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Англо-русский словарь по исследованиям и ноу-хау > simple explanation
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a simple explanation (solution, statement) простое/ясное объяснение (решение, утверждение/заявление)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) simple explanation
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ˌekspləˈneɪʃən сущ.
1) а) пояснение, разъяснение( for) (факт, довод) to give, offer, provide an explanation ≈ объяснять to accept an explanation ≈ принимать объяснение lucid explanation ≈ понятное объяснение rational explanation ≈ логичное объяснение satisfactory explanation ≈ приемлемое объяснение simple explanation ≈ простое объяснение unsatisfactory explanation ≈ неудовлетворительное/невнятное объяснение Syn: elucidation, interpretation, clarification б) объяснение (процесс, в ходе которого даются пояснения)
2) а) истолкование, трактовка Syn: annotation, commentary, definition, description, exposition, interpretation б) редк. взаимопонимание I came to an immediate explanation with your father on the subject. ≈ Мы быстро пришли к обоюдному взаимопониманию с вашим отцом по данному вопросу.
3) реабилитация, оправдание объяснение;
пояснение;
разъяснение - the * of difficulties разъяснение трудностей - after repeated *s после неоднократных объяснений - by way of * в пояснение, для ясности - he said a few words by way of * он коротко пояснил свою мысль - it needs no * that... нет нужды пояснять, что... объяснение, разговор, выяснение отношений - they had an * они объяснились между собой, между ними произошло объяснение объяснение, оправдание - legal * юридическое обоснование - satisfactory * удовлетворительное объяснение - in * of his conduct в оправдание своего поведения - an * of their delay was demanded от них потребовали объяснения причин задержки толкование, истолкование - differing *s разные толкования - the * proved to be erroneous толкование оказалось ошибочным explanation объяснение, разъяснение ~ объяснение ~ оправдание ~ пояснение ~ разъяснение ~ толкование, истолкование ~ толкованиеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > explanation
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сущ.1) объяснениеа) общ. разъяснение, пояснениеCould you give me a quick explanation of how it works? — Не могли бы вы быстро объяснить, как это работает?
There’s probably a perfectly simple explanation for all this. — Этому, вероятно, есть совершенно простое объяснение.
б) мет. (функция научного познания, заключающаяся в раскрытии сущности изучаемого объекта)в) мет. (этап научного исследования, состоящий в раскрытии необходимых и существенных взаимозависимостей явлений или процессов, в построении теории и выявлении закона или совокупности законов, которым подчиняются данные явления или процессы)See:causal explanation, deductive explanation, purposive explanation, functional explanation, teleological explanation, explanatory theory, hypothetico-deductive explanation, explanatory mechanism2) общ. объяснение, выяснение отношений (разговор для выяснения чего-л., прояснения ситуации) -
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[ˌeksplə'neɪʃ(ə)n]сущ.1)а) пояснение, разъяснение (факт, довод)to give / offer / provide an explanation for smth. — давать объяснение чему-л.
unsatisfactory explanation — неудовлетворительное, невнятное объяснение
Syn:б) объяснение (процесс, в ходе которого даются пояснения)2) истолкование, трактовкаSyn:3) реабилитация, оправдание -
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['sɪmp(ə)l]adj1) простой, нетрудный, несложный, лёгкийThe boy found the job simple. — Мальчик считал это нетрудной работой.
The tune sounded simple enough. — Мотив звучал достаточно просто.
It wouldn't be so simple to put the decision into practice. — Не так-то легко будет претворить это решение в жизнь.
- simple plan- simple task
- simple explanation2) простой, скромный, непритязательный, простодушный, наивный, доверчивый, легковерныйHe was so simple that he believed everything. — Он был так наивен, что верил всему.
I am not so simple to believe that — я не так прост, чтобы этому поверить.
- simple house- simple building
- simple dinner
- simple meal
- simple diet
- simple pattern
- simple furniture
- simple clothes
- simple soul
- simple people
- simple but well prepared food
- dresses in simple styles
- be so simple that...
- lead a simple life
- look simple
- seem very simple
- sound simple
- write in simple style3) незнатный, рядовой- simple soldier- simple farm4) очевидный, явный, простой- simple fact- simple statement of facts
- it is a simple lie
- simple truth is that...
- it is simple madness
- it is a simple case robbery
- as simple as ABCASSOCIATIONS AND IMAGERY:Прямолинейная речь выглядит как простая, не красочная, простоватая - plain - эти ассоциации видны в следующих контекстах: She was famed for her plain speaking. Она была известна своей безыскусной речью. Every effort is made to write official documents in plain English. Официальные документы пытаются писать на доступном/понятном языке. He was plain - spoken almost to the point of rudeness. Он говорил простовато - прямолинейным языком, часто казавшимся грубоватым. Her prose is lucid and unadorned. Она пишет ясным/доступным языком, без каких-либо прикрас. I want you to give me the unvarnished truth. Я хочу, чтобы ты сказал мне всю, ничем не прикрытую, правду. It is said here in black and white you can get a visa provided you have a job. Правило написано черным по белому - виза не дается людям, не имеющим работы. И наоборот, нелапидарная речь ассоциируется с приукрашиванием: With each retelling Matt would add more embellishments to his story. При каждом новом пересказе история Мэтта становилась все более и более приукрашенной. Fancy writing is often used to obscuse the truth. Чтобы скрыть истину часто прибегают к языковым ухищрениям. Everyone embroiders the truth to some extent. Все в той или иной степени приукрашивают правду. Her colourful account of her life proved a huge success. Ее красочный рассказ о перипетиях ее жизни имел большой успех. They glossed over all the difficult questions. Все сложные вопросф они пытались приукрасить/скрыть за языковыми изысками -
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['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) enostaven2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) preprost3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) preprost4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) čist5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) lahkoveren6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) neveden•- simplicity
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- simple-mindedness* * *I [simpl]adjective ( simply adverb)enostaven, preprost, nekompliciran; jasen, čist, nepotvorjen (resnica); brez okraskov; nesestavljen, nespojen, brez primesi; nepokvarjen, neafektiran, naraven, preprost; naiven, neveden, bedast, neumen, lahkoveren, bebastin simple beauty — neokrašen, v naravni lepotisimple eye — eno od očes, ki tvorijo oko žuželkesimple equation — enačba 1. stopnjesimple madness — čista, prava norostpure and simple — čist, popolnI am not so simple as to believe that... — nisem tako naiven, da bi verjel, da...II [simpl]nounnaivnež, bedak, norec; preprost človek; zdravilna rastlina; plural zdravilne rastline, zelišča; plural norosti, norčije, neumnosti -
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adjective1) (not compound, not complicated) einfach; (not elaborate) schlicht [Mobiliar, Schönheit, Kunstwerk, Kleidung]2) (unqualified, absolute) einfach; simpelit was a simple misunderstanding — es war [ganz] einfach ein Missverständnis
it is a simple fact that... — es ist [ganz] einfach eine Tatsache od. eine simple Tatsache, dass...
3) (easy) einfachit's [not] as simple as that — so einfach ist das [nicht]
4) (unsophisticated) schlicht; (foolish) dumm; einfältig* * *['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) einfach2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) einfach3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) schlicht4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) rein5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) naiv6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) einfältig•- academic.ru/67357/simpleton">simpleton- simplicity
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- simple-mindedness* * *sim·ple<-r, -st or more \simple, most \simple>[ˈsɪmpl̩]I want an explanation, but keep it \simple ich möchte eine einfache Erklärung2. (not difficult) einfachit's not as \simple as that das ist nicht ganz so einfachin \simple English in einfachem Englischa \simple life form eine schlichte Lebensformthat's the truth, pure and \simple das ist die reine Wahrheitthe \simple fact is that... Tatsache ist, dass...for the \simple reason that... aus dem schlichten [o einfachen] Grund, dass...he was just a \simple fisherman er war nur ein einfacher Fischerthe \simple things in life die einfachen Dinge im Leben6. (foolish) naiv* * *['sɪmpl]adj (+er)1) (= uncomplicated, easy) einfach"chemistry made simple" — "Chemie leicht gemacht"
2) (= plain, not elaborate) einfach; decor, dress schlicht, einfachin simple terms —
in simple language — in einfacher Sprache
the simple fact that... —
for the simple reason that... — aus dem einfachen or schlichten Grund, dass...
it's a simple matter of finding adequate finance — es geht ganz einfach darum, angemessene finanzielle Mittel zu finden
3) (= unsophisticated, unworldly) einfach, schlichtI'm a simple soul — ich bin ein einfacher Mensch
she likes the simple life —
4) (= foolish, mentally deficient) einfältig* * *simple [ˈsımpl]1. einfach, simpel (Aufgabe, Erklärung etc):it was as simple as that so einfach war das2. einfach, schlicht (Leben, Person etc):simple diet einfache Kost3. einfach, schlicht:a) schmucklos, kunstlosb) ungekünstelt (Stil etc):simple beauty schlichte Schönheit4. einfach, niedrig:5. rein, unverfälscht:6. simpel:a) einfältig, törichtb) unbedarft, ungebildetc) naiv, leichtgläubig7. einfach, unkompliziert (Design etc);8. einfach (Diebstahl, Gleichung etc):simple majority PARL einfache Mehrheit;simple tense LING einfache Zeit(form)9. gering(fügig), unbedeutend10. glatt, rein (Wahnsinn etc)11. MUS allg einfach (Ton etc)B s obs2. PHARM Heilkraut n, -pflanze f* * *adjective1) (not compound, not complicated) einfach; (not elaborate) schlicht [Mobiliar, Schönheit, Kunstwerk, Kleidung]2) (unqualified, absolute) einfach; simpelit was a simple misunderstanding — es war [ganz] einfach ein Missverständnis
it is a simple fact that... — es ist [ganz] einfach eine Tatsache od. eine simple Tatsache, dass...
3) (easy) einfachit's [not] as simple as that — so einfach ist das [nicht]
4) (unsophisticated) schlicht; (foolish) dumm; einfältig* * *adj.einfach adj.einfältig adj. -
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1 მარტივი, ადვილიa simple question / explanation / language მარტივი კითხვა / ახსნა-გნმარტება / ენა2 უბრალო, სადა, უპრეტენზიოsimple dinner / food / people უბრალო სადილი / საჭმელი / ხალხი3 მიამიტი, გულუბრყვილო, უეშმაკოshe's not so simple as she seems არც ესეთი მიამიტია, როგორც გამოიყურება●●in simple phrase მარტივი ენითsimple / common people უბრალო ხალხი -
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I want an explanation, but keep it \simple ich möchte eine einfache Erklärung2) ( not difficult) einfach;it's not as \simple as that das ist nicht ganz so einfach;in \simple English in einfachem Englischa \simple life form eine schlichte Lebensformthat's the truth, pure and \simple das ist die reine Wahrheit;the \simple fact is that... Tatsache ist, dass...;for the \simple reason that... aus dem schlichten [o einfachen] Grund, dass...;he was just a \simple fisherman er war nur ein einfacher Fischer;the \simple things in life die einfachen Dinge im Leben6) ( foolish) naiv -
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a good (correct, poor, clear, simple) explanation хорошее (правильное, плохое, чёткое, простое) объяснениеEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) good explanation
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Образное выражение: а ларчик просто открывалсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the explanation was quite simple
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(А) ЛАРЧИК ПРОСТО ОТКРЫВАЛСЯ (sent past or pres fixed WOsome seemingly difficult problem turned out to have a simple solution, some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon turned out to have a simple explanation etcthe explanation (the solution, the answer (to the puzzle)) was quite simple (after all)it was easy (wasn't hard) to figure out the reason was (all) too obvious."А ларчик просто открывался. Мы по душам говорили сегодня, и она сказала, что я её физически не удовлетворяю. Разрыв еще не оформлен, на днях, наверное» (Шолохов 2). "The answer to the puzzle was quite simple after all. We had a heart-to-heart talk today and she told me I don't satisfy her physically. The break is not yet official, in a few days probably" (2a).He странно ли, что судят тех, кто получил «контрабанду», но даже в свидетели не приглашают тех, кто ее перевез через границу. Ларчик просто открывался: допроси хоть одного из этих иностранцев - он тут же доказал бы, что деньги разменял в Госбанке СССР, и этот зловещий фарс лопнул бы как мыльный пузырь (Ивинская 1). Was it not odd that those who had received these allegedly smuggled rubles were on trial, while the persons who had brought them across the frontier had not even been called as witnesses? The reason was all too obvious, if any of these foreigners had been questioned, he would immediately have been able to prove that he had obtained the rubles from the State Bank, and the whole wicked farce would have burst like a soap bubble (1a).From Ivan Krylovs fable "A Little Box" («Ларчик»), 1808. -
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[sent; past or pres; fixed WO]=====⇒ some seemingly difficult problem turned out to have a simple solution, some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon turned out to have a simple explanation etc:- the explanation (the solution, the answer < to the puzzle>) was quite simple (after all);- the reason was (all) too obvious.♦ "А ларчик просто открывался. Мы по душам говорили сегодня, и она сказала, что я её физически не удовлетворяю. Разрыв еще не оформлен, на днях, наверное" (Шолохов 2). "The answer to the puzzle was quite simple after all. We had a heart-to-heart talk today and she told me I don't satisfy her physically. The break is not yet official, in a few days probably" (2a).♦ Не странно ли, что судят тех, кто получил "контрабанду", но даже в свидетели не приглашают тех, кто ее перевез через границу. Ларчик просто открывался: допроси хоть одного из этих иностранцев - он тут же доказал бы, что деньги разменял в Госбанке СССР, и этот зловещий фарс лопнул бы как мыльный пузырь (Ивинская 1). Was it not odd that those who had received these allegedly smuggled rubles were on trial, while the persons who had brought them across the frontier had not even been called as witnesses? The reason was all too obvious, if any of these foreigners had been questioned, he would immediately have been able to prove that he had obtained the rubles from the State Bank, and the whole wicked farce would have burst like a soap bubble (1a).—————← From Ivan Krylovs fable "A Little Box" (" Ларчик"), 1808.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > а ларчик просто открывался
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• (А) ЛАРЧИК ПРОСТО ОТКРЫВАЛСЯ[sent; past or pres; fixed WO]=====⇒ some seemingly difficult problem turned out to have a simple solution, some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon turned out to have a simple explanation etc:- the explanation (the solution, the answer < to the puzzle>) was quite simple (after all);- the reason was (all) too obvious.♦ "А ларчик просто открывался. Мы по душам говорили сегодня, и она сказала, что я её физически не удовлетворяю. Разрыв еще не оформлен, на днях, наверное" (Шолохов 2). "The answer to the puzzle was quite simple after all. We had a heart-to-heart talk today and she told me I don't satisfy her physically. The break is not yet official, in a few days probably" (2a).♦ Не странно ли, что судят тех, кто получил "контрабанду", но даже в свидетели не приглашают тех, кто ее перевез через границу. Ларчик просто открывался: допроси хоть одного из этих иностранцев - он тут же доказал бы, что деньги разменял в Госбанке СССР, и этот зловещий фарс лопнул бы как мыльный пузырь (Ивинская 1). Was it not odd that those who had received these allegedly smuggled rubles were on trial, while the persons who had brought them across the frontier had not even been called as witnesses? The reason was all too obvious, if any of these foreigners had been questioned, he would immediately have been able to prove that he had obtained the rubles from the State Bank, and the whole wicked farce would have burst like a soap bubble (1a).—————← From Ivan Krylovs fable "A Little Box" (" Ларчик"), 1808.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ларчик просто открывался
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[ˌstreɪt'fɔːwəd]1) (honest) [person, answer] franco, schietto2) (simple) [explanation, case, question] chiaro, semplice* * *1) (without difficulties or complications; simple: a straightforward task.) semplice2) ((of a person, his manner etc) frank and honest: a nice straightforward boy.) onesto, franco* * *[ˌstreɪt'fɔːwəd]1) (honest) [person, answer] franco, schietto2) (simple) [explanation, case, question] chiaro, semplice -
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I прил.просто́е объясне́ние — simple explanation
просто́е зада́ние — easy task
просто́е реше́ние — easy solution
2) ( обыкновенный) common; plain; ordinaryпросты́е лю́ди (обычные) — ordinary people
нале́йте мне просто́й воды́ — give me some plain water, please
3) ( скромный) simple, plainпроста́я пи́ща — simple food
просто́е пла́тье — simple / plain dress
просты́е лю́ди (без претензий) — simple folk, homely / unpretentious people
просто́й о́браз жи́зни — plain living
4) (элементарный, не сопровождающийся ничем другим) simple, mereпросто́е любопы́тство — mere curiosity
5) (простодушный, бесхитростный) simple, sincereпросто́й челове́к — simple person
просты́е мане́ры — unaffected manners
6) ист. ( низкого сословия) common, low-classпростой наро́д — common people
7) ( в терминологии - менее сложного типа) simpleпросто́е вещество́ хим. — simple / elementary substance
просто́е большинство́ голосо́в — a simple majority of votes
просто́е воспроизво́дство эк. — simple reproduction
просто́е арифмети́ческое де́йствие — fundamental operation
просто́е предложе́ние грам. — simple sentence
простой перело́м мед. — simple fracture
простой ге́рпес мед. — herpes simplex
••просто́й сме́ртный — a mere mortal
просто́е письмо́ — non-registered letter
просто́й каранда́ш — (regular) lead [led] pencil
просто́е число́ мат. — prime number
по той просто́й причи́не, что — for the simple reason that
II м.просто́й, как пра́вда шутл. — ≈ simplicity itself / incarnate
( вынужденное бездействие) standing idle; ( у рабочих) idle time; (судна, вагона) demurrage; (оборудования из-за ремонта и т.п.) downtimeпла́та за просто́й (вагонов, судов) — demurrage
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adv.easily, without difficulty, readily, with ease.* * *► adverbio1 easily* * *adv.easily, readily* * *ADV1) (=con facilidad) easilyeste tipo de cosas no se pueden explicar fácilmente — there's no easy o simple explanation for this type of thing, this type of thing cannot be easily explained
2) (=probablemente)* * *= easily, economy of effort, painlessly, readily, straightforwardly, effortlessly, without difficulty, with the tip of a hat, with ease.Ex. Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.Ex. Machines with interchangeable parts can now be constructed with great economy of effort.Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.Ex. However, this does not in itself make the actual resources readily available.Ex. This subject is in fact by no means as complex as many to be found in the literature of aeronautics, and the notation for it could be handled quite straightforwardly by a computer.Ex. Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.Ex. As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.Ex. These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.Ex. Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.----* avanzar fácilmente = coast.* conseguir Algo fácilmente = coast.* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.* delatar fácilmente = be a dead giveaway.* demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.* fácilmente accesible = easily available.* fácilmente accesible por = available at the fingertips of.* fácilmente montable = rapidly deployable.* ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* no darse por vencido fácilmente = not take + no for an answer.* no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.* que se desmenuza fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].* que se desmigaja fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].* recordar fácilmente = produce + on call.* tener Algo fácilmente accesible = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.* tener fácilmente accesible = have at + Posesivo + touch.* * *= easily, economy of effort, painlessly, readily, straightforwardly, effortlessly, without difficulty, with the tip of a hat, with ease.Ex: Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.
Ex: Machines with interchangeable parts can now be constructed with great economy of effort.Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.Ex: However, this does not in itself make the actual resources readily available.Ex: This subject is in fact by no means as complex as many to be found in the literature of aeronautics, and the notation for it could be handled quite straightforwardly by a computer.Ex: Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.Ex: As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.Ex: These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.Ex: Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.* avanzar fácilmente = coast.* conseguir Algo fácilmente = coast.* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.* delatar fácilmente = be a dead giveaway.* demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.* fácilmente accesible = easily available.* fácilmente accesible por = available at the fingertips of.* fácilmente montable = rapidly deployable.* ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* no darse por vencido fácilmente = not take + no for an answer.* no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.* que se desmenuza fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].* que se desmigaja fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].* recordar fácilmente = produce + on call.* tener Algo fácilmente accesible = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.* tener fácilmente accesible = have at + Posesivo + touch.* * *easilyse resuelve fácilmente it is easily solved, there's an easy o a simple o a straightforward solutionse puede comprar fácilmente it can be bought easily, it is readily available* * *
fácilmente adverbio easily
' fácilmente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejar
English:
coast
- comfortably
- easily
- open-and-shut
- quitter
- readily
- scare
- tell
- well
- ease
- lead
- other
- run
* * *fácilmente adv1. [con facilidad] easily;esto se arregla fácilmente this can be easily fixedtardará fácilmente tres meses it'll easily take three months* * *adv easily* * *fácilmente adv: easily, readily* * *fácilmente adv easily -
20 to’qqiz
nine; s. to’qqiz pul nothing, not a cent. to’qqiz puldek tushuntirip/tugip ber to give a simple explanation
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