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1 some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell
деякі люди є занадто підлими для неба і занадто доброчесними для пеклаEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell
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2 for every Jack there is Jill
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > for every Jack there is Jill
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3 marriages are made in heaven
syn: for every Jack there is Jill≅ судженого конем не об'їдеш що кому написано на роду, то й конем не об'їдеш як судиться, то і вовк не з'їсть і не убудеться кожна птиця знайде свого ГрицяEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > marriages are made in heaven
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4 it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven
легше верблюдові пройти крізь вушко голки, ніж багачу увійти у царство небеснеEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven
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5 _різне
aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground all are not thieves that dogs bark at all cats are grey in the dark all roads lead to Rome always lend a helping hand among the blind the one-eyed man is king as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger at a round table, there is no dispute of place a bad excuse is better than none a bad vessel is seldom broken be just before you're generous be just to all, but trust not all the best things come in small packages the best way to resist temptation is to give in to it better alone than in bad company better an empty house than a bad tenant better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg better a tooth out than always aching between two stools one goes to the ground a bird may be known by its flight a bird never flew on one wing a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day a bleating sheep loses a bite a blind man would be glad to see a blind man needs no looking glass bread always falls buttered side down a burden which one chooses is not felt butter to butter is no relish cast no dirt in the well that gives you water the chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change is as good as a rest Christmas comes but once a year circumstances after cases cleanliness is next to godliness the cobbler's wife is the worst shod a cold hand, a warm heart comparisons are odious consistency is a jewel consideration is half of conversation a creaking door hangs long on its hinges desperate diseases must have desperate remedies the devil looks after his own diamond cut diamond dirt shows the quickest on the cleanest cotton discontent is the first step in progress do as you would be done by dog does not eat dog a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone a dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar do not throw pearls before swine do your best and leave the rest with God do your duty and be afraid of none don't be a yes-man don't cut off your nose to spite your face don't drown yourself to save a drowning man don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't spur a willing horse don't strike a man when he is down don't swap the witch for the devil eagles don't catch flies eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together the English are a nation of shopkeepers even a stopped clock is right twice a day every cock sings in his own way every fish that escapes seems greater than it is every man is a pilot in a calm sea every medal has its reverse side every thing comes to a man who does not need it every tub smells of the wine it holds evil communications corrupt good manners the exception proves the rule exchange is no robbery extremes meet facts are stubborn things familiarity breeds contempt fast bind, fast find fields have eyes, and woods have ears fight fire with fire figure on the worst but hope for the best fingers were made before forks the fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near the first shall be last and the last, first follow your own star forbearance is no acquittance the fox knows much, but more he that catches him from the day you were born till you ride in a hearse, there's nothing so bad but it might have been worse from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar fruit is golden in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair the game is not worth the candles a gentleman never makes any noise the gift bringer always finds an open door the giver makes the gift precious a good horse cannot be of a bad colour a good tale is none the worse for being twice told good riddance to bad rubbish the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong the half is more than the whole half a loaf is better than no bread half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one hawk will not pick out hawk's eyes the heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted he may well swim that is held up by the chin he that doesn't respect, isn't respected he that lies down with dogs must rise with fleas he that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best he who is absent is always in the wrong he who follows is always behind the higher the climb, the broader the view history is a fable agreed upon hitch your wagon to a star the ideal we embrace is our better self if a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey if a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow I fear Greeks even when bringing gifts if each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city if the cap fits, wear it if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain if you cannot bite, never show your teeth if you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have if you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all if you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain if you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself ill news travels fast ill weeds grow apace an inch breaks no square it always pays to be a gentleman it costs nothing to ask it is easier to descend than ascend it is easier to pull down than to build up it is good fishing in troubled waters it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back it is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you it is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best it is not clever to gamble, but to stop playing it's a small world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a thief to catch a thief jealousy is a green-eyed monster jealousy is a proof of self-love keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style keep no more cats than will catch mice kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish kissing goes by favor jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today a joy that's shared is a joy made double justice is blind lay not the load on the lame horse learn to creep before you leap let the cock crow or not, the day will come the longest road is sometimes the shortest way home lookers-on see most of the game man does not live by bread alone many are called but few are chosen many go out for wool and come home shorn many stumble at a straw and leap over a block men cease to interest us when we find their limitations a misty morn may have a fine day the mob has many heads but no brains the moon is not seen when the sun shines the more the merrier mountain has brought forth a mouse much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of name not a halter in his house that hanged himself the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do never is a long time never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day never quarrel with your bread and butter never tell tales out of school a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse no joy without alloy no man is a hero to his valet no mud can soil us but the mud we throw no names, no pack-drill no news good news no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches none is so blind as they who will not see none of us is perfect nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is easy to the unwilling nothing is so good but it might have been better nothing is stolen without hands nothing new under the sun nothing seems quite as good as new after being broken an old poacher makes the best keeper once is no rule one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him one good turn deserves another one half of the world does not know how the other half lives one hand washes the other one man's meat is another man's poison one picture is worth ten thousand words one volunteer is worth two pressed men one whip is good enough for a good horse; for a bad one, not a thousand opposites attract each other the orange that is squeezed too hard yields a bitter juice other people's burdens killed the ass out of the mire into the swamp painted flowers have no scent paper is patient: you can put anything on it people condemn what they do not understand pigs might fly the pitcher goes often to the well please ever; tease never plenty is no plague the porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected but is never loved the proof of the pudding is in the eating the remedy is worse than the disease reopen not the wounds once healed a rolling stone gathers no moss the rotten apple injures its neighbors scratch my back and I shall scratch yours the sea refuses no river seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between seldom seen, soon forgotten silence scandal by scandal the sharper the storm, the sooner it's over the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater solitude is at times the best society some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell the soul of a man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap sour grapes can never make sweet wine sow a thought and reap an act the sow loves bran better than roses a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with still waters run deep stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life a straw shows which way the wind blows a stream cannot rise above its source the style is the man the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle the sun shines on all the world the sun will shine down our street too sunday plans never stand suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one sweetest nuts have the hardest shells the tail cannot shake the dog take things as they are, not as you'd have them tastes differ there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it there is always room at the top there is life in the old dog yet there is no rose without a thorn there is small choice in rotten apples there is truth in wine there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it they need much whom nothing will content they that dance must pay the fiddler they walk with speed who walk alone those who hide can find three removals are as bad as a fire to the pure all things are pure to work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all would be hard indeed too far east is west translation is at best an echo a tree is known by its fruit a tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives two can play at that game two dogs over one bone seldom agree venture a small fish to catch a great one the voice with a smile always wins wear my shoes and you'll know where they pitch we weep when we are born, not when we die what can you have of a cat but her skin what can't be cured must be endured what matters to a blind man that his father could see what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail when a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink when in doubt, do nowt when interest is lost, memory is lost when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it when a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full when the devil is dead, he never lacks a chief mourner when two ride on one horse one must sit behind where bees are, there is honey where it is weakest, there the thread breaks who seeks what he should not finds what he would not why keep a dog and bark yourself? a wonder lasts but nine days the worth of a thing is best known by its want the world is a ladder for some to go up and some down would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink you can tell the day by the morning you cannot lose what you never had you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled you can't put new wine in old bottles you can't 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6 _Бог; релігія
all are not saints that go to the church all things are possible with God the best sermon is a good life the cowl does not make the monk danger past, God is forgotten do your best and leave the rest with God each one holds his religion for the best earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal every man for himself, and God for us all faith will move mountains God heals and the doctor takes the fee God helps those who help themselves God is always on the side of the big battalions God is no respecter of persons God made the country and man made the town God restores health, and the physician gets thanks God sends meat and the devil sends cooks God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb the gods send nuts to those who have no teeth God's clock strikes on time God's in his heaven; all's right with the world God's mill grinds slow but sure the greater the sinner, the greater the saint he that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages it matters not what religion an ill man is of like priest, like people the Lord chastises His own the lord knows when to clip our wings the Lord who gave can take away man proposes, God disposes a man without a religion is a horse without a bridle many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it the nearer the church, the farther from God preacher, be advised by your own sermons preachers can talk but never teach unless they practice what they preach religion should be a rule of life, not a casual incident of it some people depend too little on the Lord, and some people depend too much on Him those, who know all about heaven seldom get there where God builds a church, the Devil will build a chapel whom Gods would destroy, they first make mad you cannot serve God and Mammon -
7 sake
nfor the sake of smb., for smb.'s sake — заради когось
for the sake of smb.'s health — в інтересах чийогось здоров'я
for the sake of money — заради грошей, через гроші
for the sake of peace — в ім'я миру, для справи миру
◊ for God's (goodness', Heaven's, pity's, mercy's) sake — бога ради!
◊ sakes alive! — амер. от тобі й на!
* * *I [seik] nfor the sake of smb, for their own sakes — для них самих
II n; яп.for God's /goodness', Heaven's/ sake — заради Бога!, в ім'я всього святого!
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8 thank
1. n звич. plвдячність, подякаthanks! — спасибі!, дякую!
many thanks — велике спасибі, дуже вдячний
no, thanks — спасибі, не треба (ввічлива відмова)
to return thanks — а) віддячувати; б) прочитати молитву (перед їдою, після їди)
please accept my best thanks — прийміть, будь ласка, мою щиру подяку
thanks to — завдяки, через
no thanks to — не через те що, не внаслідок
2. vthank you — дякую, спасибі
thank you ever so much — розм. дуже вам вдячний
I'll thank you to shut the door — будьте ласкаві, зачиніть двері
* * *I nзвичн. pl подякаto accord a thank — icт. дякувати, висловлювати подяку
thanks very much, many thanks, thanks awfully — велике спасибі
to give thank s — дякувати; віддячувати icт. = to return thanks
to return thanks — дякувати, віддячити; прочитати молитву ( перед їжею або після їжі)
II vplease accept my best thanks — прийміть, будь ласка, мою щиру вдячність
thank you — спасибі; так, будь ласка; якщо можна
thank you for nothing — спасибі е на тім; дякую покірно
thank God /heaven, goodness/! — віддяка богові /небесам/!
to thank smb sincerely — щиро дякувати комусь
I'll thank you to shut the door — будьте ласкаві, закрийте двері
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9 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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10 _лихо; біда
adversity flatters no man adversity makes a man wise, but not rich adversity makes strange bedfellows as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb between two evils 'tis not worth choosing burn not your house to rid of the mouse care killed a cat the darkest hour is that before the dawn don't rejoice about your neighbor's misfortunes, for the same may happen to you don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you the drowning man will catch at a straw every heart knows its own bitterness everyone can master a grief but he that has it every path has a puddle the evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear fretting cares make gray hairs great griefs are mute the greatest misfortune of all is not be able to bear misfortune grief makes one hour ten he bears misery best who hides it most he knows best what good is that has endured evil he that mischief hatches, mischief catches he that seeks trouble never misses if there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun it never rains but it pours let sleeping dogs lie light cares speak, great ones are silent mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce misery loves company misfortunes make us wise misfortunes never come singly necessity knows no law needs must when the devil drives never find your delight in another's misfortune nothing dries sooner than tears of two evils choose the least one is too few, three too many the only cure for grief is action pity and need make all flesh kin there is a salve for every sore there is no sorrow on this earth that cannot be cured in heaven an unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup we all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others when things are at their worst they begin to mend -
11 thank
I nзвичн. pl подякаto accord a thank — icт. дякувати, висловлювати подяку
thanks very much, many thanks, thanks awfully — велике спасибі
to give thank s — дякувати; віддячувати icт. = to return thanks
to return thanks — дякувати, віддячити; прочитати молитву ( перед їжею або після їжі)
II vplease accept my best thanks — прийміть, будь ласка, мою щиру вдячність
thank you — спасибі; так, будь ласка; якщо можна
thank you for nothing — спасибі е на тім; дякую покірно
thank God /heaven, goodness/! — віддяка богові /небесам/!
to thank smb sincerely — щиро дякувати комусь
I'll thank you to shut the door — будьте ласкаві, закрийте двері
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12 eye
1. n1) окоblue (brown, large, near-sighted) eyes — блакитні (карі, великі, короткозорі) очі
eye specialist — окуліст, офтальмолог
2) здеб. pl поглядto set (to lay, to clap) eyes on smth. — побачити (помітити) щось
3) перен. погляди, думка; судженняin the eyes of smb. — на чиюсь думку
4) вічко; оглядове віконце5) вушко (голки)6) петелька7) кільце8) ніздря (у твердому сирі)9) розм. сищик, детектив10) розм. екран телевізора11) мор. рим12) гірн. устя шахтиthat's all my eye — розм. усе це брехня
eye for eye — бібл. око за око
the eye of day (of heaven) — поет. денне світило, сонце
to marry smb. with an eye to her fortune — одружитися з розрахунку
to have an eye for smth. — бути знавцем чогось; розумітися на чомусь
with open eyes — свідомо; розуміючи усе
to keep one's (both) eyes open (wide open, peeled, skinned) — не ловити гав, пильнувати
to give an eye to smb., smth. — звертати увагу на когось, на щось; приділяти увагу комусь, чомусь; стежити за кимсь, чимсь
to keep an eye on smb., smth. — стежити за кимсь, чимсь
to see eye to eye — бібл. а) побачити наочно; б) цілком погоджуватися, мати однакові погляди
mind your eye! — увага!, стережися!
eyes right (left, front)! — військ. рівняння направо (наліво, прямо)!
in a pig's eye — амер., розм. ніколи, ні в якому разі
2. v1) дивитися; оглядати; розглядатиto eye smb. with suspicion — дивитися на когось з підозрою
to eye smb. with curiosity — розглядати когось з цікавістю
2) стежити; тримати під наглядом; не спускати з очей3) бачити4) мати на увазі5) здаватися, уявлятися* * *I [ai] n1) око; частіше pl погляд; погляди, думка, переконання; судження2) смак ( до чого-небудь); розуміння ( чого-небудь)to have an eye for smth — бути знавцем /любителем/ чого-небудь, цінувати що-небудь, розумітися на чому-небудь
3) увага до чого-небудь, догляд ( за дитиною); нагляд ( за багажем); (to) план, задум4) окомір5) центр; осередок (освіти, науки)6) вічко ( для спостереження); оглядове віконце7) тex. вушко ( голки)8) петелька ( для гачка); колечко ( до якого що-небудь причіпляється)9) ніздря, вічко ( у сирі)10) cл. сищик, детектив11) cл. екран телевізора12) тex. вушко; вічко; коуш13) мop. рим14) гipн. устя шахти15) c-г., бoт. вічко16) = bull's-eyeII [ai] v1) розглядати; дивитися2) тримати під наглядом, стежити ( за ким-небудь), не зводити очей ( з кого-небудь)3) робити вічка, петельки, вушка -
13 sake
I [seik] nfor the sake of smb, for their own sakes — для них самих
II n; яп.for God's /goodness', Heaven's/ sake — заради Бога!, в ім'я всього святого!
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14 _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 -
15 _шлюб; дім; сім'я
accidents will happen in the best regulated families a bad husband cannot be a good man before you go in double harness, look well to the other horse better one house spoiled than two big houses have small families, and small houses big families a blind man's wife needs no paint the calmest husbands take the stormiest wives choose your love, then love your choice choose your man as you choose your shoes – for comfort and long wear a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple don't marry a girl who wants strawberries in January each husband gets the infidelity he deserves earlier wed, sooner dead every family has a black sheep every man can tame a shrew but he that has one everyone can keep house better than her mother until she tries the father is the guest who best becomes the table first thrive and then wife a friend married is a friend lost a good husband makes a good wife the grey mare is the better horse 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 honest men marry soon, wise men not at all he that marries a widow and four children marries four thieves he that takes a wife takes a care he that tells his wife news is but newly wed he that will thrive must first ask his wife he who marries for wealth sells his liberty the husband is always the last to know the husband is the head of the house, but the wife is the neck and the neck moves the head if you wish praise, die; if you wish blame, marry it is not every couple that is a pair keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards a kind wife makes a faithful husband the Lord makes a man, but the wife makes a husband love takes away the sight, and matrimony restores it a man is newly married who tells his wife everything marriage goes by contrasts marriage is a lottery marriage makes or mars a man marriages are made in heaven marry above your match and you get a master marry in haste, and repent at leisure marry a handsome man and you marry trouble marry late or never marry your son when you please and your daughter when you can men are what their mothers made them most men get as good a wife as they deserve the mother-in-law remembers not that she was a daughter-in-law never interfere with family quarrels never marry for money, but marry where money is a nurse spoils a good housewife nurses put one bit in the child's mouth and two in their own observe the mother and take the daughter put not your hand between the bark and the tree a shotgun marriage won't last longer than the honeymoon sweet-talk to the old lady to get to the daughter there are as many good stepmothers as white ravens there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her to marry once is a duty, twice is folly, thrice is madness the woman who obeys her husband rules him want makes strife between man and wife when going to sea, pray once; when going to war, pray twice; when going to be married, pray thrice when the husband earns well, the wife spends well when you get married you tie a knot with your tongue that you can't untie with your teeth where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage whoever is tired of a happy day, let him take a wifeEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _шлюб; дім; сім'я
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16 _влада
the best government is that in which the law speaks instead of the lawyer better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven a crown is no cure for a headache divide and rule dress a monkey as you will, it remains a monkey still everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over fish begins to stink at the head the great fish eat up the small he sits not sure that sits too high he that cannot obey cannot command high places have their precipices the higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail if you can't command yourself, you can't command others it is better for a town to be governed by a good man than by good laws it is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope the king can do no wrong kings have long arms a new broom sweeps clean the pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God the statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician sudden power is apt to be insolent, sudden liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually that government is best which governs least -
17 a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
syn: a gift in the hand is better than two promisesbetter an egg today, than a hen tomorrow≅ краще жайворонок у руці, ніж журавель у небі краще синиця у жмені, ніж журавель у небі краще нині горобець, ніж узавтра голубецьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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18 god
1. n1) бог; божество2) (G.) Бог, Всевишній3) ідол, кумирG.'s fool — юродивий
G.'s truth — щира правда
G.'s earth — божий світ
G. willing — якщо буде на те божа воля
the gods — глядачі гальорки, гальорка
by G.! — їй-богу!
oh (my, good, dear, great) G.! — боже мій!, о господи!
G.'s sake! — бога ради!
G. forbid! — боронь боже!
G. bless me!, G. bless my soul! — господи помилуй!, прости господи!
thank G.! — слава богу!
G. knows — один бог знає
G. damn it! — чорт побери!
honest to G.! — слово честі!
2. vобожнюватиto god it — розм. бундючитися, гнути кирпу
* * *I n1) бог, божество— Бог, Всевишній2) ідол, кумир3) миcт. ( the gods) райок; відвідувачі гальорки, гальорка4) вигуку господи!, боже мій! (виражає подив, радість гнів) G. 's fool юродивийGod 's word /book/ — Біблія
God bless me! — господи помилуй! (виражає подив, cтpax.)
II vGod bless you! — будьте здорові (тому, хто чхнув)
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19 move
1. n1) рух; зміна місцяon the move — у русі; на марші; на ходу
to make a move towards smb., smth. — рушити (кинутися) до когось, чогось
2) хід (у грі)3) військ. перекидання, пересування4) вчинок; крок; акція5) переїзд (на іншу квартиру)6) пропозиція2. v1) рухати, пересувати, переміщати2) рухатися, пересуватися, перемішатися3) ворушити; рухати4) ворушитисяdon't move! — стій!, ні з місця!
5) робити хід, ходити (у грі)6) діяти, вживати заходів; приводити в рух7) маніпулювати; управляти8) розвиватися (про події)9) іти, просуватися11) хвилювати, зворушуватиto move smb. deeply — глибоко схвилювати когось
12) бути спонукуваним13) спонукати, примушуватиto move smb. to do smth. — спонукати когось робити щось
14) доводити (до певного стану)to move smb. to anger — розсердити когось
15) вносити (пропозицію); робити заяву16) клопотатися, прохати17) примушувати діяти18) продавати19) продаватися, мати попитmove about — а) переходити, переїжджати з місця на місце; б) переносити, перевозити, переставляти з місця на місце
move aside — а) відсуватися, відходити вбік; відхилятися; б) відсувати
move away — а) від'їжджати; б) відсуватися; в) відсувати
move back — а) відходити, відсуватися, подаватися назад; б) відсувати, переставляти назад
move down — а) опускатися, спускатися; б) опускати, спускати
move forward — рухатися (просуватися) уперед
move in — а) в'їжджати (у квартиру); б) входити, заходити (у зал); в) всувати
move off — а) іти геть; відходити; від'їжджати
the train is moving off — поїзд відходить; б) відсувати
move on — іти далі, продовжувати рух
move on! — проходьте!, не затримуйтеся!
move over — відсунутися, відсторонитися
move round — а) обертатися, повертатися назад; б) обертатися (навколо себе); в) крутити, обертати
move up — а) підсунутися; б) підсунути; в) просунути
to move heaven and earth — зробити все можливе, докласти усіх зусиль
* * *I [muːv] n1) рух; зміна положення, місця; вiйcьк. перекидання; пересування; перевезення, транспортування ( продукції в межах підприємств)3) переїзд (на іншу квартиру, в інше місце)4) вчинок; крок; акція5) рідко пропозиціяII [muːv] v1) рухати, пересувати, переміщати; рухатися; пересуватися, переміщатися2) ворушити3) робити хід, ходити ( у грі)5) тex. маніпулювати, управляти ( важелями)6) переїжджати, переселятися ( на нову квартиру); перевозити, переселяти7) діяти, вживати заходів8) розвиватися ( про події); іти, посуватися ( про справи)9) бувати, обертатися (у певному колі, товаристві)10) зачіпати, хвилювати11) бути спонукуваним, відчувати внутрішнє спонукання; спонукувати, змушувати12) доводити ( до якого-небудь стану)13) вносити (пропозицію, резолюцію); робити заяву; (звич. for) клопотатися14) мeд. змусити діяти ( кишечник); фiзioл. діяти ( про кишечник)15) кoм. продавати; продаватися, мати попит -
20 translate
v1) перекладати (з однієї мови на іншу)to translate a novel from English into Ukrainian — перекласти роман з англійської мови на українську
2) перекладатися, піддаватися перекладу3) пояснювати, тлумачити4) переміщувати; переводити (в інше місце)5) переносити (останки)6) здійснювати, втілювати в життя7) перетворювати, переводити в іншу систему8) розм. латати; перешивати із старого9) рад. транслювати* * *[trʒnz'leitˌ trʒns-]vto translate word for word [offhand, adequately] — перекладати дослівно [без підготовки, точно]; переводитися, піддаватися перекладу
the passage [his book] translates well — цей уривок [його книга]легко переводиться; працювати перекладачем; виступати в ролі перекладача, перекладати
2) переміщати; переводити; переноситиto be translated to a fairy palace in a second — в одну мить перенестися в чарівний /казковий/ палац
to be translated to /into/ Heaven — піднестися на небо; бути взятим ( живим) на небо; переміщуватися в просторі на реактивній тязі; переносити
to translate a play to the screen — екранізувати п'єсу, перенести п'єсу на екран
3) пояснювати, тлумачитиto translate smb 's silence as a refusal — тлумачити чиє-н. мовчання як відмову
he translated her gestures to the bystanders — він роз'яснював її жести оточуючим; допускати тлумачення; зводитися (до чого-н.)
a view that translates into the theory that... — погляди, рівносильні теорії, що...
4) обертати, перетворюватиto translate energy into power — перетворювати енергію у механічну силу; перетворювати, вдягатися
to translate one's thoughts into words — вдягнутися свої думки в слова; здійснювати, запроваджувати в життя
few of these ideas have been translated into reality — небагато з цих ідей були проведені реалізовані на практиці
5) перекодувати; передавати іншими засобами; перетворювати, переводити в іншу систему; перераховуватиto translate a musical structure into fictional form — передати зміст музичного твору засобами словесного мистецтва
to translate into [out of]cipher — війск. зашифрувати [розшифрувати]
6) латати, перешивати із старого7) cпeц. транслюватиto translate a codon into an amino acid — бioл. транслювати кодон в амінокислоту
8) фiз. додавати ( тілу) поступальну ходу9) icт. захоплюватись
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