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1 touch gently on the shoulder
Общая лексика: легко коснуться (чьего-л.) плеча, осторожно коснуться ( чьего-л.) плечаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > touch gently on the shoulder
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2 gently
[ʹdʒentlı] adv1. мягко; тихо, спокойно; кротко; нежноto answer gently - мягко /учтиво/ ответить
to speak gently - говорить ласково /мягко, тихо/
2. легко, осторожноto open [to close] a door gently - тихо открыть [закрыть] дверь
to touch smb. gently on the shoulder - легко /осторожно/ коснуться чьего-л. плеча
to go /to deal/ gently with smb. - ласково /мягко/ обращаться с кем-л.
to go gently on smth. - осторожно обращаться с чем-л.
gently! - тише!, легче!, спокойней! (тж. gently does it!)
3. отлого -
3 gently
ˈdʒentlɪ нареч.
1) мягко, нежно, кротко Syn: mildly, tenderly, kindly
2) тихо Syn: lowly, softly
3) осторожно, спокойно, умеренно ∙ Syn: generously, nobly, courteously gently born мягко;
тихо, спокойно;
кротко;
нежно - to answer * мягко /учтиво/ ответить - to speak * говорить ласково /мягко, тихо/ - to stroke * нежно поглаживать легко, осторожно - to put down * осторожно опустить - to open a door * тихо открыть дверь - to touch smb. * on the shoulder легко /осторожно/ коснуться чьего-л. плеча - to go /to deal/ * with smb. ласково /мягко/ обращаться с кем-л. - to go * on smth. осторожно обращаться с чем-л. - to reprimand * слегка пожурить - the sun was * warm солнце излучало приятное тепло - *! тише!, легче!, спокойней! (тж. * does it!) отлого - the road sloped * to the sea дорога отлого спускалась к морю gently мягко, нежно, кротко;
тихо ~ спокойно, осторожно, умеренно;
gently! тише!, легче!;
gently born знатный, родовитый ~ спокойно, осторожно, умеренно;
gently! тише!, легче!;
gently born знатный, родовитый ~ спокойно, осторожно, умеренно;
gently! тише!, легче!;
gently born знатный, родовитый -
4 catch smb. on the raw
(catch (get или touch) smb. on the raw)задеть кого-л. за живое...he was... given to gently touching people on the raw, but he did it with a good-natured semi-conscious air that carried it off safely, and kept him from getting into trouble. (M. Twain, ‘Pudd'nhead Wilson’, ch. V) —...ему было... свойственно слегка наступать людям на любимую мозоль, но он делал это с таким добродушно-наивным видом, что ему все сходило с рук.
He was developing a sense of humour, and found that he had a knack of saying bitter things, which caught people on the raw... (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 18) — У Филиппа проснулось чувство юмора, и он обнаружил, что умеет сказать колкость, задеть собеседника за живое...
I ought to get pretty nettled at some of the things you're saying, mister. But somehow it doesn't touch me. If you understood more of what you're talking about, you might... get me on the raw. (J. Wain, ‘A Winter in the Hills’, part II) — Некоторые ваши слова могли бы уязвить меня, но я как-то, знаете, не обижаюсь. Если бы вы больше знали то, о чем говорите, то могли бы, действительно, больно меня задеть.
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5 бережно
нареч. with care;
cautiously (осторожно) ;
solicitously, with solicitude (заботливо)бережн|о - (осторожно) gently;
(аккуратно) carefully, with care;
(заботливо) tactfully, with consideration;
~ый (осторожный) gentle, cautious;
(аккуратный) careful;
(заботливый) tactful, considerate;
~ое прикосновение gentle touch;
~ое обращение с книгами careful handling of books;
~ое отношение к людям consideration for people, tactful attitude to people, looking after people. -
6 slightly
ˈslaɪtlɪ нареч. мало, незначительно, немного, слегка Syn: somewhat, gently слегка, немного, едва;
слабо - to touch * едва прикоснуться слабо, некрепко - * built хрупкого сложения;
тоненький slightly слегка, немного;
I know him slightly я немного знаю его slightly слегка, немного;
I know him slightly я немного знаю егоБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > slightly
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