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1 безрассудство
1) General subject: audacity, blindness, dare devilry, dare-devilry, derring do, derring-do, desperateness, desperation, folly, foolishness, headiness, imprudence, madness, temerity, unreason, act of folly, devil-may-careness, devil-may-carishness, thoughtlessness2) Law: heedlessness, recklessness3) Makarov: insanity -
2 безумие
1) General subject: desperation, distraction, folly, freak out, freak-out (у наркомана), frenzy, furor, insanity, lunacy, madness, phrensy, phrenzy, unreason, act of folly, thoughtlessness2) Religion: dementation3) Psychology: confused insanity, psychosis state4) Scottish language: furiosity6) Makarov: insanity (безрассудство), vehemence (гнева, страсти), vehemency (гнева, страсти)7) Archaic: rage -
3 сумасбродство
General subject: extravagance, extravagancy, folly, madness, nonsense, screwball, act of folly, megalomania -
4 безумный
1. ( безрассудный) recklessбезумный поступок — mad / senseless act, an act of folly / madness
2. разг. ( очень сильный) terrible, dreadful3. уст. ( сумасшедший) mad, insaneбезумные глаза — wild-looking eyes, wild eyes
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безумный день — distracting dayбезумные цены — fancy / sky-high prices
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5 безумный
1) ( безрассудный) recklessбезу́мный посту́пок — mad / senseless act, an act of folly / madness
2) разг. ( очень сильный) terrible, dreadful, wild3) уст. ( сумасшедший) mad, insaneбезу́мные глаза́ — wild-looking eyes, wild eyes
••безу́мный день — crazy day
безу́мные це́ны — fancy / sky-high / unreasonable prices
там безу́мные це́ны — everything costs the earth there
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6 И-62
ВО ИМЯ кого-чего rather elev PrepP Invar Prep) for s.o. or sth., in honor of s.o. or sth.: in the name of in s.o. 's (sth.fc) name for the sake of.Все самые гнусные преступления в истории совершались во имя добра (Зиновьев 1). "The vilest crimes of history have been committed in the name of good" (1a).Русская проза, какие преступления совершаются во имя твоё! (Набоков 1). Russian prose, what crimes are committed in thy name! (1a).Если совершить величайшее безрассудство во имя любви можно в молодые годы, то понять его и, быть может, пожалеть, что в твоей жизни такого не было, можно лишь в зрелые (Рыбаков 1). If you have to be young to commit an act of extreme folly for the sake of love, then perhaps you have to be getting on in years to be able to understand such an act, and maybe to regret that nothing like it had happened in your own life (1a). -
7 во имя
[PrepP; Invar; Prep]=====⇒ for s.o. or sth., in honor of s.o. or sth.:- in s.o.'s <sth.fc> name;- for the sake of.♦ Все самые гнусные преступления в истории совершались во имя добра (Зиновьев 1). 'The vilest crimes of history have been committed in the name of good" (1a).♦ Русская проза, какие преступления совершаются во имя твоё! (Набоков 1). Russian prose, what crimes are committed in thy name! (1a).♦ Если совершить величайшее безрассудство во имя любви можно в молодые годы, то понять его и, быть может, пожалеть, что в твоей жизни такого не было, можно лишь в зрелые (Рыбаков 1). If you have to be young to commit an act of extreme folly for the sake of love, then perhaps you have to be getting on in years to be able to understand such an act, and maybe to regret that nothing like it had happened in your own life (1a). -
8 глупый поступок
1) General subject: asininity, folly, foolery, imbecility, lunacy2) Jargon: donkey act3) Aviation medicine: bonehead action
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