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I [glɒs]1) (lustre) (of metal, hair, etc.) lucentezza f., brillantezza f.; (of paper) lucidezza f.; fig. spreg. (glamour) lustro m.to take the gloss off — (by accident) portar via il lucido; (on purpose) sverniciare [ wood]; satinare [ metal]; fig. fare perdere lustro a [ occasion]
2) fig. (appearance) patina f., vernice f., apparenza f.3) (paint) vernice f. lucidaII [glɒs] III [glɒs]verbo transitivo (explain) glossare, chiosare [word, text]* * *[ɡlos] 1. noun(brightness or shininess on the surface: Her hair has a lovely gloss; ( also adjective) gloss paint.) lucentezza; brillante2. verb(to make a glossary: The student glossed the difficult terms in order to understand the article.) glossare- glossary- glossy
- glossiness
- gloss over* * *gloss (1) /glɒs/n. [u]2 (fig.) apparenza, parvenza; patina; vernice (fig.): a gloss of respectability, una vernice di rispettabilitàgloss (2) /glɒs/n.1 glossa; chiosa; annotazione(to) gloss (1) /glɒs/v. t.1 lucidare; lustrare2 ( spesso to gloss over) sorvolare su; dissimulare; mascherare: to gloss over one's failure, dissimulare il proprio insuccesso; to gloss over one's errors, mascherare i propri errori.(to) gloss (2) /glɒs/v. t. e i.1 glossare; chiosare; annotare; commentare* * *I [glɒs]1) (lustre) (of metal, hair, etc.) lucentezza f., brillantezza f.; (of paper) lucidezza f.; fig. spreg. (glamour) lustro m.to take the gloss off — (by accident) portar via il lucido; (on purpose) sverniciare [ wood]; satinare [ metal]; fig. fare perdere lustro a [ occasion]
2) fig. (appearance) patina f., vernice f., apparenza f.3) (paint) vernice f. lucidaII [glɒs] III [glɒs]verbo transitivo (explain) glossare, chiosare [word, text] -
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[glɔs] I 1. сущ.1) внешний лоск, глянец2) обманчивая наружность; благовидный предлог3) люстраSyn:2. гл.1) наводить глянец, лоск, придавать блеск прям. и перен.; скрашивать, приукрашиватьto gloss over one's mistakes — исправлять ошибки, ликвидировать погрешности
His friends gloss over his foible, by calling him an agreeable novelist. — Его друзья скрашивают его слабость, называя его приятным писателем.
2) лоснитьсяSyn:II 1. сущ.1) глосса; заметка на полях или между строк2) глоссарий; подстрочный перевод3) толкование, интерпретация2. гл.1) составлять глоссарий; снабжать комментарием2) переводить, пояснять; толковать3)б) ( gloss over) замалчивать недостатки относительно (чего-л.)The school can hardly gloss over its failure to control these troublesome boys, now that the report is in all the papers. — Теперь, когда статью поместили уже во всех газетах, школе не удастся замять, что они не сумели обуздать этих хулиганов.
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3 недостаток недостат·ок
1) (нехватка) deficiency, shortage, insufficiency, want(s) (of); (отсутствие в наличии) lack, nonavailability; (скудность) scarcityиспытывать недостаток — to be short of / to lack
острый недостаток в чём-л. — acute shortage of smth.
недостаток продовольствия — shortage / insufficiency / scarcity of food
2) (изъян, несовершенство) shortcoming, drawback, defect, imperfection, deficiency, fault, flaw; (дурная черта) demeritвскрывать недостатки — to expose / to reveal shortcomings / imperfections, to lay bare shortcomings
замазывать недостатки — to gloss over / to cover up shortcomings
находить недостатки — to find faults / a blemish (in)
серьёзные недостатки — serious shortcomings, serious / major defects
3) обыкн. мн. разг. (нужда) want, povertyRussian-english dctionary of diplomacy > недостаток недостат·ок
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