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1 жалкое зрелище
зрелище, достойное богов — a sight fit for the gods
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2 жалкое зрелище
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3 жалкое зрелище
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4 зрелище
ср.sight, spectacle; show разг.; performance ( представление)представлять собой жалкое зрелище — to present/look a sorry spectacle, to be a sorry sight
жалкое зрелище — pitiful/sorry sight
тягостное зрелище — distressing/painful sight
тяжелое зрелище — painful/distressing sight
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5 жалкий
1. ( возбуждающий сострадание) pitiful, pitiableжалкое зрелище — pitiful / sorry sight
иметь жалкий вид — be a sorry sight; cut* a poor figure
жалкие слова — pathetic / heart-rending words
2. ( ничтожный) poor, wretchedжалкие гроши — trifling sum sg.; (о вознаграждении и т. п.) pittance sg.
3. ( презренный) miserable / abject cowardжалкая роль — poor / wretched part
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6 жалкий
1) ( возбуждающий сострадание) pitiful, pitiable; patheticжа́лкая улы́бка — pitiful smile
жа́лкое зре́лище — pitiful / sorry sight
представля́ть собо́й жа́лкое зре́лище — present a sorry spectacle
име́ть жа́лкий вид — be a sorry sight; cut a poor figure
жа́лкие слова́ — pathetic / heart-rending words
2) (плохой, невзрачный) poor, wretchedжа́лкая оде́жда — wretched / shabby clothes pl
жа́лкая лачу́га — wretched hovel
жа́лкие гроши́ — trifling sum sg; (о вознаграждении и т.п.) pittance sg
жа́лкое подо́бие (рд.) — poor exuse (for), a makeshift substitute (for)
3) ( презренный) miserableжа́лкий трус — miserable / abject coward
жа́лкая роль — poor / wretched part
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7 начал з
General subject: it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)), it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) -
8 зрелище
с.sight, spectacle, show разг., ( представление) performance; (уличное, театрализованное) pageant, street theatreпредставлять собой жалкое зрелище — present look a sorry spectacle, be a sorry sight
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9 зрелище
с.1) (то, что открывается взору) sight, spectacleпредставля́ть собо́й жа́лкое зре́лище — present / look a sorry spectacle, be a sorry sight
2) ( представление) performance, show••хле́ба и зре́лищ! — см. хлеб
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10 жалкий
прил.pitiable, pitiful (вызывающий жалость); miserable, wretched, poor (вызывающий презрение)жалкая одежда — wretched/shabby clothes
жалкие гроши — trifling sum ед.; pittance ед. ( о вознаграждении)
жалкий трус — miserable/abject coward; craven
жалкое зрелище — pitiful/sorry sight
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11 жалкое зрелище
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12 плачевный
прил.deplorable, pitiable, lamentable, plaintive, sorry; sad, mournfulиметь плачевный вид — to cut a poor figure, to be a sorry sight
в плачевном состоянии — in a sad state, in a sorry plight
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13 плачевный
прлsad, sorry, deplorableплаче́вное положе́ние — sad/sorry/deplorable state/position
име́ть плаче́вный вид — to be a sorry sight
плаче́вный результа́т — sad/lamentable lit result
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14 плачевный
lamentable, deplorable; sadиметь плачевный вид — cut* a poor figure, be a sorry sight
в плачевном состоянии — in a sad state, in a sorry plight
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15 плачевный
1) (скорбный; жалкий) poor; sadиме́ть плаче́вный вид — cut a poor figure, be a sorry sight
в плаче́вном состоя́нии — in a sad state, in a sorry plight
2) ( неутешительный) deplorable, lamentableплаче́вный результа́т — deplorable result
име́ть плаче́вный исхо́д — result in a failure
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16 печальное зрелище
1) General subject: a sorry sight, pitiful sight, sad spectacle2) Makarov: pitiful -
17 зрелище
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18 Д-62
ОТ НЕЧЕГО ДЕЛАТЬ coll Invar sent adv fixed WO(to do sth.) out of a lack of anything to occupy one's time, without any particular aim in mindfor want (lack) of anything (something) better to dohaving nothing better to do just to pass (while away) the time with (having) time on one's hands.По ночам дед (Гордей) сторожил в мастерских, а днём от нечего делать бродил по деревне (Распутин 1). At night he (old Gordei) served as watchman in the kolkhoz workshops and in the daytime, for want of anything better to do, went wandering about the village (1a).«Ты кокетничаешь, - подумал он, - ты скучаешь и дразнишь меня от нечего делать...» (Тургенев 2). "You're playing the coquette," he thought to himself. "You are bored, and teasing me for want of something better to do..." (2c).Его друзья от нечего делать... отправились гулять... (Набоков 1). His friends, having nothing better to do... went out for a stroll... (1a).«И что это за нелепая фигура! - скажете вы возмущённо. -Где тут пример для подрастающего поколения? И где автор увидел такого в кавычках героя?» И я, автор, прижатый к стенке и пойманный, что называется, с поличным, должен буду признаться, что нигде я его не видел, выдумал из своей головы и вовсе не для примера, а просто от нечего делать (Войнович 2). "What a sorry sight he makes!" you will say indignantly. "What kind of example is this for the younger generation? And just where has the author seen a quote unquote hero like this?" And I, the author, my back to the wall and caught, as they say, red-handed, will have to admit that I never saw him anywhere, that I thought him up with my own head, and not to use him as an example but simply to while away the time (2a).Была середина дня, палило солнце, время стояло на месте, начальство не появлялось. От нечего делать люди, слово по слову, разговорились (Войнович 2). It was midday, the sun was scorching, time stood still, the authorities had not yet appeared. With time on their hands, people began to exchange a few words and ended up talking (2a). -
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В КАВЫЧКАХ iron PrepP Invar nonagreeing modif) in appearance or by name but not in fact, not deserving of his or its name (because he or it does not possess the required qualities, properties etc): quote unquote so-called....Боец последнего года службы Иван Чонкин был маленького роста, кривоногий, да еще и с красными ушами. «И что это за нелепая фигура! - скажете вы возмущенно. - Где тут пример для подрастающего поколения? И где автор увидел такого в кавычках героя?» (Войнович 2)....Ivan Chonkin, the soldier with one year left to serve, was short of stature, bowlegged, and even had red ears. "What a sorry sight he makes!" you will say indignantly. "What kind of example is this for the younger generation? And just where has the author seen a quote unquote hero like this?" (2a) -
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(как) МОКРАЯ КУРИЦА coll, rather derog NP sing only often subj-compl with copula (subj: human fixed WO1. a person who looks pitiful, downtrodden, depressed: (be) a sorry sight(look) like something the cat dragged in (look) miserable.(Анна Петровна:) Прошлогодняя история... В прошлом году соблазнил и до самой осени ходил мокрой курицей, так и теперь... Дон-Жуан и жалкий трус в одном теле (Чехов 1). I А.Р:) Last year's business all over again. Last year you seduced some girl and the whole summer you went about looking miserable The same thing's happening now. Don Juan and a pitiful coward rolled into one (1a).«Крепкоголовые» хихикали и надрывали животики, видя, как крикливый господин... превращался из гордого петуха в мокрую курицу (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). ( context transl) The "die-hards" first sniggered and then nearly burst their sides laughing as they watched the clamourous gentleman...transform himself from a proud cock into a wet hen (2a).2. a person lacking decisiveness, willpower, a person likely to be dominated by anotherwimpmilksop jellyfish pushover.
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