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1 gentle and simple
люди всякого звания [gentle знатный, родовитый]The miller's daughter of fourteen could not believe that high gentry behaved badly to their wives, but her mother instructed her: ‘Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.’ (G. Eliot, ‘Daniel Deronda’, ch. XXXI) — четырнадцатилетняя дочка мельника не могла поверить, что господа плохо обращаются со своими женами, но мать наставляла ее: "Ты ведь еще сущее дитя. Мужчины всегда остаются мужчинами, к какому бы сословию они ни принадлежали. Все они сшиты на один лад"
Mark them as they surge along - men and women, old and young, gentle and simple, fair and foul, rich and poor, merry and sad - all hurrying, bustling, scrambling. (J. K. Jerome, ‘Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow’, ‘On Getting On in the World’) — Посмотрите на них - мужчин и женщин, старых и молодых, людей всякого звания, честных и бесчестных, богатых и бедных, веселых и грустных, - все они суетятся, толкают друг друга, стремясь сделать карьеру.
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