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1 suffer a fate worse than death
Эвфемизм: подвергнуться изнасилованиюУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > suffer a fate worse than death
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2 fate
1. [feıt] n1. 1) судьба, рокto leave smb. to his fate - оставить кого-л. на произвол судьбы
2) участь, жребий, уделto meet one's fate - найти свою судьбу [см. тж. 2]
to decide /to fix, to seal/ smb.'s fate - решить чью-л. судьбу
2. гибель, смертьto meet one's fate - погибнуть [см. тж. 1, 2)]
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no flying from fate - от судьбы не уйдёшьas sure as fate - наверняка, неизбежно
whenever I'm late, as sure as fate I meet the director on the stairs - стоит мне опоздать, как я неизменно встречаю на лестнице директора
2. [feıt] v обыкн. passto suffer a fate worse than death - эвф. подвергнуться изнасилованию
предопределятьthe two seemed fated for each other - эти двое, казалось, были предназначены друг для друга самой судьбой
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3 fate
feɪt
1. сущ.
1) судьба;
доля, жребий, фатум to decide, seal smb.'s fate ≈ решать чью-л. судьбу to tempt fate ≈ испытывать судьбу to meet one's fate ≈ встретить свою судьбу blind fate ≈ слепая судьба cruel fate ≈ жестокая судьба inexorable fate ≈ безжалостная судьба fate decreed( that we would win the lottery). ≈ Судьба распорядилась(, чтобы мы выиграли в лотерее). a stroke of fate ≈ удар судьбы Syn: destiny, fortune, lot, portion, doom
2) неизбежный и, как правило, неблагоприятный исход чего-л. а) гибель, кончина, смерть Syn: death, decease б) бедствие, несчастье Syn: disaster
3) (the Fates) мн. миф. три богини в греческой мифологии, предопределяющие ход развития человеческой жизни
2. гл.;
обыкн. страд.
1) назначать, предназначать Syn: destine
2) предопределять It was fated that England should be the theatre of the first of a series of Revolutions. ≈ То, что Англия станет театром первого революционного действа из целой серии подобных событий, было предопределено. Syn: predetermine, predestine, doom
2. судьба, рок - the irony of * ирония судьбы - to leave smb. to his * оставить кого-л. на произвол судьбы - to tempt * искушать судьбу участь, жребий, удел - to meet one's * найти свою судьбу - to accept one's * смириться с судьбой - to decide /to fix, to seal/ smb.'s * решить чью-л. судьбу - to share the same * разделить ту же участь гибель, смерть - to go to one's * идти навстречу своей гибели - to meet one's * погибнуть > no flying from * от судьбы не уйдешь > as sure as * наверняка, неизбежно > whenever I'm late, as sure as * I meet the director on the stairs стоит мне опоздать, как я неизменно встречаю на лестнице директора > to suffer a * worse than death( эвфмеизм) подвергнуться изнасилованию обыкн. pass предопределять - the plan was *d to failure план был обречен на провал - the two seemed *d for each other эти двое, казалось, были предназначены друг для друга самой судьбой ~ рок, судьба;
жребий, удел;
as sure as fate несомненно sure: as ~ as a gun sl. безусловно;
as sure as fate (или as death) несомненно fate гибель, смерть;
to go to one's fate идти на гибель ~ (the Fates) pl миф. парки ~ (обыкн. pass.) предопределять;
he was fated to do it ему суждено было сделать это ~ рок, судьба;
жребий, удел;
as sure as fate несомненно fate гибель, смерть;
to go to one's fate идти на гибель ~ (обыкн. pass.) предопределять;
he was fated to do it ему суждено было сделать это
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