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1 CALAMITY
• Calamity and prosperity are the touchstones of integrity - Человек познается в беде (4)• Calamity is the man's true touchstone - Человек познается в беде (4) -
2 Calamity Jane
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3 Calamity Relief Contingency Fund
Non-profit-making organization: CRCFУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Calamity Relief Contingency Fund
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4 беда
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5 бедствие
calamity, catastrophe, evil, disaster, distress, scourge -
6 бедствие
calamity, disaster, distress -
7 катастрофа
calamity, wreck -
8 человек познаётся в беде
1) General subject: calamity is man's ( true) touchstone2) Set phrase: calamity is man's true touchstone (дословно: Несчастье-лучший пробный камень для человека), calamity is a man's true touchstoneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человек познаётся в беде
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9 демагог, играющий на трудностях
American: calamity Jane, calamity howler, calamity prophetУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > демагог, играющий на трудностях
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10 паникёр
1) General subject: alarmist, drama queen (человек, который беспокоится по пустякам), fear monger, fear-monger, hand-wringer, handwringer, hue and crier, hue-and-crier, jitterbug, panic-monger, scaremonger, doomster, notorious worrier2) American: calamity Jane, calamity howler, calamity prophet3) Military: aggy, panic monger4) Jocular: Mr. Overdramatic5) Jargon: jittery6) Makarov: hue-and-crier (и т.п.) -
11 переносить несчастье
1) General subject: suffer a calamity2) Makarov: bear affliction, suffer calamity, surfer a calamityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > переносить несчастье
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12 пессимист
1) General subject: Jeremiah, calamity howler, croaker, flame out, negative Nancy (антипод positive Polly), nervous Nellie (Nelly), pessimist, doomsayer2) American: calamity Jane, calamity prophet3) Jargon: killjoy, sad apple, sour-ball, gloomy Gus4) Makarov: flame-out -
13 предотвратить беду
1) General subject: avert a calamity (несчастье)2) Makarov: avert a calamity, avert calamityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > предотвратить беду
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14 стихийное бедствие
1) General subject: act of God, casuality2) Military: disaster3) Construction: natural hazard4) Law: act of God (служащее оправданием нарушения обязательства), act of Providence, natural catastrophe, natural calamity-, action of the elements5) Insurance: act of nature6) Automobile industry: natural disaster7) Ecology: elemental calamity8) Business: act of the elements, elemental disaster, natural calamity, natural hazards9) EBRD: acts of God10) leg.N.P. distress caused by the elements11) Makarov: an act of God, war of the elements12) Security: hazardУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > стихийное бедствие
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15 бедствие
distress, disaster, calamity; мн. adversity* * ** * *distress, disaster, calamity; adversity* * *adversityafflictioncalamitycancerdisasterdistresshoodoomisadventuremisadventuresmischiefmiserymisfortunemisfortunesmishapteentribulationunhappiness -
16 бедствие бедстви·е
catastrophe, disaster, calamity; (последствие войн, неурожаев и т.п.) distressстихийное бедствие — natural disaster / calamity
бедствия, вызванные войной — scourge of war
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17 предотвратить несчастье
1) General subject: prevent a disaster2) Makarov: avert a calamity, avert calamityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > предотвратить несчастье
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18 Человек познается в беде
It is in hard times that men show their true, noble or mean, natureVar.: Золото огнём, человек бедой познаётсяCf: Calamity and prosperity are the touchstones of integrity (Am.). Calamity is the man's true touchstone (Br.). Difficulties are things that show what men are (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Человек познается в беде
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19 бедствие
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20 беда
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1) (несчастье)
misfortune
2) (затруднение, беспокойство)
trouble
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беда! it's a bad job!* * ** * *misfortune, disaster, mischief, calamity* * *adversityafflictionbalebaledbidacalamitydisasterdistressmischiefmiserymisfortunemishapteentroubletruble
См. также в других словарях:
Calamity — may refer to: * A disaster, a terrible event * Al Qaria (English: The Calamity ), the 101st sura of the Qur an * Calamity Jane, a nineteenth century American frontierwoman ** Calamity Jane (1953 film), a 1953 film based on the person * Calamity… … Wikipedia
Calamity — Ca*lam i*ty .; pl. {Calamities}. [L. calamitas, akin to in columis unharmed: cf. F. calamit[ e]] 1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calamity — I noun act of God, adverse fortune, adversity, affliction, bad fortune, blight, calamitas, cataclysm, catastrophe, clades, destruction, disaster, evil fortune, evil lot, evil luck, grievous harm, hardship, ill fortune, loss, major misfortune,… … Law dictionary
calamity — early 15c., from M.Fr. calamite (14c.), from L. calamitatem (nom. calamitas) damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity, origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus straw, but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved … Etymology dictionary
calamity — *disaster, catastrophe, cataclysm Analogous words: *accident, casualty, mishap: *misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap: tribulation, visitation, affliction, *trial, cross: ruin, wreck (see RUIN) Antonyms: boon Contrasted words: fortune, luck… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
calamity — [n] disaster; tragedy adversity, affliction, blue ruin*, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, holy mess*, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, the worst*, trial,… … New thesaurus
calamity — ► NOUN (pl. calamities) ▪ an event causing great and sudden damage or distress. DERIVATIVES calamitous adjective calamitously adverb. ORIGIN Latin calamitas … English terms dictionary
calamity — [kə lam′ətē] n. pl. calamities [MFr calamité < L calamitas: see CLASTIC] 1. deep trouble or misery 2. any extreme misfortune bringing great loss and sorrow; disaster SYN. DISASTER … English World dictionary
calamity — n. 1) to avert; ward off a calamity 2) to survive a calamity 3) a calamity befalls smb. 4) a crushing, dire, great; national calamity * * * [kə læmɪtɪ] dire great national calamity ward off a calamity a crushing a calamity befalls smb … Combinatory dictionary
calamity — [[t]kəlæ̱mɪti[/t]] calamities N VAR A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress. [FORMAL] He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age. ...the calamity of war... It could only end in… … English dictionary
calamity — UK [kəˈlæmətɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms calamity : singular calamity plural calamities a) an event that causes serious damage, or causes a lot of people to suffer, for example a flood or fire b) used humorously about something … English dictionary