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1 a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
syn: a gift in the hand is better than two promisesbetter an egg today, than a hen tomorrow≅ краще жайворонок у руці, ніж журавель у небі краще синиця у жмені, ніж журавель у небі краще нині горобець, ніж узавтра голубецьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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2 a gift in the hand is better than two promises
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3 bird
[bɜːd]n1) птахbird of passage — перелі́тний птах
bird of prey — хи́жий птах
2) розм. люди́на, хло́пець; суб'є́ктa gay [queer] bird — веселу́н
••a bird in the bush — щось нереа́льне
a bird in the hand — щось реа́льне
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush присл. — кра́ще сини́ця в жме́ні, ніж жураве́ль у не́бі
birds of a feather flock together присл. — свій свояка́ вгада́є зда́лека
to do smth. like a bird — роби́ти щось охо́че
to get the bird — бу́ти зві́льненим; театр. бу́ти осви́станим
a little bird told me — чу́тка йде по всьо́му сві́ту
to kill two birds with one stone — уби́ти одни́м по́стрілом двох зайці́в
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4 a pound in the purse is worth two in the book
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5 _бажання; капризи
better to have than wish a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush if a man could have all his wishes, he would double his trouble if my aunt had been a man, he'd have been my uncle the more you get, the more you want nothing is impossible to a willing heart where there is a will, there's a way the wish is father to the thoughtEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _бажання; капризи
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6 a living dog is better than a dead lion
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7 better an egg today, than a hen tomorrow
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8 better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery
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9 i will not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion
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10 never quit certainty for hope
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11 _різне
aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground all are not thieves that dogs bark at all cats are grey in the dark all roads lead to Rome always lend a helping hand among the blind the one-eyed man is king as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger at a round table, there is no dispute of place a bad excuse is better than none a bad vessel is seldom broken be just before you're generous be just to all, but trust not all the best things come in small packages the best way to resist temptation is to give in to it better alone than in bad company better an empty house than a bad tenant better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg better a tooth out than always aching between two stools one goes to the ground a bird may be known by its flight a bird never flew on one wing a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day a bleating sheep loses a bite a blind man would be glad to see a blind man needs no looking glass bread always falls buttered side down a burden which one chooses is not felt butter to butter is no relish cast no dirt in the well that gives you water the chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change is as good as a rest Christmas comes but once a year circumstances after cases cleanliness is next to godliness the cobbler's wife is the worst shod a cold hand, a warm heart comparisons are odious consistency is a jewel consideration is half of conversation a creaking door hangs long on its hinges desperate diseases must have desperate remedies the devil looks after his own diamond cut diamond dirt shows the quickest on the cleanest cotton discontent is the first step in progress do as you would be done by dog does not eat dog a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone a dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar do not throw pearls before swine do your best and leave the rest with God do your duty and be afraid of none don't be a yes-man don't cut off your nose to spite your face don't drown yourself to save a drowning man don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't spur a willing horse don't strike a man when he is down don't swap the witch for the devil eagles don't catch flies eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together the English are a nation of shopkeepers even a stopped clock is right twice a day every cock sings in his own way every fish that escapes seems greater than it is every man is a pilot in a calm sea every medal has its reverse side every thing comes to a man who does not need it every tub smells of the wine it holds evil communications corrupt good manners the exception proves the rule exchange is no robbery extremes meet facts are stubborn things familiarity breeds contempt fast bind, fast find fields have eyes, and woods have ears fight fire with fire figure on the worst but hope for the best fingers were made before forks the fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near the first shall be last and the last, first follow your own star forbearance is no acquittance the fox knows much, but more he that catches him from the day you were born till you ride in a hearse, there's nothing so bad but it might have been worse from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar fruit is golden in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair the game is not worth the candles a gentleman never makes any noise the gift bringer always finds an open door the giver makes the gift precious a good horse cannot be of a bad colour a good tale is none the worse for being twice told good riddance to bad rubbish the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong the half is more than the whole half a loaf is better than no bread half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one hawk will not pick out hawk's eyes the heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted he may well swim that is held up by the chin he that doesn't respect, isn't respected he that lies down with dogs must rise with fleas he that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best he who is absent is always in the wrong he who follows is always behind the higher the climb, the broader the view history is a fable agreed upon hitch your wagon to a star the ideal we embrace is our better self if a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey if a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow I fear Greeks even when bringing gifts if each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city if the cap fits, wear it if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain if you cannot bite, never show your teeth if you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have if you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all if you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain if you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself ill news travels fast ill weeds grow apace an inch breaks no square it always pays to be a gentleman it costs nothing to ask it is easier to descend than ascend it is easier to pull down than to build up it is good fishing in troubled waters it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back it is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you it is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best it is not clever to gamble, but to stop playing it's a small world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a thief to catch a thief jealousy is a green-eyed monster jealousy is a proof of self-love keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style keep no more cats than will catch mice kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish kissing goes by favor jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today a joy that's shared is a joy made double justice is blind lay not the load on the lame horse learn to creep before you leap let the cock crow or not, the day will come the longest road is sometimes the shortest way home lookers-on see most of the game man does not live by bread alone many are called but few are chosen many go out for wool and come home shorn many stumble at a straw and leap over a block men cease to interest us when we find their limitations a misty morn may have a fine day the mob has many heads but no brains the moon is not seen when the sun shines the more the merrier mountain has brought forth a mouse much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of name not a halter in his house that hanged himself the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do never is a long time never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day never quarrel with your bread and butter never tell tales out of school a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse no joy without alloy no man is a hero to his valet no mud can soil us but the mud we throw no names, no pack-drill no news good news no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches none is so blind as they who will not see none of us is perfect nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is easy to the unwilling nothing is so good but it might have been better nothing is stolen without hands nothing new under the sun nothing seems quite as good as new after being broken an old poacher makes the best keeper once is no rule one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him one good turn deserves another one half of the world does not know how the other half lives one hand washes the other one man's meat is another man's poison one picture is worth ten thousand words one volunteer is worth two pressed men one whip is good enough for a good horse; for a bad one, not a thousand opposites attract each other the orange that is squeezed too hard yields a bitter juice other people's burdens killed the ass out of the mire into the swamp painted flowers have no scent paper is patient: you can put anything on it people condemn what they do not understand pigs might fly the pitcher goes often to the well please ever; tease never plenty is no plague the porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected but is never loved the proof of the pudding is in the eating the remedy is worse than the disease reopen not the wounds once healed a rolling stone gathers no moss the rotten apple injures its neighbors scratch my back and I shall scratch yours the sea refuses no river seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between seldom seen, soon forgotten silence scandal by scandal the sharper the storm, the sooner it's over the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater solitude is at times the best society some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell the soul of a man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap sour grapes can never make sweet wine sow a thought and reap an act the sow loves bran better than roses a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with still waters run deep stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life a straw shows which way the wind blows a stream cannot rise above its source the style is the man the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle the sun shines on all the world the sun will shine down our street too sunday plans never stand suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one sweetest nuts have the hardest shells the tail cannot shake the dog take things as they are, not as you'd have them tastes differ there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it there is always room at the top there is life in the old dog yet there is no rose without a thorn there is small choice in rotten apples there is truth in wine there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it they need much whom nothing will content they that dance must pay the fiddler they walk with speed who walk alone those who hide can find three removals are as bad as a fire to the pure all things are pure to work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all would be hard indeed too far east is west translation is at best an echo a tree is known by its fruit a tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives two can play at that game two dogs over one bone seldom agree venture a small fish to catch a great one the voice with a smile always wins wear my shoes and you'll know where they pitch we weep when we are born, not when we die what can you have of a cat but her skin what can't be cured must be endured what matters to a blind man that his father could see what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail when a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink when in doubt, do nowt when interest is lost, memory is lost when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it when a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full when the devil is dead, he never lacks a chief mourner when two ride on one horse one must sit behind where bees are, there is honey where it is weakest, there the thread breaks who seeks what he should not finds what he would not why keep a dog and bark yourself? a wonder lasts but nine days the worth of a thing is best known by its want the world is a ladder for some to go up and some down would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink you can tell the day by the morning you cannot lose what you never had you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled you can't put new wine in old bottles you can't walk and look at the stars if you have a stone in your shoe your looking glass will tell you what none of your friends will zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse -
12 give
In1) піддатливість, поступливість2) пом'якшення3) пружність; еластичність; пружинистість4) тех. зазор5) пружна деформаціяIIv (past gave; p.p. given)1) давати2) дарувати; обдаровувати3) жертвувати4) заповідати; відказувати5) надавати, віддавати6) доручати, давати доручення7) передавати, вручати8) платити, віддаватиhow much did you give for this hat? — скільки ви заплатили (віддали) за цей капелюх?
9) бути джерелом10) повідомляти, передавати (інформацію)11) змальовувати, описувати; зображувати13) відходити; відскакувати14) слабшати, спадати (про вітер, мороз)15) осідати, подаватися, осуватися16) псуватися; зношуватися17) жолобитися; перекошуватися21) приділяти25) віддавати (розпорядження)30):to give regards (love) to smb. — передавати привіт комусь
31) з'єднувати (з абонентом)32) виходити (про вікно тощо; на, у — on, upon, into)33) висловлювати (свої думки); аргументувати34) приписувати (авторство)35) заражати, інфікуватиgive ahout — а) поширювати (чутку); б) розподіляти
give away — віддавати, роздавати, розподіляти; дарувати
to give away the show — видати таємницю, розголосити секрет
give back — а) повертати; б) відплатити (за образу)
give forth — а) оголошувати; б) поширювати чутку
give in — а) поступатися, здаватися
I give in! — здаюся!; б) вручати; в) погоджуватися (з — to)
give off — виділяти, випускати, давати (паростки)
give out — а) видавати, випускати; б) оголошувати, публікувати; в) поширювати чутки; г) закінчуватися (про запаси)
give up — а) покинути; б) відмовитися (від роботи тощо); кинути (звичку); в) поступитися; здатися
to give birth to — народжувати, породити
to give one's hand — одружитися, вийти заміж
to give oneself airs — триматися зарозуміло; задаватися
to give a good account of oneself — а) добре зарекомендувати себе; б) досягти хороших результатів
to give smb. best — визнати чиюсь перевагу над собою
to give the bird — а) звільнити; б) висміяти
to give smb. his walking-orders (his walking-ticket) — вигнати когось з роботи
to give smb. the mitten (the basket, the sack, the push; амер. the gate) — відмовити нареченому, піднести гарбуза
to give smb. the slip — а) уникати когось; б) утекти від когось
* * *I n1) піддатливість, поступливість; зм'якшення, пом'якшення2) пружність, еластичність; пружистість3) тex. зазор, гра4) cпeц. пружна деформаціяII v(gave; given)1) давати2) дарувати, обдаровувати, жалувати; жертвуватиto give alms — подавати милостиню; заповідати, відказувати, відписувати
3) надавати, віддавати; доручати, давати доручення4) передавати, вручати5) платити6) надавати (смаку, упевненості)7) бути джерелом, робити, продукувати, виробляти8) повідомляти9) описувати, зображувати10) (to) підставляти; простягати11) відступити, відскакувати; поступатися, погоджуватися12) піддаватися, слабшати; бути еластичним, згинатися, гнутися; осідати, подаватися; псуватися, зношуватися; cпeц. жолобитися, перекошуватися13) присвоювати (звання, титул)15) присвячувати (час, життя); приділяти ( увагу); давати можливість ( вибору)16) влаштовувати (обід, вечірку); виконувати ( перед аудиторією)18) віддавати ( розпорядження)19) заподіювати, спричиняти, завдавати20) показувати, давати показання ( про прилади); давати які-небудь результати (про дослідження е т. п.); подавати ( приклад)21) поступатися (місцем, першістю)22) проголошувати ( тост)23) з'єднувати ( з абонентом)24) виходити (про вікно, двері)25) висловлювати ( свої міркування); аргументувати26) приписувати ( авторство)27) заражати28) передавати, вручати29) видавати, віддавати заміж (заст. тж. give in marriage) to give a kiss поцілуватиIII іст. -
13 old
1. n1) (the old) збірн. старики, старі2) давнє минуле, давнина, старовинаof old — колись, у старі часи
in the days of old — за старих часів, у старовину
from of old — здавна, з давніх-давен
2. adj (comp older, elder; sup oldest, eldest)1) старийold people — старі, старики
2) старечий; старкуватий3) певного віку4) поношений, зношений, пошарпаний, застарілий, старий5) старовинний, стародавній; що існує здавна; витриманий (про вино)6) стародавніший; що належить до далекого періодуO. English — староанглійська мова
7) давній, старий, звичний, добре відомий8) колишній9) досвідчений10) закоренілий, старий◊ the old Adam — гріховність людської натури
◊ old bean (egg, fruit, top) — розм. старина, друже
◊ old bird — стріляний горобець; обережна людина
◊ old boat (crate, relic, tub, wreck) — амер., розм. старий пень, стара калоша
◊ old bones — жарт. старість; старий, стара
◊ the old country — батьківщина (Батьківщина), вітчизна
◊ old Curiosity Shop — крамниця старожитностей (у Лондоні)
◊ O. Glory — державний прапор США
◊ old lady — мати; дружина
◊ O. Lady of Threadneedle Street — Англійський банк
◊ old maid — стара дівка
◊ the old man — «старий», хазяїн; начальник, бос, шеф; дружище
◊ the O. Man of the Sea — причеплива людина
◊ old man's beard — бот. ломиніс
◊ old master — великий художник до XVIII ст.; картина великого художника
◊ old Nick (Harry, Gentleman, adversary, enemy, gooseberry) — диявол, сатана, ворог роду людського
◊ the old one — батько, старик
◊ old salt (whale) — досвідчений моряк, морський вовк
◊ the old school — консерватори; прихильники старих ідей і традицій
◊ old soldier — бувала людина; порожня пляшка; недокурок
◊ O. Tom — сорт джину
◊ O. World — Старий Світ, східна півкуля
◊ old woman — «стара», дружина
◊ as old as the hills (as Adam) — старе, як світ; старезний
◊ as old as Methuselah — старий, як Мафусаїл, дуже стародавній
◊ never too old to learn — учитися ніколи не пізно
* * *I n1) старі, люди похилого віку ( the old)2) давнє минуле, старі часиII aof old — за старих часів, колись
(older, icт. elder; oldest, icт. eldest)1) старий2) старечий; підстаркуватий3) такого-то віку4) старий, поношений, ветхий, порваний5) стародавній; старовинний, давній; існуючий здавна6) який існував у минулому; древній7) більш ранній, більше древній; який відноситься до більш віддаленого періоду8) давній, старий, звичний; добре відомий9) колишній10) досвідчений ( у чому-небудь); який довго займався ( чим-небудь)11) закоренілий12)my dear [good] old fellow — дорогий друг
to have a fine /a good, a high, a rare/ old time — добряче повеселитися
13) гeoл. розмитий, намитий; ерозійнийold soldier — бувала людина порожня пляшка; cл. недопалок
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14 free
1. adj1) вільний, незалежний2) що перебуває на волі, звільненийto set a bird free — випустити пташку (на волю, з клітки)
3) добровільний, невимушений4) незайнятий, вільний5) відкритий, без перешкод6) доступний7) необмежений (правилами)8) безплатний, безкоштовний (тж free of charge); дармовий9) неоплачуваний; вільний від видатків; ком., тж франко10) неприкріплений, незакріплений11) хім. незв'язаний12) щедрий, багатий, значний13) легкий, граціозний14) лінгв. нефіксований15) нейтральний16) тех. холостий17) мор. сприятливий, попутний (про вітер)18) спорт. вільний, без снарядівfor free — задарма; за чужий рахунок
free balloon — вільний (некерований) аеростат
F. Church — неконформістська церква; церква, відокремлена від держави
free hand — свобода дій; малюнок від руки
free labour — іст. праця вільних людей (не рабів); робітники, що не є членами профспілки
free lance — позаштатний журналіст (фотограф); вільний художник; безпартійний політик; людина незалежного способу мислення
free on board — амер. франко-вагон
free soil — амер., іст. вільний штат (де було заборонено рабовласництво)
free throw line — спорт. лінія штрафного кидка
free trade — безмитна торгівля; контрабанда
free will — свобода волі; філос. абсолютна свобода людської волі
2. adv1) безплатно, безкоштовно2) вільно3) мор. з попутним вітром3. v1) визволяти* * *I [friː] a1) вільний, незалежний2) який знаходиться на волі, вільний3) добровільний, вільний, без примусу4) незайнятий, вільний5) відкритий, без перешкод, вільний; відкритий, доступний; безперешкодний; eк. вільний, безмитний6) необмежений, не обмежений правилами7) безплатний, даровийfree board and lodging — безплатне харчування е житло; неоплачуваний; кoм. франко; вільний від витрат
8) (of, from) позбавлений ( чого-небудь); вільний ( від чого-небудь)9) неприкріплений, незакріплений, вільний; xiм. незв'язаний10) щедрий11) невимушений, легкий, граціозний12) розпущений; вільний13) лiнгв. нефіксованийfree stress — вільний наголос; вільний, позиційно не обумовлений
14) cпeц. вільний; нейтральнийfree position — тex. нейтральне положення; холостий
free pulley — тex. холостий шків
free running — тex. холостий хід ( машини); aвт. рух накатом
15) cпopт. вільний ( про вправи)16) мop. попутний, сприятливий ( про вітер)II [friː] adv1) безплатно, безкоштовно2) = freely3) мop. з попутним вітром, без лавіруванняIII [friː] v1) звільняти (від утисків, обвинувачення); випускати на волю2) (from, of) звільняти, робити вільним ( від чого-небудь)
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