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1 головоломная задача
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > головоломная задача
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2 головоломка
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3 головоломка
1) General subject: a Chinese puzzle, conundrum, eye teaser, puzzle (игрушка), stumper, tickler, tiring irons, tiring-irons, twister, Lost in translation ("Lost in translation" - название стихотворения одного из лучших поэтов Америки Джеймса Меррилла), mind-teaser, brain-teaser2) Colloquial: brainteaser, teaser3) Mathematics: puzzle problem4) Jargon: (загадка) brain-twister (Can you help me with this brain-twister. Ты можешь помочь мне с этой головоломкой?), headfuck5) Makarov: eye teaser (графическая)6) Saying: a brain twister -
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5 оказаться
1) General subject: land, prove, find oneself, find oneself in a state, happen, turn out to be, be caught (in) (попасть куда-л.), end up in, wind up2) Colloquial: end up (It was only matter of time, where he was ended up rather, in jail or morgue. Было лишь вопросом времени,где он окажется скорее,в тюрьме или в морге.)3) Mathematics: appear, be found, become apparent, develop, occur, prove to be, show up, turn out4) Jargon: hit5) Banking: find oneself in (China, which currently owns over $1 trillion in international reserves (mostly USD), will find itself in this conundrum soon.)6) Makarov: land (где-л. после падения), land up, find oneself somewhere (где-л.) -
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1) General subject: catch twenty-two (A paradoxical situation that has no happy ending.), conundrum2) Jargon: catch 22Универсальный русско-английский словарь > парадоксальная ситуация
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7 разгадывать головоломку
General subject: do puzzle, make sense of a conundrumУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > разгадывать головоломку
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8 разгадывать ребус
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9 ребус
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10 решать головоломку
General subject: make sense of a conundrumУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > решать головоломку
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11 головоломка
ж. разг.puzzle, conundrum -
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ж.puzzle, conundrum; (развлечение, игра) brain-twister; ( из составных кусочков) jigsaw (puzzle) -
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15 загадка
См. также в других словарях:
Conundrum — Co*nun drum, n. [Origin unknown.] 1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun. [1913 Webster] Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conundrum — (n.) 1590s, Oxford University slang for pedant, also whim, etc., later (1790) riddle, puzzle. Also spelled quonundrum. The sort of ponderous pseudo Latin word that was once the height of humor in learned circles … Etymology dictionary
conundrum — puzzle, riddle, enigma, problem, *mystery … New Dictionary of Synonyms
conundrum — is a 16c word of unknown origin, perhaps a facetious invention. It has a plural conundrums … Modern English usage
conundrum — [n] puzzle brain teaser, closed book*, enigma, mystery, mystification, poser*, problem, puzzlement, riddle, why*; concepts 532,666,690 … New thesaurus
conundrum — ► NOUN (pl. conundrums) 1) a confusing and difficult problem or question. 2) a riddle. ORIGIN originally in the sense «a crank or pedant»: of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
conundrum — [kə nun′drəm] n. [16th c. Oxford University L slang for pedant, whim, etc.; early sp. quonundrum] 1. a riddle whose answer contains a pun (Ex.: “What s the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?” “One sells watches and the other watches cells … English World dictionary
Conundrum — Contents 1 Literature 2 Other fields Conundrum may refer to: A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun or unexpected twist A logical postulation that evades resolution, an … Wikipedia
Conundrum — «Даллас» Conundrum … Википедия
conundrum — [16] Conundrum originally appeared in all manner of weird and wonderful guises – conimbrum, conuncrum, quonundrum, connunder, etc – before settling down to conundrum in the late 18th century. It bears all the marks of one of the rather heavy… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
conundrum — [[t]kənʌ̱ndrəm[/t]] conundrums N COUNT A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve. [FORMAL] ...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God … English dictionary
