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41 kulawy
adjlame, ( stół) rickety* * *a.2. (= koślawy, chybotliwy) wonky.3. przen. (= niedoskonały, nieregularny) ragged, halting.4. przen. (= kiepski, marny) lame, poor; kulawa wymówka lame excuse.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kulawy
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42 неудачная отговорка
General subject: lame excuse, poor excuse, thin excuseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неудачная отговорка
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43 слабая отговорка
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44 оправдание
ср.находить оправдания — to cover for, to justify
служить оправданием — to constitute justification, to warrant, to excuse, to extenuate, to gloss over
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45 gyenge kifogás
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46 mangelhaft
Adj. Waren: faulty, defective; Gedächtnis, Beleuchtung, Qualität: poor, inadequate; Leistung, Note etc.: unsatisfactory, poor; Wissen: imperfect, insufficient, inadequate* * *inadequate; defective; deficient; faulty* * *mạn|gel|haft1. adj(= unzulänglich, schlecht) poor; Beleuchtung, Ausrüstung auch inadequate; Informationen, Interesse insufficient; (= fehlerhaft) Sprachkenntnisse, Ware faulty; (Schulnote) unsatisfactory, poor2. advpoorly, inadequatelysich in der Stadt nur mangelhaft auskennen — not to know one's way around town very well
er spricht nur mangelhaft Englisch — he doesn't speak English very well
* * *1) (not satisfactory; unacceptable: a lame excuse.) lame2) (lacking in what is needed: Their food is deficient in vitamins.) deficient* * *man·gel·haft1. (unzureichend) insufficient, inadequate\mangelhafte Informationen insufficient informationeine \mangelhafte Leistung a poor performance\mangelhafte Kenntnisse limited knowledge no pl2. (zweitschlechteste Schulnote) poor3. (Mängel aufweisend) faultyeine \mangelhafte Software faulty software* * *1.Adjektiv (fehlerhaft) defective <goods, memory>; faulty <goods, German, English, etc.>; (schlecht) poor <memory, lighting>; (unzulänglich) inadequate <knowledge, lighting>; incomplete < reports>; (Schulw.)2.* * *mangelhaft adj Waren: faulty, defective; Gedächtnis, Beleuchtung, Qualität: poor, inadequate; Leistung, Note etc: unsatisfactory, poor; Wissen: imperfect, insufficient, inadequate* * *1.Adjektiv (fehlerhaft) defective <goods, memory>; faulty <goods, German, English, etc.>; (schlecht) poor <memory, lighting>; (unzulänglich) inadequate <knowledge, lighting>; incomplete < reports>; (Schulw.)2.die Note ‘mangelhaft’ — the mark ‘unsatisfactory’; (bei Prüfungen) the fail mark
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48 слабый
1. (в разн. знач.) weak; (о звуке, свете) faint; ( хилый) feeble; (не тугой, не плотный) loose, slackслабый ребёнок — weak / feeble child*
слабый голос — weak / small voice
слабое здоровье — weak / delicate / poor health
слабый ветер — light / gentle breeze
слабое пиво — weak / thin / small beer
слабая надежда — faint / slender hope
слабый глагол грам. — weak verb
2. разг. ( плохой) poorслабый ученик — bad* / backward pupil
слабое оправдание, слабая отговорка — lame excuse
слабый аргумент — weak / lame argument
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слабый пол — weaker sexслабое место — weak spot / point / place
находить слабое место — find* a weak spot / point / place; find* the joint in the armour идиом.
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49 Ausrede
Aus·re·de fexcuse;keine \Ausreden! no excuses!; (zu Kind a.) none of your excuses!; -
50 отговорка
ж.(lame) excuse [-s]; ( предлог) pretextбез отгово́рок! — no excuses!
э́то отгово́рки! — those are lame excuses!
отде́лываться отгово́рками (оправдываться) — (try to) get away with excuses; ( уклоняться от ответа) (try to) get away with irrelevant comments, (try to) dodge the question; give (i) the runaround
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51 слабый
1) ( несильный физически) weakсла́бые ру́ки — weak arms
2) ( болезненный) feeble, frail, weakсла́бый ребёнок — weak / feeble child
сла́бое здоро́вье — weak / delicate / poor health
сла́бые глаза́ — weak eyes
3) ( чахлый - о растениях) weak; stunted, wilted4) (не обладающий твёрдостью, авторитетом, ресурсами и т.п.) weakсла́бая во́ля — weak will
сла́бый прави́тель — weak ruler
сла́бая страна́ — weak nation
5) чаще кратк. ф. разг. (на вн.; до; к; имеющий склонность) having a weakness (for); pushover (for)он слаб до краси́вых де́вушек — he is a pushover for pretty girls
он слаб к спиртно́му — he has a weakness for alcohol
6) ( несильный по степени проявления) weak, faintсла́бый го́лос (несильный по природе) — weak / small voice; ( ослабленный) weak / faint voice
сла́бый свет — faint light
сла́бый ве́тер — weak wind; gentle breeze
сла́бая наде́жда — faint / slender hope
7) ( ненасыщенный) weak, thinсла́бый чай — weak tea
сла́бое пи́во — weak / thin beer
8) (недостаточный, неудовлетворительный) poorсла́бое разви́тие — poor development
сла́бая попы́тка — feeble attempt
сла́бое оправда́ние [сла́бая отгово́рка] — lame excuse [-s]
сла́бый аргуме́нт — weak / lame argument
сла́бое утеше́ние — cold comfort
сла́бый конта́кт — poor contact
9) (не достаточно способный, компетентный) poor; weakсла́бый учени́к — backward pupil
сла́бый ора́тор — poor speaker
сла́бый специали́ст — poor specialist
я слаб в правописа́нии — I'm weak in spelling
10) ( с низким уровнем мастерства) weakоди́н из са́мых сла́бых рома́нов писа́теля — one of the author's weakest novels
11) (не тугой, не плотный) loose [-s], slackсла́бый у́зел — loose knot
12) (на грани порчи, закисания - о продуктах) on the point of going bad (после сущ.)молоко́ сла́бое — this milk is about to go sour, this milk is on the point of going sour
••сла́бый глаго́л грам. — weak verb
сла́бое склоне́ние грам. — weak declension
сла́бый пол — the weaker sex
сла́бое ме́сто — weak spot / point / place
находи́ть сла́бое ме́сто — find a weak spot / point / place
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52 səbəb
cause; reasonsəbəb olmaq – causebu və ya digər səbəbdən – for some reason or otherbu səbəbdən – because of this; on this accountüzürlü səbəb – good excuseüzürsüz səbəb – lame excuse -
53 átlátszó kifogás
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54 неудачная оговорка
Diplomatic term: lame excuseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неудачная оговорка
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55 слабая оговорка
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56 пустой
пустая порода геол. — barren / dead rock, dirt
2. ( бессодержательный — о разговоре) idle; (о человеке, характере и т. п.) shallow, superficial; ( легкомысленный — об образе жизни) futile, frivolous3. (неосновательный, напрасный) vain, ungroundedпустые мечты — castles in the air, pipe-dreams
пустые слова — empty / meaningless words
пустые угрозы — empty / idle threats; bluster sg.
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переливать из пустого в порожнее погов. — beat* the air, mill the wind; labour in vainс пустыми руками разг. — empty-handed
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57 misero agg
['mizero] misero (-a)1) (pietoso: vita, condizioni) miserable, wretched, pitiful, (persona) pitiful, wretched2) (povero) poor, poverty-strickenuna misera somma — a miserable o paltry sum
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58 fadenscheinig
fa·den·schei·nig [ʼfa:dn̩ʃainɪç] adjeine \fadenscheinige Ausrede a poor [or lame] excuse2) ( abgetragen) threadbare -
59 cojo
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60 incapaz
• incantation• incapable person• ineffectiveness• ineffectuality• inefficiencies in the market• inefficiently• lambswool• lame excuse• unable• uncapable
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