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c black plus [ply]━━━━━━━━━4. conjunction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque plus fait partie d'une locution comme d'autant plus, non... plus, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <► ne... plus not any more• je ne reviendrai plus/plus jamais I won't/I'll never come back again• elle n'est plus très jeune she's not as young as she used to be► plus de + nom2. <a. (avec verbe) more━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son comparatif est formé avec ier.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur comparatif avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Attention aux comparatifs irréguliers.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. (locutions)• il y aura plus de 100 personnes there will be more than or over 100 people• il roulait à plus de 100 km/h he was driving at more than or over 100km per hour► à plus ! (inf) see you later!► plus que + adjectif ou adverbe• j'en ai plus qu'assez ! I've had more than enough of this!► de plus ( = en outre) (en tête de phrase) moreover• c'est dangereux, de plus c'est illégal it's dangerous, and what's more, it's illegal• vous n'avez pas une chaise en plus ? you wouldn't have a spare chair?• en plus de cela on top of that► en plus + adjectif• il ressemble à sa mère, mais en plus blond he's like his mother only fairer• je cherche le même genre de maison en plus grand I'm looking for the same kind of house only bigger► ... et plus• il est compétent, mais ni plus ni moins que sa sœur he's competent, but neither more nor less so than his sister► plus... moins the more... the less• plus on le connaît, moins on l'apprécie the more you get to know him, the less you like him► plus... plus the more... the more• plus il en a, plus il en veut the more he has, the more he wants► plus ou moins ( = à peu près, presque) more or less• ils utilisent cette méthode avec plus ou moins de succès they use this method with varying degrees of success► qui plus est moreover3. <a. ► le plus + verbe mostb. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe court━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison iest.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur superlatif avec most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe long━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec the most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. ► le plus de + nom the moste. (locutions)► le plus... possible• ça vaut 100 € au plus it's worth 100 euros at the most• il a trente ans, tout au plus he's thirty at most• rappelle-moi au plus vite call me back as soon as possible► des plus + adjectif4. <• tous les voisins, plus leurs enfants all the neighbours, plus their children5. <c black b. ( = avantage) plus• ici, parler breton est un plus indéniable being able to speak Breton is definitely a plus here━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The s of plus is never pronounced when used in negatives, eg il ne la voit plus. When used in comparatives the s is generally pronounced s, eg il devrait lire plus, although there are exceptions, notably plus preceding an adjective or adverb, eg plus grand, plus vite. Before a vowel sound, the comparative plus is pronounced z, eg plus âgé.* * *
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1. ply, plys, plyz8 plus 3 égale 11 — 8 and ou plus 3 equals 11
plus 10° — plus 10°
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adverbe de comparaison1) ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif)je ne peux pas faire plus — I can do no more, I can't do any more
plus j'y pense, moins je comprends — the more I think about it, the less I understand
qui plus est — furthermore, what's more
2) ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mostc'est le même modèle en plus petit — it's the same model, only smaller
3) ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mosttrois heures plus tôt/tard — three hours earlier/later
plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué — the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be
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adverbe de négationelle ne fume plus — she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes
plus besoin de se presser — (colloq) there's no need to hurry any more
il n'y a plus d'œufs — there are no more eggs, there aren't any eggs left
j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture! — I went into the garage, the car was gone!
plus que trois jours avant Noël! — only three days left ou to go until Christmas!
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plus de déterminant indéfini1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries — the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have
il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place — quite a few people would like to be in his/her position
je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi — I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did
3) ( avec un numéral)il était déjà bien plus de onze heures — it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock
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au plus locution adverbiale at the most
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de plus locution adverbiale1) ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more2) ( en supplément)une fois de plus — once more, once again
9% de plus — 9% more
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en plus locutionle même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus — the same model, only with a sunroof
les taxes en plus — plus tax, tax not included
II plysnom masculin invariable1) Mathématique plus2) (colloq) ( avantage) plus (colloq)
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plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally usedplus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi]1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘-er’ à la fin de l'adjectif/adverbe: plus grand/petit/simple = taller/smaller/simpler; plus longtemps/vite = longer/faster- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big/bigger, sad/sadder, dim/dimmer, wet/wetter etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient sunnier, pretty/prettier, happy/happier etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute more devant le mot: plus beau/compétent/intéressant = more beautiful/competent/interesting; plus facilement/sérieusement = more easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple peut produire simpler ou more simple, handsome/handsomer ou more handsome etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec more: callous/more callous, cunning/more cunning- les adverbes se terminant par ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec more: quickly/more quickly, slowly/more slowly etc1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘(e)st’ à la fin du mot: le plus grand/petit/simple = the tallest/smallest/simplest; le plus longtemps/vite = the longest/fastest- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big- the biggest, sad- the saddest, dim- the dimmest etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient the sunniest, pretty/the prettiest, happy/the happiest etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute the most devant le mot: le plus beau/compétent/intéressant = the most beautiful/competent/interesting; le plus facilement/sérieusement = the most easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple/the simplest ou the most simple, clever/the cleverest ou the most clever etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec the most: callous/the most callous, cunning/the most cunning etc- les adverbes en ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec the most: quickly/the most quickly, slowly/the most slowly etcAttention: lorsque la comparaison ne porte que sur deux éléments on utilise la forme du comparatif: le plus doué des deux = the more gifted of the two; la voiture la plus rapide des deux = the faster carL'expression le plus possible est traitée avec possibleOn trouvera ci-contre exemples et exceptions illustrant les différentes fonctions de plus. On trouvera également des exemples de plus dans les notes d'usage. Voir l'index* * *ply, plys1. adv1) (négation)ne... plus — no longer, not... any more
Il ne travaille plus ici. — He's no longer working here., He doesn't work here any more.
Je ne veux plus le voir. — I don't want to see him any more., I no longer want to see him.
ne plus avoir de qch; Je n'ai plus d'argent. — I've got no more money., I've got no money left
Je n'ai plus de pain. — I've got no bread left., I've got no more bread.
2) (comparatif: devant un adjectif) moreIl fait un peu plus froid qu'hier. — It's a bit colder than yesterday.
Elle est plus grande que moi. — She's bigger than me.
Il est plus intelligent que son frère. — He's more intelligent than his brother.
3) (comparaison: non suivi d'un adjectif)Il travaille plus. — He works more.
Il travaille plus que moi. — He works more than me.
4)plus de; Il nous faut plus de pain. — We need more bread.
plus de 3 heures — more than 3 hours, over 3 hours
Il y avait plus de dix personnes. — There were more than 10 people.
plus de minuit — after midnight, past midnight
5)de plus; Il a 3 ans de plus que moi. — He's 3 years older than me.
Le voyage a pris trois heures de plus que prévu. — The journey took 3 hours longer than planned.
Il nous faut un joueur de plus. — We need one more player.
6)en plus; 3 kilos en plus — 3 kilos more
J'ai apporté quelques gâteaux en plus. — I brought a few more cakes.
en plus de; Deux personnes sont arrivées en plus de celles qui étaient déjà là. — Two more people came, in addition to those already there.
7)plus... plus... — the more... the more...
Plus il gagne d'argent, plus il en veut. — The more money he earns, the more he wants.
8)Il y a de plus en plus de touristes par ici. — There are more and more tourists round here.
de plus en plus (suivi d'un adjectif) Il fait de plus en plus chaud. — It's getting hotter and hotter.
9)ni plus ni moins — no more, no less
10) (superlatif)le plus; la plus; les plus — the most
C'est le plus grand de la famille. — He's the tallest in his family., (sans adjectif, modifiant un verbe)
C'est ce qu'elle aime le plus. — That's what she likes most.
de plus — what's more, moreover
en plus de cela... — what is more...
2. conjQuatre plus deux égalent six. — 4 plus 2 is 6.
3. nm(= avantage) plus* * *I.plus ⇒ Note d'usageA prép1 ( dans une addition) 8 plus 3 égale 11 8 and 3 equals 11, 8 plus 3 equals 11; on nous a servi du fromage, un dessert plus du café we were served cheese, a dessert and coffee (as well);2 ( pour exprimer une valeur) un jour il faisait moins 5°, le lendemain plus 10° one day it was minus 5°, the next plus 10°.B adv de comparaison1 ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) le plus the most; il mange/travaille plus (que moi) he eats/works more (than I do ou than me); tu devrais demander plus you should ask for more; je ne peux pas faire plus I can do no more, I can't do any more, I can't do more than that; elle en sait plus que lui sur le sujet she knows more about the subject than he does; c'est plus que je ne peux supporter it's more than I can bear; elle l'aime plus que tout she loves him/her more than anything; il est plus à plaindre qu'autre chose he's more to be pitied than anything else; c'est plus que bien it's more than just good; elle est plus que jolie she's more than just pretty; il a fait plus que l'embaucher, il l'a aussi formé he did more than just hire him, he also trained him; j'en ai plus qu'assez I've had more than enough; elle mange deux fois/trois fois plus que lui she eats twice/three times as much as he does; plus je gagne, plus je dépense the more I earn, the more I spend; plus j'y pense, moins je comprends the more I think about it, the less I understand; plus ça va as time goes on; qui plus est furthermore, what's more; c'est lui qui m'a le plus appris he's the one who taught me the most; quel pays aimes-tu le plus? which country do you like best?; de plus en plus more and more; il fume de plus en plus he smokes more and more;2 ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; deux fois plus vieux/cher twice as old/expensive (que as); trois/quatre fois plus cher three/four times as expensive (que as); il n'est pas plus riche que moi he's no richer than I am ou than me, he isn't any richer than I am ou than me; c'est le même modèle en plus petit it's the same model, only smaller; il est on ne peut plus gentil/désagréable he's as nice/unpleasant as can be; il est plus ou moins fou he's more or less insane; il est plus ou moins artiste he's an artist of sorts; la cuisine était plus ou moins propre the kitchen wasn't particularly clean, the kitchen was clean after a fashion; il a été plus ou moins poli he wasn't particularly polite; ils étaient plus ou moins ivres they were a bit drunk; le plus heureux des hommes the happiest of men; la plus belle de toutes the most beautiful of all; mon vœu le plus cher my dearest wish; l'arbre le plus gros que j'aie jamais vu the biggest tree I've ever seen; son livre le plus court his shortest book; c'est ce qu'il y a de plus beau/important au monde it's the most beautiful/important thing in the world; un livre des plus intéressants a most interesting book; un individu des plus méprisables a most despicable individual; de plus en plus difficile more and more difficult; de plus en plus chaud hotter and hotter;3 ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; trois heures plus tôt/tard three hours earlier/later; deux fois plus longtemps twice as long (que as); trois/quatre fois plus longtemps three/four times as long (que as); ils ne sont pas restés plus longtemps que nous they didn't stay any longer than we did ou than us; il l'a fait plus ou moins bien he didn't do it very well; de plus en plus loin further and further; plus tu te coucheras tard, plus tu auras de mal à te lever the later you go to bed, the harder it'll be for you to get up; plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be; c'est moi qui y vais le plus souvent I go there the most often; ça s'est passé le plus simplement/naturellement du monde it happened quite simply/naturally.C adv de négation elle ne fume plus she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes, she's given up smoking; il n'habite plus ici he no longer lives here, he doesn't live here any more ou any longer; le grand homme n'est plus the great man is no more; elle ne veut plus le voir she doesn't want to see him any more ou any longer, she no longer wants to see him; il a décidé de ne plus y aller he decided to stop going there; je ne veux plus en entendre parler I don't want to hear any more about it; il n'y est plus (jamais) retourné he never went back there (again); plus jamais ça! never again!; nous ne faisons plus ce modèle we no longer do this model, we don't do this model any more ou any longer; il n'a plus vingt ans ( il n'est plus très jeune) he's not twenty any more, he's no longer twenty; nous n'avons plus d'espoir we've no more hope, we no longer have any hope, we've given up hoping; plus besoin de se presser○ there's no longer any need to hurry, there's no more need to hurry, there's no need to hurry any more; il n'y a plus de pain/d'œufs there is no more bread/there are no more eggs, there isn't any bread left/there aren't any eggs left; je ne veux plus de vin I don't want any more wine; il n'y a plus rien there's nothing left; plus rien ne m'intéresse nothing interests me any more; je ne voyais plus rien I could no longer see anything, I couldn't see a thing any more; il n'y a plus personne dans la pièce there's nobody left in the room, there's no longer anybody in the room; il n'y a plus aucun crayon there aren't any pencils left, there are no more pencils; il n'y a plus aucun problème there's no longer any problem; ce n'est plus du courage, c'est de la folie it's no longer bravery, it's foolhardiness; j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture○! I went into the garage, the car was gone○!; ce n'est plus qu'une question de jours it's only a matter of days now; il n'y a plus qu'une solution there's only one solution left; il ne restait plus que quelques bouteilles there were only a few bottles left, there was nothing left but a few bottles; il n'y a plus que lui qui puisse nous aider only he can help us now; plus que trois jours avant les vacances! only three days left ou to go until the vacation!; nous n'avons plus qu'à rentrer à la maison all we can do now is go home; il ne me reste plus qu'à vous remercier it only remains for me to thank you.D plus de dét indéf1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) trois/deux fois plus de livres/verres que three times/twice as many books/glasses as; c'est là que j'ai vu le plus de serpents that's where I saw the most snakes; c'est lui qui a le plus de livres he's got the most books; le joueur qui a le plus de chances de gagner the player who is most likely to win; les jeunes qui posent le plus de problèmes the young people who pose the most problems; c'est le candidat qui a remporté le plus de voix he's the candidate who won the most votes; plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have; il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place quite a few people would like to be in his/her position;2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did; il n'a pas plus d'imagination que sa sœur he has no more imagination than his sister, he hasn't got any more imagination than his sister; trois/deux fois plus de vin/talent three times/twice as much wine/talent (que as); le joueur qui a gagné le plus d'argent the player who won the most money;3 ( avec un numéral) elle ne possède pas plus de 50 disques she has no more than 50 records; une foule de plus de 10 000 personnes a crowd of more than ou over 10,000 people; il a plus de 40 ans he's over 40, he's more than 40 years old; les gens de plus de 60 ans people over 60; les plus de 60 ans the over-sixties; il était déjà bien plus de onze heures/midi it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock/midday.F de plus loc adv1 ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more;2 ( en supplément) j'ai mangé deux pommes de plus qu'elle I ate two apples more than she did; donnez-moi deux pommes de plus give me two more apples; ça nous a pris deux heures de plus que la dernière fois it took us two hours longer than last time; j'ai besoin de deux heures de plus I need two more hours; il a trois ans de plus que sa sœur he's three years older than his sister; une fois de plus once more, once again; l'augmentation représente 9% de plus que l'année précédente the rise is 9% more than last year.G en plus loc en plus (de cela) on top of that; il est arrivé en retard et en plus (de cela) il a commencé à se plaindre he arrived late and what' s more ou on top of that he started complaining; c 'est le même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus it's the same model, only with a sunroof; c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en plus he's the image of his father, only with a moustache GB ou mustache US; il a reçu 100 euros en plus de son salaire habituel he got 100 euros on top of his usual salary; en plus de son métier d'ingénieur il élève des tatous besides his job as an engineer, he breeds armadillos; les taxes en plus plus tax, tax not included; il s'est passé quelque chose en plus something else happened as well. A note on pronunciation: plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally used. plus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi].II.plus nm1 Math plus; le signe plus the plus sign;2 ○( avantage) plus○; son expérience d'enseignant constitue un plus pour lui his teaching experience is a point in his favourGB ou is a plus○.[ply(s)] adverbeA.[COMPARATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]c'est plus loin it's further ou fartherc'est plus rouge qu'orange it's red rather than ou it's more red than orangec'est plus que gênant it's embarrassing, to say the leastelle a eu le prix mais elle n'en est pas plus fière pour ça she got the award, but it didn't make her any prouder for all thatje veux la même, en plus large I want the same, only biggerencore plus beau more handsome still, even more handsomecinq fois plus cher five times dearer ou as dear ou more expensive2. [avec un verbe] moreje m'intéresse à la question plus que tu ne penses I'm more interested in the question than you thinkB.[SUPERLATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]le plus loin the furthest ou farthestc'est ce qu'il y a de plus original dans sa collection d'été it's the most original feature of his summer collection2. [précédé d'un verbe] mostc'est moi qui travaille le plus I'm the one who works most ou the hardestC.[ADVERBE DE NÉGATION]1. [avec 'ne']2. [tour elliptique]plus de glace pour moi, merci no more ice cream for me, thanks————————[ply(s)] adjectif————————[ply(s)] conjonction3 plus 3 égale 6 3 plus 3 is ou makes 6il fait plus 5º it's 5º above freezing, it's plus 5º2. [en sus de] plusle transport, plus le logement, plus la nourriture, ça revient cher travel, plus ou and accommodation, plus ou then food, (all) work out quite expensiveplus le fait que... plus ou together with the fact that...————————[ply(s)] nom masculinau plus locution adverbiale[au maximum] at the most ou outsideça coûtera au plus 30 euros it'll cost a maximum of 30 euros ou 30 euros at mostde plus locution adverbialemets deux couverts de plus lay two extra ou more placesil est content, que te faut-il de plus? he's happy, what more do you want?un mot/une minute de plus et je m'en allais another word/minute and I would have left10 euros de plus ou de moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?2. [en trop] too manyen recomptant, je trouve trente points de plus on adding it up again, I get thirty points too manyde plus, il m'a menti what's more, he lied to mede plus en plus locution adverbiale[suivi d'un adverbe] more and morede plus en plus dangereux more and more ou increasingly dangerousça devient de plus en plus facile/compliqué it's getting easier and easier/more and more complicated2. [précédé d'un verbe]de plus en plus de locution déterminante[suivi d'un nom comptable] more and more, a growing number of[suivi d'un nom non comptable] more and morede plus en plus de gens more and more people, an increasing number of peopleil y a de plus en plus de demande pour ce produit demand for this product is increasing, there is more and more demand for this productdes plus locution adverbialeson attitude est des plus compréhensibles her attitude is most ou quite understandableen plus locution adverbiale1. [en supplément] extra (avant nom)les boissons sont en plus drinks are extra, you pay extra for the drinks10 euros en plus ou en moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?[en trop] sparea. [à la fin du jeu] I've got one card left overb. [en distribuant] I've got one card too manyet vous emportez une bouteille de champagne en plus! and you get a bottle of Champagne as well ou on top of that ou into the bargain!elle a une excellente technique et en plus, elle a de la force her technique's first-class and she's got strength tooet elle m'avait menti, en plus! not only that but she'd lied to me (as well)!je ne tiens pas à le faire et, en plus, je n'ai pas le temps I'm not too keen on doing it, and besides ou what's more, I've no timeen plus de locution prépositionnelleen plus du squash, elle fait du tennis besides (playing) squash, she plays tenniset plus locution adverbiale45 kilos et plus over 45 kilos, 45 odd kilosni plus ni moins locution adverbialeje te donne une livre, ni plus ni moins I'll give you one pound, no more no lesstu t'es trompé, ni plus ni moins you were mistaken, that's allnon plus locution adverbialeje ne sais pas — moi non plus! I don't know — neither do I ou nor do I ou me neither!on ne peut plus locution adverbialeplus de locution déterminante1. [comparatif, suivi d'un nom] moreelle roulait à plus de 150 km/h she was driving at more than 150 km/h ou doing over 150 km/hil est plus de 5 h it's past 5 o'clock ou after 52. [superlatif, suivi d'un nom]les plus de 20 ans people over 20, the over-20splus... moins locution correlativethe more... the lessplus il vieillit, moins il a envie de sortir the older he gets, the less he feels like going outplus ça va, moins je la comprends I understand her less and less (as time goes on)plus... plus locution correlativethe more... the moreplus je réfléchis, plus je me dis que... the more I think (about it), the more I'm convinced that...plus ça va, plus il est agressif he's getting more and more aggressive (all the time)plus ça va, plus je me demande si... the longer it goes on, the more I wonder if...plus ou moins locution adverbialec'est plus ou moins cher, selon les endroits prices vary according to where you arequi plus est locution adverbialewhat's ou what is moresans plus locution adverbialec'était bien, sans plus it was nice, but nothing moretout au plus locution adverbialec'est une mauvaise grippe, tout au plus it's a bad case of flu, at the most -
2 sharpest
Синонимический ряд:1. acridest (adj.) acridest; harshest; most amaroidal; most astringent; most austere; most bitter2. acutest (adj.) acutest; highest; keenest; most acute; most argute; most gnawing; most knifelike; most penetrative; most perceptive; most piercing; most piping; most quick-sighted; most sensitive; most sharp-sighted; most shooting; most shrill; most stabbing; most treble; thinnest3. clearest (adj.) clearest; most distinct; most unambiguous; most unequivocal; most unmistakable4. cleverest (adj.) canniest; cleverest; most cunning; most slick; shiftiest; sliest; slipperiest; wiliest5. most biting (adj.) most biting; most clear-cut; most incisive; most penetrating; most probing; most trenchant; shrewdest6. most honed (adj.) most honed; most razor-sharp; most unblunted; most whetted7. most intelligent (adj.) brainiest; brightest; most alert; most brilliant; most intelligent; most knowledgeable; most ready-witted8. most pointed (adj.) most acicular; most aciculate; most acuminate; most acuminous; most cuspidate; most mucronate; most peaked; most peaky; most piked; most pointed; pointiest9. most pungent (adj.) most pungent10. most stylish (adj.) most chic; most dashing; most exclusive; most fashionable; most in; most modish; most stylish; most swish; most tonish; most tony; most trig; most ultrafashionable; most with-it; poshest; snappiest; swankest11. shortest (adj.) most inconsiderate; most thoughtless; most unceremonious; most ungracious; shortest12. wisest (adj.) most hep; most knowing; most nimble-witted; most quick-witted; most sharp-witted; quickest; slickest; smartest; wisest -
3 SLYNGVA
(slyng; slöng, slungum; slunginn), v. with dat. to sling, throw, fling (því næst slyngr Surtr eldi yfir jörðina); sungu ok slungu snúðga steini, they sang and swung the swift millstone; var þessu kaupi slungit, this bargain was struck; í vandkvæði er slungit, we are in difficulties; döggu slunginn, bedewed; slunginn vafrloga, encircled by a flickering flame; horna-tog ver slungit af silfri, twisted of silver.* * *or slöngva, pres. slyng; pret. slöng or slaung, slungu: part. slunginn; this strong verb, however, is defective in its tenses and persons, and is chiefly used in poets, but rarely in prose; and later it was displaced by the weak slöngva, ð (or mod. slengja, ð), except in the part. slunginn, which remained: [Dan. slynge; A. S. slingan; Engl. sling]:—to sling, fling, throw, with dat. as Engl. to throw with a thing:I. strong forms:α. poets; Sinfjötli slöng upp við rá rauðum skildi, Hkv. 1. 33; eik slaung und þér, the ship swung away under thee, Fms. vi. 174 (in a verse); sungu or slungu snúðga steini, they swung and slung the rolling mill-stone, Gs. 4; but weak, svá slöngðu (for slungu) vit snúðga steini, 12 (in the same poem); döggu slunginn, bedewed, Hkv. 2. 36; slunginn vafur-loga, encircled in a wavering flame, Fsm.β. prose; þeir slungu þar landtjöldum sínum. Fms. xi. 371, v. l.; því næst slyngr (but slöngvir v. l. from a vellum) Surtr eldi yfir jörðina ok brennir allan heim, Edda i. 192; var þessu kaupi slungit, the bargain was struck, Ld. 96: with the notion to twist, nú er svá félagi, at í vandkvæði er slungit, we are ‘in a twist,’ in difficulties. Fms. vi. 114; slungit gull, twisted, coiled gold, Lex. Poët.; horna-tog var slungit af silfri, of a cord, twisted of silver, Fb. i. 320: slunginn, as adj. versed, cunning, s. við e-t, Bárð. 164: freq. in mod. usage as adj. slungnari, more cunning: slungnastr, most cunning.II. weak forms:α. in poetry, Gs. 12, but better slungu.β. in prose; hann skaut í slönguna ok slöngði síðan, Stj. 465; tóku þeir brandana ok slöngðu út á þá, Nj. 201; slöngvir hann þá stokkinum, 202; ok slöngði frá durunum, Fms. ii. 160; slógu menn eldi í keröldin, ok slöngðu at virkinu, i. 128; slöngvit mér at borginni, sling me from the catapult into the burgh, ix. 10; slöngja stóru grjóti, Sks. 410 B; þat grjót, er þeir vilja slöngva, 422 B; hann hafði slengt (better slöngt) hringnum útanborðs, Fas. i. 27 (paper MS.) -
4 κερδίων
A more profitable; Hom. only neut.,ἐμοὶ δέ κε κέρδιον εἴη Il.6.410
, or , cf. 7.28;ἦ μάλα τοι τόδε κ. ἔπλετο θυμῷ Od.20.304
: later in masc., .II κέρδιστος, η, ον, [comp] Sup., most cunning or crafty,Σίσυφος.., ὃ κέρδιστος γένετ' ἀνδρῶν Il.6.153
.2 of things, most profitable, A.Pr. 387;πρὸς τὸ κέρδιστον τραπείς S.Aj. 743
.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κερδίων
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ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ (ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ/ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ) В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov VP subj: human (to try) to obtain s.o. 's trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary ( usu. with the goal of personal gain)X втёрся в доверие к Y-y = X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidenceX wormed himself into Y's confidence X stole into Y's confidence X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence)).(Иосиф) умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не (Yosif) knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).Вероятно, (Александр) думал, что я притворяюсь «честня-гой», рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не (Aleksandr) must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a). -
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(И) СЛЕД ПРОСТЫЛ (ПРОПАЛ) co// VP subj. these forms only fixed WO1. кого-чего \С-249 (of a person, animal, or vehicle) s.o. or sth. abruptly disappeared (when of a person, by hiding or running off), making it seem as if he or it had never been in the place in question at all: X-a и след простыл — X vanished without a traceX vanished (disappeared) into thin air all trace of X vanished (disappeared) (in limited contexts) X was long gone person X beat it (flew the coop, took off).Думаю, что козы - самые хитрые из всех четвероногих. Бывало, только зазеваешься, а их уже и след простыл... (Искандер 6). I think goats are the most cunning of all four-legged creatures. I had only to let my mind wander a moment and sometimes they would vanish without a trace... (6a).Потребовал Боро-давкин к себе вероломного жида, чтоб повесить, но его уж и след простыл... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Wartkin summoned the perfidious Jew in order to hang him, but he had disappeared into thin air... (1a).Едва я на миг отвернулся, как на пустом месте уже снова стоял знакомый розовый куст, а девушки и след простыл (Катаев 2)....1 only had to turn away for a moment for the familiar pink bush to reappear in this empty space, while all trace of the girl had disappeared (2a)....Он (старик) повернулся, чтобы снова ухватить за рукав длинноволосого, в джинсах и с портфельчиком, врага, но того, оказывается, уже и след простыл (Аксенов 7)...Не (the old man) swirled around to recapture the enemy, but the enemy-long hair, jeans, attache case, and all-had in the interim flown the coop (7a).2. чего \С-249 (of lost, stolen etc objects) sth. disappeared and cannot be found or gotten back: X-a и след простыл = (present contexts) X is nowhere to be found ( seen)there is no sign of X (anywhere) (it's as if) X vanished into thin air.Вчера я забыла на работе сумку. Вернулась с полдороги - а ее и след простыл. Yesterday I forgot my pocketbook at work, and when I went back for it, it was nowhere to be found. -
7 вкрадываться в доверие
• ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ <ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ /ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ> В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (to try) to obtain s.o.'s trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary (usu. with the goal of personal gain):- X втёрся в доверие к Y-y - X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidence;- X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence).♦ [Иосиф] умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не [Yosif] knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).♦ Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).♦ Вероятно, [Александр] думал, что я притворяюсь "честнягой", рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак; либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не [Aleksandr] must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вкрадываться в доверие
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• ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ <ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ /ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ> В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (to try) to obtain s.o.'s trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary (usu. with the goal of personal gain):- X втёрся в доверие к Y-y - X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidence;- X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence).♦ [Иосиф] умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не [Yosif] knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).♦ Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).♦ Вероятно, [Александр] думал, что я притворяюсь "честнягой", рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак; либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не [Aleksandr] must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вкрасться в доверие
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• ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ <ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ /ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ> В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (to try) to obtain s.o.'s trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary (usu. with the goal of personal gain):- X втёрся в доверие к Y-y - X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidence;- X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence).♦ [Иосиф] умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не [Yosif] knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).♦ Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).♦ Вероятно, [Александр] думал, что я притворяюсь "честнягой", рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак; либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не [Aleksandr] must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > влезать в доверие
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• ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ <ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ /ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ> В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (to try) to obtain s.o.'s trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary (usu. with the goal of personal gain):- X втёрся в доверие к Y-y - X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidence;- X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence).♦ [Иосиф] умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не [Yosif] knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).♦ Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).♦ Вероятно, [Александр] думал, что я притворяюсь "честнягой", рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак; либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не [Aleksandr] must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > влезть в доверие
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• ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ <ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ /ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ> В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (to try) to obtain s.o.'s trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary (usu. with the goal of personal gain):- X втёрся в доверие к Y-y - X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidence;- X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence).♦ [Иосиф] умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не [Yosif] knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).♦ Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).♦ Вероятно, [Александр] думал, что я притворяюсь "честнягой", рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак; либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не [Aleksandr] must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > втереться в доверие
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12 втираться в доверие
• ВТИРАТЬСЯ/ВТЕРЕТЬСЯ <ВКРАДЫВАТЬСЯ /ВКРАСТЬСЯ, ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ> В ДОВЕРИЕ к кому coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (to try) to obtain s.o.'s trust by using whatever (often underhand) means are necessary (usu. with the goal of personal gain):- X втёрся в доверие к Y-y - X wormed (weaseled) his way into Y's confidence;- X insinuated himself into Y's trust (confidence).♦ [Иосиф] умел улыбаться, и когда улыбался, то это был ангел, втирался в доверие к людям и потом их обманывал (Рыбаков 1). Не [Yosif] knew how to smile, and when he did he could look like an angel and he would worm his way into your confidence, and then stab you in the back (1a).♦ Самый хитрый человек не мог бы искуснее вкрасться в доверие княжны, вызывая ее воспоминания лучшего времени молодости и выказывая к ним сочувствие (Толстой 7). The most cunning man could not have stolen into the Princess's confidence more cleverly, evoking memories of the best times of her youth and showing sympathy with them (7a).♦ Вероятно, [Александр] думал, что я притворяюсь "честнягой", рассчитывая на особую благосклонность начальства, и, значит, дурак; либо хочу втереться в доверие к товарищам и, значит, опасен (Копелев 1). Не [Aleksandr] must have thought that I was playing at being very "honest," hoping for special favor from the bosses, and therefore a fool, or hoping to insinuate myself into the trust of my comrades, and therefore dangerous (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > втираться в доверие
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13 и след пропал
• (И) СЛЕД ПРОСТЫЛ < ПРОПАЛ> coll[VPsubj; these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. кого-чего и след пропал (of a person, animal, or vehicle) s.o. or sth. abruptly disappeared (when of a person, by hiding or running off), making it seem as if he or it had never been in the place in question at all:- [in limited contexts] X was long gone;- person X beat it (flew the coop, took off).♦ Думаю, что козы - самые хитрые из всех четвероногих. Бывало, только зазеваешься, а их уже и след простыл... (Искандер 6). I think goats are the most cunning of all four-legged creatures. I had only to let my mind wander a moment and sometimes they would vanish without a trace... (6a).♦ Потребовал Бородавкин к себе вероломного жида, чтоб повесить, но его уж и след простыл... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Wartkin summoned the perfidious Jew in order to hang him, but he had disappeared into thin air... (1a).♦...Едва я на миг отвернулся, как на пустом месте уже снова стоял знакомый розовый куст, а девушки и след простыл (Катаев 2)....I only had to turn away for a moment for the familiar pink bush to reappear in this empty space, while all trace of the girl had disappeared (2a).♦...Он [старик] повернулся, чтобы снова ухватить за рукав длинноволосого, в джинсах и с портфельчиком, врага, но того, оказывается, уже и след простыл (Аксенов 7)....Не [the old man] swirled around to recapture the enemy, but the enemy-long hair, jeans, attache case, and all-had in the interim flown the coop (7a).2. чего и след пропал (of lost, stolen etc objects) sth. disappeared and cannot be found or gotten back: X-a и след простыл ≈ [present contexts]⇒ X is nowhere to be found (seen); there is no sign of X (anywhere); (it's as if) X vanished into thin air.♦ Вчера я забыла на работе сумку. Вернулась с полдороги - а её и след простыл. Yesterday I forgot my pocketbook at work, and when I went back for it, it was nowhere to be found.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и след пропал
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14 и след простыл
• (И) СЛЕД ПРОСТЫЛ < ПРОПАЛ> coll[VPsubj; these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. кого-чего и след простыл (of a person, animal, or vehicle) s.o. or sth. abruptly disappeared (when of a person, by hiding or running off), making it seem as if he or it had never been in the place in question at all:- [in limited contexts] X was long gone;- person X beat it (flew the coop, took off).♦ Думаю, что козы - самые хитрые из всех четвероногих. Бывало, только зазеваешься, а их уже и след простыл... (Искандер 6). I think goats are the most cunning of all four-legged creatures. I had only to let my mind wander a moment and sometimes they would vanish without a trace... (6a).♦ Потребовал Бородавкин к себе вероломного жида, чтоб повесить, но его уж и след простыл... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Wartkin summoned the perfidious Jew in order to hang him, but he had disappeared into thin air... (1a).♦...Едва я на миг отвернулся, как на пустом месте уже снова стоял знакомый розовый куст, а девушки и след простыл (Катаев 2)....I only had to turn away for a moment for the familiar pink bush to reappear in this empty space, while all trace of the girl had disappeared (2a).♦...Он [старик] повернулся, чтобы снова ухватить за рукав длинноволосого, в джинсах и с портфельчиком, врага, но того, оказывается, уже и след простыл (Аксенов 7)....Не [the old man] swirled around to recapture the enemy, but the enemy-long hair, jeans, attache case, and all-had in the interim flown the coop (7a).2. чего и след простыл (of lost, stolen etc objects) sth. disappeared and cannot be found or gotten back: X-a и след простыл ≈ [present contexts]⇒ X is nowhere to be found (seen); there is no sign of X (anywhere); (it's as if) X vanished into thin air.♦ Вчера я забыла на работе сумку. Вернулась с полдороги - а её и след простыл. Yesterday I forgot my pocketbook at work, and when I went back for it, it was nowhere to be found.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и след простыл
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15 след пропал
• (И) СЛЕД ПРОСТЫЛ < ПРОПАЛ> coll[VPsubj; these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. кого-чего след пропал (of a person, animal, or vehicle) s.o. or sth. abruptly disappeared (when of a person, by hiding or running off), making it seem as if he or it had never been in the place in question at all:- [in limited contexts] X was long gone;- person X beat it (flew the coop, took off).♦ Думаю, что козы - самые хитрые из всех четвероногих. Бывало, только зазеваешься, а их уже и след простыл... (Искандер 6). I think goats are the most cunning of all four-legged creatures. I had only to let my mind wander a moment and sometimes they would vanish without a trace... (6a).♦ Потребовал Бородавкин к себе вероломного жида, чтоб повесить, но его уж и след простыл... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Wartkin summoned the perfidious Jew in order to hang him, but he had disappeared into thin air... (1a).♦...Едва я на миг отвернулся, как на пустом месте уже снова стоял знакомый розовый куст, а девушки и след простыл (Катаев 2)....I only had to turn away for a moment for the familiar pink bush to reappear in this empty space, while all trace of the girl had disappeared (2a).♦...Он [старик] повернулся, чтобы снова ухватить за рукав длинноволосого, в джинсах и с портфельчиком, врага, но того, оказывается, уже и след простыл (Аксенов 7)....Не [the old man] swirled around to recapture the enemy, but the enemy-long hair, jeans, attache case, and all-had in the interim flown the coop (7a).2. чего след пропал (of lost, stolen etc objects) sth. disappeared and cannot be found or gotten back: X-a и след простыл ≈ [present contexts]⇒ X is nowhere to be found (seen); there is no sign of X (anywhere); (it's as if) X vanished into thin air.♦ Вчера я забыла на работе сумку. Вернулась с полдороги - а её и след простыл. Yesterday I forgot my pocketbook at work, and when I went back for it, it was nowhere to be found.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > след пропал
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16 след простыл
• (И) СЛЕД ПРОСТЫЛ < ПРОПАЛ> coll[VPsubj; these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. кого-чего след простыл (of a person, animal, or vehicle) s.o. or sth. abruptly disappeared (when of a person, by hiding or running off), making it seem as if he or it had never been in the place in question at all:- [in limited contexts] X was long gone;- person X beat it (flew the coop, took off).♦ Думаю, что козы - самые хитрые из всех четвероногих. Бывало, только зазеваешься, а их уже и след простыл... (Искандер 6). I think goats are the most cunning of all four-legged creatures. I had only to let my mind wander a moment and sometimes they would vanish without a trace... (6a).♦ Потребовал Бородавкин к себе вероломного жида, чтоб повесить, но его уж и след простыл... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Wartkin summoned the perfidious Jew in order to hang him, but he had disappeared into thin air... (1a).♦...Едва я на миг отвернулся, как на пустом месте уже снова стоял знакомый розовый куст, а девушки и след простыл (Катаев 2)....I only had to turn away for a moment for the familiar pink bush to reappear in this empty space, while all trace of the girl had disappeared (2a).♦...Он [старик] повернулся, чтобы снова ухватить за рукав длинноволосого, в джинсах и с портфельчиком, врага, но того, оказывается, уже и след простыл (Аксенов 7)....Не [the old man] swirled around to recapture the enemy, but the enemy-long hair, jeans, attache case, and all-had in the interim flown the coop (7a).2. чего след простыл (of lost, stolen etc objects) sth. disappeared and cannot be found or gotten back: X-a и след простыл ≈ [present contexts]⇒ X is nowhere to be found (seen); there is no sign of X (anywhere); (it's as if) X vanished into thin air.♦ Вчера я забыла на работе сумку. Вернулась с полдороги - а её и след простыл. Yesterday I forgot my pocketbook at work, and when I went back for it, it was nowhere to be found.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > след простыл
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17 GAMALL
* * *(gömul, gamalt), a.1) old;á gamals aldri, in his old age;opt er gott þat er gamlir kveða, old men’s sayings are often good;2) old, aged, of a certain age;hve gamall maðr ertu, how old art thou?tólf vetra (gen.) gamall, twelve years old.* * *contr. forms, gamlan, gamla, gamlir, gamlar, gömlum, etc., fem. sing. and neut. pl. gömul; neut. sing. gamalt; the compar. and superl. from a different root, viz. compar. ellri, superl. ellztr, mod. eldri eldstr or elztr: [not recorded in Ulf., who renders αρχαιος by alþeis; but in A. S. gamol and gomel occur, although rarely even in Beowulf; in mod. Engl. and Germ. it is lost, but is in full use in all Scandin. dialects; Swed. gammal; Dan. gammel; Norse gamal, fem. gomol, Ivar Aasen]:I. old, Lat. senex; in the sayings, þeygi á saman gamalt og ungt, Úlf. 3. 44; opt er gott þat er gamlir kveða, Hm. 134, Fb. i. 212; íllt að kenna gömlum hundi að sitja; gamlir eru elztir, old are the eldest, i. e. the most cunning, clever; tvisvar verðr gamall maðr barn; engi verðr eldri en gamall; en þótt konungr þessi sé góðr maðr … þá mun hann þó eigi verða ellri en gamall, Fms. iv. 282; faðir minn var gamall, Nj. 31; g. spámaðr, an old spae-man, 656 B. 12; hence gamals-aldr, m. old age, Ld. 4, Fms. ii. 71: compds, af-garnall, fjör-g., eld-g., q. v.; cp. also ör-gemlir = Germ. uralt, a giant in Edda.2. grown up, old, of animals; arðr-uxi gamall, Grág. i. 502; gamlir sauðir, old rams; gjalda grís fyrir gamalt svín, Ó. H. 86; fyrr á gömlum uxanum at bæsa en kálfinum, a pun, Fms. vi. 28.3. old, of things, freq. in mod. usage, but the ancients use gamall of persons or living things, and distinguish between gamall and forn (q. v.); a man is ‘gamall,’ but he wears ‘forn’ klæði ( old clothes), thus in the verse Fms. xi. 43 gamall prob. refers to Gorm and not to land; Merl. 1. 61 is corrupt; vide gjallr (below); gamall siðr, Anal. 187, does not appear in Fb. iii. 401 (the original of the mod. text in Anal.)II. old, aged, of a certain age; nokkurra vetra gamall, some years old, Fms. xi. 78; fjögurra vetra gömul, Þiðr. 221; hve gamall maðr ertu, how old art thou? Ísl. ii. 220; tólf vetra gamall, 204; fimm, sex, vetra gamall, Grág. i. 502; vetr-gamall, a winter old; árs-gamall, a year old; misseris-gamall, half a year old; nætr-g., a night old, etc.III. in pr. names, hinn Gamli is added as a soubriquet, like ‘major’ in Lat., to distinguish an older man from a younger man of the same name; hinn gamli and hinn ungi also often answer to the Engl. ‘father and son;’ thus, Hákon Gamli and Hákon Ungi, old and young H., Fms.; also, Jörundr Gamli, Ketilbjörn Gamli, Örlygr Gamli, Bragi Gamli, Ingimundr hinn Gamli, etc., vide Landn.; Ari hinn Gamli, Bs. i. 26, to distinguish him from his grandson Ari Sterki; cp. the Lat. Cato Major: in some of the instances above it only means the old = Lat. priscus.B. The compar. is ellri and superl. ellztr; eigi ellra en einnar nætr, 1812. 57; fjórtan vetra gamall eðr ellri, K. Á. 190; enir ellri synir Brjáns, Nj. 269; inn ellzti, 38; ellztr bræðranna, Grág. i. 307; hann var ellztr, Eg. 27, Fms. i. 20, passim. -
18 обводить вокруг пальца
I( кого), сов. в. - обвести (обернуть, окрутить) вокруг пальца ( кого) разг. turn (twist, wind) smb. round one's < little> finger; cf. draw rings round smb.; lead smb. up the garden- А мужик тут при чём? Зачем у вас полдеревни на фронт угнали? Затем, чтобы купцы прибыль огребали! Дурни вы, дурни! Большие, бородатые, а всякий вас вокруг пальца окрутить может. (А. Гайдар, Школа) — 'What's the peasant got to do with it! Why have they driven half your village off to the front? To help the merchants rake in the profits! What boobs you are! Big fellows with beards, yet anyone can twist you round his little finger.'
- Любую хитрейшую бестию кругом пальца обведёт, - улыбнулся Раевский, - молодец ваш Алексей Петрович! (С. Голубов, Багратион) — 'He can draw rings round the most cunning of beasts,' interjected Rayevsky with a smile. 'He's smart, is our Alexei Petrovich.'
II- Меня не обведёшь вокруг пальца, товарищ Андрей!.. Что вы скрываете? Почему сообщаете полуправду? (В. Липатов, И это всё о нём) — 'You won't lead me up the garden. Comrade Andrei!.. What are you hiding? Why are you giving me a half-truth?'
обводить вокруг (кругом, около) пальца ( что), сов. в. - обвести (обвертеть) вокруг (кругом, около) пальца ( что) разг., уст. cf. make light work of smth.; make short work of smth.- Дело знакомое, я его в один час кругом пальца обведу! (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Пёстрые письма) — 'I know the problem. I'll make short work of it, to be sure.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > обводить вокруг пальца
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19 νοέω
Aνόησα Il.8.91
; [dialect] Ion. ἔνωσα ([etym.] ἐν-) Hdt. 1.86: [tense] pf. νενόηκα, [dialect] Ion. νένωκα ([etym.] ἐν-) Id.3.6; imper. νενόηθι Hilgard Excerpta e libris Herodiani 30:—[voice] Med., [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor.νοήσατο Il.10.501
; part.νοησάμενος Alc.Supp.7.6
,νωσάμενος Thgn.1298
, Theoc.25.263, Call.Fr. 345, etc.:—[voice] Pass. (mostly in med. sense), [tense] fut.νοηθήσομαι S.E.P.2.175
, Gal.UP17.1: [tense] aor. ; also [dialect] Ion. ([etym.] ἐπ-) Hdt.3.122, 6.115: [tense] pf. νενόημαι, [dialect] Ion.νένωμαι Anacr.10
, Hdt.9.53, S.Fr. 182, Aëthlius 4: [ per.] 3sg. [tense] plpf. ἐνένωτο (in med. sense) Hdt.1.77. Hdn.Gr.2.253 cites νοῦνται from Democr. (v. infr.) and [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. νένοται. —The compds. with ἀπό, διά, ἐν, ἐπί, μετά, πρό are used chiefly in [voice] Med.:—perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν.. ὑπολαμβάνουσιν Arist. de An. 427a26
), Il.3.396; ὀξὺ ν. ib. 374, Hes. Th. 838, etc.; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., Il.15.422, 24.294.2 perceive by the mind, apprehend,τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε 11.599
;οὐ.. ἴδον οὐδ' ἐνόησα Od.13.318
, cf. Il.10.550, 24.337, etc.; ; ἢ λάθετ' ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, Il.9.537, cf. 5.665; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, Od.21.257;θυμῷ νοέω καὶ οἶδα ἕκαστα 18.228
;ν. τῇ καρδίᾳ LXX Is.44.18
; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, Il.10.224: abs.,[θεὸς] οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δὲ τ' ἀκούει Xenoph.24
; : freq. in Philos., of thought,μάλιστα ἔοικεν ἴδιον [ψυχῆς] τὸ ν. Arist.de An. 403a8
;ἔοικε δὴ τὸ ζῆν εἶναι κυρίως τὸ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ ν. Id.EN 1170a19
, cf. 1166a22;καλῶς ν. καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν X.Cyn.1.18
: also with part. added,ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ' ἥμενον Od.10.375
; of a future event,νοέω κακὸν ὔμμιν ἐρχόμενον 20.367
: c. inf., ;πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας Ep.Hebr.11.3
: folld. by ὡς .., Od.22.32, cf. Pl.Epin. 977c;νόει θ' ᾗ δῆλον ἕκαστον Emp.4.13
:—[voice] Med.,νωσάμενος Thgn.1298
; :—[voice] Pass., to be apprehended by thought, ; τὰ νοούμενα, opp. τὰ αἰσθητά, ib. 508c;τὰ ἀόρατα τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα Ep.Rom.1.20
.3 think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθ' εἴην ἢ ἔνθα" Il.15.81;μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι νόησον Αἰνείαν, ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς 20.311
; οὐδ' ἐνόησε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ὡς .. ib. 264; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, Hdt.8.22: c. acc. cogn., ἄλλα νοέειν to be other wise minded, Id.7.168; alsoεἰπὲ δ' ᾗ νοεῖς S.Tr. 1135
, cf. El. 1435: part. νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, Il.1.577;τὴν μέν κεν ἐπαινέσσειε νοήσας Hes.Op.12
, cf. Od.15.170; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, Hdt.8.102; νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν sane and in his right mind, in wills, Test.Epict.1.1, PPetr.3p.4 (iii B.C.), etc.:— in [voice] Med.,φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται Democr.129
;ὑψηλὰ νενωμένος Anacr. 10
.4 consider, deem, presume to be so and so,ὡς μηκέτ' ὄντα κεῖνον.. νόει S.Ph. 415
; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον ib. 1176;δεῖ ν. συνεχῆ τὰ ἔνοπτρα Arist.Mete. 373a19
: c. inf., δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι ib. 340b24, etc.; cf. νοητέον.II think out, devise, conceive τοῦτό γ’ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε Od.2.122; ἔνθ' αὖτ' ἄλλ' ἐνόησε θεά ib. 382; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται 3.26; : freq. with neut. pl. Adj.,πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι Od.18.230
; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, Alc.Supp.7.6;ὀρθὰ ν. Hdt. 8.3
:—[voice] Pass.,ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως D.H.Th.37
.III c. inf., to be minded, intend, οὐδ' ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, Il.5.665; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήςu σθαι 22.235; ; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφε; S.Ant.44, cf. 770, El. 389, etc.:—[voice] Med., once in Hom., μάστιγα.. νοήσατο χερσἰν ἑλέσθαι he thought with himself to take the scourge, Il.10.501; ἐνέ- νωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, Hdt.1.77, cf. 7.206, 9.53.IV of words, bear a certain sense, mean,πυθοίμεθ' ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ Ar.Pl.55
, cf. Nu. 1186, Pl.Cra. 407e; [εἰ] τοῦτο.. νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that.., Id.R. 335e; alsoἐπιδεῖξαι ἐθέλω τὸ νυνί μοι συμβεβηκὸς τί ποτε νοεῖ Id.Ap. 40a
; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, Phld.Po.Herc.991.4, al.—Not in Th. or Oratt. -
20 Σῑσυφος
Σῑ́συφος KGrammatical information: m.Meaning: Son of Aiolos, the most cunning of men, known especially as one of the penitents of the underworld (Il.).Derivatives: Σισυφ-ία χθών = Corinth (Epigr. ap. Paus.), also - ὶς ἀκτή, αἶα (Theoc., AP), - ειος `belonging to S.' (E.), - ειον n. `temple of Sisyphos' (D. S., Str.); - ίζω `to act like S.' (Phryn. PS).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Often connected with σοφός, which seems not improbable. The 1. part is then diff. interpreted: reinforcing IE *tu̯i- (Brugmann IF 39, 140ff.; cf. on σιγαλόεις); intensive reduplication (Carnoy Le Muséon 67, 362); cf. σέσυφος πανοῦργος H. To be rejected E. Maaß Byz.-neugr. Jbb. 5, 172ff.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 17, 264. -- Furnée 357 etc. connects σέσυφος, ἀσύφηλος and αἰσύφιος.Page in Frisk: 2,711Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Σῑσυφος
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