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1 отдать дань природе
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > отдать дань природе
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1) General subject: be gathered to fathers, close one's days, decease, depart, die, expire, gasp out life, gasp out one's life, pass away, pay debt to nature, pay last debt, to be gathered to ( one's) fathers, to be gathered to (one's) fathers, turn up heels, turn up toes, go to grass, go to last home, go to long home, go to long rest, go to own place, pass over, pay the debt of nature, pay the debt to nature, past away2) Obsolete: give up the ghost3) Australian slang: cash in (one's) chips, kick the bucket4) Jargon: turn up one's heels, pass on to the Great Beyond5) Sublime: be no more, to be no more6) Makarov: go beyond the veil, go home, go over to the majority, go the way of all the earth, go the way of all the flesh, go to( one's) last home, go to (one's) long home, go to (one's) long rest, go to (one's) own place, go to glory, go to heaven, go west, pay (one's) debt to nature, pay (one's) last debt, take the ferry, close days, close eyes, cross the Stygian ferry, end days -
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1) General subject: pay debt to nature, pay last debt, repose, rest, sleep2) Religion: die -
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1) General subject: be food for worms, become food for worms, breathe last, breathe last gasp, breathe one's last, bump off, bust, cash in one's check, close one's days, conk, croak, cross the Great Divide, depart, die, die testate, divide, do and die, do or die, draw one's last breath, end days, evaporate, expire, get one's quietus, get quietus, go aloft, go bung, go meet Maker, go off the hooks, go the way of all things, go to Maker, go to glory, go to one's account, hand in one's check, hand in one's chips, hop the perch, hop the stick, hop the twig, join the great majority, kick the bucket, kick up one's heels, lay bones, pack up, part, pass away, pass beyond the veil, pass in, pass in one's chips, pass on, pass over, pay one's debt to nature, perish, pike, pop off (особ. внезапно), pop off the hooks, quit this scene of troubles, slip breath, slip one's cable, slip wind, snuff, snuff (обыкн. to snuff it), succumb (от чего-либо), suffer death, take exit, take the ferry, to be at peace, to be food for worms, to be with the Saints, to slinky (one's) breath (one's wind), to slinky (one's) cable, turn toes to the daisies, breath last gasp, decease, gasp last, go from hence into the other world, go hence, go to grass, go to last home, go to long home, go to long rest, go to long rest, go to own place, hand in checks, kick up heels, leave the stage, make exit, make exit, pay debt to nature, quit the stage, shut lights out, step off, sup with Pluto, go for a Burton, flatline (of a person - to die - Origin: 1980s: from flat + line - with reference to the continuous straight line displayed on a heart monitor, indicating death)2) Medicine: (ящик) box3) Colloquial: go west, pass out, peg out, pip out, skip (часто skip out), snuff out, tip over the perch, hand in checks, hand in one's dinner-pail, turn in one's dinner-pail, bite the big one4) Dialect: tip off the perch, tip up heels5) American: hand in chips, hand in one's account, kick, pass in chips, be called to account, go to account6) Obsolete: give up the ghost, starve7) Literal: quit the scene8) Latin: aut vincere aut mori, exit9) Military: lose the number of mess10) Rare: end, stick spoon in the wall11) Australian slang: throw a seven12) Bible: enter within the veiling13) Jargon: buy the farm, cash ( one's) chips, check out, cut one's cable, dance off, guit it, hand in (one's) checks (chips), kick in, kick off, kick the bicket, knock off work, off, pass in (one's) checks (chips), pass in the checks, pop off, shoot star, take the last (long) count, turn belly up (go belly up), turn toes up, turn up (one's) toes (to the daisies) turn (one's) toes up, turn up one's toes, turn up toes, hang up hat, hung up hat, lay down fork and knife, pass in checks, slip cable, buy the big one (I don't plan to buy the big one for at least another 30 years. Я не планирую умереть, как минимум, ещё тридцать лет.), take the (long) count, get one's ticket punched, bump, cash in (one's) chips, conk out, give (someone) the foot, go, kiss off, kiss the dust, knock it, knock it off, knock off, throw in the sponge (towel), tip over14) Graphic expression: meet death15) Sublime: be no more, to be no more16) American English: step off the curb17) Makarov: demise, go beyond the veil, go beyond the veil (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go down into the tomb, go home, go home (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go out of the world, go over to the majority, go over to the majority (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go the way of all flesh, go the way of all living, go the way of all the earth, go the way of all the earth (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go the way of all the flesh, go the way of all the flesh (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go the way of nature, go to (one's) last home, go to (one's) last home (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go to (one's) long home, go to (one's) long home (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go to (one's) long rest, go to (one's) long rest (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go to (one's) own place, go to (one's) own place (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go to glory (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go to heaven, go to heaven (скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных, отправиться на тот свет, отправиться к праотцам, уйти на покой, покинуть этот бренный мир), go to the great majority, join the angels, join the majority, join the silent majority, lay (one's) bones, pass over to the great majority, shut (one's) lights out, slip (one's) breath, slip (one's) wind, snuff it, yield up breath, yield up the ghost, call off all bets, cash in checks, cash in chips, check in, close days, cock nose, crease it, cross the Great D., cross the Stygian ferry, cross the Styx, cross the bar, cross the river, cut cable, dine with Mohammed, do the seven, draw last breath, drop a cue, drop off, end days, enter behind the veil, enter beyond the veil, enter within the veil, die away (о чувствах), die down (о чувствах), cross over (перейти в мир иной)18) Taboo: crap out, lead apes in hell20) Idiomatic expression: cash in one's chips (применяется как глагол) -
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совер.; без доп.
1) rest
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pass away, pass to one's rest; pay one's debt to nature, to pay one's last debt; редк. demise* * *rest, repose -
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совер.; без доп.1) rest, repose2) ( умереть)pass away, pass to one's rest; pay one's debt to nature, to pay one's last debt; редк. demise••- почить на лаврах -
8 отдать дань природе
General subject: pay one's debt to nature, pay debt to natureУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отдать дань природе
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die глагол:peg out (подыхать, отмечать колышками, умереть, прикреплять колышком, размечать колышками, убивать шар)словосочетание:go aloft (умереть, отойти в мир иной)cross the river (умереть, преодолевать препятствие)pop off the hooks (умереть, внезапно уйти)pay one's debt to nature (умереть, отдать дань природе)slip one's cable (умереть, отдать концы) -
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1) General subject: be near (one's) end, be nearing one's end, cross the Styx, dead, decease, depart, die, drop, drop off the hooks, evaporate, expire, go, pack up, part, pass, pass away, pass from among us, pass hence, pass out, pay one's debt to nature, perish, starve, succumb, transit, waste, hop the perch, hop the stick, hop the twig, flatline (of a person - to die - Origin: 1980s: from flat + line - with reference to the continuous straight line displayed on a heart monitor, indicating death)2) Naval: go off3) Medicine: breathe one's last, (изолиния) flatline4) Colloquial: peg out, snuff, have had your chips5) American: go under6) Literal: quit the scene7) Australian slang: cark it8) Forestry: perish (о растениях)9) Jargon: go home in a box, strike bedrock, go skywest, pass on to the Great Beyond, bite the dust, croak, flack out, go west, slam off, sprout wings, step off the deep end10) Makarov: go( went; gone), lose plant, drop off, die away (о чувствах), die down (о чувствах)11) Taboo: kick it, kick the bucket -
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General subject: pay one's debt to natureУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отдавать дань природе
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12 платить дань природе
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > платить дань природе
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13 payer
payer [peje]➭ TABLE 81. transitive verba. [+ facture, dette] to payb. [+ employé] to pay ; [+ tueur] to hire• être payé par chèque/en espèces/en nature to be paid by cheque/in cash/in kind• il est payé pour le savoir ! (figurative) he should know!c. [+ travail, maison, marchandise] to pay for• il m'a fait payer 50 € he charged me 50 eurosd. ( = offrir) payer qch à qn to buy sth for sbe. ( = récompenser) to rewardf. ( = expier) [+ faute, crime] to pay for• il me le paiera ! (en menace) he'll pay for this!2. intransitive verba. [effort, tactique] to pay off ; [métier] to be well-paid3. reflexive verb► se payer ( = s'offrir) [+ objet] to treat o.s. to• se payer la tête de qn ( = ridiculiser) to make fun of sb ; ( = tromper) to take sb for a ride (inf)* * *peje
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1) ( régler) to pay for [achat, travail]; to pay, to settle [facture]; to pay [somme]être payé avec un lance-pierres — (colloq) to be paid peanuts (colloq)
2) ( s'acquitter envers) to pay [employé]il est payé pour le savoir! — fig he knows that to his cost!
3) (colloq) ( offrir)4) ( subir des conséquences) to pay for [faute, imprudence]payer pour les autres — to take the rap (colloq)
5) ( compenser) to cover
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verbe intransitif1) ( rapporter) [efforts, peine, sacrifice] to pay off; [profession, activité] to pay2) (colloq) ( prêter à rire) to look funny
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se payer verbe pronominal1) ( être payable) [service, marchandise] to have to be paid for; [personne, salaire] to have to be paid2) (colloq) ( à soi-même) to treat oneself to [voyage, dîner]; hum to get [rhume, mauvaise note]; to get landed with [travail, importun]se payer une cuite — to get plastered (colloq)
3) ( prendre son dû)payez-vous sur ce billet — take what I owe you out of this note GB ou bill US
••se payer du bon temps — (colloq) to have a good time
se payer la tête (colloq) de quelqu'un — ( se moquer) to take the mickey (colloq) out of somebody GB, to razz (colloq) somebody US; ( duper) to take somebody for a ride
* * *peje1. vt1) [créancier, employé] to payElle a été payée aujourd'hui. — She got paid today.
2) [loyer, cotisation] to pay3) [achat, réparations] to pay forJ'ai payé ce T-shirt quinze francs. — I paid 15 euros for this T-shirt.
payer cher qch — to pay a lot for sth, fig, [faute] to pay dearly for sth
faire payer quelque chose à quelqu'un — to charge somebody for something, fig (= se venger) to make sb pay for sth
Il me l'a fait payer 10 euros. — He charged me 10 euros for it.
4) (= offrir)Allez, je vous paye un verre. — Come on, I'll buy you a drink.
2. vi1) [personne] to pay2) (= rapporter de l'argent) [métier] to pay, to be well-paidSon métier paye bien. — His job pays good money.
3) [effort, tactique] to pay offLeurs bureaux ne paient pas de mine. — Their offices don't look like they're up to much.
* * *payer verb table: payerA vtr1 ( régler) to pay for [article, billet, achat, travail, service]; to pay, to settle [facture, note, dette]; to pay [somme, impôt, intérêt, salaire]; combien as-tu payé le livre? how much did you pay for the book?; payer le gaz/téléphone to pay the gas/phone○ bill; elle m'a payé le loyer/une matinée de travail she paid me the rent/for a morning's work; payer 500 euros de loyer to pay 500 euros in rent; payer 200 euros de fournitures to pay 200 euros for the materials; il m'a payé le terrain 100 000 euros he paid me 100,000 euros for the land; j'ai payé le vendeur I paid the shop assistant GB ou salesclerk US; il m'a fait payer 2 euros/la ficelle he charged me 2 euros/for the string; travail bien/mal payé well-/poorly-paid job; payer par chèque/carte de crédit to pay by cheque GB ou check US/credit card; être payé à coups de pied dans les fesses○ or avec un lance-pierres to be paid peanuts○;2 ( s'acquitter envers) to pay, to settle up with [fournisseur, artisan]; to pay [employé]; payer l'entrepreneur to settle up with ou pay the builder; payer qn pour faire or pour qu'il fasse to pay sb to do; je ne suis pas payé pour ça! that's not what I'm paid to do!; être payé à ne rien faire to be paid for doing nothing; payer qn de ses services to pay sb for their services; avoir du mal à se faire payer to have trouble getting paid; être payé à l'heure/à l'année to be paid on an hourly/annual basis; être trop/trop peu payé to be overpaid/underpaid; ça ne paie pas son homme! it's a poorly-paid job; il est payé pour le savoir! fig he knows that to his cost!;3 ○( offrir) payer qch à qn to buy sb sth; payer un verre or à boire à qn to buy sb a drink; payer l'avion à qn to pay for sb's plane ticket; viens, je te paie le restaurant come on, I'll treat you to a meal;4 ( subir des conséquences) to pay for [faute, imprudence]; payer cher sa réussite/d'avoir hésité to pay dearly for one's success/for dithering; tu me le paieras (cher)! you'll pay for this!, I'll make you pay for this!; payer de sa vie to pay with one's life; il a payé sa témérité de sa vie his rashness cost him his life; payer pour les autres to take the rap○, to carry the can○ for the others;5 ( compenser) to cover; ça me paie mon loyer it covers the ou my rent; leur réussite la paie de tous ses sacrifices their success makes all her sacrifices worthwhile.B vi1 ( récompenser) [efforts, peine, sacrifice] to pay off;2 ( rapporter) [profession, activité] to pay; c'est un métier qui paie bien it's a job that pays well; c'est un métier qui paie mal it's not a job that pays well;3 ○( prêter à rire) to look funny ou comical; il payait dans son imitation du patron he did a funny imitation of the boss.C se payer vpr1 ( être payable) [service, marchandise] to have to be paid for; [personne, salaire] to have to be paid;2 ○( à soi-même) to treat oneself to [voyage, dîner etc]; iron to get [rhume, mauvaise note]; to get landed with [travail, importun]; se payer une cuite○ to get plastered○; se payer qn◑ ( lui régler son compte) to give sb what for○; ( coucher avec) to bed sb○, to have it off with sb◑; se payer un mur/arbre○ to crash into a wall/tree; se payer un piéton○ to knock down ou to slam○ a pedestrian;payer qn de promesses/belles paroles to fob sb off with promises/fine words; se payer de mots to talk a lot of hot air○; se payer d'illusions to delude oneself; se payer du bon temps○ to have a good time; se payer la tête○ or la gueule◑ or la tronche◑ de qn ( se moquer) to take the piss◑ out of sb, to take the mickey○ out of sb GB, to razz sb US; ( duper) to take sb for a ride; il aime sa femme et il est bien payé de retour he loves his wife and she returns his love; il me déteste et il est payé de retour he hates me and the feeling's mutual; il a payé de sa personne it cost him dear.[peje] verbe transitif1. [solder, régler] to paypayer comptant/à crédit to pay cash/by creditje paye par chèque/avec ma carte de crédit/en liquide I'll pay by cheque/with my credit card/(in) cashc'est moi qui paie [l'addition] I'll pay, it's my treatpayer de ses deniers ou de sa poche to pay out of one's own pocket2. [rémunérer] to pay3. [acheter - repas, voyage] to pay forcombien as-tu payé ta maison? how much did your house cost you?, how much did you pay for your house?4. [obtenir au prix d'un sacrifice]payer sa réussite de sa santé to succeed at the expense ou the cost of one's health5. [subir les conséquences de] to pay for (inseparable)vous êtes coupable, vous devez payer you're guilty, you're going to pay7. [acheter - criminel] to hire ; [ - témoin] to buy (off)8. [compenser] to payla prime d'assurance ne paie pas complètement le remplacement de la voiture the insurance premium does not cover you for full reimbursement of the car9. [être soumis à - taxe]certaines marchandises paient un droit de douane you have to pay duty on some goods, some goods are liable to duty————————[peje] verbe intransitif1. [être profitable] to payc'est un travail qui paie mal it's badly paid work, it's not a well paid job2. (familier) [prêter à rire] to be ou to look a sight3. (locution)ne pas payer de mine: la maison ne paie pas de mine, mais elle est confortable the house isn't much to look at ou the house doesn't look much but it's very comfortablea. [s'exposer au danger] to put oneself on the lineb. [se donner du mal] to put in a lot of effort————————se payer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)tenez, payez-vous here, take what I owe you————————se payer verbe pronominal————————se payer verbe pronominal transitif1. (familier) [s'offrir] to treat oneself toj'ai envie de me payer une robe I feel like treating myself to a dress ou like buying myself a dress2. (familier) [être chargé de] to be landed ou saddled with4. (familier) [supporter] to put up withon s'est payé leurs gosses pendant tout le week-end we had to put up with ou we were lumbered with their kids the whole weekend5. (familier) [percuter] to run ou to bump into6. (familier) [agresser] to go forcelui-là, à la prochaine réunion, je me le paie I'll have his guts for garters (UK) ou his head on a platter (US) at the next meeting7. (très familier) [avoir une relation sexuelle avec] to have (très familier), to have it off with (très familier & UK) -
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15 долг
м.1. (взятое взаймы, одолженное) debtплатить долг (дт.) — pay* a debt (i.)
в долг — on credit / trust
брать в долг (вн.) — borrow (d.)
давать в долг (вн.) — lend* (d.)
не делать долгов — pay* one's way
влезать в долги — get* / run* into debt
прощать долг — remit a debt; (кому-л.) acquit smb. of a debt
2. тк. ед. ( обязанность) duty♢
долг чести — debt of honourбыть в долгу (у рд.) — owe (i.), be indebted (to)
он у него в долгу — he is in his debt, he is under an obligation to him, he is beholden to him
быть в большом долгу перед кем-л. — stand* heavily in smb.'s debt; owe very much to smb.
остаться в долгу перед кем-л. — be indebted to smb.
не остаться в долгу — not leave smth. unanswered
в долгу как в шелку — over head and ears in debt, up to the eyes in debt
отдать долг природе — pay* the debt of nature
отдать последний долг (дт.) — pay* the last honours, или one's last respects (to)
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м.1) ( обязанность) dutyво́инский долг — soldier's duty
по долгу слу́жбы — in the performance of one's official duty
долг вели́т — duty calls
2) (взятое взаймы, задолженность) debt [det]в долг — on credit / trust
брать в долг (вн.) — borrow (d)
дава́ть в долг (вн.) — lend (d)
де́лать долги́ — contract / incur debts
не де́лать долго́в — pay one's way
влеза́ть в долги́ — get / run into debt
проща́ть долг — remit a debt; (кому́-л) acquit smb of a debt
плати́ть долг (дт.) — pay (i) a debt
••долг че́сти — debt of honour
быть в долгу́ у кого́-л — owe [əʊ] (i), be indebted [-'detɪd] (to)
он у него́ в долгу́ — he is in his debt, he is under an obligation to him, he is beholden to him
быть в большо́м долгу́ пе́ред кем-л — stand heavily in smb's debt; owe very much to smb
оста́ться в долгу́ пе́ред кем-л — be indebted to smb
не оста́ться в долгу́ — not leave smth unanswered
в долгу́ как в шелку́ — ≈ over head and ears in debt, up to the eyes in debt
по́ уши в долга́х — up to one's neck in debt
отда́ть долг приро́де — pay the debt of nature
отда́ть после́дний долг (дт.) — pay the last honours [one's last respects] (to)
долг платежо́м кра́сен посл. — ≈ one good turn deserves another
пе́рвым долгом разг. — the first thing, in the first place
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1) General subject: be gathered to fathers, be gathered to one's fathers, be gathered to people, pay the debt of nature, take the ferry, to be gathered to ( one's) fathers, to be gathered to (one's) fathers (people), go to last home, go to long home, go to long rest, go to own place, go to meet one's maker2) Makarov: go beyond the veil, go home, go over to the majority, go the way of all the earth, go the way of all the flesh, go to( one's) last home, go to (one's) long home, go to (one's) long rest, go to (one's) own place, go to glory, go to heaven, go to the great majority, join the angels, join the great majority, join the majority, join the silent majority, pass over to the great majority, cross the Stygian ferryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отправиться к праотцам
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18 DRÝGJA
* * *(-ða, -ðr), v.1) to commit, perpetrate, carry out, practice (drýgja synd, hórdóm, munuðlífi); drýgja vilja es, to compily with one’s wishes; drýgja hlýðni við en, to obey one;2) to make to go far, eke out (dróttinn drýgði svá þær vistir, at þær, etc.); hvat þarf þetta orðum drýgja ( to expatiate on)?.* * *ð, [drjúgr; A. S. dreógan = to endure; North. E. and Scot. to dree = to endure, suffer]:—to commit, perpetrate, mostly in a bad sense; d. synd, to commit a sin, K. Á. 202; d. glæp, id.; d. hórdóm, to commit whoredom, Sks. 340; þú skalt ekki hórdóm d., thou shall not commit whoredom; d. misræðu við konu, id., Grág. i. 338; d. hernað, to pirate, ii. 70; d. ílsku, Orkn. 32: it is a standing phrase in eccl. or sacred writers, N. T., Pass., Vidal.: in a good sense only in a few phrases as the allit., d. dáð, Sturl. iii. 7; or in poets or bad old prose; orlög d., A. S. orlig dreogan (cp. the North. E. to dree one’s weird = to abide one’s fate), to try one’s luck, Vkv. i, cp. also the Germ. tales, in die welt gehen; d. hlýðni, Sks. 675; d. mannliga náttúru, to pay the debt of nature, 447; d. e-s vilja, to comply with one’s wishes, Bær. 14,—the last three passages are bad prose.β. to make to keep longer, to lengthen, Bs. ii. 173, Bb. 3. 30. -
19 a-şi da sfârşitul
to breathe one's lastto pass awayto give up the ghostto pay the debt of natureto get one's quietusto draw one's last breathto yield (up) one's breathto breathe one's last (breath / gasp) -
20 a-şi da duhul
to pay the debt of natureto depart from this lifeto slip one's breath / wine
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