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1 stool
1. n1) табурет, табуреткаstool of repentance — іст. ганебний стілець (у шотландських церквах); перен. прилюдне приниження
2) ослінчик3) стільчак; судно4) мед. випорожнення; очищення кишок5) корінь (пень), що дає пагони6) рослина, з якої взято черешки7) с.г. відсадок, паросток8) амер. підвіконняstool pigeon — амер. голуб для принаджування диких голубів; розм. провокатор, інформатор
2. v1) випорожнятися2) пускати паростки (тж stool out, stool forth)3) амер. принаджувати (птаха)4) іти на принаду (про птаха)5) амер., розм. бути провокатором (інформатором)* * *I [stuːl] n1) табурет(ка)2) лавочка3) стільчак, судно; тумбочка для нічного горщика4) мeд. дія кишечника; pl випорожнення5) корінь або пень, що пускає пагони; рослина, з якої взяті черешки або відсадок; c-г. відсадок, відросток6) = stool pigeon7) cл. підвіконняII [stuːl] v2) пускати пагони (stool out, stool forth)4) cл.; cл. бути інформатором, донощиком -
2 stool
[stuːl]n1) табуре́т(ка)stool of repentance — 1) іст. гане́бний стіле́ць ( у шотландських церквах) 2) перен. прилю́дне прини́ження
to fall between two stools перен. — сиді́ти між двома́ стільця́ми
2) ослі́нчик3) судно́, стільча́к4) мед. ви́порожнення; очи́щення кишо́к5) ко́рінь (пень), що дає́ па́гони -
3 love
[lʌv] 1. n1) любо́в, прихи́льність, симпа́тія (of, for, to, towards)there's no love between them — вони́ недолю́блюють оди́н о́дного
2) зако́ханість; коха́нняto be in love with — бу́ти зако́ханим у
to fall in love with — закоха́тися у
to fall out of love with smb. — розлюби́ти кого́сь
to make love to smb. — залиця́тися до ко́гось
3) любо́вна інтри́га4) предме́т коха́ння; лю́бий; лю́ба; коха́ний; коха́на (особл. у звертанні my love)5) міф. аму́р, купідо́н6) щось прина́днеa regular love of a kitten — чарівне́ кошеня́тко
7) спорт. нульwon by four goals to love — ви́грано з раху́нком 4:0
love all — раху́нок 0:0
love game — "суха́"
••for the love of — зара́ди, в ім'я́
not for love or money, not for the love of Mike — ні за що́, ні за я́кі гро́ші
to give [to send] one's love to smb. — передава́ти (посила́ти) приві́т кому́сь
for love of the game — з любо́ві до спра́ви
2. vto play for love — гра́ти не на гро́ші
1) люби́ти, коха́ти2) хоті́ти, бажа́тиI'd love to go — я б пішо́в із задово́ленням
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4 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
5 _суперечки; розбіжності
arguing with a fool shows there are two compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof dog eat dog don't bite the hand that feeds you every compromise is surrender and invites new demands the falling out of lovers is the renewing of love hard words break no bones he who forgives ends the quarrel if your swear you will catch no fish it takes two to make a quarrel a lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit never quarrel with a woman put not your hand between the bark and the tree a quarrelsome man has no good neighbors there are three sides to every argument: your tale, my tale, and the truth there is no good arguing with the inevitable; the only argument available with the east wind is to put on your overcoat there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover the weaker the argument, the stronger the words when thieves fall out, honest men come by their ownEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _суперечки; розбіжності
См. также в других словарях:
fall between two stools — ► fall between two stools Brit. fail to be or take either of two satisfactory alternatives. Main Entry: ↑stool … English terms dictionary
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fall between two stools — verb a) To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail. “ She [<nowiki/>] could not bear to lose the land she had got by a swindle; and then she could not bear the loss of her lover. So she fell between two stools. ” … Wiktionary
fall between stools — If something falls between two stools, it is neither totally one thing nor another, and is therefore unsatisfactory. The book didn t sell because it fell between two stools. It appealed neither to historians nor to the general public … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
fall between the cracks — See fall through the cracks … English idioms
fall between two stools — phrasal to fail because of inability to choose between or reconcile two alternative or conflicting courses of action … New Collegiate Dictionary
fall between two stools — fail because one hesitated between two opportunities, attempt two things at once and fail at both … English contemporary dictionary
fall between two stools — not clearly one type or the other, neither fish nor fowl This vehicle is part bike and part car. It falls between two stools … English idioms
fall between — be overlooked, go unnoticed … English contemporary dictionary
fall between two stools — Brit. fail to be or take either of two satisfactory alternatives. → stool … English new terms dictionary
