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1. I1) be fond of preaching любить поучать /читать нравоучения/: shut up! don't preach замолчи, хватит читать мораль!; practise what one preaches действовать согласно провозглашаемым принципам2) they went to church to hear him preach они пошли в церковь, чтобы послушать его проповедь2. II1) he felt that his teachers preached too much ему казалось, что его наставники слишком много занимаются поучениями2) preach eloquently (zealously, militantly, tiresomely, etc.) читать яркие и т.д. проповеди3. IIIpreach smth. preach Buddism (the Gospel, etc.) проповедовать буддизм и т.д.; preach patience (economy, international peace, war, etc.) призывать и терпению и т.д.; preach physical fitness (exercises and fresh air, etc.) пропагандировать необходимость сохранения здоровья и т.д.4. Vpreach smb. smth. preach smb. a sermon читать кому-л. мораль, поучать кого-л.; don't preach me a sermon about being lazy now, please не читай мне, пожалуйста, морали о том, что нельзя лениться5. XVIpreach against smth. preach against drinking (against intemperance, against covetousness, etc.) выступать претив пьянства и т.д.; осуждать пьянство и т.д.; preach to (at) smb., smth. preach to the boys (to the audience, etc.) наставлять /поучать/ мальчиков и т.д.; preach to deaf ears (to a hungry man) взывать к глухим и т.д.; preach at smb. читать кому-л. мораль /нравоучение/; preach in (at, from, etc.) some place preach in the streets (at the abbey, in church, etc.) читать проповеди /проповедовать/ на улицах и т.д.; preach from the pulpit читать проповедь с кафедры; preach on smth. preach on a subject выступать с проповедью на какую-л. тему; preach for some time preach for two hours прочитать двухчасовую проповедь6. XVIIIpreach oneself to some state preach oneself hoarse читать нравоучения до хрипоты7. XXI1preach smth. to smb. preach temperance (patience, economy, etc.) to people проповедовать людям воздержание и т.д., призывать людей к воздержанию и т.д.
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