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1 молчаливый
1) General subject: ( as) quiet as the grave, broody, close, close lipped, close mouthed, close tongued, close-lipped, close-mouthed, close-tongued, dumb, inarticulate, incommunicative, mum, mute, reticent, secret as the grave, silent, soundless, speechless, tacit, taciturn, tight lipped, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tuneless, uncommunicative, wordless, quiet2) Poetical language: stilly3) Rare: conticent5) Psychology: quiescent6) Jargon: shut-pan7) leg.N.P. implied8) Makarov: as quiet as the grave, incommunicable, quiet as the grave -
2 тише воды, ниже травы
1) General subject: ( as) quiet as the grave, as quiet as a lamb, look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth2) Graphic expression: walk on eggshells3) Set phrase: (used as pred.) as meek as a lamb, (used as pred.) as quiet as a mouse4) Makarov: as quiet as the grave, humbler than the dust, look as if butter wouldn't melt in ( one's) mouth, quiet as the graveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тише воды, ниже травы
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3 после урагана город казался вымершим
General subject: after the storm the town was as quiet as the graveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > после урагана город казался вымершим
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4 поднимать руку
неодобр.1) (замахиваться на кого-либо, бить кого-либо) raise one's hand against smb.; strike (beat) smb.- Я надеялась, что вы будете благодарны... что вы будете уметь ценить его заслуги, а вы, молокосос, мальчишка, решились поднять на него руку. (Л. Толстой, Отрочество) — 'I had hoped that you would be grateful... that you would be able to appreciate his services, but you, an impudent child, have dared to strike him.'
- Ведь Осик-то простоватый и меня обожает... Только однова возревновал и хотел на меня руку поднять. (Ф. Гладков, Мятежная юность) — 'Osip is simplicity itself and he adores me... Only once was he jealous of him and wanted to raise his hand against me.'
2) ( покушаться на жизнь кого-либо) lift (raise) one's hand against smb.; put forth (stretch forth) the hand against smb.; make an attempt on the life of smb.- Кто же это руку-то поднял на тебя, Егор Севастьяныч, а-а? - голосом, полным вдохновенья и сдержанной злобы, спросил Марк. (Л. Леонов, Русский лес) — 'Who lifted his hand against you, Yegor Sevastyanich, eh?' Mark demanded in a voice deep with emotion and repressed fury.
3) (вступать в борьбу с кем-либо, осуждать кого-либо, что-либо) lift (raise) one's hand against smb., smth.; take up arms against smb., smth.; assail smb., smth.Бобров.
Я долго молчал. Может быть, слишком долго молчал. Авторитет Ивана Ильича, личные связи, семейная этика. Мне очень нелегко поднимать руку на профессора Бородина... Но Иван Ильич совершает крупнейшую научную ошибку. (А. Афиногенов, Страх) — Bobrov. I have kept quiet for a long time. If anything, I have been altogether too patient. I've kept my peace too long. The prestige of Ivan Ilyich, my personal relations with him, family ethics, family loyalty... it is not easy for me to raise my hand against Professor Borodin... But Ivan Ilyich is committing a grave scientific error.
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