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- serve to satisfy communicative demands of official, scientific, high poetry and poetic messages, authorial speech of creative prose;- mainly observed in the written form;- contribute to the message the tone of solemnity, sophistication, seriousness, gravity, learnedness.I must decline to pursue this painful discussion, It is not pleasant to my feelings; it is repugnant to my feelings. (Ch.Dickens)
See: neutral words, colloquial words; special literary words; lexical levelSource: V.A.K.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > learned\ words
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22 literary\ words
- serve to satisfy communicative demands of official, scientific, high poetry and poetic messages, authorial speech of creative prose;- mainly observed in the written form;- contribute to the message the tone of solemnity, sophistication, seriousness, gravity, learnedness.I must decline to pursue this painful discussion, It is not pleasant to my feelings; it is repugnant to my feelings. (Ch.Dickens)
See: neutral words, colloquial words; special literary words; lexical levelSource: V.A.K.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > literary\ words
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23 little
1. n немногое, небольшое количество; самая малостьwe must keep what little we have — мы должны беречь то немногое, что у нас есть
he did what little he could — он сделал всё, что было в его силах
the little I have is not worth giving — ту малость, которая у меня есть, просто не стоит дарить
2. n эмоц. -усил. почти ничего; мало чтоthe little — «маленькие люди»
little by little, by little and little — мало-помалу, постепенно, понемногу
little or nothing — почти ничего, очень мало, ничтожное количество
Little Englander — сторонник «Малой Англии»
3. a маленький, небольшойlittle house — домик, небольшой дом
4. a небольшой; слабый; плохойunfortunately he has little money — к сожалению, у него мало денег
5. a короткий, недлинный6. a невысокий, небольшого роста7. a незначительный, несущественный, неважный8. a мелкий, некрупный9. a малый, неглавный10. a милый, славныйyou little rascal! — эй ты, пострелёнок!
11. a мелкий, мелочный, ничтожный; ограниченныйthe little vexations of life — мелкие жизненные неприятности; раздражающие мелочи жизни
12. a предназначенный для узкого круга; не массовыйThe Little Corporal — «маленький капрал», Наполеон Бонапарт
to go but a little way to — быть недостаточным, не хватать
little bird — источник информации;
a little bird tells me you are getting married — где-то я слышала, что ты выходишь замуж
13. adv мало, почти нисколькоlittle more — ненамного больше; немногим больше
he is little more than an amateur — он недалеко ушёл от любителя; он выступает почти на любительском уровне
little less than — не намного меньше; почти столько же
he is little less talented than his father — талантом он не намного уступает отцу; он почти так же талантлив, как отец
14. adv редко15. adv совсем не, вовсе неwhen I first came to this country, I little thought that I should stay so long — когда я приехал в эту страну, я никак не думал, что проживу здесь так долго
they little expected such trouble — они никак не предполагали, что возникнет такая неприятность
a very little more — ещё; совсем немного; чуть-чуть
Синонимический ряд:1. brief (adj.) brief; concise; short; succinct2. casual (adj.) casual; inconsequential; insignificant; light; minor; minute; scanty; shoestring; slight; small-beer; trivial; unimportant3. inadequate (adj.) inadequate; inconsiderable; insufficient4. narrow (adj.) bigoted; borne; illiberal; mean; narrow; narrow-minded; paltry; petty; prejudicial; selfish; set; shallow; small-minded; stingy5. small (adj.) bantam; diminutive; ineffectual; infinitesimal; limited; miniature; monkey; petite; small; smallish; tiny; wee6. bit (noun) bit; few; iota; smidgen; trifle7. barely (other) barely; hardly; hardly ever; infrequently; just; on rare occasions; once in a blue moon (colloquial); rarely; scarcely ever; seldom; slightly; unfrequently; unoftenАнтонимический ряд:ample; big; bulky; capacious; colossal; comprehensive; developed; enormous; full; generous; gigantic; grave; great; handsome; high-minded; long; lot; magnanimous; significant
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