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1 stiff
1. n сл. вексель2. n сл. поддельная банкнота3. n сл. поддельный чек4. n сл. тайное письмо; секретное послание; записка, переданная тайком5. n сл. нескладёха6. n сл. босяк, бродяга7. n сл. зануда, «сухарь»8. n сл. жадина, сквалыга9. n сл. мертвецки пьяный человек10. n сл. труп, мертвец11. n сл. участник соревнования, обречённый на неудачупарень, человек
12. n сл. амер. рабочий; работяга; батрак13. a жёсткий, крепкий; тугой, неэластичный14. a окоченевший, застывший; оцепеневшийa stiff one — труп, мертвец
my legs feel stiff — у меня ноги совершенно онемели, у меня ноги как деревянные
15. a напряжённый, деревянный16. a плохо действующий, тугоподвижный17. a полужидкий; вязкий, густой, плотныйstiff paste — густая паста; крутое тесто
18. a твёрдый, решительный, непреклонный19. a ожесточённый, упорный20. a неловкий, неуклюжий21. a мертвецки пьяный22. a холодный, чопорныйa stiff perpendicular old maid — прямая, чопорная старая дева
23. a твёрдый, трудный для обработки24. a сильныйstiff gale — сильный ветер, буря
25. a сильнодействующий26. a высокий27. a устойчивый28. a чрезмерный29. a строгий30. a плотно упакованный31. a разг. битком набитый32. a редк. упрямый33. a мед. ригидный34. a мор. остойчивый, невалкийto carry stiff upper lip — не терять мужества, не падать духом, держаться молодцом
35. adv до изнеможения, до смерти36. adv жёстко; не сгибаясьpour me out something stiff, give me a stiff one — налейте мне чего-нибудь покрепче
Синонимический ряд:1. artificial (adj.) artificial; unnatural2. awkward (adj.) abrupt; awkward; clumsy; crude; graceless; inelegant3. buckram (adj.) buckram; cardboard; muscle-bound; starchy; stilted; wooden4. difficult (adj.) arduous; difficult; hard; laborious5. excessive (adj.) dizzy; dizzying; excessive; exorbitant; extravagant; extreme; immoderate; inordinate; sky-high; steep; stratospheric; supernatural; towering; unconscionable; undue; unmeasurable6. formal (adj.) ceremonious; constrained; formal; priggish; prim; punctilious; starched7. harsh (adj.) harsh; severe; stern; stringent8. immalleable (adj.) firm; immalleable; impliable; inalterable; incompliant; inelastic; inflexible; invariable; ironclad; rigid; solid; unalterable; unbendable; unbending; unchangeable; unflexible; unyielding9. intoxicated (adj.) alcoholized; blind; cockeyed; disguised; drunk; drunken; fried; inebriated; inebrious; intoxicated; looped; muddled; pixilated; polluted; rum-dum; slewed; slopped; sloppy; soshed; sozzled; squiffed; stoned; tanked; unsober; wet; zonked10. obstinate (adj.) bullheaded; closed-minded; deaf; hardheaded; headstrong; intractable; intransigent; muleheaded; muley; mulish; obstinate; pertinacious; perverse; pervicacious; pigheaded; purposive; refractory; resolved; self-willed; stiff-necked; stubborn; tough; unpliable; unpliant; unrelenting; willful; wrongheaded11. tense (adj.) strained; taut; tense; tight12. uncompromising (adj.) absolute; austere; dogmatic; inexorable; positive; rigorous; strict; uncompromising13. corpse (noun) body; cadaver; carcass; corpse; mort; remains14. drunkard (noun) bibber; boozehound; boozer; drunk; drunkard; fuddler; guzzler; inebriate; lush; rumdum; rummy; soak; soaker; sot; sponge; swillbowl; swiller; tippler; toper; tosspot15. miser (noun) cheapskate; cheeseparer; chuff; hunks; miser; moneygrubber; muckworm; nabal; niggard; penny pincher; piker; scrooge; skin; skinflint; tightwadАнтонимический ряд:cooperative; genial; lenient; limp; natural; pliant; relaxed; unaffected; yielding -
2 manner
MANNER [IN, AFTER]In a manner означает 'тем или иным способом, в той или иной манере': to write in an unusual manner, to walk in an awkward manner. In the manner of имеет в виду стиль, характерный для определенной школы или определенного направления (в литературе, искусстве и т. д.). After the manner of имеет значение 'в манере, характерной для кого-л. другого' и предполагает подражание. Ср. to paint in the manner of Rubens 'писать картины в стиле Рубенса' и to paint after the manner of Rubens 'писать картины, подражая индивидуальной манере Рубенса'.Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > manner
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3 gait
1. n походка; поступь2. n амер. скорость3. n аллюр4. v дрессировать на аллюрыСинонимический ряд:1. manner of walking (noun) foot; hoof; manner of walking; march; motion; run; step; stride; traipse; tread; walk2. speed (noun) celerity; pace; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speed; swiftness; velocity
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