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1 he looked askance at my offer
Общая лексика: к моему предложению он отнёсся недоверчивоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he looked askance at my offer
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2 askance
[əʹskæns,əʹskɑ:ns] adv1. криво, косо2. искоса, с подозрениемto look /to view, to eye/ askance at smb. - смотреть на кого-л. с подозрением /с недоверием, косо/
he looked askance at my offer - к моему предложению он отнёсся недоверчиво
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3 askance
1. adv криво, косо2. adv искоса, с подозрениемСинонимический ряд:1. askew (adj.) askew; awry; crooked; distorted; lopsided; oblique; skew; twisted2. disdainfully (adj.) disdainfully; distrustfully; scornfully; skeptically; suspiciously3. obliquely (adj.) obliquely; sidelong; sideways4. awry (other) askant; askew; awry; cock-a-hoop; cockeyed; crookedly5. sceptically (other) distrustfully; doubtfully; incredulously; mistrustfully; sceptically; skeptically; suspiciously; warily; with a grain of salt; with qualifications; with reservationsАнтонимический ряд: -
4 askance
əsˈkæns нареч.
1) наклонно, косо, криво Syn: awry, crookedly, awry, obliquely
2) неодобрительно, искоса;
недоверчиво, с подозрением ∙ askantкриво, косо искоса, с подозрением - to look /to view, to eye/ * at smb. смотреть на кого-либо с подозрением - he looked * at my offer к моему предложению он отнесся недоверчивоaskance искоса;
с подозрением;
to look (или to view, to glance) askance (at smb.) смотреть( на кого-л.) подозрительно, с неодобрением ~ криво, косо askant: askant = askanceaskance искоса;
с подозрением;
to look (или to view, to glance) askance (at smb.) смотреть (на кого-л.) подозрительно, с неодобрением
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