be on the brink of death

X висит на волоске = X is hanging by a thread

• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>

[VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]

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⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:

- X висит на волоске≈ X is hanging by a thread;

- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;

- person X is on the brink of death;

- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);

- X is on the brink of disaster (ruin);

- thing X is touch and go.

     ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).

     ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).

     ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).

     ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).

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1) ( крайня частина чогось) border, side, rim, verge, extremity; end; ( кручі) brink, edge; (посуду, рани) brim, lip

2) ( місцевість) country, land, region

3) ( адміністративно-територіальна одиниця в Росії) krai, region, territory

4)

f death

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morte s.f.

1 death: morte prematura, premature death; morte lenta, improvvisa, slow, sudden death; morte dolorosa, painful death; morte apparente, catalepsy; morte per annegamento, per apoplessia, death by drowning, from apoplexy; (med.) morte in culla, SIDS; alla morte di suo padre tornò in Italia, on his father's death he returned to Italy; morire di morte naturale, violenta, to die a natural, a violent death; affrontare la morte, to face death; sfidare la morte, to challenge death; lottare con la morte, to struggle against death; augurare la morte a qlcu., to hope s.o. dies; ritardare la morte a qlcu., to postpone s.o.'s death; incontrare, trovare la morte, to meet one's death; venire a morte, (antiq.) to die (o to pass away); andare incontro a morte sicura, to face certain death; correre pericolo di morte, to run the risk of death; cercare la morte, to look for one's death; dare la morte a qlcu., to kill s.o.; darsi la morte, to commit suicide; essere vicino alla morte, to be near to death (o to be on the brink of death); fare una buona, una brutta morte, to die a good, a bad death; salvare qlcu. dalla morte, to rescue s.o. from death // morte eterna, eternal damnation // morte bianca, (per assideramento) death from exposure // (dir.) morte civile, civil death (o loss of civil rights), (estens.) (stato di emarginazione) being an outcast // (fig.) morte termica dell'universo, heat death of the universe // di morte, death (attr.), deathlike: atto di morte, death certificate; letto di morte, deathbed; pallore di morte, deathlike pallor; silenzio di morte, deathly silence; sentenza di morte, death sentence // a morte, to death, (mortalmente) mortally; condannare a morte, to condemn to death; mettere a morte qlcu., to put s.o. to death; a morte il traditore!, death to the traitor!; ferito a morte, mortally wounded; odiare a morte qlcu., (fam.) avercela a morte con qlcu., to hate s.o. like poison (o to have it in for s.o.); annoiarsi a morte, to be bored to death // fino alla morte, till death: fedele fino alla morte, faithful till death // finché morte non ci separi, till death us do part // in morte di, on the death of: un poema in morte di, a poem on the death of // in caso di morte, in case of death // in punto di morte, on the point of dying (o death) // è una questione di vita o di morte, it's a question (o case) of life or death // essere tra la vita e la morte, to be between life and death // morire la morte del giusto, to die peacefully // fare la morte del topo, to be crushed to death // quando mi ribaltai con la macchina vidi la morte in faccia, when the car turned over, I saw death staring me in the face (o I thought my end had come) // sembrare la morte in vacanza, (essere malridotti) to look like death warmed-up

2 (motivo di morte) death (anche fig.): quella figlia sarà la mia morte, that daughter of mine will be the death of me // avere la morte nell'anima, to be filled with anguish // con la morte nel cuore, heavy-hearted (o sick at heart)

3 (fig.) (fine, scomparsa) end, close: la morte di un regno, di una tradizione, the end of a reign, of a tradition; quel fallimento fu la morte della nostra società, that bankruptcy marked the end of our partnership

4 (caso di morte) death: registro delle morti, register of deaths; ci furono molte morti per annegamento l'estate scorsa, there were many deaths by drowning last summer; notificare una morte, to notify a death

5 (cuc.) (il miglior modo di cucinare) the best way of cooking: la morte del galletto è arrosto, the best way of cooking a spring chicken is to roast it.

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sostantivo femminile

1) death

2) fig. (fine, scomparsa) death

3) gastr.

4) a morte [picchiare, annoiare, spaventare, condannare] to death

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morte

/'mɔrte/

sostantivo f.

 1 death; morte per asfissia, strangolamento death by asphyxiation, strangulation; morte naturale, violenta natural, violent death; sul letto di morte on one's deathbed; in punto di morte at death's door, on the verge of death; trovare la morte in un incidente to die in an accident; alla morte di mio zio (in quel momento) on the death of my uncle; (poco dopo) after my uncle died; lottare fino alla morte to go down fighting, to fight to the death; è una questione di vita o di morte it's a matter of life or death; trovare la morte lett. to meet one's end; dare la morte a qcn. lett. to take sb.'s life; darsi la morte lett. to take one's own life

 2 fig. (fine, scomparsa) death

 3 gastr. la morte della lepre è in salmì the best way of cooking a hare is to jug it

 4 a morte [picchiare, annoiare, spaventare, condannare] to death; ferito a morte fatally injured; avercela a morte con qcn. to have it in for sb.; a morte il re! death to the king!

IDIOMS

avere la morte nel cuore to be sick at heart; brutto come la morte as ugly as sin; ad ogni morte di papa once in a blue moon; finché morte non ci separi till death do us part; piuttosto la morte! over my dead body! sembrare la morte in vacanza to look like death warmed up; non sapere di che morte si deve morire to know nothing about what will happen

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COMPOUNDS

morte apparente catalepsy; morte cerebrale brain death.

1) General subject: to be in a terminal state, to be on the brink of death

2) Graphic expression: be nearing end

3) Education: to be nearing (one's) end

4) Makarov: be in a terminal state, be on the brink of death

1. to be exposed to mortal danger (while engaged in battle, chasing an armed criminal etc)

X смотрел в глаза смерти - X looked death in the face

2. to be about to die

X смотрел смерти в глаза — X was staring death in the face

• СМОТРЕТЬ < ГЛЯДЕТЬ> СМЕРТИ В ГЛАЗА < В ЛИЦО> elev

[VP; subj: human]

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1. to be exposed to mortal danger (while engaged in battle, chasing an armed criminal etc):

- X смотрел в глаза смерти≈ X looked death in the face;

- X stood face to face with death.

     ♦ "Мы - коммунисты - всю жизнь... всю кровь свою... капля по капле... отдавали делу служения рабочему классу... угнетённому крестьянству. Мы привыкли бесстрашно глядеть смерти в глаза!" (Шолохов 4). "We Communists have given our whole lives...all our blood...drop by drop...to the cause of serving the working class. the oppressed peasantry. We are used to looking death fearlessly in the face" (4a).

2. to be about to die:

- X смотрел смерти в глаза≈ X was staring death in the face;

- X was at deaths door;

- X was on the brink of death.

• СМОТРЕТЬ < ГЛЯДЕТЬ> СМЕРТИ В ГЛАЗА < В ЛИЦО> elev

[VP; subj: human]

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1. to be exposed to mortal danger (while engaged in battle, chasing an armed criminal etc):

- X смотрел в глаза смерти≈ X looked death in the face;

- X stood face to face with death.

     ♦ "Мы - коммунисты - всю жизнь... всю кровь свою... капля по капле... отдавали делу служения рабочему классу... угнетённому крестьянству. Мы привыкли бесстрашно глядеть смерти в глаза!" (Шолохов 4). "We Communists have given our whole lives...all our blood...drop by drop...to the cause of serving the working class. the oppressed peasantry. We are used to looking death fearlessly in the face" (4a).

2. to be about to die:

- X смотрел смерти в глаза≈ X was staring death in the face;

- X was at deaths door;

- X was on the brink of death.

• СМОТРЕТЬ < ГЛЯДЕТЬ> СМЕРТИ В ГЛАЗА < В ЛИЦО> elev

[VP; subj: human]

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1. to be exposed to mortal danger (while engaged in battle, chasing an armed criminal etc):

- X смотрел в глаза смерти≈ X looked death in the face;

- X stood face to face with death.

     ♦ "Мы - коммунисты - всю жизнь... всю кровь свою... капля по капле... отдавали делу служения рабочему классу... угнетённому крестьянству. Мы привыкли бесстрашно глядеть смерти в глаза!" (Шолохов 4). "We Communists have given our whole lives...all our blood...drop by drop...to the cause of serving the working class. the oppressed peasantry. We are used to looking death fearlessly in the face" (4a).

2. to be about to die:

- X смотрел смерти в глаза≈ X was staring death in the face;

- X was at deaths door;

- X was on the brink of death.

• СМОТРЕТЬ < ГЛЯДЕТЬ> СМЕРТИ В ГЛАЗА < В ЛИЦО> elev

[VP; subj: human]

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1. to be exposed to mortal danger (while engaged in battle, chasing an armed criminal etc):

- X смотрел в глаза смерти≈ X looked death in the face;

- X stood face to face with death.

     ♦ "Мы - коммунисты - всю жизнь... всю кровь свою... капля по капле... отдавали делу служения рабочему классу... угнетённому крестьянству. Мы привыкли бесстрашно глядеть смерти в глаза!" (Шолохов 4). "We Communists have given our whole lives...all our blood...drop by drop...to the cause of serving the working class. the oppressed peasantry. We are used to looking death fearlessly in the face" (4a).

2. to be about to die:

- X смотрел смерти в глаза≈ X was staring death in the face;

- X was at deaths door;

- X was on the brink of death.

reduce (a to)

prezzi, sprechi reduce, cut

personale reduce, cut back

ridurre al silenzio reduce to silence

information technology ridurre a icona minimize

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ridurre v.tr.

1 to reduce, to cut* (down); to curtail; to shorten: ridurre il personale, to cut (down) (o to reduce) the staff; ridurre il prezzo di un articolo, to reduce (o to lower o to bring down) the price of an article; ridurre le spese, lo stipendio, to reduce expenses, wages; ridurre una vacanza, to curtail (o to cut short) a holiday; ridurre la velocità, to reduce speed; (econ.) ridurre il capitale, to reduce capital; ridurre il tasso di sconto, to reduce the discount rate; stiamo cercando di ridurre i tempi, we are trying to shorten (o cut) the time // ridurre un'opera letteraria, to abridge a literary work // (mar.) ridurre la velatura, to shorten (o to take in) sail

2 ( convertire) to convert, to reduce, to change; ( far diventare) to turn into: ogni volta che vengono gli amici mi riducono la casa un porcile, every time my friends come they turn the house into a pigsty; l'hotel Cavour è stato ridotto in appartamenti l'anno scorso, last year the Hotel Cavour was converted into flats // prima riduci quei dati in metri, first convert those data into metres; ridurre in pezzi, to break into pieces; ridurre in polvere, to turn to dust, to pulverize; ridurre qlco. in briciole, to crumble sthg. up

3 ( adattare) to adapt: (cinem.) ridurre per lo schermo, to adapt for the screen; ridurre un testo per le scuole, to adapt (o to simplify) a text for schools

4 (chim.) to reduce: ridurre lo stato di ossidazione di un atomo, to reduce the oxidation state of an atom; ridurre nitrogruppi ad aminogruppi, to reduce nitro groups to amino groups; (metall.) ridurre un minerale di rame a rame metallico, to reduce a copper ore to metallic ore

5 to reduce: (mat.) ridurre una frazione ai minimi termini, to reduce a fraction to its lowest terms

6 (indurre, portare a) to drive*, to reduce; to bring*: ridurre alla disperazione, to drive to despair; ridurre in miseria, al silenzio, to reduce to poverty, to silence; ridurre qlcu. all'obbedienza, to force s.o. to obedience; ridurre in rovina, in fin di vita, to bring to ruin, to the brink of death; fu ridotto a rubare, a mendicare, he was reduced (o driven) to steal, to beg; lo ridurranno alla pazzia, pazzo, they'll drive him mad // la malattia l'ha ridotto male, the illness has left him in a sorry state (o in a bad way); nell'incidente ha ridotto a, in pezzi l'auto, he made a wreck of his car in the accident

7 (un abito ecc.) to take* in (a dress)

8 (frattura ecc.) to set*; to reduce: ridurre una frattura, to set a broken bone

9 (rar.) ( ricondurre) to bring* back, to take* back: ridurre il gregge all'ovile, to bring back the sheep to the fold // ridurre qlcu. alla ragione, to make s.o. see reason.

◘ ridursi v.intr.pron.

1 to reduce oneself, to come* (down): non volevo ridurmi a questo, I didn't want to come to this; si ridusse a vendere i suoi mobili, he was reduced (o driven) to selling his furniture; le spese si riducono a poco, the expenses come (down) to very little; si riduce sempre all'ultimo a fare le valigie, he always leaves it to the last minute to pack; ridurre allo stretto necessario, to confine oneself to what is strictly necessary

2 ( diminuire) to diminish, to decrease; (econ.) ( calcolare) to go* down, to drop: le possibilità di successo si sono ridotte, the possibilities of success have diminished (o decreased); i prezzi si sono ridotti, prices have gone down

3 ( diventare) to be reduced, to become*: si è ridotto a pelle e ossa, he was reduced to (o became) skin and bone (o to a skeleton)

4 ( restringersi) to shrink*: la camicia si è ridotta lavandola, the shirt shrank with washing

5 ( ritirarsi) to retire: si ridusse a vita privata, he retired into private life.

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1. [ri'durre]

1) (gen) Mat to reduce, (prezzo) to reduce, cut, bring down, (pressione) to lessen, (produzione) to cut (back), lower, (spese) to cut down on, cut back on

2) (opera letteraria: per la radio, TV) to adapt, (accorciare) to abridge, (brano musicale) to arrange

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verbo transitivo

1) (diminuire) to reduce, to cut* [imposte, spese, costi, personale]; to reduce [dimensioni, velocità, distanza]; to reduce, to shorten [ durata]; to narrow [ divario]; to reduce, to lessen [rischi, probabilità]; to reduce, to bring* down [ disoccupazione]; to reduce, to limit [scelta, influenza]

2) (nelle dimensioni) to reduce [foto, documento]; to cut*, to abridge [ testo]

3) (trasformare) to reduce (in to)

4) (obbligare)

5) med. to reset* [ osso fratturato]

verbo pronominale ridursi

1) (diminuire) [costi, ritardo] to be* reduced; [rischi, spese, velocità, disoccupazione, livello] to decrease; [ divario] to narrow, to close

2) (limitarsi)

3) (diventare)

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ridurre

/ri'durre/ [13]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (diminuire) to reduce, to cut* [imposte, spese, costi, personale]; to reduce [dimensioni, velocità, distanza]; to reduce, to shorten [ durata]; to narrow [ divario]; to reduce, to lessen [rischi, probabilità]; to reduce, to bring* down [ disoccupazione]; to reduce, to limit [scelta, influenza]; ridurre il consumo di alcolici to cut down on alcohol; ridurre l'inflazione dell'1% to cut 1% off inflation; ridurre di un quarto to reduce by a quarter

 2 (nelle dimensioni) to reduce [foto, documento]; to cut*, to abridge [ testo]

 3 (trasformare) to reduce (in to); ridurre qcs. in polvere to reduce o crush sth. to (a) powder; ridurre qcs. a brandelli to tear sth. to ribbons o shreds

 4 (obbligare) ridurre qcn. al silenzio, in miseria to reduce sb. to silence, to begging

 5 med. to reset* [ osso fratturato]

II ridursi verbo pronominale

 1 (diminuire) [costi, ritardo] to be* reduced; [rischi, spese, velocità, disoccupazione, livello] to decrease; [ divario] to narrow, to close

 2 (limitarsi) tutto si riduce al fatto che it all comes down to the fact that

 3 (diventare) la sua voce si ridusse a un sussurro his voice dropped to a whisper; la strada si riduceva a un sentiero the road narrowed to a track

IDIOMS

- rsi all'ultimo (momento) to leave things to the last minute.

- pranie wisi na sznurze the washing is hanging on the line

- klucz wisiał na gwoździu/haczyku the key hung from a nail/hook

- zegar/obraz wisi na ścianie the clock/picture is hanging on the wall

- obraz wisi krzywo the painting hangs at a. on a slant

- na drzwiach wisi tabliczka there’s a plaque on the door

- wisząca półka/szafeczka a hanging shelf/cupboard

- lampa wisząca u sufitu a lamp hanging a. suspended from the ceiling

- wiszące sople lodu hanging icicles

- wiszący podbródek a sagging a. drooping chin

- płaszcz wisi na nim jak na wieszaku a. kołku his overcoat is all big and baggy

- suknia wisi na niej jak worek her dress is all baggy

- mgła wisi nad doliną fog hangs over the valley

- dym z papierosów wisiał w pokoju cigarette smoke hung a. floated in the room

- orzeł wisiał w powietrzu the eagle hovered in mid-air

- wisieć na szubienicy to hang on the gallows

- w powietrzu wisiała nuda boredom hung a. could be felt in the air

- ciągle wisiało nad nami widmo aresztowania the spectre of arrest still hung over us

- wisi nad nimi zagłada (the threat of) annihilation hangs over them a. hovers over their heads

- wisisz mi stówkę you owe me a hundred, that’s a hundred you owe me

■ wisieć na stopniach tramwaju to travel a. be perched on the footboard of a tram

- wisieć oczami a. wzrokiem a. spojrzeniem na kimś/na czymś to stare a. gaze at sb/sth searchingly

- wisieć przy kimś to be dependent on sb, to live off sb

- wisieć przy czyjejś spódnicy to be tied to sb’s apron strings

- wisieć na telefonie pot. to be hogging the phone

- godzinami/bez przerwy wisi na a. przy telefonie he spends hours on the phone, he never gets off the phone

- wszystko mu wisi posp. he doesn’t care about anything

- to mi wisi posp. I couldn’t care less, I’m past caring, I don’t give a damn (about that)

- wisi mi nad głową jeszcze jeden egzamin I have another exam hanging over my head a. over me

- jego kariera/życie wisi na włosku his career/life is hanging by a thread a. is on the line

- przez kilka dni jego życie wisiało na włosku for several days he hovered on the brink of death a. it was touch and go for him

- nasze małżeństwo wisi na włosku our marriage is on the skids a. in danger of breaking up

- wojna wisi na włosku war is looming a. imminent

- groźba bankructwa wisi nad nami jak miecz Damoklesa a. Damoklesowy the threat of bankruptcy hangs over us like the sword of Damocles

- wisieć w próżni [działanie, plan] to be divorced a. remote from reality

- jak wisieć, to za obie nogi przysł. I might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb przysł., you can only die once przysł.