup.); ; σωτηρία λεπτὴ καὶ ἄ. ib. 699b, cf. R. 453d; ;βίος Men.Kith.Fr.1.10
;νύξ Longin.9.10
:—ἄπορον, τό, and ἄπορα, τά, as Subst., ἐκ τῶν ἀπόρων in the midst of their difficulties, Hdt.8.53, cf. Pl.Lg. 699b;εὔπορος ἐν τοῖς ἀ. Alex. 234.6
;ἄπορα πόριμος A.Pr. 904
; ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι to be in great straits, X.An. 7.6.11; εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν, πεσεῖν, E.Hel. 813, Ar.Nu. 703; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο, ἦσαν, they were at a loss how to.., Th.1.25, 3.22; : ἄπορόν [ ἐστι] c. inf., Pi.O.10(11).40, Th.2.77, Aeschin.Socr.53, etc.; ἄπορά [ ἐστι] Pi.O.1.52: [comp] Comp.-ώτερος, ἡ λῆψις Th.5.110
.2 hard to discover or solve,ἀνεξερεύνητον καὶ ἄπορον Heraclit.18
; ἄ. ἐρωτήσεις, = ἀπορίαι IV, Plu.Alex.64, Luc.DMort.10.8; ;λόγοι D.L. 7.44
.3 hard to get, scarce,ἐν δυστυχίῃ [φίλον εὑρεῖν] πάντων -ώτατον Democr.106
; ; ἄπορα [ ὀφλήματα] bad debts, D.50.9.III of persons, hard to deal with, unmanageable, E.Ba. 800, Pl.Ap. 18d ([comp] Sup.), cf. Th.4.32 ([comp] Sup.): c. inf., ἄ. προσμίσγειν, προσφέρεσθαι, impossible to have any dealings with, Hdt.4.46, 9.49;βορῆς ἄνεμος ἄ.
against which nothing will avail, which there is no opposing,Id.
6.44;ἄ. τὸ κακὸν καὶ ἀνίκητον Id.3.52
.2 without means or resources, helpless,ἔρημος, ἄ. S.OC 1735
(lyr.), cf. Ar.Nu. 629, etc.;ἄ. ἐπὶ φρόνιμα S.OT 691
(lyr.); (lyr.);ἄ. γνώμῃ Th.2.59
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15 ἄπρακτος
I [voice] Act., unavailing, unprofitable,ἄπρηκτον πόλεμον Il.2.121
; ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας ib. 376;ἄ. ἐλπίς Simon.5.16
, cf. Pi. l.c.;ἄ. γίγνεταί τι D.9.40
; ἄ. ἡμέραι days when no business is done, holidays, Plu.2.270a, cf. BGU 255.8(vi A. D.); restful,παῦλα B.9.8
; ἄ. ἑορτή Proll.Hermog. in Rh. 4.15 W.(s. v.l.); ἀ. χρόνος period of inaction, Plb.2.31.10.b of a farm, untilled, Lys.7.6.2 of persons, unsuccessful,ἄπρηκτος νέεσθαι Il.14.221
; ἄ. ἀπιέναι, ἀπελθεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν, Th.4.61,99, 1.111;ἄ. γίγνεσθαι
gain nothing,Id.
2.59;ἄ. ἀποπέμπειν τινά Id.1.24
: [comp] Comp., Socr.Ep.6.7. Adv.- τως
unsuccessfully,Th.
6.48; in vain,B.
Fr.8.3 not taking part in the action,ἄ. κηδευτὴς ὁ χορός Arist.Pr. 922b26
; doing nothing, idle, Ti.Locr.104e, Arr.Epict.1.10.7. Adv.ἀεργῶς καὶ ἀ. PFlor.295.5
(vi A. D.).II [voice] Pass., against which nothing can be done, unmanageable, incurable, ὀδύναι, ἀνίη, Od.2.79, 12.223;μεληδόνες Simon.39
;φόβων -ότατος καὶ ἀπορώτατος ὁ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας Plu.2.165d
.4 c. gen., κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς ἄ. ὑμῖν εἰμί not unassailed even by your divining arts, S.Ant. 1035.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἄπρακτος
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16 ἀμήχανος
ἀ-μήχανος (μηχανή, μῆχος): (1) act., helpless, despairing, Od. 19.363.— (2) pass., of that with which one can do nothing, impossible, Il. 14.262 ; ὄνειροι, ‘inscrutable’, Od. 19.560 ; ἀμήχανα ἔργα, ‘irreparable mischief,’ Il. 8.130; of persons, ‘impracticable,’ ‘unmanageable,’ Il. 10.167 ; ἀμήχανός ἐσσι πιθέσθαι, ‘it is hopeless to expect you to comply,’ Il. 13.726.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἀμήχανος
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17 ip
",-pi 1. light rope, cord; string. 2. prov. thread. - atlamak to jump rope. - cambazı ropedancer, tightrope walker. -e çekmek /ı/ to string (someone) up, hang (someone). -ini çekmek /ın/ to keep (someone) under control. -le çekmek /ı/ to be anxiously waiting for, be counting the days until. -i çözmek to sever relations with someone. -i çürük undependable. -e dizmek /ı/ to string. -leri elinde olmak /ın/ to exercise covert control over (something). -e gelesice/gelesi 1. low-down, damned. 2. bastard, scoundrel. - inceldiği yerden kopar. proverb Trouble begins at a weak spot. - ipullah sivri külah (someone) who has neither family nor possessions. - kaçkını colloq. gallows bird, person who deserves to be hanged. -ten kazıktan kurtulmuş colloq. hardened criminal, thug. -ini kesmek slang 1. to run away, flee, clear out. 2. /ın/ to leave (someone) penniless. -i kırık slang ne´er-do-well, hoodlum, hood. -i kırmak slang 1. to slip away; to clear out. 2. to quit one´s job. 3. to sever relations with someone. -ini kırmak slang to get out of hand, become unmanageable. -i koparmak 1. to quit one´s job. 2. to sever relations with someone. -ten kuşak kuşanmak to become poor. -iyle kuyuya inilmez. /ın/ colloq. You can´t depend on him. - merdiven rope ladder. -e sapa gelmemek to make no sense; to contain contradictions. -e sapa gelmez 1. confused; inconsistent; nonsensical. 2. vagabond, shiftless. -i sapı yok. colloq. It has no rhyme or reason. -ini sürümek to deserve to be hanged (for one´s crimes). -ini sürüyüp gezmek to wander around aimlessly, kill time. - takmak /a/ to try to harm (someone) behind his back. - takmamak /a/ slang not to give a damn (about). -in ucu elinde olmak /ın/ to be in control of things. -in ucunu kaçırmak to let things get out of hand, let something get out of control, let things go too far. -e un sermek to give someone a song and dance, try to put someone off with impossible excuses. "
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impossible — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Incapable of being considered] Syn. inconceivable, unthinkable, vain, hopeless, infeasible, unachievable, unattainable, out of the question, insurmountable, useless, impassable, inaccessible, unworkable, preposterous,… … English dictionary for students
unmanageable — adjective difficult or impossible to manage or control. Derivatives unmanageableness noun unmanageably adverb … English new terms dictionary
unmanageable — /ʌnˈmænədʒəbəl/ (say un manuhjuhbuhl) adjective 1. impossible to govern or control, as a horse, child, etc.; refractory. 2. incapable of being satisfactorily dealt with or handled, as affairs, objects, etc.; unwieldy. –unmanageably, adverb …
restive — adj 1. restless, uneasy, nervous, unquiet, impatient. See restless(def. 2). 2. refractory, fractious, disobedient, recalcitrant, contumacious; undutiful, uncomplying, noncomply ing, uncompliant, noncompliant, noncooperative, uncooperative;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
unmanageably — unmanageable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ difficult or impossible to manage or control. DERIVATIVES unmanageably adverb … English terms dictionary
Blivet — This blivet portrays two irreconcilable perspectives at once: descending from the top are two bars with rectangular cross section, while ascending from the bottom are three cylindrical rods … Wikipedia