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81 мизер
1) General subject: hardly anything, miserable amount, miserable quantity, peanuts3) Economy: far cry ((from the more than 90%) чепуха по сравнению с)4) Idiomatic expression: lousy hand (to be dealt a lousy hand) -
82 Т-212
ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ СЕБЕ ТРУД VP subj. human foil. by infin usu. neg or condit fixed WOto make the effort (to do sth.), considering it necessary, one's responsibility etcto burden o.s. (with sth.): X не дал себе труда сделать Y = X did not take the trouble (did not trouble himself, did not take pains) to do Y X did not bother doing Y.«Вот те вопросы, над которыми тебе предстоит задуматься, читатель, и над которыми ты несомненно задумаешься, если дашь себе труд вникнуть в смысл моих слов» (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "Those are the questions, reader, which you ought to think about and which, we are sure, you will think about, if only you take the trouble to grasp my meaning" (2a).Ha следующей станции та же история, и кондуктор уже не давал себе труда объяснить перемену экипажа (Герцен 2). At the next station there was the same business again, and the guard did not even trouble himself to explain the change of carriages (2a).Лидия:) Вся Москва узнает, что мы разорены к нам будут являться с кислыми лицами, с притворным участием, с глупыми советами... И все это так искусственно... так оскорбительно! Поверьте, что никто не даст себе труда даже притвориться хорошенько (Островский 4). (L.:) The whole of Moscow will learn that we're bankrupt, they'll come to us with sour faces, feigning sympathy, they'll heap stupid advice on us...and everything they do will be so artificial...so insulting! I tell you, mother, they will not even take pains to disguise their glee (4b).Без вынутой ленинской главы не было в «Августе» почти ничего, что разумно препятствовало бы нашим вождям напечатать его на родине. Но слишком ненавистен, опасен и подозрителен (не без оснований) был я, чтобы решиться утверждать меня тут печатанием. Я это понимал и не дал себе труда послать рукопись «Августа» советскому издательству... (Солженицын 2). With the Lenin chapter removed, there was hardly anything in the novel (August 1914) that could reasonably have prevented our leaders from publishing it in its homeland. But (not without reason) I was an object of such loathing, fear and suspicion that they would never consent to strengthen my position here by publishing me. I understood this, and did not bother sending it (the manuscript) to a Soviet publishing house... (2a). -
83 давать себе труд
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ СЕБЕ ТРУД[VP; subj: human; foll. by infin; usu. neg or condit; fixed WO]=====⇒ to make the effort (to do sth.), considering it necessary, one's responsibility etc; to burden o.s. (with sth.):- X не дал себе труда сделать Y ≈ X did not take the trouble (did not trouble himself, did not take pains) to do Y;- X did not bother doing Y.♦ "Вот те вопросы, над которыми тебе предстоит задуматься, читатель, и над которыми ты несомненно задумаешься, если дашь себе труд вникнуть в смысл моих слов" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "Those are the questions, reader, which you ought to think about and which, we are sure, you will think about, if only you take the trouble to grasp my meaning" (2a).♦ На следующей станции та же история, и кондуктор уже не давал себе труда объяснить перемену экипажа (Герцен 2). At the next station there was the same business again, and the guard did not even trouble himself to explain the change of carriages (2a).♦ [Лидия:] Вся Москва узнает, что мы разорены; к нам будут являться с кислыми лицами, с притворным участием, с глупыми советами... И все это так искусственно... так оскорбительно! Поверьте, что никто не даст себе труда даже притвориться хорошенько (Островский 4). [L.:] The whole of Moscow will learn that we're bankrupt, they'll come to us with sour faces, feigning sympathy, they'll heap stupid advice on us...and everything they do will be so artificial...so insulting! I tell you, mother, they will not even take pains to disguise their glee (4b).♦ Без вынутой ленинской главы не было в "Августе" почти ничего, что разумно препятствовало бы нашим вождям напечатать его на родине. Но слишком ненавистен, опасен и подозрителен (не без оснований) был я, чтобы решиться утверждать меня тут печатанием. Я это понимал и не дал себе труда послать рукопись "Августа" советскому издательству... (Солженицын 2). With the Lenin chapter removed, there was hardly anything in the novel [August 1914] that could reasonably have prevented our leaders from publishing it in its homeland. But (not without reason) I was an object of such loathing, fear and suspicion that they would never consent to strengthen my position here by publishing me. I understood this, and did not bother sending it [the manuscript] to a Soviet publishing house... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > давать себе труд
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84 дать себе труд
• ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ СЕБЕ ТРУД[VP; subj: human; foll. by infin; usu. neg or condit; fixed WO]=====⇒ to make the effort (to do sth.), considering it necessary, one's responsibility etc; to burden o.s. (with sth.):- X не дал себе труда сделать Y ≈ X did not take the trouble (did not trouble himself, did not take pains) to do Y;- X did not bother doing Y.♦ "Вот те вопросы, над которыми тебе предстоит задуматься, читатель, и над которыми ты несомненно задумаешься, если дашь себе труд вникнуть в смысл моих слов" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "Those are the questions, reader, which you ought to think about and which, we are sure, you will think about, if only you take the trouble to grasp my meaning" (2a).♦ На следующей станции та же история, и кондуктор уже не давал себе труда объяснить перемену экипажа (Герцен 2). At the next station there was the same business again, and the guard did not even trouble himself to explain the change of carriages (2a).♦ [Лидия:] Вся Москва узнает, что мы разорены; к нам будут являться с кислыми лицами, с притворным участием, с глупыми советами... И все это так искусственно... так оскорбительно! Поверьте, что никто не даст себе труда даже притвориться хорошенько (Островский 4). [L.:] The whole of Moscow will learn that we're bankrupt, they'll come to us with sour faces, feigning sympathy, they'll heap stupid advice on us...and everything they do will be so artificial...so insulting! I tell you, mother, they will not even take pains to disguise their glee (4b).♦ Без вынутой ленинской главы не было в "Августе" почти ничего, что разумно препятствовало бы нашим вождям напечатать его на родине. Но слишком ненавистен, опасен и подозрителен (не без оснований) был я, чтобы решиться утверждать меня тут печатанием. Я это понимал и не дал себе труда послать рукопись "Августа" советскому издательству... (Солженицын 2). With the Lenin chapter removed, there was hardly anything in the novel [August 1914] that could reasonably have prevented our leaders from publishing it in its homeland. But (not without reason) I was an object of such loathing, fear and suspicion that they would never consent to strengthen my position here by publishing me. I understood this, and did not bother sending it [the manuscript] to a Soviet publishing house... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дать себе труд
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85 ununterbrochen
I Adj. uninterrupted; Linie, Reihe etc.: auch unbroken; (ständig) continuous; (unaufhörlich) incessant; in ununterbrochener Reihenfolge in an unbroken seriesII Adv. uninterruptedly; continuously; incessantly; er hat ununterbrochen geschrien etc. auch he wouldn’t stop screaming etc.; sie redet ununterbrochen she never stops talking; ununterbrochen im Einsatz sein be continuously on duty* * *without interruption (Adv.); without a break (Adv.); continuously (Adv.); night and day (Adv.); at a stretch (Adv.); incessant (Adj.); uninterrupted (Adj.); continuous (Adj.); unrelieved (Adj.); on and on (Adv.)* * *ụn|un|ter|bro|chen ['Un|UntɐbrOxn, Un|ʊntɐ'brɔxn]1. adj1) (= nicht unterbrochen) unbroken, uninterrupted2) (= unaufhörlich) incessant, continuous2. adv(= unaufhörlich) incessantly, continuously* * *1) (joined together, or going on, without interruption: a continuous series; continuous rain; continuous movement.) continuous2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) on end3) (continuously: He can't work for more than three hours at a stretch.) at a stretch4) (continuing without pause: four hours of uninterrupted rain.) uninterrupted* * *un·un·ter·bro·chen[ˈʊnʔʊntɐbrɔxn̩]I. adj1. (unaufhörlich andauernd) incessant, constant2. (nicht unterbrochen) unbroken, uninterruptedII. adv constantly, incessantly\ununterbrochen laufen lassen INFORM soak tested* * *1.Adjektiv incessant2.adverbial incessantly* * *A. adj uninterrupted; Linie, Reihe etc: auch unbroken; (ständig) continuous; (unaufhörlich) incessant;in ununterbrochener Reihenfolge in an unbroken seriesB. adv uninterruptedly; continuously; incessantly;sie redet ununterbrochen she never stops talking;ununterbrochen im Einsatz sein be continuously on duty* * *1.Adjektiv incessant2.adverbial incessantly* * *adj.continuous adj.incessant adj.uninterrupted adj. -
86 diversión
f.fun, recreation, entertainment, amusement.* * *1 fun, amusement, entertainment* * *noun f.amusement, diversion* * *SF1) (=entretenimiento) fun2) (=pasatiempo) hobby, pastimediversiones de salón — parlour games, indoor games
3) (Mil) diversion* * *a) ( esparcimiento) funb) (espectáculo, juego)* * *= amusement, entertainment, pleasure, fun, diversion, funmaking.Ex. Several hundred pages of information are available on each channel, concerned mainly with retail prices, share prices and amusement.Ex. In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.Ex. It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.Ex. Maybe when that young author looks back in a few years' time, she'll realize just how much more she got out of it than a bit of fun and fame.Ex. Up to 1800 music was utilitarian whilst after that it was aimed more at amusement and diversion.Ex. This annual event brings the whole community together for a full night of funmaking.----* lugar de diversión = playground.* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.* por pura diversión = for kicks.* sólo por diversión = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* * *a) ( esparcimiento) funb) (espectáculo, juego)* * *diversión22 = enjoyment.Ex: So I read on with increasing interest and enjoyment and, let it be said admiration too.
= amusement, entertainment, pleasure, fun, diversion, funmaking.Ex: Several hundred pages of information are available on each channel, concerned mainly with retail prices, share prices and amusement.
Ex: In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.Ex: It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.Ex: Maybe when that young author looks back in a few years' time, she'll realize just how much more she got out of it than a bit of fun and fame.Ex: Up to 1800 music was utilitarian whilst after that it was aimed more at amusement and diversion.Ex: This annual event brings the whole community together for a full night of funmaking.* lugar de diversión = playground.* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.* por pura diversión = for kicks.* sólo por diversión = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* * *1 (esparcimiento) funse disfrazan por diversión they dress up for funte hace falta un poco de diversión you need a bit of enjoyment o fun2(espectáculo, juego): aquí hay pocas diversiones nocturnas there isn't much night life here, there isn't much entertainment in the eveningsen el pueblo hay pocos lugares de diversión there's hardly anything to do in the village* * *
diversión sustantivo femenino
b) (espectáculo, juego):
diversión sustantivo femenino
1 fun
2 Mil diversion: están realizando maniobras de diversión, they're carrying out diversion strategies
' diversión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animación
- cachondeo
- comecocos
- consistente
- derivación
- desviación
- desvío
- digresión
- entretenimiento
- idea
- marcha
- recreo
- disfrazar
- plan
- vacilón
English:
amusement
- diversion
- entertainment
- fun
- join
- play
- recreation
- idea
* * *diversión nf1. [pasatiempo] entertainment, amusement;mi diversión favorita es el cine my favourite pastime is going to the movies;la ciudad ofrece gran variedad de diversiones the city offers a great variety of entertainment2. [hecho de divertirse] enjoyment;hacer algo por diversión to do sth for enjoyment o fun;tuvimos un rato de diversión we had a bit of fun;un poco de diversión no nos vendría mal we could do with a bit of fun* * *f1 fun2 ( pasatiempo) pastime;aquí no hay muchas diversiones there’s not much to do around here* * ** * *1. (placer) fun2. (pasatiempo) pastime3. (entretenimiento) entertainment -
87 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) sobre el extremo, erecto, vertical2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) enteros(upright) sobre el extremo 2 (continuously) enteros,-as -
88 почти
нареч.almost, nearlyпочти невозможно — almost impossible, next to impossible, well-nigh impossible
почти во всём — practically / virtually in everything
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89 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) upp á endann2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) samfleytt, linnulaust -
90 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) fel(felé)2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) egyfolytában -
91 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) direito2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) a fio -
92 fois
fois [fwa]feminine noun• une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé ! (aux enchères) going, going, gone!• quatre fois plus d'eau/de voitures four times as much water/as many cars• il était une fois... once upon a time there was...• pour une fois ! for once!• une fois qu'il sera parti once he has left (PROV) une fois n'est pas coutume just the once won't hurt• non mais, des fois ! (scandalisé) do you mind!* * *fwa
1.
nom féminin invariable timela plupart des fois — most of the time, more often than not
ça va pour cette fois, mais ne recommencez pas! — it's all right this once but don't do it again!
régler en trois fois — to pay in three instalments [BrE]
2.
à la fois locutionpour des raisons à la fois culturelles, sociales et religieuses — for cultural, social and religious reasons
ne répondez pas tous à la fois! — lit, iron don't all answer at once! lit, iron
3.
y a des fois où — there are times (colloq) when
tu n'as pas vu mon chien, des fois? — you wouldn't have seen my dog, by any chance?
non mais des fois! — ( indignation) well really!
••il était or il y avait une fois — once upon a time there was
je t'ai déjà dit cent or trente-six fois de ne pas faire ça! — I've already told you a hundred ou a thousand times not to do that!
* * *fwa nf1) (en comptant) timeOn peut le faire en une fois. — You can do it in one go.
Il a fallu le faire en deux fois. — It took two attempts to do it.
Il a fallu s'y reprendre à deux fois. — It took two goes to do it.
Deux fois deux font quatre. — 2 times 2 is 4.
2) (= occasion)à chaque fois — every time, each time
À chaque fois que je vais à la bibliothèque, j'oublie ma carte. — Every time I go to the library, I forget my card.
une fois (dans le passé) — once, (dans le futur) sometime
encore une fois — again, once more
une fois que... (= après que) — once...
Tu te sentiras mieux une fois que tu auras mangé. — You'll feel better once you've had something to eat.
une fois arrivé, il n'est plus reparti — once he'd got there he stayed on
si des fois... — if ever...
Je ne peux pas faire deux choses à la fois. — I can't do two things at once., (en corrélation avec "et") both
* * *A nf inv1 ( avec numéral) une fois once; deux fois twice; trois/quatre/plusieurs fois three/four/several times; une/deux fois et demie one/two and a half times; quatre fois trois font douze four times three is twelve; une seule fois only once; je ne l'ai vue qu'une ou deux fois/que deux ou trois fois I only saw her once or twice/two or three times; une nouvelle fois, une fois de plus once again; une autre fois ( encore) once more; ( si ça se répète) next time; ( à un autre moment) another time; l'autre fois ( à la dernière occasion) last time; ( à la seconde occasion) the second time; d'autres fois at other times; bien des fois, maintes fois liter many times; la plupart des fois most of the time, more often than not; tant de fois so many times; autant de fois qu'il le faudra as many times as necessary; une (bonne) fois pour toutes once and for all; il faudrait qu'il neige une bonne fois what we need is one good fall of snow; une à deux fois par jour once or twice a day; deux fois par an twice a year; deux ou trois fois par mois two or three times a month; plus/moins de cinq fois par semaine more/less than five times a week; plus d'une fois more than once; une fois sur deux half the time, every other time; une fois sur trois every third time; deux/trois fois sur cinq two/three times out of five; neuf fois sur dix fig nine times out of ten; une fois tous les trois jours once every three days; pour une fois for once; tu l'as vexé, pour une fois qu'il était de bonne humeur you upset him when he was in a good mood for once; une fois encore once more; encore une fois, je ne suis pas d'accord once again, I don't agree; c'est la seule fois que it's the only time (that); la seule fois où je l'ai vu the only time we met; toutes les fois que every time (that); cette fois(-ci), je réussirai this time I'll succeed; cette fois(-là), ça n'a pas marché that time it didn't work; ça va pour cette fois, mais ne recommencez pas! it's all right this once but don't do it again!; chaque fois each ou every time; c'est à chaque fois la même chose! it's the same thing every time!; comme (à) chaque fois as usual; deux fois plus petit half as big, half the size; deux fois plus cher twice as expensive; deux fois moins lourd half the weight; deux fois moins cher half as expensive, half the price; par deux fois [frapper, tomber, essayer] twice; il vaut mieux le dire deux fois plutôt qu'une it needs saying twice; y regarder or réfléchir à deux fois avant de faire to think twice before doing; c'est dix fois trop lourd/cher! it's far too heavy/expensive!; c'est trois fois rien! it's nothing at all!; vous pouvez régler en trois/plusieurs fois you can pay in three/several instalmentsGB;2 ( avec ordinal) time; une deuxième fois a second time; je l'ai vue une première fois I saw her for the first time; une dernière fois one last time; (à) la première/deuxième fois the first/second time; la prochaine fois next time; c'est la dernière fois it's the last time; les deux premières/dernières fois the first/last two times; les premières fois c'est amusant the first few times it's fun; ce n'est pas la première fois que it's not the first time (that); pour la troisième fois de l'année for the third time this year; pour la énième fois for the hundredth time; la première/dernière fois que je vous ai parlé when I first/last talked to you; la dernière fois que je lui ai parlé ( jusqu'à ce jour) last time I spoke to him; ( avant sa mort) the last time I spoke to him; quand l'avez-vous vue pour la première fois? when did you first see her?, when was the first time you saw her?B à la fois loc deux à la fois [prendre des objets, monter des marches] two at a time; porter trois valises à la fois to carry three suitcases at the same time; elle est à la fois intelligente et travailleuse she's both clever and hardworking; il veut toujours tout faire à la fois he always wants to do everything at the same time; pour des raisons à la fois culturelles, sociales et religieuses for cultural, social and religious reasons; ne répondez pas tous à la fois! lit, iron don't all answer at once! lit, iron; tout à la fois écrivain, metteur en scène et acteur (he's) a writer, director and actor all rolled into one.C des fois○ loc ( parfois) sometimes; y a des fois où there are times○ when; tu n'as pas vu mon chien, des fois? you wouldn't have seen my dog, by any chance?; des fois que in case; je ne veux pas y aller, des fois qu'on rencontre mon patron! I don't want to go (there), in case we run into my boss!; non mais des fois! ( indignation) well really!il était or il y avait une fois once upon a time there was; je t'ai déjà dit cent or trente-six fois de ne pas faire ça! I've already told you a hundred ou a thousand times not to do that!III[fwa] nom féminin1. [exprime la fréquence]une autre fois peut-être [pour refuser une invitation] some other ou another time maybeneuf fois sur dix, quatre-vingt-dix-neuf fois sur cent nine times out of ten, ninety-nine times out of a hundredcette fois, je gagnerai this time, I'll winça ira pour cette fois, mais ne recommencez pas it's alright this once, but don't do it again(à) chaque fois que, toutes les fois que every ou each timecent euros une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé, vendu! a hundred euros, going, going, gone!2. [dans les comparaisons] timeil y a dix fois moins de spectateurs que l'année dernière there are ten times fewer spectators than last yeartrois fois par an, trois fois l'an three times a yeardeux ou trois fois rien virtually nothing, hardly anything5. (locution)une fois (suivi d'un participe passé) : une fois nettoyé, il sera comme neuf once ou after it's been cleaned, it'll be as good as newune fois que: une fois que tu auras compris, tout sera plus facile once you've understood, you'll find everything's easiertu n'aurais pas vu mon livre, des fois? you wouldn't happen to have seen my book anywhere, would you?je préfère l'appeler, des fois qu'elle aurait oublié I'd rather call her in case she's forgotten————————à la fois locution adverbialepas tous à la fois! one at a time!, not all at once!(tout) à la fois locution adverbiale————————une fois locution adverbiale -
93 on end
dik olarak, devamlı, durmadan, arka arkaya, mütemadiyen, üst üste* * *1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) dik, dikine2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) sürekli/devamlı olarak -
94 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) pokonci2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) nepretrgoma -
95 on end
• pystyssä• yhtä mittaa* * *1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) pystyssä, pystyyn2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) yhteen menoon -
96 non ha mangiato niente o quasi
non ha mangiato niente o quasishe ate hardly anything o little or nothing o next to nothing\→ quasiDizionario Italiano-Inglese > non ha mangiato niente o quasi
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97 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) på høykant, med enden opp2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) i trekk, på rad, i (dage-/uke)vis -
98 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) diritto, ritto2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) di seguito -
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100 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) pionowo, `dęba`2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) bez przerwy
См. также в других словарях:
anything — an|y|thing [ eni,θıŋ ] pronoun *** 1. ) usually in negatives or questions used instead of something when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something: Do you know anything about baseball? He never does anything… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
anything */*/*/ — UK [ˈenɪˌθɪŋ] / US pronoun 1) [usually in negatives or questions] used instead of something when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something Do you know anything about cricket? He never does anything to help.… … English dictionary
hardly — hard|ly W2S2 [ˈha:dli US ˈha:rdli] adv 1.) almost not ▪ My parents divorced when I was six, and I hardly knew my father. ▪ The children were so excited they could hardly speak. ▪ I can hardly believe it. ▪ Hardly anyone (=almost no one) writes to … Dictionary of contemporary English
hardly — hard|ly [ hardli ] adverb *** Hardly is a negative word and is often used with words like any and ever, but it should not be used with other negative words: We hardly ever do anything interesting. Hardly comes before the main verb of a sentence,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hardly */*/*/ — UK [ˈhɑː(r)dlɪ] / US [ˈhɑrdlɪ] adverb Summary: Hardly is a negative word and is often used with words like any and ever , but it should not be used with other negative words: We hardly ever do anything interesting. Hardly comes before the main… … English dictionary
hardly — adverb 1 almost not: I hadn t seen him for years but he had hardly changed at all. | can/could hardly do sth: The children were so excited they could hardly speak. | I can hardly believe it. | hardly anyone/anything (=almost no one or almost… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hardly — hard, hardly 1. The normal adverb from hard is hard, as in They are working hard and Don t hit it so hard. Hardly has a special use, meaning ‘scarcely’ (as in We hardly know them) and ‘only with difficulty’ (as in She could hardly speak). 2.… … Modern English usage
Can't Hardly Wait — For the song by The Replacements, see Pleased to Meet Me. Can t Hardly Wait Theatrical release poster Directed by Deborah Kaplan … Wikipedia
next to nothing — Hardly anything … A concise dictionary of English slang
little or nothing — hardly anything … Useful english dictionary
Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium