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1 iron
1. n1) залізо2) чорний метал3) сила, твердість4) суворість, жорстокість5) виріб із заліза6) pl стремено7) розм. легка вогнепальна зброя; пістолет8) pl протези для ніг9) праска10) pl кайдани; ланцюги, наручники; пута11) меч12) битва, побоїще13) мед. препарат залізаstrike while the iron is hot — присл. куй залізо, поки гаряче
2. adj1) залізний, зроблений із заліза2) дужий, міцний, сильний; незламний, непохитний3) суворий, жорстокий4) поет. непробудний, тяжкий5) злий, недобрий, скрутний6) чорного (сірого) кольоруiron age — залізний вік; перен. жорстокий вік
iron carbide — хім. карбід заліза
iron oxide — хім. окис заліза
iron rations — військ. непорушний запас
iron walls — флот, що стоїть на сторожі Великої Британії
3. v1) прасувати, гладити2) оббивати залізом3) заковувати у кайданиiron out — амер. а) вирівнювати; б) згладжувати; улагоджувати
* * *I n1) xiм. залізо; чорний метал2) сила, твердість; суворість, жорстокість3) залізний виріб; pl стремено; cл. легка вогнепальна зброя; пістолет; ключка із залізною головкою ( гольф); pl ножні протези; праска; pl окови, кайдани; наручники; гарпун; cл. гроші, монети4) мeд. препарат заліза5) одиниця виміру товщини предмета (= 1/48 дюйма)6) як компонент складних слів (- iron)7) праска, утюгII a1) залізний, зроблений із заліза2) сильний, міцний; твердий, непохитний; суворий, жорстокий; пoeт. який сковує, непробудний, важкий; який міцно єднає, зв'язуєIII v1) прасувати, гладити; прасуватися2) покривати, оббивати залізом -
2 iron
['aɪən] 1. n1) залі́зо2) чо́рний мета́л3) ви́ріб із залі́за4) мед. препара́т залі́за5) пра́ска6) pl кайда́ни; пу́таin irons — у кайда́нах
••as hard as iron перен. — тверди́й як сталь, суво́рий
a man of iron — люди́на залі́зної во́лі
to rule with a rod of iron — пра́вити залі́зною руко́ю
strike while the iron is hot присл. — куй залі́зо, по́ки гаря́че
2. adjto have [too] many irons in the fire — 1) займа́тися багатьма́ спра́вами одноча́сно 2) пусти́ти в хід усі́ за́соби ( для досягнення своєї мети)
1) залі́зний2) перен. ду́жий, міцни́й, си́льний3. v1) прасува́ти2) зако́вувати в кайда́ни3) покрива́ти залі́зом•- iron out -
3 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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4 desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
syn: one nail drives out anothera peg is driven out by a peg, a nail by a nailна гірку недугу гіркий і лік ≅ клин клином вибивають, а правду правдою шукають лихо лихом гонять на твердий сук гостра сокира сталь сталлю гострять he must have iron nails that scratches a bear diamond cut diamondEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
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