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1 handful
noun1) пригоршня; горсть2) маленькая кучка, группа; горсточка3) collocation кто-л. или что-л., доставляющее беспокойство; 'беда', 'наказание'; that boy is a handful! этот мальчишка - истинное наказание!* * *(n) пригоршня* * *пригоршня; горсть* * *['hand·ful || 'hændfʊl] n. горсть, пригоршня* * *горсточкагорстьгруппапригоршня* * *1) а) пригоршня б) перен. горстка, небольшое количество 2) разг. кто-л. или что-л., создающий проблему, трудности 3) перен.; сленг приговор к пяти годам тюремного заключения -
2 handful
1. n горсть, пригоршня2. n горсть, горстка, горсточка; небольшое количествоСинонимический ряд:few (noun) few; scattering; smatch; smatter; smattering; spatter; spattering; sprinkling -
3 few
1. n немногие; незначительное количество2. n мало кто; почти никтоthere are few men of his timber — таких, как он, мало
3. a немногие, немного, малоI know a few people who … — я знаю людей, которые …
quite a few — довольно много; порядочно
4. a преим. немногочисленныйСинонимический ряд:1. infrequent (adj.) infrequent; occasional; rare; scarce; seldom; semioccasional; sporadic; uncommon; unfrequent2. scant (adj.) scant; sparse; thin3. slender (adj.) insignificant; insufficient; little; meagre; slender; small; trifling4. small number (adj.) any; inconsiderable; less; not many; several; small number; widely spaced5. handful (noun) handful; scattering; smatch; smatter; smattering; some; spatter; spattering; sprinkling6. not many (other) not many; severalАнтонимический ряд:abundance; frequent; many -
4 rabble
1. n толпа2. n презр. чернь, сброд3. n свалка, куча4. n диал. набор слов, чепуха5. v подвергать разграблению или самосуду6. n тех. кочерга, шуровой лом7. n тех. гребок, скребокСинонимический ряд:1. canaille (noun) canaille; doggery; dregs; hoi polloi; lowlife; mass; mob; other half; polloi; raff; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail; riffraff; riff-raff; roughscuff; rout; scum; scurf; tag and rag; tagrag and bobtail; trash; unwashed2. crowd (noun) crowd; horde; throng3. people (noun) commoners; masses; peasantry; people; populace; proletariat; rank and file; runАнтонимический ряд:aristocracy; elite; handful -
5 sprinkling
1. n разбрызгивание, окроплениеsprinkling irrigation — дождевание, орошение разбрызгиванием
2. n с. -х. дождевание3. n посыпание4. n мелкий непродолжительный дождик5. n небольшое количество, капляСинонимический ряд:1. few (noun) few; handful; scattering; smatch; smatter; smattering; spatter; spattering2. hint (noun) breath; cast; dash; hint; intimation; lick; shade; shadow; smack; smell; soupcon; spice; strain; streak; suggestion; suspicion; taste; tincture; tinge; touch; trace; trifle; twang; vein; whiff; whisper; wink3. powdering (noun) dust; dusting; powdering4. baptizing (verb) aspersing; baptizing; christening; immersing5. dotting (verb) dappling; dotting; flecking; freckling; mottling; peppering; specking; speckling; spotting; stippling; studding6. drizzling (verb) drizzling7. dusting (verb) besprinkling; dusting; powdering -
6 scattering
1. n разбрасывание, рассеивание, распространение2. n физ. рассеяние3. n небольшое количество4. n утрускаСинонимический ряд:1. drop (noun) bit; dash; drop; grain; hint; little; pinch; smack; trace2. few (noun) few; handful; smatch; smatter; smattering; spatter; spattering; sprinkling3. melting (verb) dispelling; dispersing; dissipating; dissolving; fading; melting4. spreading (verb) diffusing; distributing; radiating; spreading5. strewing (verb) broadcasting; disseminating; sowing; strewing -
7 smattering
1. n поверхностное знание2. n небольшая группка, кучкаСинонимический ряд:1. few (noun) few; handful; scattering; smatch; smatter; spatter; spattering; sprinkling2. superficial knowledge (noun) a few facts; glimmer of understanding; scrap; shred; slight knowledge; some half-truths; superficial knowledge3. chatting (verb) babbling; burbling; cackling; chattering; chatting; clacking; clattering; dithering; gabbing; jawing; prating; prattling; rattling; running on; talking; tinkling; twaddling; twiddling; twittering; yakking; yammering -
8 spatter
1. n брызги2. n дождик3. n малое количество4. v брызгать; разбрызгивать, расплёскивать5. v обрызгать, забрызгать, обляпать6. v разбрызгиваться, падать брызгами7. v брызгать слюной8. v усеивать, испещрять9. v чернить, порочитьСинонимический ряд:1. few (noun) few; handful; scattering; smatch; smatter; smattering; spattering; sprinkling2. mist (noun) drizzle; effervescence; fizz; fog; mist; shower; splash; spray3. malign (verb) asperse; befoul; blacken; calumniate; defame; denigrate; libel; malign; scandalise; scandalize; slander; slur; smear; tear down; traduce; vilify; villainize4. splash (verb) bespatter; bespot; dash; douse; plash; scatter; shower; slop; slosh; speckle; splash; splatter; splosh; splurge; spot; spray; sprinkle; spurtle; swash5. sputter (verb) spit; splutter; sputter -
9 smatter
1. v знать поверхностно, приблизительно; разбираться кое-как2. v быть дилетантом, заниматься несерьёзно, забавляться3. v болтать без знания делаСинонимический ряд:1. few (noun) few; handful; scattering; smatch; smattering; spatter; spattering; sprinkling2. chat (verb) babble; burble; cackle; chat; chatter; chin-chin; clack; clatter; dither; gab; gabble; jaw; patter; prate; prattle; rattle; run on; talk; tinkle; twaddle; twiddle; twitter; yak; yakety-yak; yammer; yatter -
10 spattering
брызгать; забрызгиваниеСинонимический ряд:1. few (noun) few; handful; scattering; smatch; smatter; smattering; spatter; sprinkling2. dashing (verb) bespattering; dashing; dousing; slopping; sloshing; splashing; splattering; splurging; spotting3. maligning (verb) aspersing; blackening; calumniating; defaming; denigrating; libeling or libelling; libelling; maligning; scandalising; scandalizing; slandering; slurring; smearing; tear down; tearing down; traducing; vilifying4. sputtering (verb) spitting; spluttering; sputtering
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