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1 soft (or sweet) nothings
нeжнocти, нeжныe cлoвa (чacтo упoтp. c гл. to whisper)Pearl (flippantly). If you want to whisper soft nothings in my ear, you'll find the one-step exceedingly convenient (W. S. Maugham). I remembered how I had whispered sweet nothings and kissed her to my heart's content (TA. Dreiser)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > soft (or sweet) nothings
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2 soft nothings
нежности, нежные слова (часто употр. с гл. to whisper)Pearl (Flippantly): "If you want to whisper soft nothings in my ear, you'll find the one-step exceedingly convenient." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Our Betters’, act II) — Перл (легкомысленно): "Если ты хочешь шепнуть мне что-нибудь нежное на ушко, то удобнее всего это сделать, когда мы будем танцевать уанстеп."
I remembered how I had whispered sweet nothings and kissed her to my heart's content. (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Book about Myself’, ch. XXXIX) — Я помню, как говорил Алисе нежные слова и целовал ее сколько душе угодно.
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3 nothing
1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) nada
2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).)
3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) de ningún modo, de ninguna manera- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing of
nothing pron nadatr['nʌɵɪŋ]1 nada1 de ningún modo, de ninguna manera\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLfor nothing familiar gratisnothing but... únicamente..., solo...nothing doing familiar ni hablarnothing else nada másnothing much nada de interésthere's nothing to it es facilísimoto say nothing of... por no hablar de...nothing ['nʌɵɪŋ] adv1) : de ninguna maneranothing daunted, we carried on: sin amilanarnos, seguimos adelante2)nothing like : no...en nadahe's nothing like his brother: no se parece en nada a su hermanonothing n1) nothingness: nada f2) zero: cero m3) : persona f de poca importancia, cero m4) trifle: nimiedad fnothing pron: nadathere's nothing better: no hay nada mejornothing else: nada másnothing but: solamentethey mean nothing to me: ellos me son indiferentesadv.• de ninguna manera adv.• en absoluto adv.• nada adv.n.• cero s.m.• nada s.f.• nadería s.f.pron.• nada pron.
I 'nʌθɪŋ1) nadait's better than nothing, I suppose — hombre, peor es nada
there's nothing in it: this one may cost a bit more but there's nothing in it really puede que éste cueste algo más pero la diferencia es mínima; there's nothing to it — ( it's easy) es muy fácil; ( it's groundless) no es cierto
2) (in phrases)for nothing: she gave it to me for nothing me lo dio gratis; it was all for nothing todo fue en vano; not for nothing was he called Ivan the Terrible no en vano or no por nada se le llamaba Iván el Terrible; if nothing else al menos, por lo menos; nothing but: she's caused nothing but trouble no ha causado (nada) más que problemas; nothing if not: he's nothing if not reliable es totalmente de fiar; nothing less than: it's nothing less than scandalous es verdaderamente escandaloso; nothing like: there's nothing like a shower to freshen you up no hay (nada) como una ducha para refrescarse; there's nothing like it es lo mejor que hay; she's nothing like her mother no se parece en nada a su madre; nothing more than: it's nothing more than a scratch no es más que un rasguño; nothing much: nothing much happened no pasó gran cosa; nothing short of: the consequences would be nothing short of disastrous — las consecuencias no serían ni más ni menos que desastrosas
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1) ( Math) cero m2) ( worthless thing)['nʌθɪŋ]this is a mere nothing to what they spend on food and drink — esto no es nada comparado con lo que gastan en comida y bebida
1.PRON nada f; (=nought) cero m•
to come to nothing — parar en nada, quedarse en aguas de borraja•
nothing doing! — ¡de ninguna manera!, ¡ni hablar!it is not for nothing that... — no es sin motivo que..., por algo será que...
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there was nothing for it but to pay — no había más remedio or (LAm) no nos quedaba otra que pagar•
to build up a business from nothing — crear un negocio de la nada•
he is nothing if not careful — es de lo más cauteloso•
there is nothing in the rumours — los rumores no tienen nada de verdadthere's nothing in it — (in race) van muy iguales
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I could make nothing of what he said — no entendí nada or no pude sacar nada en claro de lo que dijo•
a mere nothing — una nimiedad•
it's nothing more than a rumour — es simplemente un rumor•
nothing much — poco, no mucho•
next to nothing — casi nada•
I'm nothing of a swimmer — yo nado bastante mal•
to have nothing on — (=naked) estar desnudo; (=not busy) estar libre•
it's nothing to be proud of — no es motivo para enorgullecerse•
to say nothing of... — sin mencionar..., amén de...•
to get something for nothing — obtener algo gratis•
there's nothing special about it — no tiene nada de particular•
to stop at nothing — no pararse en barras•
to think nothing of — tener en pocohe thinks nothing of walking 30km — para él no tiene importancia or no es nada recorrer 30km a pie
think nothing of it! — ¡no hay de qué!, ¡no tiene cuidado! (LAm)
all 2., 4), do with, kind 2., 1), like I, 2., 1), next 2., 4), e), short 1., 3), sort 1., 1)•
there's nothing to it! — ¡es facilísimo!See:see cultural note ZERO in zero in on2.ADVless 2.•
it's nothing like him — el retrato no se le parece en nada3.Na mere nothing — una friolera, una bagatela
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I ['nʌθɪŋ]1) nadait's better than nothing, I suppose — hombre, peor es nada
there's nothing in it: this one may cost a bit more but there's nothing in it really puede que éste cueste algo más pero la diferencia es mínima; there's nothing to it — ( it's easy) es muy fácil; ( it's groundless) no es cierto
2) (in phrases)for nothing: she gave it to me for nothing me lo dio gratis; it was all for nothing todo fue en vano; not for nothing was he called Ivan the Terrible no en vano or no por nada se le llamaba Iván el Terrible; if nothing else al menos, por lo menos; nothing but: she's caused nothing but trouble no ha causado (nada) más que problemas; nothing if not: he's nothing if not reliable es totalmente de fiar; nothing less than: it's nothing less than scandalous es verdaderamente escandaloso; nothing like: there's nothing like a shower to freshen you up no hay (nada) como una ducha para refrescarse; there's nothing like it es lo mejor que hay; she's nothing like her mother no se parece en nada a su madre; nothing more than: it's nothing more than a scratch no es más que un rasguño; nothing much: nothing much happened no pasó gran cosa; nothing short of: the consequences would be nothing short of disastrous — las consecuencias no serían ni más ni menos que desastrosas
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1) ( Math) cero m2) ( worthless thing) -
4 susurrer
susurrer [sysyʀe]➭ TABLE 1 transitive and intransitive verb[personne] to whisper* * *sysyʀeverbe transitif, verbe intransitif to whisper* * *sysyʀe vt* * *susurrer verb table: aimer vtr, vi to whisper.[sysyre] verbe transitif[chuchoter] to whisper————————[sysyre] verbe intransitif1. [bruire - vent] to whisper2. [chuchoter] to whisper -
5 nothing
1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) ingenting, ikke noe, intet2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) null3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) slett ikke, ikke det spor- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing ofingenting--------nullIsubst. \/ˈnʌθɪŋ\/1) intethet2) ubetydelighet, bagatell3) ( om person) nullno nothing ( hverdagslig) ingenting i det hele tatt• there were no pictures, no lamps, no nothingdet var ingen bilder der, ingen lamper - ingenting i det hele tattstart with nothing begynne med to tomme hendersweet nothings små søte ordIIadv. \/ˈnʌθɪŋ\/slett ikke, på ingen måte, ikke i det hele tatt, aldeles ikke, ikke det spor, ikke det granndiffer nothing from ( litterært) på ingen måte skille seg franothing near eller nothing like ikke tilnærmingsvis, ikke på langt nærIIIpron. \/ˈnʌθɪŋ\/ingenting, ikke noe, ikke noen ting, intet• oh, that's nothingå, det var ingenting \/ å, det var da så litebe nothing in it ikke være noe i det, ikke være noe sant i detikke ha noen betydning ikke være noen kunstbe nothing to være ingenting motbe nothing to somebody ikke gjøre noen noe, ikke ha noe med noen å gjøre, ikke angå noenvære en bagatell for noencome to nothing renne ut i sanden, mislykkesfor nothing gratisuten årsak, om ingenting, for ingentingforgjeves, til ingen nyttedet var til ingen nytte \/ det ble til ingen nyttehave nothing for it but to ikke vite annen råd enn å, ikke ha noe annet valg enn åhave nothing on somebody ikke ha noe på noen, ikke ha noe ufordelaktig å si om noenhave nothing on something ikke være noe mot noe, ikke komme opp mot noehave nothing to do with ikke ha noe å gjøre meddet har ingenting med deg å gjøre, det er ingenting som angår degmake nothing of ta (ganske) lett på, bagatellisereikke få noe ut av, ikke utnytteno nothing ( hverdagslig) ingen verdens ting, null og niks• there's no bread here, no eggs, noe butter, no nothing!not for nothing ikke for ingentingnothing doing! ( hverdagslig) forsøk deg ikke!, aldri i livet!(be) nothing for it but to ikke være noe annet å gjøre enn å(be) nothing if not virkelig væreom det er noe han virkelig er, så er det hårdnakketnothing less det minste, ikke mindre, minstnothing much ikke så mye, ikke så stortnothing short of ingenting mindre enn, rett og slettnothing so much as mest av altthank you for nothing! ( ironisk) takk for ingenting!, tusen hjertelig takk!there's nothing to it det er ingen kunst, det var ingen kunst det ligger ingenting i det, det ligger ingen sannhet i detthink nothing of ikke synes om, ikke like, ikke sette pris påto say nothing of for ikke å snakke om, for ikke å nevnewith nothing on uten noenting på segyou ain't seen nothing yet ( hverdagslig) og det er\/var bare begynnelsen -
6 terneza
f.1 softness, delicacy, pliantness.2 tenderness (cualidad), affection, endearment, fondness.3 suavity.4 readiness to shed tears.5 sweet action, delicate action.* * *1 tenderness1 familiar sweet nothings* * *SF1) (=ternura) tenderness* * *a) ( ternura) tenderness* * *a) ( ternura) tenderness* * *1 (ternura) tendernessle susurraba ternezas al oído he whispered endearments o sweet nothings in her ear* * *terneza nf1. [cualidad] tenderness2. [expresión de afecto] sweet nothing
См. также в других словарях:
sweet nothings — noun inconsequential expressions of affection (Freq. 1) he whispered sweet nothings into her ear • Syn: ↑honeyed words • Hypernyms: ↑nothings * * * sweet nothings (esp whispered) words of affection and endearment • • • … Useful english dictionary
sweet nothings — Pleasant but unimportant words that lovers say to each other are called sweet nothings. He whispered sweet nothings in her ear as they danced … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
honeyed words — noun inconsequential expressions of affection he whispered sweet nothings into her ear • Syn: ↑sweet nothings • Hypernyms: ↑nothings … Useful english dictionary