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121 wise guess
The English-Russian dictionary general scientific > wise guess
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122 second-guess
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123 be anybody's guess
expr infmlWhat goes on in the mind of a year old child is anybody's guess — Никто не знает, что творится в уме годовалого ребенка
Who she'll marry is anybody's guess — Еще трудно сказать, за кого она выйдет замуж
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > be anybody's guess
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124 by guess and by God
жарг.(by guess and by God (амер. by guess and by Godfrey))наугад; неточно, на глазокSome of these surveys were done completely by guess and by God. (WD) — Некоторые из этих землемерных съемок сделаны на глазок.
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125 scientific guess
English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > scientific guess
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126 to second-guess
To second-guess значит осуждать, критиковать действия кого-либо по прошествии некоторого времени.I believe that the jury was wrong. But it is easy to second-guess ten years later, when we know the whole story. — Понятно, что присяжные заседатели совершили ошибку. Но очень легко критиковать их за это спустя десять лет, когда стали известны все подробности.
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127 by guess and by golly
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > by guess and by golly
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128 by guess
by guess наугад
См. также в других словарях:
Guess — (g[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guessing}.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and akin to E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guess? — Guess?, Inc. Tipo Pública (NYSE: GES) Fundación Los Ángeles, CA (1981) … Wikipedia Español
guess — The informal use of I guess meaning ‘I think it likely, I suppose’ developed in America in the late 18c from the standard use of the phrase meaning ‘it is my opinion or hypothesis (that)’. The Americanness of the informal use has been marked… … Modern English usage
guess´er — guess «gehs», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to form an opinion of without really knowing; conjecture; estimate: »to guess the height of a tree, guess what will happen next. 2. to get right by guessing: »Can you guess the answer to that riddle? 3. to think … Useful english dictionary
guess — guess·able; guess·er; guess·ing·ly; guess; guess·ti·mate; … English syllables
Guess — Guess, v. i. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; with at, about, etc. [1913 Webster] This is the place, as well as I may guess. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guess — Guess, n. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise. [1913 Webster] A poet must confess His art s like physic but a happy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guess — [ges] vt., vi. [ME gessen, to judge, estimate, prob. < MDu, akin to Dan gisse, Swed gissa, ON geta: for IE base see GET] 1. to form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture;… … English World dictionary
guess — vb *conjecture, surmise Analogous words: speculate, *think, reason: imagine, fancy (see THINK): gather, *infer, deduce: estimate, reckon (see CALCULATE) guess n conjecture, surmise (see under … New Dictionary of Synonyms
guess — [n] belief, speculation assumption, ballpark figure*, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch*, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, postulation,… … New thesaurus
guess — ► VERB 1) estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct. 2) correctly estimate or conjecture. 3) (I guess) informal, chiefly N. Amer. I suppose. ► NOUN ▪ an estimate or conjecture. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary