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121 до вторых петухов
• ДО (ПЕРВЫХ <ВТОРЫХ, ТРЕТЬИХ> ПЕТУХОВ coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====1. до вторых петухов сидеть, говорить и т.п. Also: ДО ПОЗДНИХ ПЕТУХОВ obs (to stay up, keep talking etc) very late into the night or until the break of day:- till (first <second, third>) cockcrow;- till daybreak (dawn).♦ "Мы у него проиграли в вист вместе с прокурором и председателем палаты до самых поздних петухов..." (Гоголь 3). "We played whist in his house together with the prosecutor and the president till cockcrow" (3d). "We played whist at his house with the public prosecutor and the president of the court till the small hours" (3a).♦ Комиссия засиживалась до третьих петухов, но сколько-нибудь вразумительного объяснения [причины аварий] так и не находила (Максимов 3). Though the commission's meetings dragged on till dawn, they still couldn't find anything like a plausible explanation [for what caused the crashes](3a).2. вставать, просыпаться до вторых петухов (to rise, wake up) very early in the morning, while it is still dark:- before dawn (daybreak).—————← From the method of telling time based on the crowing of roosters. Traditionally first cockcrow, "первые петухи", is the earliest cockcrow after midnight; second cockcrow, "вторые петухи", is sometime after first cockcrow and before daybreak; and third cockcrow, "третьи петухи", is right at daybreak.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до вторых петухов
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122 до первых петухов
• ДО (ПЕРВЫХ <ВТОРЫХ, ТРЕТЬИХ> ПЕТУХОВ coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====1. до первых петухов сидеть, говорить и т.п. Also: ДО ПОЗДНИХ ПЕТУХОВ obs (to stay up, keep talking etc) very late into the night or until the break of day:- till (first <second, third>) cockcrow;- till daybreak (dawn).♦ "Мы у него проиграли в вист вместе с прокурором и председателем палаты до самых поздних петухов..." (Гоголь 3). "We played whist in his house together with the prosecutor and the president till cockcrow" (3d). "We played whist at his house with the public prosecutor and the president of the court till the small hours" (3a).♦ Комиссия засиживалась до третьих петухов, но сколько-нибудь вразумительного объяснения [причины аварий] так и не находила (Максимов 3). Though the commission's meetings dragged on till dawn, they still couldn't find anything like a plausible explanation [for what caused the crashes](3a).2. вставать, просыпаться до первых петухов (to rise, wake up) very early in the morning, while it is still dark:- before dawn (daybreak).—————← From the method of telling time based on the crowing of roosters. Traditionally first cockcrow, "первые петухи", is the earliest cockcrow after midnight; second cockcrow, "вторые петухи", is sometime after first cockcrow and before daybreak; and third cockcrow, "третьи петухи", is right at daybreak.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до первых петухов
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123 до петухов
• ДО (ПЕРВЫХ <ВТОРЫХ, ТРЕТЬИХ> ПЕТУХОВ coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====1. до петухов сидеть, говорить и т.п. Also: ДО ПОЗДНИХ ПЕТУХОВ obs (to stay up, keep talking etc) very late into the night or until the break of day:- till (first <second, third>) cockcrow;- till daybreak (dawn).♦ "Мы у него проиграли в вист вместе с прокурором и председателем палаты до самых поздних петухов..." (Гоголь 3). "We played whist in his house together with the prosecutor and the president till cockcrow" (3d). "We played whist at his house with the public prosecutor and the president of the court till the small hours" (3a).♦ Комиссия засиживалась до третьих петухов, но сколько-нибудь вразумительного объяснения [причины аварий] так и не находила (Максимов 3). Though the commission's meetings dragged on till dawn, they still couldn't find anything like a plausible explanation [for what caused the crashes](3a).2. вставать, просыпаться до петухов (to rise, wake up) very early in the morning, while it is still dark:- before dawn (daybreak).—————← From the method of telling time based on the crowing of roosters. Traditionally first cockcrow, "первые петухи", is the earliest cockcrow after midnight; second cockcrow, "вторые петухи", is sometime after first cockcrow and before daybreak; and third cockcrow, "третьи петухи", is right at daybreak.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до петухов
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124 до поздних петухов
• ДО (ПЕРВЫХ <ВТОРЫХ, ТРЕТЬИХ> ПЕТУХОВ coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====1. до поздних петухов сидеть, говорить и т.п. Also: ДО ПОЗДНИХ ПЕТУХОВ obs (to stay up, keep talking etc) very late into the night or until the break of day:- till (first <second, third>) cockcrow;- till daybreak (dawn).♦ "Мы у него проиграли в вист вместе с прокурором и председателем палаты до самых поздних петухов..." (Гоголь 3). "We played whist in his house together with the prosecutor and the president till cockcrow" (3d). "We played whist at his house with the public prosecutor and the president of the court till the small hours" (3a).♦ Комиссия засиживалась до третьих петухов, но сколько-нибудь вразумительного объяснения [причины аварий] так и не находила (Максимов 3). Though the commission's meetings dragged on till dawn, they still couldn't find anything like a plausible explanation [for what caused the crashes](3a).2. вставать, просыпаться до поздних петухов (to rise, wake up) very early in the morning, while it is still dark:- before dawn (daybreak).—————← From the method of telling time based on the crowing of roosters. Traditionally first cockcrow, "первые петухи", is the earliest cockcrow after midnight; second cockcrow, "вторые петухи", is sometime after first cockcrow and before daybreak; and third cockcrow, "третьи петухи", is right at daybreak.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до поздних петухов
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125 до третьих петухов
• ДО (ПЕРВЫХ <ВТОРЫХ, ТРЕТЬИХ> ПЕТУХОВ coll[PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====1. до третьих петухов сидеть, говорить и т.п. Also: ДО ПОЗДНИХ ПЕТУХОВ obs (to stay up, keep talking etc) very late into the night or until the break of day:- till (first <second, third>) cockcrow;- till daybreak (dawn).♦ "Мы у него проиграли в вист вместе с прокурором и председателем палаты до самых поздних петухов..." (Гоголь 3). "We played whist in his house together with the prosecutor and the president till cockcrow" (3d). "We played whist at his house with the public prosecutor and the president of the court till the small hours" (3a).♦ Комиссия засиживалась до третьих петухов, но сколько-нибудь вразумительного объяснения [причины аварий] так и не находила (Максимов 3). Though the commission's meetings dragged on till dawn, they still couldn't find anything like a plausible explanation [for what caused the crashes](3a).2. вставать, просыпаться до третьих петухов (to rise, wake up) very early in the morning, while it is still dark:- before dawn (daybreak).—————← From the method of telling time based on the crowing of roosters. Traditionally first cockcrow, "первые петухи", is the earliest cockcrow after midnight; second cockcrow, "вторые петухи", is sometime after first cockcrow and before daybreak; and third cockcrow, "третьи петухи", is right at daybreak.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до третьих петухов
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126 hour
1) (sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day: He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.) hora2) (the time at which a particular thing happens: when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.) hora•- hourly- hour-glass
- hour hand
- at all hours
- for hours
- on the hour* * *['auə] n 1 hora. 2 tempo. 3 período. 4 momento. 5 grau de longitude. at all hours, at all hours of the day and night o tempo todo, a qualquer hora do dia ou da noite. for hours por um longo tempo. hour after hour, for hour after hour por um longo tempo sem mudança. out of hours fora do horário. the small hours a madrugada. till all hours até muito tarde da noite. -
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128 raniutko
adv* * *raniuteńko, raniutkoadv.in the wee hours of the morning, in the small hours.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > raniutko
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(the) wee hours — the wee small ˈhours idiom (ScotE) (NAmE the wee ˈhours) = ↑small hours ↑hour Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
small hours — noun the hours just after midnight • Hypernyms: ↑hour, ↑time of day • Part Holonyms: ↑night, ↑nighttime, ↑dark * * * noun plural : hours of the early morning immediately following midnight used with … Useful english dictionary