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1 Rather Interesting
Chat: RIУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Rather Interesting
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2 Rather Sweet Cables
Jocular: RSCУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Rather Sweet Cables
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3 1. (usually in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical
Linguistics: mentalise (mentalize)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > 1. (usually in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical
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4 Basic Fighter Maneuvers (What you do to kill the other pilot once you are in a fight . BFM implies a single plane rather than a formation)
Aviation: BFMУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Basic Fighter Maneuvers (What you do to kill the other pilot once you are in a fight . BFM implies a single plane rather than a formation)
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5 I'd Rather Be In Ambridge
Abbreviation: IRBIAУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > I'd Rather Be In Ambridge
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6 Knee-jerk thinkers, politicians and other individuals of the far left who tend to (a) believe force is never an answer, (b) talk about problems, rather than do something about them, and/or (c) be relatively uninforme
General subject: KumbayaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Knee-jerk thinkers, politicians and other individuals of the far left who tend to (a) believe force is never an answer, (b) talk about problems, rather than do something about them, and/or (c) be relatively uninforme
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7 Which Would You Rather ....
Short message service: WWYRУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Which Would You Rather ....
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8 Which Would You Rather Do?
Short message service: WWYRDУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Which Would You Rather Do?
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9 Would Rather Be Hunting
Chat: WRBHУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Would Rather Be Hunting
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10 Would You Rather Have .... ?
Short message service: WYRHУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Would You Rather Have .... ?
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11 relating to the duties of a teacher in advising students about their personal needs rather than their schoolwork
Education: pastoral (pastoral care at the school)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > relating to the duties of a teacher in advising students about their personal needs rather than their schoolwork
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12 1. To make mental in nature, rather than physical
Linguistics: (usually in passive) mentalise (mentalize)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > 1. To make mental in nature, rather than physical
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13 Knee-jerk thinkers, politicians and other individuals of the far left who tend to believe force is never an answer, talk about problems, rather than do something about them, and/or be relatively uninforme
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Knee-jerk thinkers, politicians and other individuals of the far left who tend to believe force is never an answer, talk about problems, rather than do something about them, and/or be relatively uninforme
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14 вернее
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15 правильнее
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16 скорее
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17 тесноватый
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18 грязноватый
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19 вместо того, чтобы
•Rather than wait for years for an appropriate earthquake, the petroleum prospectors generate their own sound waves.
* * *Вместо того, чтобыRather than attempt a solution to this problem, the writers chose to gain some insight into the nature of the stress state through a simple experiment.Rather than using bursting as the criterion of failure, this may be assumed to occur when widespread yielding takes place.Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > вместо того, чтобы
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20 тесноватый
rather small; rather narrow; rather tight (ср. тесный)
См. также в других словарях:
rather — 1. Rather is common in BrE as a so called ‘downtoner’, i.e. an adverb that reduces the effect of the following adjective, adverb, or noun, as in It is rather expensive, You were driving rather fast, and He s rather a fool. With nouns, the… … Modern English usage
Rather — Rath er (r[a^][th] [ e]r; 277), adv. [AS. hra[eth]or, compar. of hra[eth]e, hr[ae][eth]e, quickly, immediately. See {Rath}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Earlier; sooner; before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than I. Chaucer … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rather — [rath′ər, räth′ər; ] for interj. [ ra′thʉr′, rä′thʉr′] adv. [ME < OE hrathor, compar. of hrathe, hræthe, quickly: see RATHE] 1. Obs. more quickly; sooner 2. more willingly; preferably [would you rather have tea?] 3. with more justice, logic,… … English World dictionary
Rather — is a family name. It is also an adverb in the English language.Rather may refer to:* Dan Rather, news presenter * Elizabeth Rather, expert in the computer programming language Forthsurname … Wikipedia
rather — ► ADVERB 1) (would rather) indicating one s preference in a particular matter. 2) to a certain or significant extent or degree. 3) on the contrary. 4) more precisely. 5) instead of; as opposed to. ► EXCLAMATION Brit. dated … English terms dictionary
Rather — ist der Name folgender Personen: Rather von Verona (um 887 974), Theologe und Bischof von Verona und Lüttich Dan Rather (* 1931), US amerikanischer Journalist Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer … Deutsch Wikipedia
rather — [adv1] moderately a bit, a little, averagely, comparatively, enough, fairly, in a certain degree, kind of, more or less, passably, pretty, quite, ratherish, reasonably, relatively, slightly, some, something, somewhat, sort of, so so*, tolerably,… … New thesaurus
Rather — Rath er (r[a^][th] [ e]r), a. [Compar. of {Rath}, a.] Prior; earlier; former. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rather — O.E. hraþor more quickly, earlier, sooner, also more readily, comparative of hraþe, hræþe quickly, related to hræð quick, from P.Gmc. *khrathuz (Cf. O.N. hraðr, O.H.G. hrad). The base form rathe was obsolete by 18c. except in poetry; superlative… … Etymology dictionary
rather — [[t]rɑ͟ːðə(r), ræ̱ð [/t]] ♦ 1) PHR PREP You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want. The problem was psychological rather than… … English dictionary
rather — predeterminer, adverb 1 (+ adj/adv) quite; fairly: I was rather surprised to see him with his ex wife. | He was limping rather badly as he walked off the field. | It s not too big for you at all. I rather like the way it fits you. | rather a big… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English