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1 гребец на галере
1) General subject: galley man, galley slave, galley-man2) History: galley-slave (раб или осужденный преступник) -
2 работать как каторжный
1) General subject: lead the life of a drudge, drudge and slave (раб на галерах), work like a galley slave2) Makarov: drudge and slaveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работать как каторжный
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3 как проклятый
(работает, трудится и т. п.)прост.cf. smb. works like a beast (brute, a cart-horse, a dog, a galley slave, a horse, a navvy, a nigger, a skivvy, a slave) -
4 наборщик
1) General subject: case man, case-man, comp, compositor (а не композитор), setter, type-setter, typesetter, typographer2) Colloquial: comp (сокр. от compositor)3) Engineering: compart, gatherer (стекломассы)4) Polygraphy: galley slave, key operator (при машинном наборе), keyboard operator, keyboard operator (при машинном наборе), operator, type catcher, type setter, type slinger, typo -
5 пахать как раб на галерах
General subject: work like a galley slaveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пахать как раб на галерах
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6 человек, обречённый на тяжёлый труд
General subject: galley-slaveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человек, обречённый на тяжёлый труд
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7 человек, обреченный на тяжёлый труд
General subject: galley-slaveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человек, обреченный на тяжёлый труд
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8 человек
1) person, man, human being
2) устар. servant* * *1) person; 2) people* * *person, man, human being, individual; one* * *bailerbirdboomsterbrooderbusy-bodycasualtydasherdevoteedistortionistextrovertflagellantfuglemanfundraisergalley-slaveguinea-pighas-beenheadhigh-browhighbrowhumansiconoclastjackjobberjobholderjonahjurorland-grabberleftylion-hunterlotus-eatermanmansmaroonmaverickmenminute-mannight-hawknon-starternotorietyoutlierpasserpersonpersonagequantityrasperratreckonerreputedretrieverrightrustlersalvorsoulstrangerstunnersuccesstabernacletechniciantop-sawyertouttrierturncockwhole-hoggerwonder-workerwonderworkerwriggler -
9 гребец
муж.oarsman, roverгребец на галере — ( раб или осужденный преступник) galley-slave
баковый гребец — мор. ( ближайший к носу) bowman
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10 с пелёнок
разг.from the cradle; from the time one wore knee breeches; from swaddling clothesОн не сомневался больше в том, что вся его жизнь от самых пелёнок... - это не радость, нет, а беспросветный каторжный труд. (А. Фадеев, Разгром) — He no longer doubted that the whole of his life, from swaddling clothes onwards... had brought him no joy but had been the cheerless toil of a galley-slave.
- В дедушку пошли: он у нас был старый морской волк и романтик и мальчишкам чуть не с пелёнок прожужжал уши о море. (А. Коптяева, Иван Иванович) — 'They followed in the footsteps of their grandfather - an old sea-wolf and lover of romance who filled their ears with tales of the sea from the time they wore knee breeches.'
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11 гнуть хребтину
( на кого)прост.sweat one's guts out for smb.; work like a < galley> slave for smb.- Довольно я погнул хребтину на этих саратовских купцов, - сказал он. - Поехали-ка, Михайла, в самом деле, домой. (М. Алексеев, Вишнёвый омут) — 'I've been sweating my guts out long enough for these Saratov merchants,' he said. 'Let's really go home, Mikhail.'
См. также в других словарях:
Galley slave — Galley Gal ley, n.; pl. {Galleys}. [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, gal[ e]e, LL. galea, LGr. ?; of unknown origin.] 1. (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: (a) A large vessel for war and national… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galley Slave — is a term used to refer to prisoners condemned (in an obsolete form of punishment) to man the oars of a galley. Infobox Short story | name = Galley Slave author = Isaac Asimov country = United States language = English series = Robot Series genre … Wikipedia
galley slave — slave forced to operate an oar on a galley, slave who rows on a galley (ancient sailing vessel propelled by oars and sails) … English contemporary dictionary
Galley slave — A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley. The expression has two distinct meanings: it can refer either to a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar ( French : forçat), or to a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned … Wikipedia
galley slave — noun 1. a slave condemned to row in a galley • Hypernyms: ↑slave 2. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work • Syn: ↑drudge, ↑peon, ↑navvy • Derivationally related forms: ↑drudge … Useful english dictionary
galley slave — noun A slave who rows in a galley … Wiktionary
galley slave — Synonyms and related words: bargee, bargeman, barger, beast of burden, boat handler, boater, boatman, boatsman, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, debt slave, dray horse, drudge … Moby Thesaurus
galley slave — 1. a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley. 2. a drudge. [1560 70] * * * … Universalium
galley slave — /ˈgæli sleɪv/ (say galee slayv) noun 1. a person condemned to row in a galley. 2. an overworked person; drudge …
galley-slave — … Useful english dictionary
The Galley Slave — Infobox Film name = The Galley Slave image size = caption = director = J. Gordon Edwards producer = William Fox writer = Clara Beranger (novel) Bartley Campbell Rex Ingram narrator = starring = Theda Bara Stuart Holmes music = cinematography =… … Wikipedia