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29 a chapter of accidents
непредвиденное стечение обстоятельств (обыкн. неблагоприятных)‘Foolery!’ he said, his one exhaustive comment on... the chapter of accidents that had entangled him. (H. G. Wells, ‘The War in the Air’, ch. VII) — - Глупости - сказал он. Это было его исчерпывающим комментарием... к неблагоприятному стечению обстоятельств, в которых он оказался.
Her machinery sounded like a chapter of accidents and was always out of order. (H. Lawson, ‘Over the Sliprails’, ‘The Darling River’) — Звуки, доносившиеся из машинного отделения этого парохода, не предвещали ничего хорошего. Его машины всегда были не в порядке.
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Foolery — Fool er*y, n.; pl. {Fooleries}. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. [1913 Webster] Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An act of folly or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foolery — (n.) 1550s, from FOOL (Cf. fool) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
foolery — [fo͞ol′ər ē] n. pl. fooleries foolish behavior or a foolish action … English World dictionary
foolery — Ⅰ. fool [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who acts unwisely. 2) historical a jester or clown. ► VERB 1) trick or deceive. 2) (fool about/around) act in a joking or frivolous way. 3) … English terms dictionary
foolery — noun the foolery in this dormitory has gotten out of hand Syn: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, buffoonery, silliness, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; antics, capers; informal larks, shenanigans, didoes; archaic harlequinade … Thesaurus of popular words
foolery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1552 1. a foolish act, utterance, or belief 2. foolish behavior … New Collegiate Dictionary
foolery — /fooh leuh ree/, n., pl. fooleries. 1. foolish action or conduct. 2. a foolish action, performance, or thing. [1545 55; FOOL1 + ERY] * * * … Universalium
foolery — noun Foolish behaviour or speech … Wiktionary
foolery — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, asininity, back answer, banter, battiness, brainlessness, buffoonery, caustic remark, clownishness, comeback, crack, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cut, cutting remark, daffiness, desipience,… … Moby Thesaurus
foolery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. foolishness, folly, shenanigans*; see joke 1 , nonsense 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness,… … English dictionary for students
foolery — fool|e|ry [ˈfu:ləri] n [U] BrE old fashioned silly or stupid behaviour … Dictionary of contemporary English