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81 man of great ability
Англо-русский словарь по психоаналитике > man of great ability
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82 man of great vision
[mæn ëv greit 'vizhën] njeri mjaft largpamës -
83 man\ of\ great\ learning
nagy tudományú ember, nagy tudású ember -
84 man\ of\ great\ talent
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85 man of great worship
человек, пользующийся большим почётом -
86 great mystic man
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87 Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 10 June 1672 (30 May 1672 Old Style) Moscow, Russiad. 8 February 1725 (28 January 1725 Old Style) St Petersburg, Russia[br]Russian Tsar (1682–1725), Emperor of all the Russias (1722–5), founder of the Russian Navy, shipbuilder and scientist; as a shipbuilder he was known by the pseudonym Petr Mikhailov.[br]Peter the Great was a man with a single-minded approach to problems and with passionate and lifelong interests in matters scientific, military and above all maritime. The unusual and dominating rule of his vast lands brought about the age of Russian enlightenment, and ensured that his country became one of the most powerful states in Europe.Peter's interest in ships and shipbuilding started in his childhood; c. 1687 he had an old English-built day sailing boat repaired and launched, and on it he learned the rudiments of sailing and navigation. This craft (still preserved in St Petersburg) became known as the "Grandfather of the Russian Navy". In the years 1688 to 1693 he established a shipyard on Lake Plestsheev and then began his lifelong study of shipbuilding by visiting and giving encouragement to the industry at Archangelsk on the White Sea and Voronezh in the Sea of Azov. In October 1696, Peter took Azov from the Turks, and the Russian Fleet ever since has regarded that date as their birthday. Setting an example to the young aristocracy, Peter travelled to Western Europe to widen his experience and contacts and also to learn the trade of shipbuilding. He worked in the shipyards of Amsterdam and then at the Naval Base of Deptford on the Thames.The war with Sweden concentrated his attention on the Baltic and, to establish a base for trading and for the Navy, the City of St Petersburg was constructed on marshland. The Admiralty was built in the city and many new shipyards in the surrounding countryside, one being the Olonez yard which in 1703 built the frigate Standart, the first for the Baltic Fleet, which Peter himself commanded on its first voyage. The military defence of St Petersburg was effected by the construction of Kronstadt, seawards of the city.Throughout his life Peter was involved in ship design and it is estimated that one thousand ships were built during his reign. He introduced the building of standard ship types and also, centuries ahead of its time, the concept of prefabrication, unit assembly and the building of part hulls in different places. Officially he was the designer of the ninety-gun ship Lesnoe of 1718, and this may have influenced him in instituting Rules for Shipbuilders and for Seamen. In 1716 he commanded the joint fleets of the four naval powers: Denmark, Britain, Holland and Russia.He established the Marine Academy, organized and encouraged exploration and scientific research, and on his edict the St Petersburg Academy of Science was opened. He was not averse to the recruitment of foreigners to key posts in the nation's service. Peter the Great was a remarkable man, with the unusual quality of being a theorist and an innovator, in addition to the endowments of practicality and common sense.[br]Further ReadingRobert K.Massie, 1981, Peter the Great: His Life and Work, London: Gollancz.Henri Troyat, 1979, Pierre le Grand; pub. in English 1988 as Peter the Great, London: Hamish Hamilton (a good all-round biography).AK / FMWBiographical history of technology > Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)
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88 university man
человек с университетским образованием advance man enlisted men maintenance man newspaperman rewrite man stunt man second-story man man of the pen man of character man of no scruples man of sense man of great ambitionБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > university man
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89 feel great
if is great karma, man! — всё обстоит прекрасно, друг!
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90 a man of great worship
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91 a man of great account
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92 a man of great worth
a man of great worthum homem de grande valor, de grandes méritos. -
93 to hold the man in great honour
to hold the man (an institution, a manuscript) in great honour относиться к этому человеку (к этой организации, к этой рукописи) с большим почтениемEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to hold the man in great honour
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94 (a) man of great abilities
a man of great (of unusual) abilities необычайно способный (одарённый) человекEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) man of great abilities
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95 (a) man of great drive
a man of great/considerable drive человек большой энергии/целеустремленный человекEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) man of great drive
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96 (a) man of great gifts
a man (woman, singer) of great (of rare, of versatile) gifts человек (женщина, певец) большого (редкого, многостороннего) талантаEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) man of great gifts
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97 remittance man
эмигрант, живущий на деньги, присылаемые с родиныno one man — ни один человек, взятый отдельно
if is great karma, man! — всё обстоит прекрасно, друг!
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98 a man of the world
1) человек, умудрённый опытом, утративший иллюзии; бывалый человекWith sly winks and discreet sniggering he conveyed that he knew very well that there was a great deal more than Philip confessed. He was a man of the world, and he knew a thing or two. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 49) — Воровато подмигивая и подхихикивая, он намекал, что его не проведешь: пусть ему Филип голову не морочит, он ведь человек бывалый, понимает что к чему.
He, the man of the world, would show them a few things in the town tonight; yes, by gad! he would paint it a bright, vermilion red! (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book II, ch. 9) — Он, человек, повидавший свет, кое-чему научит сегодня жителей этого городишка! Да, черт возьми, он им покажет! Распишет все яркими красками!
2) светский человек (тж. a society man)‘You're a man of the world,’ Joe Foxhall said. ‘That's what you are.’ ‘O. K.,’ the Sergeant said. ‘You wise guys from colleges and places like that can make fun of the way I talk if you want to...’ (W. Saroyan, ‘The Adventures of Wesley Jackson’, ch. 9) — - Вы человек светский, - пояснил Джо Фоксхолл, - вот что вы такое, сержант. - Ладно, - сказал Какалокович. - Вы, большие умники из университетов и прочих подобных мест, можете сколько угодно смеяться над тем, как я говорю...
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99 dollar-a-year man
if is great karma, man! — всё обстоит прекрасно, друг!
to the last man — все до одного, все до последнего человека
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100 four-letter man
1. эвф. похабный тип, гнусная личностьa man of character — волевой человек, сильная личность
a man of great calibre — крупная фигура, видная личность
2. эвф. тупица, невежда
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