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n. mum, kandil* * *mum* * *['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) mum- candlestick -
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• kynttilä* * *'kændl(a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) kynttilä- candlestick -
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['kændl]n* * *['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) świeca- candlestick -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) svece- candlestick* * *svece -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) žvakė- candlestick -
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n. ljus--------v. undersöka i skenet från ett stearinljus* * *['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) stearinljus- candlestick -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) svíčka- candlestick* * *• svíce• svíčka• kandela -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) sviečka- candlestick* * *• sviecka• dymovnica -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) lumânare- candlestick -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) κερί- candlestick -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) bougie- candlestick -
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['kændl](a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light: We had to use candles when the electric lights went out.) vela- candlestick -
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[΄kændl] n մոմ. light/blow out a candle վառել/հանգցնել մոմը. not fit to hold a candle եղունգին արժանի չլինել. burn the candle at both ends կյանքը վատնել -
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N1. मोमबत्तीWe have to light the candle if the there is a power-cut. -
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شَمْعَة \ candle: a round bar of wax with a string in the middle, lit at one end to give light. -
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[ˈkændl] nouna moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light:شَمْعَهWe had to use candles when the electric lights went out.
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78 light of candle is dimmed by that of the sun
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > light of candle is dimmed by that of the sun
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79 hold a candle to smb.
(hold a (или the) candle to smb.)помогать кому-л., играть подчинённую роль; быть соучастником (отсюда редк. candle-holder); см. тж. cannot hold a candle to...Lorenzo: "Descend, for you must be my torch-bearer." Jessica: "What! must I hold a candle to my shames? They in themselves, good sooth, are too, too light. Why, 't is an office of discovery, love; And I should be obscur'd. " (W. Shakespeare, ‘The Merchant of Venice’, act II, sc. 6) — Лоренцо: "Спустись: ты будешь мне факелоносцем." Джессика: "Как? Мне самой же освещать свой стыд? Ах, он и без того уж слишком ясен. Я буду всем видна, а мне ведь надо скрываться, милый." (перевод Т. Щепкиной-Куперник)
...was I to hold the candle to another murder? (R. L. Stevenson, ‘Kidnapped’, ch. VIII) —...неужели мне придется быть соучастником еще одного убийства?
You have to hold the candle to them; for, oh dear! if they're crossed - some of them, they're a dreadful unscrup'lous lot of men! (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Island Pharisees’, part II, ch. XXXII) — Приходится потакать им; ведь если... ох если не потрафить... они ни перед чем не остановятся, как захотят, так с тобой и расправятся.
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80 in the soft light of the candle
in the soft (poor, uncertain) light of the candle в мягком (бледном, неверном) свете свечиEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > in the soft light of the candle
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