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81 they must be very curious creatures. - They are that
Общая лексика: это, должно быть, очень странные создания. - Так оно и естьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > they must be very curious creatures. - They are that
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82 what a curious mistake!
Общая лексика: какая курьёзная ошибка!Универсальный англо-русский словарь > what a curious mistake!
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83 it's curious that
Общая лексика: (...) любопытно, что (...), (...) странно что (...) -
84 be curious
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85 dealer in old books and curious
Англо-русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу > dealer in old books and curious
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86 How very curious!
Как забавно! Как странно! Как интересно!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > How very curious!
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87 What a curious shape you are!
Какой странный у тебя [вас] вид!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > What a curious shape you are!
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88 to be curious about smb, smth
проявлять любопытство по отношению к кому-либо, чему-либоEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to be curious about smb, smth
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89 (a) curious spectacle
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) curious spectacle
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90 be curious about
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91 one curious fact is that ...
• один любопытный факт:...English-Russian dictionary of phrases and cliches for a specialist researcher > one curious fact is that ...
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92 любопытно
любопыт|но -
1. нареч. (интересно) interestingly;
(странно) curiously, strangely;
2. в знач. сказ. it is curious/strange;
oddly enough;
~, что никто не заметил его oddly enough, no one noticed him;
~ный
3. прил. (нескромный) inquisitive;
(интересующийся) curious;
4. прил. (интересный) interesting;
~ное событие curious incident;
он человек ~ный he`s an interesting/unusual man*;
5. в знач. сущ. м. curious person;
~ство с. curiosity;
праздное ~ство idle curiosity;
~ствовать несов. be* curious/inquisitive.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > любопытно
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93 любопытный
1. прил. curious, interesting
2. муж.;
скл. как прил. curious person, inquisitive person
3. предик.;
безл.;
(кому-л. делать что-л.) it is interesting любопытно знать, что с ним стало ≈ it would be interesting to know what happened to him мне любопытно слушать, о чем они спорят ≈ I am curious to hear what they are arguing about любопытно, придет ли она ≈ I wonder if she will comea. curiousБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > любопытный
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94 странно
нареч. funnily, curiously, oddly, peculiarlyстранн|о -
1. нареч. strangely;
он ~ ведёт себя he is acting stangely;
2. в знач. сказ. безл. it is strange/curious/odd;
мне ~, что... it strikes me as curious that...;
~, что никто не знает об этом it`s strange/odd that no one should know about it;
мне ~ это that strikes me as strange;
как это ни ~ strange though it may seem;
~ость ж. strangeness;
(странная черта) oddity;
(странное явление) strange thing;
~ость взглядов strange opinions;
человек со ~остями rather eccentric person;
queer fish разг. ;
что за ~ость! how queer/funny/strange! ~ый strange, curious, odd;
queer, funny разг. ;
~ый вы человек you`re a strange person;
(о мужчине тж.) you`re а queer chap;
мне кажется ~ым, что... it strikes me as curious that...;
самое ~ в этом то, что... the strangest part of it is that..;
~ое дело! queer!, funny!, strange!;
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95 курьез
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96 пытливый
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97 inquisitive
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98 inquiring
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99 enquiring
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100 prying
1. a пытливый2. a назойливо любопытныйСинонимический ряд:1. busybody (adj.) busy; busybody; forward; intrusive; meddlesome; officious2. curious (adj.) curious; inquisitive; inquisitorial; inquisitory; nosy; peeking; peeping; peering; peery; snoopy3. jimmying (verb) jimmying; levering; prizing4. nosing (verb) mousing; nosing; poking; prying; snooping
См. также в других словарях:
Curious — Cu ri*ous (k? r? ?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See {Cure}.] 1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Little… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
curious — 1 Curious, inquisitive, prying, snoopy, nosy are comparable when meaning interested in finding out or in a search for facts that are not one s personal concern. Curious need not imply objectionable qualities such as intrusiveness or impertinence … New Dictionary of Synonyms
curious — [kyoor′ē əs] adj. sometimes compar.curiouser: often in allusion to Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland [ME < OFr curios < L curiosus, careful, diligent, curious; akin to cura, care: see CURE] 1. eager to learn or know 2.… … English World dictionary
curious — [adj1] desiring knowledge, understanding analytical, disquisitive, examining, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitive, inspecting, interested, interfering, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peeping, peering, prurient, prying,… … New thesaurus
curious — index eccentric, extraordinary, inquisitive, noteworthy, prodigious (amazing), rare, remarkable, u … Law dictionary
curious — (adj.) mid 14c., eager to know (often in a bad sense), from O.Fr. curios solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange (Mod.Fr. curieux) and directly from L. curiosus careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome, akin to cura care (see CURE… … Etymology dictionary
curious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) eager to know or learn something. 2) strange; unusual. DERIVATIVES curiously adverb. ORIGIN Latin curiosus careful , from cura care … English terms dictionary
curious — cu|ri|ous [ kjuriəs ] adjective ** 1. ) someone who is curious wants to find out about something: I didn t mean to pry. I m just curious. That s all. curious about: Children are curious about animals and how they live. curious to see/hear/know… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
curious */*/ — UK [ˈkjʊərɪəs] / US [ˈkjʊrɪəs] adjective 1) a) someone who is curious wants to find out about something I didn t mean to pry. I m just curious. That s all. curious about: Children are curious about animals and how they live. curious to… … English dictionary
curious — adj. eager to know 1) curious about (curious about smb. s past) 2) curious to + inf. (I would be curious to know what really happened) odd 3) curious that + clause (it is curious that she didn t remember the incident) * * * [ kjʊ(ə)rɪəs] curious… … Combinatory dictionary
curious — adj. 1 eager to find out about sb/sth VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem ▪ became, get, grow ▪ remain ▪ … Collocations dictionary