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1 nit|ka
f 1. (nić) thread- jedwabna/bawełniana nitka silk/cotton thread- biała/kolorowa/cienka/gruba nitka white/coloured/fine/heavy a. thick thread- nitka rwie się/plącze the thread a. cotton snaps/tangles- przyszyć coś nitką to sew sth with cotton a. thread- nawlekać coś na nitkę to string sth on a thread2. przen. (w kształcie nitki) thread- siwe nitki we włosach silver threads in one’s hair- nitki pajęczyny/babiego lata cobweb/gossamer threads3. Bot. filament- □ nitka produkcyjna Techn. production line■ nie zostawić na kimś/czymś suchej nitki pot. to pick a. tear sb/sth to pieces a. shreds- krytycy nie zostawili na jego nowej komedii suchej nitki the critics tore his new comedy to pieces- przy rozwodzie żona obdarła go do ostatniej nitki his wife took him to the cleaners when they divorced- dochodzić a. trafiać po nitce do kłębka to get to the bottom of sth- przez te święta spłukałam się do suchej nitki those holidays have cleaned me outThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > nit|ka
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7 bête
bête [bεt]1. feminine nouna. ( = animal) animal ; ( = insecte) insect• c'est une brave or une bonne bête ! (humorous) he's a good-natured chap2. adjectivea. ( = stupide) [personne, idée, sourire] stupid• ce qu'il peut être bête ! he's such a fool!• il est plus bête que méchant he's not really nasty, just stupid• lui, pas si bête, est parti à temps he's no fool, so he left in time• c'est bête, on n'a pas ce qu'il faut pour faire des crêpes it's too bad we haven't got the ingredients for making pancakes• que je suis bête ! how stupid of me!3. compounds• ils nous ont regardés comme des bêtes curieuses they looked at us as if we were two-headed monsters ► bête féroce wild animal• c'est ma bête noire (chose) that's my pet hate ; (personne) I just can't stand him ► bête sauvage wild animal* * *bɛt
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adjectif [personne, air, idée, question] stupid; [problème] simple; [accident] sillyc'est bête, je ne peux pas venir — it's a shame I can't come
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nom féminin gén creature; ( quadrupède) animalPhrasal Verbs:••il est bête comme ses pieds (colloq) or à manger du foin — (colloq) he's (as) thick as two short planks (colloq) GB, he's as dumb as can be
chercher la petite bête — (colloq) to nit-pick (colloq)
reprendre du poil de la bête — (colloq) to perk up
travailler comme une bête — (colloq) to work like crazy (colloq)
* * *bɛt1. nf1) (tout animal) animalcomme une bête [travailler] — like a dog
2) (= bestiole) insect, creature3)2. adjstupid, silly* * *A adj1 ( pas intelligent) [personne, air, idée, question] stupid; ce que tu peux être bête! you can be so stupid sometimes!; il est loin d'être bête he's far from stupid; il n'est pas bête he's no fool; tiens ce n'est pas bête ça! hey that's not a bad idea!; suis-je bête! how stupid of me!; c'est bête à pleurer it's too stupid for words; tu es bien bête d'avoir accepté it was really stupid of you to accept; je suis restée toute bête I was dumbfounded; bête et méchant [personne, plaisanterie] nasty; il est bête et discipliné he just does as he's told;2 ( très simple) [problème, objet] simple; j'ai une question toute bête I have a very simple question; c'est tout bête it's quite simple; tu prends une boîte toute bête you just take an ordinary box;3 ( regrettable) [accident] silly; c'est (trop) bête d'échouer/d'en arriver là it's (such) a shame to fail/that things should come to this; c'est bête, je ne peux pas venir it's (such) a shame I can't come.B nf1 Zool ( quadrupède) animal; ( insecte) insect, bug; la sale bête m'a mordue the wretched animal bit me; on n'est pas des bêtes! we're not animals!; la Belle et la bête Beauty and the beast; nos amis les bêtes our four-legged friends;2 Agric ( vache) cow; ( taureau) bull; il a une cinquantaine de bêtes he has around 50 head of cattle;4 ○( personne talentueuse) au tennis/en musique c'est une (vraie) bête! he's/she's (really) brilliant at tennis/music; une bête de scène/du rock a brilliant actor/rock star; une bête de travail a workaholic.bête à bon Dieu Zool ladybird GB, ladybug US; bête à concours○ exam fiend○; bête à cornes Zool horned animal; bête curieuse freak; regarder qn comme une bête curieuse to look at sb as if he/she were a freak; bête féroce Zool ferocious animal; bête noire bête noire GB, pet hate, pet peeve US; être la bête noire de qn [personne, sujet, problème] to be sb's bête noire GB ou pet hate; bête sauvage Zool wild animal; bête de somme Zool beast of burden.il est bête comme ses pieds○ or une oie he's (as) thick as two short planks○ GB; elle est bête à manger du foin○ or de la paille○ she's got nothing between her ears; bon et bête commencent par la même lettre kind souls are easily duped; chercher la petite bête○ to nit-pick○; reprendre du poil de la bête○ to perk up; travailler comme une bête○ to work like crazy○.[bɛt] adjectifil est plus bête que méchant he's not wicked, just (plain) stupidmais non, cela ne me dérange pas, ce que tu peux être bête! of course you're not putting me out, how silly (can you be ou of you)!c'est encore moi qui vais payer, je suis bien bête, tiens! I'll end up paying again, like an idiot!mais oui, je me souviens maintenant, suis-je bête! ah, now I remember, how stupid of me!je ne suis pas bête au point de... I know better than to...pas si bête, j'ai pris mes précautions I took some precautions, since I'm not a complete idiotêtre bête comme ses pieds ou comme une cruche ou comme une oie ou à manger du foin to be as thick as two short planks (UK), to be as dumb as the day is long (US)je suis bête et discipliné, moi, je fais ce qu'on me dit de faire! I'm just carrying out orders!2. [regrettable]je n'ai pas su le retenir, comme c'est bête! I didn't know how to keep him, what a pity ou waste!c'est bête de ne pas y avoir pensé it's silly ou stupid not to have thought of itce serait trop bête de laisser passer l'occasion it would be a pity not to take advantage of the occasion3. [simple]c'est tout bête, il suffisait d'y penser! it's so simple, we should have thought of it before!ce n'est pas bête, ton idée! that's quite a good idea you've got there!c'est bête comme tout ou chou (familier) it's simplicity itself ou easy as pie ou easy as falling off a log4. [stupéfait]en être ou rester tout bête to be struck dumb ou dumbfounded————————[bɛt] nom féminina. [généralement] wild animal ou beastb. [félin] big catbête féroce ou sauvage wild animal ou beastbête de somme ou de charge beast of burdenje ne veux pas être la bête de somme du service I don't want to do all the dirty work in this department2. [personne]grosse bête, va! you silly fool!c'est une bonne ou brave bêtea. (familier) [généralementéreux] he's a good sortb. [dupe] he's a bit of a suckersa/ma bête noire his/my bugbearle latin, c'était ma bête noire Latin was my pet hatebête de scène/télévision great live/television performerse payer ou se servir sur la bête to get one's payment in kind (by docking it off a man's pay, or by demanding a woman's sexual favours)3. RELIGION -
8 pelo
m hair, coat( pelliccia) coata pelo dell'acqua on the surface of the waterfig per un pelo by the skin of one's teeth* * *pelo s.m.1 hair; ( ispido) bristle: il cuscino era ricoperto dei peli del gatto, the cushion was covered with the cat's hairs; aveva il mento ricoperto da peli ispidi, his chin was covered with bristles // un ragazzo di primo pelo, a callow youth // ci mancò un pelo che non glielo dicessi, I was within a hair's breadth of telling him; se l'è cavata per un pelo, he escaped by the skin of his teeth (o he had a close shave); per un pelo non cadevo, I nearly fell; ho perso il treno per un pelo, I just missed the train (o I missed the train by a hair's breadth); le due macchine si sono evitate per un pelo, the two cars only just managed to avoid each other // non gli torsi un pelo, I didn't touch a hair of his head // quel vestito è un pelo troppo largo, that dress is a trifle too large // avere il pelo sullo stomaco, to be ruthless; ci vuole del pelo sullo stomaco per fare quel che hai fatto, you have to be ruthless to do what you've done // cercare il pelo nell'uovo, to split hairs // fare il pelo e il contropelo a qlcu., (fig.) to tear into s.o. // non avere peli sulla lingua, to be very outspoken2 ( pelame) coat, hair [U]; ( pelliccia) fur: il pelo di un cane, a dog's coat (o hair); il pelo di un cavallo, horse's coat; pelo ruvido, liscio, coarse, smooth (o sleek) coat; un gatto dal pelo liscio e morbido, a cat with soft, smooth fur; cane dal pelo lungo, long-haired (o shaggy) dog; collo di pelo, fur collar; dal pelo raso, short-haired; il soffice pelo della volpe, the soft coat of the fox // cavalcare a pelo, ( senza sella) to ride bareback // lisciare il pelo a qlcu., to soft-soap (o to flatter) s.o. // il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio, (prov.) the leopard cannot change its spots4 ( di piante, filamenti) hair // (bot.): pelo urticante, sting (o stinging hair); pelo radicale, root-hair; pelo ghiandolare, glandular hair6 il pelo dell'acqua, the surface of the water.* * *['pelo]sostantivo maschile1) (di uomo, animali) hairperdere il pelo — [gatto, cane] to moult, to shed hair
un ragazzo di primo pelo — fig. a fledg(e)ling
2) colloq. (pelliccia) coat, hair U, fur Ua pelo corto, lungo — short-haired, long-haired
3) (di tessuto) nap; (di tappeto) pile; (di indumenti di lana) fluff4) (superficie)5) bot. hair, down U6) colloq.per un pelo — by the skin of one's teeth, by a hair('s breadth), by a whisker
••cercare il pelo nell'uovo — to be a nit-picker, to nit-pick
non avere -i sulla lingua — to be outspoken, not to mince one's words
fare pelo e contropelo a qcn. — to tear sb. apart
* * *pelo/'pelo/sostantivo m.1 (di uomo, animali) hair; - i di cane dog hairs; - i superflui unwanted hair; perdere il pelo [gatto, cane] to moult, to shed hair; cavalcare a pelo to ride bareback; un ragazzo di primo pelo fig. a fledg(e)ling4 (superficie) il pelo dell'acqua the surface of the water5 bot. hair, down U6 colloq. per un pelo by the skin of one's teeth, by a hair('s breadth), by a whisker; c'è mancato un pelo che facessi I was within a whisker of doing; ho preso il treno per un pelo I (only) just caught the train; essere a un pelo da to be within a hair's breadth ofcercare il pelo nell'uovo to be a nit-picker, to nit-pick; avere il pelo sullo stomaco to be ruthless; non avere -i sulla lingua to be outspoken, not to mince one's words; fare pelo e contropelo a qcn. to tear sb. apart. -
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General subject: be busy about trifles, nit pick, nit-pick, to be busy about triflesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > суетиться по пустякам
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10 cercare il pelo nell'uovo
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11 crítica enfocada en detalles inconsecuentes
• criticism focused on inconsequential details• Nissen hut• nit-pick• nit-picker• nitpick• nitpicker• nitpicky• petty cash voucher• petty detailsDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > crítica enfocada en detalles inconsecuentes
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12 plam|a
f 1. (zabrudzenie) stain, mark; (rozmazana) smear, smudge- tłusta plama a grease stain a. spot- uporczywa plama a stubborn stain- plama z krwi a bloodstain- plama po owocach/kawie a fruit/a coffee stain- plama na obrusie/sukience a stain on a tablecloth/a dress- po winie zostanie plama wine will leave a stain- czy te plamy się spiorą? will these stains come out in the wash?- usunąć a. wywabić plamę z koszuli to remove a stain from a shirt- wywabiacz plam spot a. stain remover- plama ropy naftowej an oil slick2. (na skórze) spot, blotch- plamy na twarzy/szyi spots a. blotches on sb’s face/neck- pokryć się czerwonymi plamami to come out a. break out in spots- po truskawkach dostaję plam na twarzy strawberries bring me out in spots a. make me break out in spots- pokryty plamami blotchy, spotty3. (miejsce wyodrębniające się z tła) patch- plama czerwieni/słońca a patch of red/sun(light)- kolorowa plama na tle szarości zimowego ogrodu a splash of colour against the greys of a winter garden- rozmyta plama zieleni a blur a. blurred patch of green- słońce kładło się jasną plamą na jej włosach a patch of sunlight lit (up) her hair- przed oczami migotały a. latały jej czerwone plamy she saw red spots before her eyes4. przen. (hańba) blot, stain- plama na honorze a blot on the escutcheon- plama na sumieniu/reputacji a blot a. stain on sb’s conscience/reputation- zmazał plamę na honorze rodziny he wiped out the stain tarnishing the honour of the family5. Anat. macula- plamy opadowe Med. post-mortem lividity, livor mortis- plamy wątrobowe Med. liver spots- książka zawiera 30 stron białych plam there are thirty blank pages in the book- dorzecze Konga było białą plamą dla podróżników the Congo basin was uncharted territory- próba wymazania białych plam w historii Rosji an attempt at filling in the missing pages in Russian history- jego biografia ma mnóstwo białych plam there are many unknowns a. missing pieces in his biography- dać plamę pot. (skompromitować się) to blot one’s copybook pot.; (popełnić gafę) to drop a brick a. clanger pot.- dał plamę na ostatnim pytaniu egzaminacyjnym he came a cropper a. he messed up on the last question in the exam pot.- szukanie plamy na słońcu nit-picking pot.; fault-findingThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > plam|a
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14 pingelig
1. anal coll.2. choosy3. exactly4. fastidious5. finical6. finicking7. finicky (finnicky)8. meticulous9. meticulously10. nit-pick (also: nitpick)11. nit-picking adj coll.12. picky13. precise14. precisely15. scrupulous16. scrupulously17. selective18. strict19. strictly20. stringent1. pernickety2. persnickety -
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16 беспокоиться по пустякам
1) General subject: nitpick2) Jargon: nit pick, worry over trifles3) Makarov: fret the (one's) gizzard, fret the ( one's) guts, fret gizzard, fret gutsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > беспокоиться по пустякам
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General subject: nickel and dime, nickel-and-dimed, nickel-and-diming, nickeled-and-dimed, nickeling-and-diming, nit-pick -
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1) General subject: nitpick, strain at a gnat (забывая о главном), split hairs2) Colloquial: nit-pick3) Makarov: cavil about minor pointsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > придираться к мелочам
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19 придираться по мелочам
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > придираться по мелочам
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20 drobiazg
m (G drobiazgu) 1. (w mieszkaniu) knick-knack, nick-nack; (biżuteria, ozdoba) trinket; (ozdóbka, zabawka) novelty; (wykończeniowy) final detail- szuflada/pudełko na różne drobiazgi a drawer/box for odds and ends a. bits and pieces a. bits and bobs- mam dla ciebie taki drobiazg I’ve got a little something for you2. (błahostka) trifle- przejmować się drobiazgami to worry about trifles- tracić czas na drobiazgi to waste time on trivialities- czepiać się drobiazgów to nit-pick pot.- „dziękuję ci bardzo” – „to drobiazg” ‘thanks a lot’ – ‘don’t mention it’3. sgt (dzieci) little ones pl; brood pot.- czworo/sześcioro drobiazgu a brood of four/six■ rozsypać się a. rozwalić się w drobiazgi to fall to pieces a. bits* * *( drobny przedmiot) trinket, knick-knack; ( błahostka) trifle* * *mi1. (= bibelot) knick-knack, trinket, bauble; wartościowe drobiazgi valuable trinkets.2. (= błahostka) trifle.3. (= małe dzieci) the little ones, the small fry.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > drobiazg
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nit-pick — nitˈ pick intransitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑nit * * * nit pick «NIHT PIHK», Informal. –v.t. to pick at (something) in a petty or niggling manner, as if removing a nit or louse; examine pedantically; search for petty faults: »To make a show of… … Useful english dictionary
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nit-pick — nit picking ► NOUN informal ▪ fussy or pedantic fault finding. DERIVATIVES nit pick verb nit picker noun … English terms dictionary
nit-pick — v Informal. pettifog, split hairs, chop logic; carp, cavil, quibble, find fault, criticize, pick or tear apart, take apart in detail … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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nit·pick·ing — … Useful english dictionary
nit-picker — nit picking ► NOUN informal ▪ fussy or pedantic fault finding. DERIVATIVES nit pick verb nit picker noun … English terms dictionary
nit-picking — ► NOUN informal ▪ fussy or pedantic fault finding. DERIVATIVES nit pick verb nit picker noun … English terms dictionary
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pick — mis·pick; mis·pick·el; pick; pick·able; pick·a·dil; pick·age; pick·a·nin·ny; pick·a·way; pick·el; pick·el·hau·be; pick·er·el; pick·er·ing; pick·er·ing·ite; pick·ery; pick·et·er; pick·fork; pick·le·man; pick·ler; pick·man; pick·nick; pick·purse;… … English syllables
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