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121 нуждаться в чем-либо
General subject: be in want of something, stand in need ofУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нуждаться в чем-либо
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122 за неимением лучшего
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123 нечего
1. мест.; отр.; чего-л.; (делать что-л.); дат. нечему; твор. нечем;при предлогах отрицание "не" отделяется: не из чего и т. п.мне нечего есть — there is nothing to eat, one can nothing to eat, I have nothing to eat
2. предик.; безл.; (делать что-л.)от нечего делать разг. — for want of something better to do, to while away the time
( бесполезно) (one) need not, (there is) no need; (it is) no useнечего жаловаться — it is no use complaining, stop complaining
••нечего делать! — there is nothing to be done!; it can't be helped!
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124 yesterday
['jestədeɪ], [ˌ-'-] 1. нареч.1) вчераyesterday afternoon / evening / morning / night / noon — вчера днём / вечером / утром / ночью / в полдень
••to want / need something yesterday — разг. хотеть что-л. срочно
2. сущ. 3. прил.I was not born yesterday. — Я не вчера родился, у меня уже есть опыт.
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125 от нечего делать
разг.for lack (want) of something better to do; to while away the time; out of sheer idlenessЭто - деревня Соловьиха. Мой новый знакомый от нечего делать рассказал мне некоторые небезынтересные черты из жизни её обитателей. (В. Короленко, Река играет) — It was the village of Solovyikha. To idle away the time, my new friend told me a few rather curious particulars about its inhabitants.
В сумерки Гусев, от нечего делать, пошёл бродить по комнатам. Дом был велик, построен прочно - для зимнего жилья. (А. Толстой, Аэлита) — At dusk, Gusev, who had nothing better to do, made a tour of the rooms. The big house was built to withstand the winter frosts.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > от нечего делать
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126 inopiosus
ĭnŏpĭōsus, a, um, adj. [inops], in want of something:res inopiosae consilii,
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127 qualcosa
somethinginterrogativo anything, somethingqualcos'altro something elsequalcosa da mangiare something to eatqualcosa di bello something beautiful* * *qualcosa pron.indef.1 (in frasi affermative o interr. da cui si attenda risposta affermativa) something ( anche con partitivo): dimmi qualcosa, tell me something; avrei qualcosa da chiederti, I've got something to ask you; c'è qualcosa che non va in questa faccenda, there's something fishy (o something not quite right) in all this; vorrei qualcosa da mangiare, I'd like something to eat; prendete qualcosa da bere?, will you have something to drink?; può darmi qualcosa per il mal di testa?, can you give me something for a headache?; posso fare qualcosa per te?, can I do something (o anything) for you? // qualcosa mi dice che, something tells me that... // è già qualcosa!, that's something: è già qualcosa che abbia ammesso di aver sbagliato, it's something that he admitted he was wrong; non è moltissimo, ma è già qualcosa, it isn't a great deal, but it's something // il premio era di 800 euro e qualcosa, the prize was 800 euros and something // abbiamo speso qualcosa come 70.000 euro, we spent something like 70,000 euros // qualcosa meno, più (di), something less, more (than): abbiamo pagato qualcosa meno di cento euro, we paid something less than one hundred euros // qualcos'altro, qualcosa d'altro, something else: questo pesce non è fresco, mi porti qualcos'altro, this fish isn't fresh, please bring me something else // qualcosa di nuovo, di strano, something new, strange; c'era qualcosa di losco nel suo aspetto, there was something suspicious about him; avrei qualcosa di meglio da fare, I have something better to do; prendiamo qualcosa di caldo, let's have something hot; doveva essere qualcosa d'importante, it must have been something important // ho già sentito qualcosa del genere, I've already heard something of the kind // fa lo sceneggiatore o qualcosa di simile, he's a scriptwriter or something (similar)2 ( in frasi negative o dubitative) anything: avete qualcosa per me?, have you anything for me?; avete qualcosa da dire?, have you anything to say?; c'è qualcosa di bello alla TV?, is there anything good on TV?; non hai qualcosa da leggere?, haven't you got anything to read?; c'è qualcosa che non va?, is there anything wrong?; è successo qualcosa di grave?, has anything serious happened?; desidera qualcos'altro?, do you want anything else?; non c'è qualcosa di meglio da vedere?, isn't there anything better to see?◆ s.m.1 (anche f.) ( persona di una certa importanza): è convinto di essere qualcosa, si crede qualcosa, he thinks he's somebody; è qualcosa nel mondo dell'alta finanza, he's somebody in the world of high finance2 ( cosa indefinibile): c'è un qualcosa che mi sfugge nel suo comportamento, there's something I can't quite make out in his behaviour // gli manca quel qualcosa..., he hasn't got it...* * *[kwal'kɔsa] 1.1) (una o più cose) (in frasi affermative e nelle offerte) something; (in frasi interrogative e ipotetiche) anythingqualcosa da fare, da mangiare — something to do, to eat
c'è qualcosa che non va — there's something wrong, something's wrong
qualcosa di meglio, di meno caro — something better, cheaper
qualcosa di nuovo, bello — something new, nice
è già qualcosa che ti abbia chiesto scusa! — at least he apologized, that's something!
mi dice qualcosa — it reminds me of something, it rings a bell
qualcosa mi dice che... — something tells me (that)...
2) qualcos'altro (in frasi affermative e nelle offerte) something else; (in frasi interrogative e ipotetiche) anything else2.sostantivo maschile (cosa indefinibile)un qualcosa di strano — something odd o strange
* * *qualcosa/kwal'kɔsa/1 (una o più cose) (in frasi affermative e nelle offerte) something; (in frasi interrogative e ipotetiche) anything; le serve qualcosa? do you need anything? qualcosa da fare, da mangiare something to do, to eat; forse gli è successo qualcosa maybe something's happened to him; se le dovesse succedere qualcosa if anything should happen to her; c'è qualcosa che non va there's something wrong, something's wrong; qualcosa del genere something like that; qualcosa di meglio, di meno caro something better, cheaper; qualcosa di nuovo, bello something new, nice; è già qualcosa that's something anyway; è già qualcosa che ti abbia chiesto scusa! at least he apologized, that's something! mi dice qualcosa it reminds me of something, it rings a bell; qualcosa mi dice che... something tells me (that)...; ne so qualcosa I know what you mean; è qualcosa di straordinario it's something extraordinary2 qualcos'altro (in frasi affermative e nelle offerte) something else; (in frasi interrogative e ipotetiche) anything else -
128 the last thing
(something very unlikely, unwanted, not intended etc: It's the last thing you would think of looking for; The last thing I want is to hurt anyone.) det sidste* * *(something very unlikely, unwanted, not intended etc: It's the last thing you would think of looking for; The last thing I want is to hurt anyone.) det sidste
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