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1 face like thunder
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2 blow
I [bləʊ] nThe boy screamed at every blow. — Каждый удар сопровождался новым воплем мальчика.
Every blow tells. — Ни один удар даром не проходит.
He knocked them both with a single blow. — Одним ударом он сбил их обоих с ног.
His death is a national blow. — Его смерть утрата/горе для всей страны.
The falling tree damaged two houses at one blow. — Падающее дерево разбило сразу два дома.
The war struck a bad blow at the country. — Война нанесла большой урон стране.
She held up her hand to ward off his blow. — Она подняла руку, чтобы отвести его удар.
The first blow is half the battle. — ◊ Почин всего дороже. /Лиха беда начало. /Хорошее начало полдела откачало
- heavy blow- random blows
- illegal blow
- sudden blow
- retaliating blow
- vicious blow
- repeated blows
- knockout blow
- crushing blow
- fortune's blow
- body blow
- another blow followed
- blow still more bitter followed
- blow like thunder
- powerful blow in the face
- telling blow in the enemy
- blow to smb
- blow between the eyes
- blow on the head
- blow from a hammer
- blow of thunder
- blow on the back
- blow with the fist
- telling blow at the enemy
- with one blow
- without striking a blow
- deal a mortal blow
- cushion a blow
- deflect blow
- deal a blow
- dodge a blow
- give smb a strong blow
- strike the first blow
- receive a severe blow
- aim a blow at smb's authority
- strike a blow in self-defence
- catch smb a blow on the nose
- reel under crushing blows
- feel a blow
- retreat without striking a blow
- stand a blow
- exchange blows
- soften a blow
- resist a blow
- return a blow
- deal out blows
- fetch a blow
- answer blow by blow
- return a blow with interest
- die from a blow
- drop smb with a blow
- shower blows on smb
- rain indiscriminate blows on smb
- rain blows upon the door II [bləʊ] v(blew, blown) дуть, веять (о ветре)A strong wind was blowing. — Дул сильный ветер.
The wind blew the dust in all directions. — Ветер наносил повсюду пыль.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. — ◊ Не было бы счастья, да несчастье помогло. /Нет худа без добра
- blow a pipe- blow a whistle
- blow one's nose
- blow at a candle
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3 oxymoron
a combination of two semantically contradictory notions, that help to emphasise contradictory qualities simultaneously existing in the described phenomenon as a dialectical unity (V.A.K.)"low skyscraper", "sweet sorrow", "nice rascal", "pleasantly ugly face", "horribly beautiful", "a deafening silence from Whitehall" (The Morning Star)
"The Beauty of the Dead", "to shout mutely", "to cry silently", "the street damaged by improvements" (O.Henry), "silence was louder than thunder" (J.Updike)
O brawling love! O loving hate! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick heath! (W.Shakespeare)
You have two beautiful bad examples for parents. (Sc.Fitzgerald)
••a combination of two words (mostly an adjective and a noun or an adverb with an adjective) in which the meanings of the two clash, being opposite in sense (I.R.G.)••троп, состоящий в соединении двух контрастных по значению слов ( обычно содержащих антонимичные семы), раскрывающий противоречимость описываемого.(I.V.A.)And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. (A.Tennyson)
He had a face like a plateful of mortal sins. (B.Behan)
See: lexical SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > oxymoron
См. также в других словарях:
face like thunder — If someone has a face like thunder, they are clearly very angry or upset about something … The small dictionary of idiomes
face like thunder — If someone has a face like thunder, they are clearly very angry or upset about something. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry. When Dad is really angry, he has a face like… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Face like thunder — If someone has a face like thunder, they are clearly very angry or upset about something … Dictionary of English idioms
a face like thunder — Brit : a face that looks very angry He burst into the room with a face like thunder. • • • Main Entry: ↑thunder … Useful english dictionary
with a face like thunder — have a face like thunder to have a very angry expression. He sat there with a face like thunder all evening … New idioms dictionary
somebody has a face like thunder — sb s face is like ˈthunder | sb has a face like ˈthunder idiom somebody looks very angry Main entry: ↑faceidiom … Useful english dictionary
have a face like thunder — have a face like thunder/look like thunder/british informal phrase to look very angry Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry: thunder … Useful english dictionary
have a face like thunder — to have a very angry expression. I don t know what had happened but he had a face like thunder. She didn t say anything but she looked like thunder … New idioms dictionary
somebody's face is like thunder — sb s face is like ˈthunder | sb has a face like ˈthunder idiom somebody looks very angry Main entry: ↑faceidiom … Useful english dictionary
look like thunder — have a face like thunder/look like thunder/british informal phrase to look very angry Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry: thunder … Useful english dictionary
face — face1 W1S1 [feıs] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(front of your head)¦ 2¦(expression)¦ 3 keep a straight face 4 pale faced/round faced etc 5 grim faced/serious faced etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
