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a few men

  • 1 несколько человек

    1) General subject: several people, several (This he himself lift down, though it take several to put it on truck)
    2) Makarov: a few men

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > несколько человек

  • 2 таких, как он, мало

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > таких, как он, мало

  • 3 Р-350

    НА ШИРОКУЮ РУКУ устроить что obs, coll PrepP Invar adv fixed WO
    (to set up or organize sth.) grandly, impressively, sparing no expense
    in grand style
    on a grand (large, big) scale lavishly in a big way.
    Ему (графу Ростову) было поручено от клуба устройство торжества для Багратиона, потому что редко кто умел так на широкую руку, хлебосольно устроить пир... (Толстой 5). Не (Count Rostov) was entrusted with the arrangements for the fete for Bagration because few men knew how to plan a banquet as lavishly and hospitably as he... (5a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Р-350

  • 4 на широкую руку

    [PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to set up or organize sth.) grandly, impressively, sparing no expense:
    - on a grand (large, big) scale;
    - in a big way.
         ♦ Ему [графу Ростову] было поручено от клуба устройство торжества для Багратиона, потому что редко кто умел так на широкую руку, хлебосольно устроить пир... (Толстой 5). Не [Count Rostov] was entrusted with the arrangements for the fete for Bagration because few men knew how to plan a banquet as lavishly and hospitably as he... (5a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на широкую руку

  • 5 на бумаге

    (быть, оставаться и т. п.)
    to be, to remain, etc. on paper

    Треплев....Как легко, доктор, быть философом на бумаге и как это трудно на деле! (А. Чехов, Чайка) — Treplev....How easy it is to be a philosopher on paper, doctor, and how difficult it is in life!

    Лишь весьма немногие знали, что Шелковников только официально, так сказать на бумаге, числился директором постройки. Всеми делами в сущности ворочал бельгийский инженер Андреа. (А. Куприн, Молох) — Only a few men knew that as manager of the constuction project Shelkovnikov was a mere figure-head. The real manager was Andreas, a Belgian engineer.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на бумаге

  • 6 Хоть родной, да злой

    Men are unkind to their own relatives
    Cf: Many kinsfolk, few friends (Am.). More kith than kind (Br.)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Хоть родной, да злой

  • 7 Для процветания зла достаточно чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

    Citations: All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for all good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for some good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that enough good men do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for enough good men [and women] to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary only that good men [and women] do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that it takes for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for enough good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing, All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing, The only thing that has to happen in this world for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, Evil thrives when good men do nothing, Evil will triumph so long as good men do nothing, For evil to triumph good men have to do nothing, For evil to triumph good men need do nothing, The best way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The surest way to assure the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary for good men to do nothing, For evil to triumph it is sufficient for good men to do nothing, It is necessary only for good men to say nothing for evil to triumph, It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph over good is for good men to do nothing, Evil can triumph only if good men do nothing, The only thing evil men need to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, Evil prevails when good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was for good men to do nothing, The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Для процветания зла достаточно чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

  • 8 Для триумфа зла достаточно, чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

    Citations: All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for all good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for some good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that enough good men do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, For evil to prosper all it needs is for good people to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for enough good men [and women] to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary only that good men [and women] do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that it takes for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for enough good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing, All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing, The only thing that has to happen in this world for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, Evil thrives when good men do nothing, Evil will triumph so long as good men do nothing, For evil to triumph good men have to do nothing, For evil to triumph good men need do nothing, The best way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The surest way to assure the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary for good men to do nothing, For evil to triumph it is sufficient for good men to do nothing, It is necessary only for good men to say nothing for evil to triumph, It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph over good is for good men to do nothing, Evil can triumph only if good men do nothing, The only thing evil men need to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, Evil prevails when good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was for good men to do nothing, The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Для триумфа зла достаточно, чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

  • 9 Чтобы зло победило, достаточно, чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

    Citations: All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for all good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for some good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that enough good men do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, For evil to prosper all it needs is for good people to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for enough good men [and women] to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary only that good men [and women] do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that it takes for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for enough good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing, All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing, The only thing that has to happen in this world for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, Evil thrives when good men do nothing, Evil will triumph so long as good men do nothing, For evil to triumph good men have to do nothing, For evil to triumph good men need do nothing, The best way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The surest way to assure the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary for good men to do nothing, For evil to triumph it is sufficient for good men to do nothing, It is necessary only for good men to say nothing for evil to triumph, It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph over good is for good men to do nothing, Evil can triumph only if good men do nothing, The only thing evil men need to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, Evil prevails when good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was for good men to do nothing, The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Чтобы зло победило, достаточно, чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

  • 10 Чтобы зло процветало, достаточно чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

    Citations: All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for a few good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for all good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for some good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that enough good men do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing, The only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing, All that’s needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, For evil to prosper all it needs is for good people to do nothing, All that’s necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for enough good men [and women] to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary only that good men [and women] do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, All that it takes for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for enough good men and women to do nothing, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing, All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing, The only thing that has to happen in this world for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, Evil thrives when good men do nothing, Evil will triumph so long as good men do nothing, For evil to triumph good men have to do nothing, For evil to triumph good men need do nothing, The best way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The surest way to assure the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing, For evil to triumph it is necessary for good men to do nothing, For evil to triumph it is sufficient for good men to do nothing, It is necessary only for good men to say nothing for evil to triumph, It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph, All that is necessary for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, All that is required for evil to triumph over good is for good men to do nothing, Evil can triumph only if good men do nothing, The only thing evil men need to triumph is for good men to do nothing, The only thing for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, Evil prevails when good men do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was for good men to do nothing, The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Чтобы зло процветало, достаточно чтобы добрые люди ничего не делали

  • 11 WORD

    • Big words seldom go with good deeds - Кто много сулит, тот мало делает (K)
    • Fair words hurt not the mouth (the tongue) - От вежливых слов язык не отсохнет (O)
    • Fair words will not make the pot boil - Соловья баснями не кормят a (C)
    • From word to deed is a great space - От слова до дела - сто перегонов (O)
    • Good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little (A) - Ласковое слово не трудно, да споро (Л)
    • Good words cost nothing and are worth much (cost nought) - Ласковое слово не трудно, да споро (Л)
    • Good words without deeds are rushes and weeds - От одних слов толку мало (O)
    • He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon - Соловья баснями не кормят a (C)
    • Honest man's word is as good as his bond (An) - Дал слово, держись, а не дал - крепись (Д)
    • In a multitude of words there wants not sin - Язычок введет в грешок (Я)
    • Kind word never hurt anyone (A) - От вежливых слов язык не отсохнет (O)
    • Kind words are worth much and they cost little - Ласковое слово не трудно, да споро (Л)
    • Many words, many buffets - Язык до добра не доведет (Я)
    • Saint's words and a cat's claws (А) - Говорит бело, а делает черно (Г)
    • Speak kind words and you will hear kind answers - На добрый привет и добрый ответ (H)
    • Sweet words butter no parsnips - От одних слов толку мало (O)
    • Tart words make no friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar - Ласка вернее таски (Л)
    • There is a big difference between word and deed - Одно дело говорить, другое дело - делать (O)
    • Thousand words won't fill a bushel (A) - 1968a (C), Хорошие слова, а все не пряники (X)
    • Weigh well your words before you give them breath - Сперва подумай, потом говори (C)
    • Words and feathers the wind carries away - От одних слов толку мало (O)
    • Words have wings and cannot be recalled - Слово не воробей, вылетит - не поймаешь (C)
    • Words, like feathers, are carried away by the wind - От одних слов толку мало (O)
    • Word that is not spoken never does any mischief (A) - Чем меньше говорить, тем здоровее (4)
    • You mark my words - Заруби себе это на носу (3)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > WORD

  • 12 с головой

    I
    [PrepP; Invar]
    =====
    1. парень, малый, человек и т.п. с головой approv [subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or nonagreeing modif]
    ⇒ very smart, sensible, capable:
    - have (with) brains (a brain, smarts).
         ♦ "Ты, парень, вижу - с головой, понимаешь, что - к чему" (Максимов 3). "I can see you've got a head on your shoulders, boy. You understand things" (3a).
         ♦ Подобрал он [Шутиков], конечно, толковых людей. Люди были с головой (Дудинцев 1). Certainly he [Shutikov] had picked highly competent men for this, men with brains (1a).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ (to do sth.) sensibly, intelligently:
    - use (using) one's head (brain<s>).
         ♦ "Работаю безотказно. В своем деле спец не из последних... Работаю с головой..." (Копелев 1). "I work nonstop. In my field I'm not the least of specialists....I use my head" (1a).
    II
    [PrepP; Invar; adv (intensif)]
    =====
    1. с головой уйти, окунуться, погрузиться во что, увязнуть в чём, отдаться чему и т.п. (to give o.s. over to sth.) wholly, fully:
    - X plunged (threw himself) into Y.
         ♦ Он [Королёв] с головой окунулся в проектирование сразу двух объектов - ракеты и планера с жидкотопливным ракетным двигателем (Владимиров 1). Не [Korolyov] became completely absorbed in the design of two machines at the same time-a rocket and a glider equipped with a liquid-fuel jet motor (1a).
         ♦... К коммунизму он [Лежан] пришёл путём долгих размышлений, а сделав выводы, с головой окунулся в повседневную политическую работу (Эренбург 1). Не [Lejean] had accepted Communism after long reflection, but had then plunged into everyday political activity (1a).
    2. выдавать с головой кого, often себя [subj: abstr or concr (var. without себя), or human (var. with себя]
    ⇒ (to reveal s.o.'s or one's own involvement in sth.) conclusively, leaving no room for doubt:
    - X выдал Y-а с головой≈ X gave Y away completely;
    - Y betrayed himself.
         ♦ Миша утверждал, что письмо написано не им, но стиль выдавал его с головой. Misha asserted that he wasn't the one who wrote the letter, but the style was a dead giveaway.
         ♦...Через несколько дней после этого разговора был ещё случай, когда он [Едигей] выдал себя с головой и долго каялся, мучился после этого... (Айтматов 2). A few days after this conversation, there was an occasion when he [Yedigei] gave himself away completely, and he regretted it and suffered from it for a long time afterwards... (2a).
         ♦ Лёва угощал и, симулируя беспечность: о том, о сём, - всё подбирался к цели. И когда, наконец, не узнавая свой голос, сразу выдав себя с головой (хотя все силы его были направлены, чтобы вопрос был безразличен и между прочим), всё-таки задал его, то неповторимая улыбочка вдруг подёрнула губы Митишатьева... (Битов 2). Не [Lyova] bought the drinks and all the while-feigning unconcern, talking of this and that-kept sneaking up on his goal. When at last, not recognizing his own voice, betraying himself at once (though he bent every effort to make his question indifferent and casual)-when he did ask it, Mit ishatyev's lips suddenly twitched in an inimitable little smile... (2a).

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  • 13 Б-174

    В БОЛЬШИНСТВЕ (СВОЁМ) PrepP these forms only nonagreeing modif or sent adv fixed WO
    the significantly larger part of (a specific group of people or things)
    for the most part
    mostly the majority (of) most (of) the greater part of predominantly.
    В приемной было людно, посетители, в большинстве женщины, стояли в очереди к окошечкам... (Гроссман 2.) There were lots of people there I in the reception-room)
    the visitors, mostly women, were standing in line in front of the windows (2a).
    ...Когда я познакомился еще с несколькими его коллегами, я заметил, что кагебешники... в большинстве своем очень обидчивы (Войнович 1)....When I got to know others of his colleagues in the KGB, I observed that the majority are quick to take offense (1a).
    Русские социал-демократы в большинстве своем пошли за большевиками... (Рыбаков 2). Most Russian Social Democrats had sided with the Bolsheviks... (2a).
    В большинстве офицеры были молодые, лишь у нескольких инеем белела седина (Шолохов 3). Most of the officers were young men, only a few were touched with a frosty grey (3a).
    «По ленинским местам» фильм должен был называться или как-то в этом духе, я... точно не помню. А места эти, ленинские, они, как известно, в большинстве своем за рубежами нашей отчизны находятся. Потому что товарищ Ленин в свое время был тоже как бы невозвращенец (Войнович 1). I don't remember exactly what it (the film) was to be called - "In the Footsteps of Lenin"-something like that. As we know, the greater part of those footsteps occurred outside the borders of our country. Because Comrade Lenin at one time had been something of a defector himself (1a).

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  • 14 Г-130

    НА ГЛАЗАХ PrepP Invar
    1. \Г-130 чьих, у кого (the resulting PrepP is sent adv
    in such a way as to be visible, noticeable, known etc: (right) before s.o. fc (very) eyes
    in front of s.o. in s.o. presence
    на глазах у всех - for all to see
    in plain (full) view (of everyone) openly right out in the open.
    (Михаил:) Извольте видеть, какая ситуация! Служащий ваш, которого вы оборвали за дерзость, фамильярничает на ваших глазах с женой брата вашего компаньона... (Горький 1). (М.:) There's a situation for you, if you please. Your employee, whom you've cut short for impertinence, permits himself, before your very eyes, to be familiar with the wife of your partner's brother (1a).
    В углу стояла огромная параша, которой все - и мужчины и женщины - пользовались открыто, на глазах у всех (Гинзбург 1). In the corner stood an enormous bucket which everyone, men and women alike, used in full view of one another (1b).
    Фашисты на глазах у всех формировали боевые отряды... (Эренбург 4). The fascists were openly forming military detachments... (4a).
    2. \Г-130\Г-130 чьих, у кого (the resulting PrepP is sent adv
    ( sth. happens) during s.o. 's life, giving him the opportunity to have personal knowledge of it
    before s.o. fe (very) eyes
    in (during) s.o. 's lifetime
    to witness... Мало было людей на свете, которых бы он (мой отец) в самом деле любил: Голохвастов был в том числе. Он вырос на его глазах, им гордилась вся семья... (Герцен 2). There were few people in the world that he (my father) really liked and Golokhvastov was one of them. He had grown up before his eyes and the whole family was proud of him (2a).
    Литературная карьера товарища Сизова началась почти на моих глазах (Войнович 1). Comrade Sizov's literary career had begun before my very eyes (1a).
    3.
    adv
    ( sth. happens) surprisingly quickly (bringing about a radical change in the situation, s.o. 's or sth. *s state of being etc): right before your ( s.o. fc) eyes
    (right) before your ( s.o. fc) very eyes (in limited contexts) dramatically.
    ...Два-три крохотных события, две-три случайные встречи, и мир, взлелеянный с такой любовью, с таким тщанием, начинал терять свою устойчивость, трещать по швам, разваливаться на глазах (Максимов 3). Two or three trivial events, two or three chance meetings, and the world he had cherished with such loving care began to crumble, fall apart, disintegrate before his very eyes (3a).
    Слух о зловещем высказывании члена Политбюро быстро рассыпался по Москве, и отношение к Ефиму людей на глазах менялось. Некоторые его знакомые перестали с ним здороваться... (Войнович 6). The report of the Politburo member's statement regarding foreign elements spread rapidly throughout Moscow, and people's behavior toward Yefim changed dramatically. Some of his acquaintances stopped greeting him... (6a).

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  • 15 Г-303

    ПОДНИМАТЬ (ПОДЫМАТЬ) /ПОДНЯТЬ ГОЛОС lit VP subj: human or collect)
    1. \Г-303 против кого-чего в защиту кого-чего, за кого-что to speak up resolutely, publicly (in opposition to or support of s.o. or sth.): X поднял голос против (в защиту) Y-a = X raised his voice against (in defense of) Y.
    2. to assert o.s., one's rights, some claims etc: X поднял голос - X spoke out
    X made his voice heard.
    "...Если они (такие люди, как Иван Лукич,) сейчас выступят против Сталина, то от этого, кроме ещё нескольких тысяч покойников, ничего не будет, а вред большой. Ведь настанет время, когда они смогут поднять свой голос» (Гинзбург 1). u...If they (people like Ivan Lukich) stand up against Stalin now no good will come of it, it'll only be death for a few more thousand people. A time will come for them to speak out..." (1b).
    Из всех этих партий, в то самое время, как князь Андрей приехал к армии, собралась ещё одна, девятая партия, начинавшая поднимать свой голос. Это была партия людей старых, разумных, государственно-опытных... (Толстой 6). Just at the time Prince Andrei reached the army, another, a ninth party was being formed and beginning to make its voice heard. This was the party of the elders—judicious, capable men, experienced in government affairs... (6a).

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  • 16 Д-194

    В ДИКОВИНКУ (В ДИКОВИНУ) coll PrepP these forms only subj-compl with copula)
    1. - (кому) ( subj: abstr, concr, human, or infin) a person (thing etc) is unusual, surprising to s.o.: X Y-y в диковинку = Y has never seen anything like X before
    thing X surprises Y Y is surprised at thing X
    Neg X Y-y не в диковинку - thing X is nothing new (unusual) to Y
    there is nothing surprising (unusual) about X thing X is not unusual with Y thing X comes as no surprise (to Y) thing X is by no means uncommon (in limited contexts) X is (such things etc are) not unknown thing X won't take Y by surprise.
    ...Этот парень ей (Рахили) в диковинку. Не только потому, что он из Швейцарии, она об этой Швейцарии понятия не имела, просто она никогда не видела, чтобы еврейский парень был голубоглазый блондин... (Рыбаков 1). She (Rachel) had never seen anything like this boy before It wasn't only that he came from Switzerland, which didn't mean anything to her, anyway, but she had never seen a Jewish boy with fair hair and blue eyes... (1a).
    (Грекова:) Вы так привыкли к разного рода резкостям, что мои слова едва ли будут вам в диковинку... (Чехов 1). (G:) You're so used to all kinds of rudeness, I doubt if what I say will surprise you at all (1b).
    Матросы всюду матросы... Хороший шторм им не в диковину (Эренбург 2). A sailor is always а sailor....A good storm is nothing new to him (2a).
    Что Ноздрев лгун отъявленный, это было известно всем, и вовсе не было в диковинку слышать от него решительную бессмыслицу... (Гоголь 3). That Nozdrev was an archliar was a fact known to all, and there was nothing surprising in hearing him tell the wildest fabrications... (3c). That Nozdryov was an inveterate liar was a fact they all knew and it was nothing unusual to hear him talk the most absurd nonsense... (3a).
    .В первую минуту гнева (Троекуров) хотел было со всеми своими дворовыми учинить нападение на Кистенёвку... Таковые подвиги были ему не в диковину (Пушкин 1)...In the first moment of anger (Troekurov) wanted to gather all his men and fall upon Kistenevka....Such exploits were not unusual with him (1a).
    ...На базаре откуда-то появился в продаже спирт, и уже не в диковинку было видеть в те дни пьяных... офицеров (Шолохов 3)....Illicitly distilled spirits appeared on sale at the markets and it was by no means an uncommon sight to see drunken officers...in the streets (3a).
    Случались кое-где ограбления, изнасилования, но во время войны в любых войсках такое не в диковинку... (Копелев 1). There were a few robberies and rapes, but in wartime in any army such incidents are not unknown (1a).
    2. ( subj: any common noun, often animal) a person (thing etc) is an uncommon phenomenon
    rare thing
    rarity oddity.

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  • 17 Д-228

    В ДОВЕРШЕНИЕ (K ДОВЕРШЕНИЮ, ДЛЯ ДОВЕРШЕНИЯ) чего PrepP these forms only the resulting PrepP is sent adv
    as a final addition to (the circumstances, events, features etc mentioned in the preceding context and usu. summarized by the complement of the idiom)
    to crown (cap, complete, add to) sth.
    в довершение (к довершению) всего - to top it (all) off
    on top of everything else on top of all this (that)
    в довершение несчастья (беды и т. п.) - to make things (matters) worse.
    Только они (друзья) дошли до ручья, как увидели, что навстречу им идёт человек могучего сложения и несет на плечах дом... На вершине крыши сидел золотистый петух... К довершению всех этих странностей на веранде дома стояла женщина... (Искандер 5). Just as they (the friends) reached the brook they saw a powerfully built man coming toward them, carrying a house on his shoulders.... On the roof-peak sat a golden rooster....To crown all these oddities, a woman stood on the veranda... (5a).
    Сидевшие вокруг его (Тентетникова) господа показались ему так похожими на учеников. К довершению сходства, иные из них читали глупый переводной роман... (Гоголь 3)....The young gentlemen who were sitting around him (Tentetnikov) reminded him of a lot of schoolboys. To complete the similarity, some of them were reading a stupid foreign novel... (3a).
    К довершению бедствия, глуповцы взялись за ум (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). То add to the disaster, the Foolovites came to their senses (1a).
    Начал (бригадир) требовать, чтоб обыватели по сторонам не зевали, а смотрели в оба, и к довершению всего устроил такую кутерьму, которая могла бы очень дурно для него кончиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Не (the brigadier) began to demand that the townsfolk not stand around gaping but keep their eyes peeled. To top it all off, he staged a ruckus that might have ended very badly for him... (1a).
    В произнесённых им невзначай каких-то сухих и обыкновенных словах (дамы) нашли колкие намёки. В довершение бед какой-то из молодых людей сочинил... сатирические стихи на танцевавшее общество... (Гоголь 3). They (the ladies) discovered sarcastic allusions in the few indifferent and ordinary words he had uttered at random. To make things worse, one of the young men composed some satirical verses on the dancers... (3a).

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  • 18 Д-343

    ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ ДУХ (ДУШУ) из кого substand VP\ subj: human to kill s.o. on the spot ( usu. with a blow or blows)
    X вышиб дух из Y-a - X bumped (knocked, finished) Y off.
    Внизу в теплушке разговаривали двое. Один спрашивал другого: «Ну как, угомонили своих? Доломали хвосты им?» - «Это лавочников, что ли?» - «Ну да, лабазников». -«...Из которых для примеру вышибли дух, ну остальные и присмирели» (Пастернак 1). Two men were talking underneath his bunk. "Well, have they had their tails twisted yet? Are they keeping quiet now?" "The shopkeepers, you mean?" "That's right. The grain merchants." "... As soon as a few were bumped off by way of example, all the others piped down" (1a)

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  • 19 М-90

    МЕСТА HE СТОЛЬ ОТДАЛЁННЫЕ NP pl only fixed WO
    a distant place to which a person is sent as a form of punishment (in prerevolutionary Russia, usu. Siberia
    now the idiom is used more broadly): (a place of) exile (banishment) (exile s.o. to) distant provinces (remote areas of the country).
    Много лет прошло, прежде чем бывшего генерала вернули из мест не столь отдаленных... (Максимов 3). Many years went by before they allowed the ex-general to return from banishment... (3a).
    Даже чечено-ингуши и калмыки... на своей шкуре испытавшие мудрость сталинской национальной политики (они все были высланы Сталиным в места не столь отдалённые), - и те тоже очень возмущаются... (Ивинская 1). Even the Chechens, Ingush, and Kalmyks, who had experienced at first hand the wisdom of Stalin's policies toward the minorities (they were deported, men, women, and children, to remote areas of the country), joined in the chorus of indignation... (1a).
    Монархический орган «Восшествие» посвятил «Жизни Чернышевского» заметку, в которой указывалось, что всякий смысл и ценность разоблачения «одного из идеологических дядек большевизма» совершенно подрывается «дешевым либеральничанием автора, всецело переходящего на сторону своего плачевного, но вредного героя, как только долготерпеливый Русский Царь наконец ссылает его в места не столь отдаленные» (Набоков 1). ( context transl) The monarchist organ The Throne devoted to The Life of Chernyshevski a few lines in which it pointed out that any sense or value in the unmasking of "one of the ideological mentors of Bolshevism" was completely undermined by uthe cheap liberalizing of the author, who goes wholly over to the side of his sorry, but pernicious hero as soon as the long-suffering Russian Tsar finally has him safely tucked away..." (1a).

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  • 20 Н-68

    НЕТ НЕДОСТАТКА в ком-чём VP subj. /gcJ some people (things etc) are present, available etc in sufficient quantity: в X-ax нет недостатка = there is no lack (shortage) of Xs.
    Несколько дней спустя состоялся бал у губернатора... Народу было пропасть, и в кавалерах не было недостатка... (Тургенев 2). A few days later the governor's ball took place....There were crowds of people and no lack of men for dancing-partners... (2c).

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