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21 живой
прил.Русское многозначное прилагательное живой используется в разных сферах и относится как к живым существам, так и к действующим неодушевленным предметам и действиям. Английские эквиваленты различают живые существа — людей и животных, а также действия, используя разные слова.1. alive — живой ( только предикативно): to be alive — быть в живых; to stay alive — оставаться в живых Emmy was very ill and weak, but still alive. — Эмми была очень больна и слаба, но жива. You are very lucky to be alive after such a bad car accident. — Вам повезло остаться в живых после такой тяжелой автомобильной аварии. I had that awful feeling that I would never see him alive again. — У меня было ужасное предчувствие, что и его больше в живых не увижу. The boy caught some small insect and kept it alive in a jar. — Мальчик поймал какое-то маленькое насекомое и держал его живым в банке. Не was being kept alive on some strong medicine. — В нем поддерживали жизнь, используя какое-то сильное лекарство.2. living — живой, живущий (только атрибутивно, т. е. перед существительным): a living thing — живое существо; living flowers — живые цветы Не is that country's greatest living poet. — Он самый известный поэт из живых в этой стране. Не has no living relative. — У него нет никого из живых родственников. The President is a living example of how much people can achieve by their own efforts. — Президент — живой пример того, как много могут добиться люди собственными усилиями. The only living things we saw were two lions asleep under the trees. — Два спящих под деревьями льва были единственными живыми существами, которых мы увидели. The ants marched in vast columns and ate any living thing in their path. — Муравьи двигались широкой колонной и поедали все живое на своем пути. Is he a living person or just a character in a book? — Это живой человек или просто персонаж книги? French is a living language. — Французский — живой язык. The portrait is the living image of him. — На портрете он как живой.3. live — ( прилагательное live многозначно) a) живой, живущий ( обычно используется по отношению к животным): live fish — живая рыба; live cattle — живой скот; live birds — живые птицы They are campaigning against experiments on live animals. — Они ведут кампанию протеста против экспериментов на живых животных. We saw a real live elephant. — Мы видели настоящего живого слона. There are many problems in transporting live animals. — При транспортировке живых животных возникает много проблем. b) непосредственно происходящий, прямой (обыкновенно о радио-/ телепередачах): a live broadcast — прямая передача; to broadcast the concert live — вести прямую передачу концерта/транслировать концерт прямо из зала The match is being broadcast live. — Матч транслируется в прямом эфире. It is always different singing in front of a live audience. — Петь перед живой аудиторией совсем не то, что перед микрофоном. Не liked performing before a live audience. — Ему нравилось выступать перед живой аудиторией./Он любил выступать перед публикой в зале. She recently sang live at the ceremony. — Недавно она пела на церемонии. The program is coming to you live. — Это прямая передача программы. c) действующий ( используется в отношении неодушевленных предметов): live glacier — живой ледник/ледник, дающий айсберги; live embers — тлеющие угольки/красные угли в золе; live fire — живой огонь/горящий огонь; live coals — горящие угли/пылающие угли; live weight — живой вес; live target — живая мишень/живая цель; a live wire (rail) — провод (рельс) под напряжением4. animate — живой, одушевленный: animate nature — живая природа; animate discussion — живая беседа/ оживленная беседа Children at this age are still unable to distinguish between animate and inanimate objects. — В этом возрасте дети еще не различают одушевленные и неодушевленные предметы./В этом возрасте дети еще не могут отличить живые предметы от неживых. The magic of caricature is that they are able to make every object appear animate, and even to give them personality. — Магия карикатуры в том, что она может представить неодушевленные предметы одушевленными и даже придает им характер той или иной личности.5. lively — (обыкновенно атрибутивно, т. е. перед существительными) живой, полный жизненных сил, оживленный, подвижный, активный (полный энергии, энтузиазма, обладающий острым умом): lively disposition — живой нрав/живой характер; а lively discussion — живая беседа/активная беседа/оживленная беседа/живое обсуждение; lively talk/conversation — оживленная беседа/оживленный обмен мнений; lively exchange of opinion — живой обмен мнений; a lively child — живой ребенок; a lively face — живое лицо/оживленное лицо; lively imagination — живое воображение/острое воображение; a lively interest — живой интерес; lively correspondence — оживленная переписка; a lively and inquisitive mind — живой и любознательный ум; a lively response to smth — живой отклик на что-либо; to show a lively interest in smth — проявлять живой интерес к чему-либо Politicians should take a lively interest in issues that concern local people. — Политики должны живо интересоваться вопросами, касающимися населения их областей. Не was a lively attractive boy with lots of friends. — Он был живым красивым мальчиком, имел много друзей. You must invite lively young people to the party to cheer us all. — Тебе надо было пригласить на вечер веселых ребят, чтобы нам не было скучно. Miss Hill must have been at least ninety, and I was surprised by her lively sense of humour. — Мисс Хилл, должно быть, было под девяносто, и меня удивило ее живое чувство юмора.6. vivid — живой, подлинный, реальный: real life — живая действительность; real facts — реальные факты; real fire — живой огонь This wax figure looked the real Jackson. — Эта восковая фигура была как живой Джексон. живописный — scenic — см. красивый живопись — painting — см. картина -
22 язык
1. м.1. анат. (тж. перен.) tongueобложенный язык мед. — coated / furred tongue
воспаление языка мед. — glossitis
показать язык — (дт.; врачу и т. п.) show* one's tongue (to; to a doctor, etc.); (кому-л.; из озорства) put* out one's tongue (at smb.)
злой язык — wicked / bitter / venomous tongue
2. ( кушанье) tongue3. ( колокола) clapper, tongue of a bell♢
высунув язык — with one's tongue hanging out; as fast as one's legs will carry oneязык до Киева доведёт погов. — you can get anywhere if you know how to use your tongue; a clever tongue will take you anywhere
у него хорошо язык подвешен разг. — he has a ready / glib tongue
держать язык за зубами — hold* one's tongue
придержать язык разг. — keep* a still tongue in one's head
тянуть, дёргать кого-л. за язык — make* smb. say smth.
у него язык не повернётся сказать это — he won't have the heart, или bring* himself, to say it
чесать язык разг. — wag one's tongue
2. м.у него что на уме, то и на языке разг. — he wears his heart on his sleeve
1. ( речь) language, tongueродной язык — mother tongue; native language; vernacular научн.
разговорный язык — colloquial / familiar speech; spoken language
владеть каким-л. языком — know* a language
владеть каким-л. языком в совершенстве — have a perfect command of a language
говорить языком (рд.) — use the language (of)
добыть языка — capture, или bring* in, a prisoner for interrogation, или who will talk
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23 hizkuntza
iz.1.a. language, tongue; zein \hizkuntzataz hitz egiten dute? what language are they speaking?; \hizkuntzaen sailkapena classification of languages; ama-\hizkuntza mother tongue; jatorri-\hizkuntza mother language; berezko \hizkuntza own language; bertako \hizkuntza local language; \hizkuntza bizi living language; \hizkuntza gutxitu minority language; \hizkuntza haurride sister language; \hizkuntza hil dead languageb. (irud.) language; giza \hizkuntza eta animalien \hizkuntza human language and animal languagec. [ izenen aurrean hizkuntz ] hizkuntz eskakizun language profile2.a. (H. Jak.) languageb. (Akad.) ( ikasgai bezala) Basque -
24 живой
Английские alive, living, live, lively, соответствующие русскому живой, не являются взаимозаменяемыми. Alive употребляется только предикативно: to be alive. Living и live, имеющие атрибутивное употребление, различаются оттенками значения. Living означает 'живой, живущий, ныне существующий'. Live имеет значение 'не мертвый' (обязательно предполагает противопоставление живого неживому): living organisms, living being, living language, ever living 'вечно живые', но live fish, live crabs, live crocodile. Living и live могут сочетаться с одними и теми же существительными, сохраняя указанное различие в оттенках значения. Ср. it seemed that all were dead; however, there were three live men on board и any living man can err. Lively означает 'живой, оживленный, энергичный': lively person, lively conversation, lively imagination.Трудности английского языка (лексический справочник). Русско-английский словарь > живой
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25 levende
живо́й; оживлённыйlévende sprog — живо́й язы́к
* * *alive, animate, animated, living, live, lively, vivid* * *adj living ( fx a living creature; everything living; a living language (, hope, faith); he is still living; the living and the dead),(kun foran sb, ikke om person) live ( fx cattle, fish, plant; a real live elephant),(kun efter vb) alive ( fx he is still alive; be buried alive; keep hope alive);( livlig) lively;( virkelighedstro) lifelike ( fx portrait);(klar etc) vivid ( fx recollection, description); graphic ( fxdescription);adv vividly, intensely;[ levende billeder] moving pictures,(se også film);[ de levende] the living;[ levende hegn] quickset hedge;[ være levende interesseret i] take a lively interest in;[ komme (el. slippe) levende fra det] escape with one's life, survive;[ i levende live] while alive, during one's lifetime;[ levende lys] candles, candle light;[ med levende lys] lit by candles, candle-lit;[ efter levende model] from (the) life;[ det levende ord] the spoken word;(rel) the Word;[ ikke et levende ord] not a (blessed) word;[ ikke vide sine levende råd] be at one's wits' end;[ levende vægt] live weight;(se også unge). -
26 vivo
['vivo] vivo (-a)1. agg1) (in vita) alive, living, (in uso: espressione, tradizione) livingè ancora vivo — he is still alive o living
esperimenti su animali vivi — experiments on live o living animals
me lo mangerei vivo! fig — I could eat him alive!, I could murder him!
2) (intenso: ricordo) vivid, very clear, (emozione) intense, (luce) brilliant, bright, (colore) bright, vividcongratulazioni vivissime — sincerest o heartiest congratulations
con i più vivi ringraziamenti — with deepest o warmest thanks
3) (vivace: persona) lively, vivacious, (città, strada, discussione) lively, animated4)farsi vivo — to keep in touchspese vive — immediate o out-of-pocket expenses
l'ho sentito dalla sua viva voce — I heard it from the horse's mouth o from his own lips
2. sm1) (essere) living beingi vivi smpl the living2)pungere o colpire qn nel vivo — to cut sb to the quick
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всё живое — every living thing, all flesh, man and beast
как живой — to the life, true to life
живая изгородь — hedgerow, quickset / green hedge
2. ( подвижный) livelyживой ребёнок — lively child*
живой ум — lively wit / mind
3. (активный, деятельный) lively, animated; brisk; wide-awake; ( оживлённый) vivaciousпроявлять живой интерес к чему-л. — take* / show* betray a keen / lively interest in smth.
принимать живое участие в чём-либо — take* an active part in smth.
4. ( выразительный — о стиле, языке и т. п.) livelyживые глаза — bright / sparkling eyes
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остаться в живых — survive, escape with one's life, be among the living; come* through разг.ни жив ни мёртв разг. (от страха и т. п.) — paralysed petrified with fear
задевать, забирать, затрагивать кого-л. за живое — cut* / sting* smb. to the quick, touch smb. on the raw; touch a sore spot
на живую нитку разг. — hastily, anyhow
сшить на живую нитку (вн.) — tack (d.), baste (d.)
живой уголок (в школе и т. п.) — nature corner
живая вода ( в сказках) — water of life
не оставить живого места (на ком-л.) — beat* smb. to pulp
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28 lebend
le·bend adj1) ( nicht tot) living;die L\lebenden the living;eine \lebende Sprache a living language;die in Berlin \lebende Autorin the author living in Berlin2) ( belebt) livingWENDUNGEN:es von den L\lebenden nehmen to make people pay through the noseadv alive;\lebend gebärend zool live-bearing, bearing live young, viviparous;etw \lebend überstehen to get through sth alive, to survive sth -
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30 Danskr
a. Danish;dönsk tunga, the Danish (or old Scandinavian) language.* * *adj., Danir, pl. Danes; Dan-mörk, f. Denmark, i. e. the mark, march, or border of the Danes; Dana-veldi, n. the Danish empire; Dana-virki, n. the Danish wall, and many compds, vide Fms. xi. This adj. requires special notice, because of the phrase Dönsk tunga ( the Danish tongue), the earliest recorded name of the common Scandinavian tongue. It must be borne in mind that the ‘Danish’ of the old Saga times applies not to the nation, but to the empire. According to the researches of the late historian P.A. Munch, the ancient Danish empire, at least at times, extended over almost all the countries bordering on the Skagerac (Vík); hence a Dane became in Engl. synonymous with a Scandinavian; the language spoken by the Scandinavians was called Danish; and ‘Dönsk tunga’ is even used to denote Scandinavian extraction in the widest extent, vide Sighvat in Fms. iv. 73, Eg. ch. 51, Grág. ii. 71, 72. During the 11th and 12th centuries the name was much in use, but as the Danish hegemony in Scandinavia grew weaker, the name became obsolete, and Icel. writers of the 13th and 14th centuries began to use the name ‘Norræna,’ Norse tongue, from Norway their own mother country, and the nearest akin to Icel. in customs and idiom. ‘Swedish’ never occurs, because Icel. had little intercourse with that country, although the Scandinavian tongue was spoken there perhaps in a more antique form than in the sister countries. In the 15th century, when almost all connection with Scandinavia was broken off for nearly a century, the Norræna in its turn became an obsolete word, and was replaced by the present word ‘Icelandic,’ which kept its ground, because the language in the mean time underwent great changes on the Scandinavian continent. The Reformation, the translation of the Old and New Testaments into Icelandic (Oddr Gotskalksson, called the Wise, translated and published the N. T. in 1540, and bishop Gudbrand the whole Bible in 1584), a fresh growth of religious literature, hymns, sermons, and poetry (Hallgrímr Pétrsson, Jón Vídalín), the regeneration of the old literature in the 17th and 18th centuries (Brynjólfr Sveinsson, Arni Magnússon, Þormóðr Torfason),—all this put an end to the phrases Dönsk tunga and Norræna; and the last phrase is only used to denote obsolete grammatical forms or phrases, as opposed to the forms and phrases of the living language. The translators of the Bible often say ‘vort Íslenzkt mál,’ our Icelandic tongue, or ‘vort móður mál,’ our mother tongue; móður-málið mitt, Pass. 35. 9. The phrase ‘Dönsk tunga’ has given rise to a great many polemical antiquarian essays: the last and the best, by which this question may be regarded as settled, is that by Jon Sigurdsson in the preface to Lex. Poët.; cp. also that of Pál Vídalín in Skýr. s. v., also published in Latin at the end of the old Ed. of Gunnl. Saga, 1775. -
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32 δίφρος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `seat, chair, chariot-board, chariot' (Il.).Derivatives: Diminut.: διφρίσκος (Ar.), διφρίον (Tim. Lex.), διφρίδιον (EM); - δίφραξ `chair' (Theoc.; familiar, Chantr. Form. 379), δίφρακον `id.' (Samos IVa; more s. Chantr. 384); δίφρις ὁ ἑδραῖος, καὶ καθήμενος ἀεί, οἷον ἀργός H.; cf. τρόχις `runner' a. o. - Adj. δίφριος (AP). - Denomin. διφρεύω `drive in a car' (E.) with διφρευτής `chariot-driver' (S.), διφρευτικός (Ephor.), διφρεία `driving a chariot' (X.); more common διφρ-ηλάτης (Pi.) with διφρηλατέω and διφρηλασία.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] *du̯i-bhr-o- `two-bearer'Etymology: Prop. "two-bearer", from δίς and φέρω, δί-φρ-ο-ς, originally a chair with two handels or a chair carried by two (on both sides), then the box of a chariot (cf. Fraenkel Άντίδωρον 282). - That δι- in δίφρος in Homer never makes position (Solmsen Unt. 211f.), may be due to dissimilation against the following labial φ (cf. from Skt. Debrunner IF 56, 171ff., Symbolae Hrozný 110f.) or to the fact that δίφρος, like ἱδρώς (Schwyzer 222 n. 5), came from the living language and was outside the tradition of the epic language.Page in Frisk: 1,400-401Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > δίφρος
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35 dě̀va
dě̀va Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `maiden, girl'Page in Trubačev: V 17-18Old Church Slavic:děva `virgin, maiden' [f ā]Russian:déva (obs.) `girl, maiden, (D.) The Virgin, Virgo' [f ā]Czech:děva `girl, maiden' [f ā];díva (dial.) `girl, maiden' [f ā]Slovak:Serbo-Croatian:djéva `girl, maiden' [f ā];Čak. Dȋva (Marȉja) (Vrgada) `The Virgin (Mary)' [f ā] \{1\}Slovene:dẹ́va `maiden, virgin' [f ā]Bulgarian:déva `maiden, virgin' [f ā]Page in Pokorny: 241Other cognates:Gk. θη̃λυς `feminine' [adj];Notes:\{1\} The noun djéva seems to be a hypercoristic of djèvōjka (RJA II 449-450) and cannot be regarded as a direct continuation of *dě̀va. The RJA has also djȅv (18th c.) [f i] and djȅva `virgo', which do not belong to the living language. The status of the accentuation of these words is unclear to me. -
36 evьja
evьja; evьn̨a Grammatical information: f. iā; f. jā Proto-Slavic meaning: `granary, drying shed'Page in Trubačev: -Russian:évnja (W. dial.) `granary, drying shed' [f jā];ëvnja (Psk.) `granary, drying shed' [f jā];evnjá (dial.) `drying shed without a ceiling' [f jā]Belorussian:ëŭnja `granary, drying shed' [f jā];éŭnja `granary, drying shed' [f jā];jaŭja (dial.) `granary, drying shed' [f jā] \{1\}Ukrainian:jévnja `granary, drying shed' [f jā]Polish:Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: iouiaHLithuanian:jáuja `granary, drying shed, threshing shed' [f ā] 1 \{3\}Latvian:jaũja `threshing floor' [f ā]Old Prussian:Indo-European reconstruction: ieu-iH-eh₂IE meaning: granaryCertainty: +Page in Pokorny: 512Comments: It is evident that *evьja is a borrowing from Baltic. The Baltic word is a derivative of the word for `grain', Lith. javaĩ, which lacks a Slavic counterpart. The resyllabification of *iau̯-iā to *iau-i̯ā may account for the metatonical acute tone of both the Lithuanian and the Latvian form, if we assume that the original form was *iau̯-ìā. The East Slavic word *ovinъ apparently underwent the e- > o- shift (I do not share Andersen's objections to Trubačëv's Proto-Slavic reconstruction *evinъ, theoretical though it is).Other cognates:Notes:\{1\} The form without -n- has been recorded from 1540 onwards in many different shapes, e.g. ev'ja, jav'ja, evga and javga. According to Anikin (2005: 143), only the form jaŭja is known in the living language. The other forms are limited to areas that were inhabited by Lithuanians.\{2\} Since 1554 many variants have been recorded, e.g. jawia, jawgia, jewia, jowia. \{3\} There are many variants, viz. jáujė, jáujis, jáujas, jáujus. \{4\} The oldest source (1604) has the spelling jawyge (Toporov II: 21). -
37 evьn̨a
evьja; evьn̨a Grammatical information: f. iā; f. jā Proto-Slavic meaning: `granary, drying shed'Page in Trubačev: -Russian:évnja (W. dial.) `granary, drying shed' [f jā];ëvnja (Psk.) `granary, drying shed' [f jā];evnjá (dial.) `drying shed without a ceiling' [f jā]Belorussian:ëŭnja `granary, drying shed' [f jā];éŭnja `granary, drying shed' [f jā];jaŭja (dial.) `granary, drying shed' [f jā] \{1\}Ukrainian:jévnja `granary, drying shed' [f jā]Polish:Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: iouiaHLithuanian:jáuja `granary, drying shed, threshing shed' [f ā] 1 \{3\}Latvian:jaũja `threshing floor' [f ā]Old Prussian:Indo-European reconstruction: ieu-iH-eh₂IE meaning: granaryCertainty: +Page in Pokorny: 512Comments: It is evident that *evьja is a borrowing from Baltic. The Baltic word is a derivative of the word for `grain', Lith. javaĩ, which lacks a Slavic counterpart. The resyllabification of *iau̯-iā to *iau-i̯ā may account for the metatonical acute tone of both the Lithuanian and the Latvian form, if we assume that the original form was *iau̯-ìā. The East Slavic word *ovinъ apparently underwent the e- > o- shift (I do not share Andersen's objections to Trubačëv's Proto-Slavic reconstruction *evinъ, theoretical though it is).Other cognates:Notes:\{1\} The form without -n- has been recorded from 1540 onwards in many different shapes, e.g. ev'ja, jav'ja, evga and javga. According to Anikin (2005: 143), only the form jaŭja is known in the living language. The other forms are limited to areas that were inhabited by Lithuanians.\{2\} Since 1554 many variants have been recorded, e.g. jawia, jawgia, jewia, jowia. \{3\} There are many variants, viz. jáujė, jáujis, jáujas, jáujus. \{4\} The oldest source (1604) has the spelling jawyge (Toporov II: 21). -
38 ἐμέω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `vomit'.Other forms: Aor. ἐμέσ(σ)αι (Il.), perf. ἐμήμεκα (Hp., Luk.), fut. ἐμέσω (Hp.), ἐμῶ, ἐμοῦμαι (Att.), pres. ἐμέθω (Hdn.)Derivatives: Verbal nouns: ἔμετος `vomiting' (Ion., Arist.) with the bahuvrihis ἀν-, δυσ-, εὑ-έμετος, - ήμετος (Hp. a. o.; also, directly from ἐμέω, δυσ-, εὑ-εμής, - ημής), κοπριήμετος (Hp.); to ὑπερεμέω: ὑπερέμετος (Hp.). From ἔμετος: ἐμεσία `be inclined to vomit' (Hp.), ἐμετ-ικός, - ώδης, - ήριος, - ιάω (Hp., Arist. u. a.). ἔμεσις and ἔμεσμα `id.' (Hp.). ἐμίας "spitter" (Com.; s. Chantr. Form. 93). - S. also ἐμύς and περιημεκτέω.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1146] *u̯emh₁- `vomit'Etymology: In Skt. athematic vámi-ti; also in Lat. vomit, vomimus (ceside vomi-tus), which were reinterpreted as thematic, cf. reg-i-mus. Disyllabic root also in Lith. vémti (with new jot present vemiù ). The root also in North-Germanic, but only in metaph. meaning, e. g. OSw. vami m. `disgust'. - Schwyzer 222 n. 5 sees in ἐμέω an element of the living language, which would explain that the verb does not sow a Ϝ- in Homer (cf. ἱδρώς, also δίφρος).Page in Frisk: 1,504-505Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἐμέω
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39 canlı
1. s.1) animated; lively, vivacious, boisterous (səs-küylü)canlı dil – living languagecanlı təbiət – animate nature2) vividcanlı xatirələr – vivid memorycanlı yayım – live telecast (televiziya ilə); live broadcast (radio ilə)2. i. being, creature -
40 élõ nyelv
modern languages, living language
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