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121 to put it mildly
To say that he had been intensely relieved by the news that Mrs. Noel was not free, would be to put it mildly. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Patrician’, part I, ch. XVIII) — Узнав, что миссис Ноуэл не свободна, лорд Вэллис, мягко выражаясь, почувствовал облегчение.
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122 true to type
типичный, характерныйHe... had not yet won the Derby, or quite succeeded in getting his special strain of blue-ticked pointers to breed absolutely true to type. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Patrician’, part I, ch. III) — Он... до сих пор так и не выиграл дерби и не сумел вывести чистую, без примеси породу аспидных пойнтеров.
He was superficially so true to type he might have stood as the perfect pattern of smug suburbia. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Citadel’, book III, ch. 1) — По внешним признакам это был типичный образец обывателя из предместья.
Criminals always act true to type, Mr. Lomax. (A. Christie, ‘The Secret of Chimneys’, ch. XIV) — В действиях преступников, мистер Ломакс, всегда есть элементы шаблона.
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123 aristocrat
1. n аристократ; аристократка2. n лучший представитель; цветthis brand is the aristocrat of table wines — это вино — самое изысканное из столовых вин
Синонимический ряд:1. gentleman (noun) aristo; blue blood; cavalier; escort; gallant; gentleman; patrician2. nobleman (noun) chevalier; gentlewoman; lord; man of fashion; member of the ruling class; noble; nobleman; polished gentleman; prince; silk-stockingАнтонимический ряд: -
124 aristocratic
Синонимический ряд:noble (adj.) blue-blooded; courtly; genteel; gentle; highborn; noble; patrician; princely; refined; royal; stately; thoroughbred; titled; wellborn; well-bredАнтонимический ряд: -
125 blue blood
1. «голубая кровь», аристократическое происхождение2. аристократСинонимический ряд:1. aristocracy (noun) aristocracy; aristoi; carriage trade; creme de la creme; elite; flower; gentility; gentry; haut monde; high society; nobility; oligarchy; optimacy; patricians; patriciate; peerage; quality; society; upper class; upper crust; who's who2. gentleman (noun) aristo; aristocrat; gentleman; patrician -
126 chevalier
1. n кавалер2. n рыцарь; кавалер3. n ист. шевальеСинонимический ряд:nobleman (noun) aristocrat; lord; man of fashion; member of the ruling class; noble; nobleman; patrician; polished gentleman; prince -
127 esquire
1. n эсквайр, нетитулованный дворянин2. n господинJohn Smith, Esquire — г-ну Джону Смиту
3. n ист. сквайр, оруженосец рыцаряСинонимический ряд:sir (noun) aristocrat; blue blood; brick; cavalier; don; gentleman; patrician; sir; sire -
128 genteel
1. a прост. уст. благородный, благовоспитанный; светский; вежливый2. a ирон. нарочито вежливый, выставляющий напоказ свою благовоспитанность; манерный, жеманный; мещански-претенциозныйshe has a very genteel way of holding her glass — она держит рюмку, отставив мизинец
Синонимический ряд:1. affected (adj.) affected; la-di-da; mincing; pretentious; stilted; too-too2. cosmopolitan (adj.) cosmopolitan; elegant; fashionable; sophisticated; stylish3. cultured (adj.) aristocratic; artificial; cultivated; cultured; distingue; formal; patrician; polished; pompous; refined; respectable; urbane4. excessively polite (adj.) civil; conventional; courteous; excessively polite; haughty; mannerly; polite; well-behaved; well-bred; well-mannered5. prim (adj.) bluenosed; missish; old-maidish; precise; prig; priggish; prim; prissy; proper; prudish; puritanical; straitlaced; stuffy; tight-laced; VictorianАнтонимический ряд:bourgeois; dowdy; modest; rude
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