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1. n зоол. як, тибетский бык, длинношёрстный бык2. n сл. хохот, гогот3. n сл. смешной анекдот; острота4. n сл. радио доходчивость комического номера; реакция слушателей на остроты5. v сл. шутить; перебрасываться шутками6. v сл. болтать, трепаться7. n сл. простак, простофиля; деревенщина8. n сл. вор. закадычный друг, корешСинонимический ряд:1. chatter (noun) babble; bibble-babble; blab; blabber; brabble; cackle; chat; chatter; chin-chin; chitchat; chitter-chatter; clack; gab; gabble; gibberish; gibble-gabble; jabber; palaver; patter; pitch; prate; prattle; spiel; stultiloquence; talkee-talkee; tittle-tattle; yakety-yak; yak-yak; yatter2. chat (verb) babble; burble; cackle; chat; chatter; chin-chin; clack; clatter; dither; gab; gabble; jaw; patter; prate; prattle; rattle; run on; smatter; talk; tinkle; twaddle; twiddle; twitter; yakety-yak; yammer; yatter -
102 take smb. (or smth.) with a grain (or pinch) of salt
oтнocитьcя к кoму-л. (или к чeму-л.) cкeптичecки, нeдoвepчивo, кpитичecки [этим. лaт.]Cowperwood, as was natural, heard much of her stage life. At first he took all this palaver with a grain of salt (Th. Dreiser). She was engaged on a long poem called "Silence". And though he took her and her poems... with a pinch of satirical salt, he was to some extent impressed (J. Lindsay)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > take smb. (or smth.) with a grain (or pinch) of salt
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Palaver — Sn std. stil. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. palaver langwierige, wortreiche Verhandlungen; langes Gerede , dieses aus port. palavreado m. und port. palavra f. Wort , aus l. parabolē f. Gleichnis, Parabel , aus gr. parabolḗ f. (eigentlich … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Palaver — Pa*la ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Palavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palavering}.] To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. [1913 Webster] Palavering the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Palaver — Palaver: Lat. parabola »Gleichnisrede; Erzählung, Bericht« (vgl. ↑ Parabel) gelangte ins Port. als palavra »Unterredung, Erzählung« (heute: »Wort«). Portugiesische Händler brachten das Wort an die afrikanische Küste und verwendeten es speziell… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
Palaver — Pa*la ver, n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See {Parable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery. [1913 Webster] 2. In Africa … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Palāver — (engl., vom portug. palavra, »Wort, Sprache«), Bezeichnung für die Zusammenkünfte vor allem dee westafrikanischen Völkerstämme (im O. gebraucht man das Wort Schauri), um unter Vorsitz der Häuptlinge gemeinsame Angelegenheiten, Kriegszüge,… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Palaver — Palāver (vom portug. palāvra, »Sprache«), feierliche Unterhandlung mit afrik. Eingeborenen … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
palaver — index confer (consult), conference, council (assembly), speak, speech Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
palaver — (n.) 1733 (implied in palavering), talk, conference, discussion, sailors slang, from Port. palavra word, speech, talk, traders term for negotiating with the natives in West Africa, metathesis of L.L. parabola speech, discourse, from L. parabola… … Etymology dictionary
palaver — informal ► NOUN 1) prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion. 2) dated a parley or improvised conference between two sides. ► VERB ▪ talk unnecessarily at length. ORIGIN Portuguese palavra word , from Latin parabola comparison … English terms dictionary
palaver — [pə lav′ər] n. [Port palavra, a word, speech < LL(Ec) parabola,PARABLE] 1. a conference or discussion, as orig. between African natives and European explorers or traders 2. talk; esp., idle chatter 3. flattery; cajolery vi. 1. to talk, esp.… … English World dictionary
Palaver — Der Begriff Palaver (früher: Palaber) bezeichnet ein langwieriges und häufig eher oberflächliches Gespräch.[1][2] Im Deutschen ist der Begriff im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch daher eher negativ belegt. In ethnologischen Untersuchungen anderer… … Deutsch Wikipedia