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1 ♦ substance
♦ substance /ˈsʌbstəns/n.1 [uc] sostanza ( anche chim.); materia; contenuto; essenza: Iron is a hard substance, il ferro è una materia dura; illegal substances, sostanze illecite; radioactive substances, sostanze radioattive; to sacrifice substance for appearance, sacrificare la sostanza per l'apparenza; The substance is good, but the style repellent, il contenuto è buono, ma lo stile è repellente; the substance of religion, l'essenza della religione; in substance, in sostanza; in realtà; sostanzialmente; This is the substance of his remarks, questa è la sostanza delle sue osservazioni2 [u] consistenza; solidità; corpo; nerbo: This claim is not lacking in substance, questo reclamo non è privo di consistenza; ( di una diceria, ecc.) to be without substance, essere inconsistente; essere privo di fondamento; to take the shadow for the substance, scambiar l'ombra per il corpo; a style of little substance, uno stile privo di nerbo● (med.) substance abuse, uso di sostanze (psicoattive); abuso di sostanze. -
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1) (a material: Rubber is a tough, stretchy substance obtained from the juice of certain plants.) snov2) (as a scientific term, an element, compound or mixture.) substanca* * *[sʌbstəns]nounsnov, materija, substanca, masa, philosophy bit; stvarnost, realnost, resničnost; vsebina, téma, predmet (knjige itd.); jedro, bistvo, prava vrednost; odločilnost, merodajnost; premoženje, imetjea man of substance — premožen, bogat človekto waste one's substance — zapravljati svoje premoženje, biti razsipen -
3 Не от хлеба ходят, а к хлебу
Do not give up a job or take an action that can deprive you of your living. See От добра добра не ищут (O)Var.: От хлеба хлеба не ищут Cf: Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping the shadow (Am.). Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance (Br.). Don't quarrel with your bread and butter (Br.). If you have bread, don't look for cake (Am.). Never leave certainty for hope (Br.). Never quarrel with your bread and butter (Am.). Never quit certainty for hope (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не от хлеба ходят, а к хлебу
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4 grasp
1. verb1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) zagrabiti2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) doumeti2. noun1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) prijem2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) razumevanje•- grasping* * *I [gra:sp]1.transitive verb(at) prijeti, pograbiti; figuratively razumeti, doumeti;2.intransitive verbsegati; figuratively prizadevati si za kajto grasp the nettle — ugrizniti v kislo jabolko, pogumno se lotitigrasp all, lose all — kdor hoče dobiti vse, zgubi vseII [gra:sp]nounprijem; figuratively razumevanje; dosegto have a perfect grasp of s.th. — dobro kaj obvladatiwithin s.o.'s grasp — v dosegu koga, razumljivo komubeyond s.o.'s grasp — zunaj dosega, nedosegljiv; nerazumljivin s.o.'s grasp — v oblasti koga
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