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1 jealous
adj1) ревнивий2) заздрісний; завидющий3) дбайливий; ревний; старанний; пильний* * *a1) ревнивий2) заздрісний,3) турботливий, дбайливий, ревний; пильний4) peл. нетерпимий; егоїстичний -
2 jealous
['ʤeləs]adj1) ревни́вийto be jealous of smb. — ревнува́ти кого́сь
2) за́здрісний; завидю́щий3) ре́вний, стара́нний; турбо́тливий -
3 jealous
a1) ревнивий2) заздрісний,3) турботливий, дбайливий, ревний; пильний4) peл. нетерпимий; егоїстичний -
4 art is a jealous mistress, and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he will make a bad husband and an ill provider
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > art is a jealous mistress, and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he will make a bad husband and an ill provider
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5 beggar is jealous of beggar
злидар заздрить злидаревіEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > beggar is jealous of beggar
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6 _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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7 art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted
var: art is a jealous mistress, and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he will make a bad husband and an ill providerмуза – вибаглива коханка, вона не терпить кокетства або зневагиEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted
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Jealous — Jeal ous, a. [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. zh^los. See {Zeal}, and cf. {Zealous}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful. [1913 Webster] I… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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