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  • 21 отрезанный ломоть

    разг.
    1) (человек, отделившийся от семьи, ставший самостоятельным) a son (a daughter) cut off from the parent stem (strayed from his (her) family)

    Лиза... Она ту меньше любила, да ведь она уж и отрезанный ломоть: у неё свои обязанности, своё семейство... (А. Писемский, Тюфяк) — Liza... Your mother never loved her so much, and anyhow she's what you call cut off from the parent stem. She has duties of her own, a family...

    2) (человек, порвавший связь с привычной средой) one estranged; a severed branch (limb); a loner; a lone wolf; lit. a slice severed from the loaf

    Старик жалел его, но делать было нечего. Солдатство было - как смерть. Солдат был отрезанный ломоть, и поминать о нём - душу бередить - незачем было. (Л. Толстой, Хаджи-Мурат) — The old man regretted his going away, but there was no help for it. Conscription in those days was like death. A soldier was a severed branch; and to think about him at home was to tear one's heart uselessly.

    Слёз не было, не плачут по отрезанном ломте, но всё по-своему провожало Матвея: прохожие без шапок сторонились на обочину, жавороночек малость позвенел в высоте... (Л. Леонов, Русский лес) — There were no tears, for one does not weep over a severed limb, but all took their leave of Matvei in their own fashion: the passers-by bared their heads and stepped back to the roadsides, a lark trilled briefly in the sky...

    Кузьма решил, что брат для деревни совсем уж отрезанный ломоть... потому, что его не манит сюда приехать, посмотреть, как живут свои и не свои... (В. Распутин, Деньги для Марии) — Kuzma concluded that, as far as the village was concerned, his brother was a slice severed from the loaf. Nothing would induce him to come back and see how his kinsmen and friends were getting on...

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отрезанный ломоть

  • 22 timo

    title of those entrusted with ritual duties. The timo îka were entrusted with putting death spells on murderers to avenge the victims. The timo to'a blessed and cast victory spells on warriors. The timo rara koreha were entrusted with drying corpses.

    Rapanui-English dictionary > timo

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