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81 муху проглотил
[VP; subj: human; past only; fixed WO]=====⇒ one looks displeased, has a sullen look:- X looks like < as if> he has just eaten a lemon.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > муху проглотил
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82 руки коротки
[VPsubj бытьи (pres only), оказаться (past only); often used with the infin of another verb; fixed WO]=====⇒ s.o. does not have the right, authority, or influence to do sth. (used-often as a response in a dialogue-to state that the person or organization threatening to harm the speaker or another person will not be able to carry out the threat):- (y X-a) руки коротки (сделать Y) - X's reach is (too) short;- [in limited contexts] (just) let X try (to do Y);- just you try!♦ "Вы знаете, что он помогает бургомистру упечь вас под суд?" - "Догадываюсь". - "Это вас не волнует?" - "Нет. Руки у них коротки. То есть, у бургомистра руки коротки, и у суда" (Стругацкие 1). "You know that he's helping the burgomaster haul you into court?" "I guessed as much." "That doesn't bother you?" "No. His reach is short. That is to say, the burgomasters Also the court's" (1a).♦ В мрачном взгляде Баулина Саша почувствовал предостережение. Но этот взгляд только подхлестнул его. От чего предостерегает? Снова исключат? Руки коротки! (Рыбаков 2). Baulins sullen look was a signal to Sasha not to go too far. Instead, it only spurred him on. What was Baulin warning him about? Were they going to expel him again? Let them try! (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > руки коротки
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83 смотреть сентябрем
• СМОТРЕТЬ СЕНТЯБРЕМ obsoles, coll, humor[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to look sullen, morose, unhappy:- X looks glum (down in the mouth, down in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > смотреть сентябрем
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84 как сыч глядеть
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to have a dour look on one's face, look sullen:- X looked down in the mouth (in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как сыч глядеть
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85 как сыч сидеть
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to have a dour look on one's face, look sullen:- X looked down in the mouth (in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как сыч сидеть
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86 как сыч смотреть
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to have a dour look on one's face, look sullen:- X looked down in the mouth (in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как сыч смотреть
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87 сычом глядеть
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to have a dour look on one's face, look sullen:- X looked down in the mouth (in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сычом глядеть
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88 сычом сидеть
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to have a dour look on one's face, look sullen:- X looked down in the mouth (in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сычом сидеть
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89 сычом смотреть
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to have a dour look on one's face, look sullen:- X looked down in the mouth (in the dumps).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сычом смотреть
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90 как туча
• ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ coll[NP; Invar; fixed WO]=====1. как туча ходить, прийти и т.п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА [subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or modif]⇒ morose, sullen, in a bad mood:- (look) gloomy < grim>;- (look) as black (dark) as a thundercloud.♦ "Разумеется, я осел, - проговорил он, мрачный как туча, - но ведь... и ты тоже" (Достоевский 3). "I know I'm a dope," he said, looking black as thunder, "but then...you're one too." (3a).⇒ (in some place there is) a very large or excessive quantity (of animals, insects, or less often, people):- (there's) a multitude (a swarm, a throng, a horde) of [NPs];- (there are) droves of [NPs];Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как туча
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91 туча тучей
• ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ coll[NP; Invar; fixed WO]=====1. туча тучей ходить, прийти и т.п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА [subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or modif]⇒ morose, sullen, in a bad mood:- (look) gloomy < grim>;- (look) as black (dark) as a thundercloud.♦ "Разумеется, я осел, - проговорил он, мрачный как туча, - но ведь... и ты тоже" (Достоевский 3). "I know I'm a dope," he said, looking black as thunder, "but then...you're one too." (3a).2. туча тучей кого-чего [quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: human or animal)]⇒ (in some place there is) a very large or excessive quantity (of animals, insects, or less often, people):- (there's) a multitude (a swarm, a throng, a horde) of [NPs];- (there are) droves of [NPs];Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туча тучей
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92 угрюмый
прил.sullen, morose, gloomy, sulky, uncheerful, moody -
93 бирюк
м.lone wolf*; (перен. тж.) unsociable person♢
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94 замыкаться
замкнуться1. lock, be locked2. ( соединяться концами) be closed3. ( о человеке) become* / be reserved, become* / be sullen / withdrawnзамыкаться в себе, замыкаться в свою скорлупу — withdraw* into oneself, retreat into oneself; go* into one's shell идиом.
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95 исподлобья
нареч.смотреть исподлобья (на вн.) — lour (at), glower (at); look from under the brows ( distrustfully / sullenly) (at)
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96 нахохлиться
сов.ruffle up; (перен.) look sullen / sulky / morose, silk -
97 пасмурный
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98 туча
ж.покрыться тучами — be overcast / covered with clouds, be clouded
тучи собрались, нависли над кем-л. — the clouds are gathering over smb.
2. (масса, множество) swarm, host, cloud♢
смотреть тучей — lowerходить как туча — go* about with black looks, или with a lowering face
туча тучей ( о человеке) — gloomy, sullen
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99 характер
м.1. disposition, temper, characterдурной характер — bad* temper
иметь твёрдый, сильный характер — have a strong character
человек с характером, сильный характер — strong-willed person
2. ( свойство) natureхарактер местности — nature / characteristics of the locality; воен. nature of the ground; character of the terrain амер.
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выдержать характер — be / stand* firm, be steadfastэто не в вашем характере — that isn't your way / nature, that's not like you
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100 хмурый
1. gloomy, sullen2. (о погоде, небе) overcast, cloudy; lowering, louring
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Sullen — Sul len, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] Wyclif (Job iii. 14). [1913 Webster] 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sullen — may refer to:* Sullens Swiss municipalityMusic* A Sullen Sky song * Sullen band * Sullen Girl song * Sullen Soul song * Slumber of Sullen Eyes album/song * The Sullen Sulcus album … Wikipedia
sullen — sullen, *glum, morose, surly, sulky, crabbed, saturnine, dour, gloomy can mean governed by or showing, especially in one s aspect, a forbidding or disagreeable mood or disposition. One is sullen who is, often by disposition, gloomy, silent, and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Sullen — Sul len, n. 1. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sullen — Sul len, v. t. To make sullen or sluggish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sullens the whole body with . . . laziness. Feltham. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sullen — [sul′ən] adj. [ME solein, alone, solitary < VL * solanus, alone < L solus, alone, SOLE2] 1. showing resentment and ill humor by morose, unsociable withdrawal 2. gloomy; dismal; sad; depressing 3. somber; dull [sullen colors] 4. slow moving; … English World dictionary
sullen — index despondent, resentful, restive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sullen — 1570s, alteration of M.E. soleyn unique, singular, from Anglo Fr. *solein, formed on the pattern of O.Fr. soltain, from O.Fr. soul single (see SOLE (Cf. sole) (2)). The sense shift in M.E. from solitary to morose occurred late 14c … Etymology dictionary
sullen — [adj] brooding, upset bad tempered, cheerless, churlish, crabbed*, crabby*, cross, cynical, dismal, dour, dull, fretful, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, gruff, grumpy*, heavy, hostile, ill humored, inert, irritable, malevolent, malicious,… … New thesaurus
sullen — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered and sulky. DERIVATIVES sullenly adverb sullenness noun. ORIGIN originally in the senses «averse to company» and «unusual»: from Old French sulein, from sol sole … English terms dictionary
sullen — adjective Etymology: Middle English solein solitary, from Anglo French sulein, solain, perhaps from sol, soul single, sole + ain after Old French soltain solitary, private, from Late Latin solitaneus, ultimately from Latin solus alone Date: 14th… … New Collegiate Dictionary