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121 начать за здравие, а свести за упокой
• НАЧАТЬ ЗА ЗДРАВИЕ, А КОНЧИТЬ < СВЕСТИ> ЗА УПОКОЙ coll[VP; subj: human; usu. past; fixed WO]=====⇒ (of the disparity between a good beginning and a bad ending in words and actions) to begin pleasantly but end sadly, unpleasantly:- X-ы (X и Y) начали за здравие, а кончили за упокой ≈ Xs (X and Y) started out smiling and (but) ended up crying;- X and Y started out playing and (but) ended up fighting.♦ Каждые первые две строки свидетельствовали для Лёвы о бесспорном природном гении Лермонтова; если бы всё оно [стихотворение] было составлено из этих первых строк минус вторые, то всё было бы так же хорошо, почти как у Пушкина. Но зато вторые две... боже! зачем же так! всё насмарку; начал за здравие, кончил за упокой... (Битов 2). [context transl] For Lyova, the first two lines of each stanza bespoke Lermontov's indisputable natural genius; if the whole poem had been made up of these first lines, minus the second ones, it would have been just as good, almost, as Pushkin's. But then the second two...good God, why does he do it! The whole thing falls flat, he goes from the sublime to the ridiculous (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > начать за здравие, а свести за упокой
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122 artilugio1
1 = gadget, widget, artefact [artifact], whatchamacallit, gizmo [gismo], contraption.Ex. The article is entitled 'Exhibits in the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair: women's clothing, men's gadgets, hot dogs and haute couture'.Ex. The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.Ex. An artefact is any object made or modified by man.Ex. In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.Ex. Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.Ex. If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption. -
123 border
['bo:də] 1. noun1) (the edge of a particular thing: the border of a picture/handkerchief.) orla2) (the boundary of a country: They'll ask for your passport at the border.) fronteira3) (a flower bed round the edge of a lawn etc: a flower border.) canteiro2. verb((with on) to come near to or lie on the border of: Germany borders on France.) fazer fronteira3. noun(the border between one thing and another: He was on the borderline between passing and failing.) limite* * *bor.der[b'ɔ:də] n 1 margem, borda, beira. 2 fronteira, limite. 3 orla, extremidade, bainha, remate, debrum. 4 bordadura (de jardim). • vt+vi 1 limitar, formar fronteira. 2 confinar, limitar com. 3 debruar, bordar, orlar. 4 fig tocar, atingir, chegar às raias, beirar. his devotion to his dog borders on the ridiculous / sua devoção ao cachorro chega às raias do ridículo. the Border fronteira entre a Inglaterra e a Escócia. -
124 rasentare
( sfiorare) scrapefig ( avvicinarsi) verge onrasentare il muro hug the wall* * *rasentare v.tr.1 to graze, to skim, to miss (s.o., sthg.) by a hair's breadth, to brush past (s.o., sthg.), to skim past (s.o., sthg.), to shave: l'autobus rasentò il muro, the bus grazed the wall; l'automobile ci rasentò mentre attraversavamo la strada, the car only just missed us while we were crossing the street; il proiettile mi rasentò la testa, the bullet skimmed past my head; l'uccello rasentò la superficie del lago, the bird skimmed over the surface of the lake2 (fig.) to border on (sthg.): ciò che ha detto rasenta l'idiozia, what he said borders on the ridiculous; rasenta la quarantina, he is bordering on (o coming up to) forty; rasentare la pazzia, to border on insanity // questa azione rasenta il codice penale, this action just misses being illegal (o is just inside the law) // rasentare la galera, to escape prison by a hair's breadth.* * *[razen'tare]verbo transitivo1) (sfiorare) [vettura, autista] to shave*, to keep* close to, to hug [palo, muro]; [ uccello] to skim [ alberi]; [ proiettile] to graze [ persona]2) fig. to border on [insolenza, follia, assurdo]; to verge on [stupidità, ridicolo]* * *rasentare/razen'tare/ [1]1 (sfiorare) [vettura, autista] to shave*, to keep* close to, to hug [palo, muro]; [ uccello] to skim [ alberi]; [ proiettile] to graze [ persona]2 fig. to border on [insolenza, follia, assurdo]; to verge on [stupidità, ridicolo]; rasentare la cinquantina to be nearly fifty. -
125 verge
verge [vɜ:dʒ]a. (British) [of road] accotement m• "soft verges" « accotement non stabilisé »b. ( = edge) bord m* * *[vɜːdʒ]1) GB ( by road) accotement m, bas-côté m2) ( brink)on the verge of — au bord de [tears]; au seuil de [adolescence, death]
to bring ou drive somebody to the verge of — amener quelqu'un au bord de [bankruptcy, despair, suicide]
to bring ou drive somebody to the verge of doing — amener quelqu'un au point de faire
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126 verge
verge n1 GB ( by road) accotement m, bas-côté m ; grass verge accotement herbeux ; soft verge accotement non stabilisé ;2 ( brink) on the verge of au bord de [tears] ; au seuil de [adolescence, old age, death] ; on the verge of success sur le point de réussir ; on the verge of doing sur le point de faire ; on the verge of sleep/a discovery sur le point de s'endormir/de faire une découverte ; to bring ou drive sb to the verge of amener qn au bord de [bankruptcy, despair, revolt, suicide] ; to bring ou drive sb to the verge of doing amener qn au point de faire.■ verge on:▶ verge on [sth] friser [panic, stupidity, contempt] ; to be verging on the ridiculous/the illegal friser le ridicule/l'illégal. -
127 verge
[vɜ:ʤ, Am vɜ:rʤ] non the \verge of the desert am Rand der Wüstegrass \verge [seitlicher] Grünstreifen;to be on the \verge of sth am Rande von etw dat stehen;to be on the \verge of collapse kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch stehen;to drive sb to the \verge of despair jdn an den Rand des Wahnsinns treiben;to be on the \verge of tears den Tränen nahe sein vito \verge on sth etw dat nahe sein;to \verge on the ridiculous ans Lächerliche grenzen -
128 sublime
1. n1) (the sublime) підвищене, високе2) вершина, найвища точка2. adj1) піднесений, величний; високий; грандіозний2) поет. гордовитий, пихатий, зарозумілий3) очищений, чистий; високої якості4) дуже високий (про будинок тощо)5) високий (про чин тощо)3. v1) сублімувати2) надавати піднесеного характеру* * *I n1) ( the sublime) піднесене, високе2) вершина, найвища точка ( чого-небудь)II a1) піднесений, величний; високий; грандіозний2) пoeт. гордий, гордовитий, зарозумілий3) очищений, чистий; високої якостіIII v1) = sublimate II 32) підносити, надавати піднесеного характеру; облагороджувати
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