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[ɛnd]1. n3rd from the end — il 3° a partire dalla fine
to stand sth on end — mettere qc in piedi or ritto (-a)
to change ends Sport — cambiare campo
it's the end of the road or line for us fig — non abbiamo futuro
to make ends meet fig — far quadrare il bilancio, sbarcare il lunario
2) (conclusion) fine fat the end of the day Brit fig — in fin dei conti
in the end — alla fine, da ultimo
to be at an end — essere finito (-a), arrivare alla fine
to get to the end of — (book, supplies, work etc) finire
to be at the end of — (strength, patience) essere al limite di
to bring to an end — (work, speech) concludere
to put an end to — (argument, relationship, sb's tricks) porre fine a
it upset me no end (adv) fam — mi ha turbato enormemente
that's the end! fam — è il colmo!
he's the end! fam — è impossibile!
3) (remnant: of loaf, meat) avanzo, (of candle) moccolocigarette end — mozzicone m di sigaretta
4) (aim) fine m, scopoto this end, with this end in view — a questo fine
2. vifinire, terminare, (road, period of time) terminareto end in — (dispute, conflict) sfociare in, (subj: word) finire per or in
3. vt(gen) porre fine a(speech, writing, broadcast)
to end (with) — concludere (con)to end it all fam — farla finita
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HE РОВЁН ЧАС old-fash, coll (sent Invar often used as sent adv fixed WO1. (in refer, to an action, event etc specified or implied by the context) used to express fear that sth. unpleasant or dangerous may happenwho knowsyou never know one never knows.«Пожалуйте только расписочку». - «Да на что ж вам расписка?» - «Всё, знаете, лучше расписочку. Не ровён час, все может случиться» (Гоголь 3). "Please let me have a receipt." "What do you want a receipt for?" "It's always better to have a receipt. Who knows, anything might happen" (3a)....He ровён час - какой-нибудь офицер Петровского полка, находясь в столице, мог заглянуть на один из наших вечеров и, увидев меня на эстраде, сделать соответствующие «организационные» выводы, угрожавшие мне по меньшей мере годичным заключением в дисциплинарном батальоне (Лившиц 1). One never knows - some officer from the Petrovsky regiment who happened to be in the capital might drop in on one of our meetings, he would see me on the rostrum, make the appropriate "disciplinary" inferences and threaten me with at least a year's detention in the penal battalion (1a).2. used to indicate that some unspecified dangerous, unpleasant etc thing may happen (often used as a conclusion after a warning)you never know what might happenall kinds of things could happen something might (could) go wrong.Деньги надо хранить в банке: не ровён час. You should keep your money in the bank-you never know what might happen. -
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• НЕ РОВЕН ЧАС old-fash, coll[sent; Invar; often used as sent adv; fixed WO]=====1. (in refer, to an action, event etc specified or implied by the context) used to express fear that sth. unpleasant or dangerous may happen:- who knows;- one never knows.♦ "Пожалуйте только расписочку". - "Да на что ж вам расписка?" - "Всё, знаете, лучше расписочку. Не ровён час, все может случиться" (Гоголь 3). "Please let me have a receipt." "What do you want a receipt for?" "It's always better to have a receipt. Who knows, anything might happen" (3a).♦...Не ровён час - какой-нибудь офицер Петровского полка, находясь в столице, мог заглянуть на один из наших вечеров и, увидев меня на эстраде, сделать соответствующие "организационные" выводы, угрожавшие мне по меньшей мере годичным заключением в дисциплинарном батальоне (Лившиц 1). One never knows - some officer from the Petrovsky regiment who happened to be in the capital might drop in on one of our meetings; he would see me on the rostrum, make the appropriate "disciplinary" inferences and threaten me with at least a year's detention in the penal battalion (1a).2. used to indicate that some unspecified dangerous, unpleasant etc thing may happen (often used as a conclusion after a warning):- something might (could) go wrong.♦ Деньги надо хранить в банке: не ровён час. You should keep your money in the bank-you never know what might happen.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не ровен час
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