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1 _залицяння
always a bridesmaid, never a bride always to court and never to wed is the happiest life that ever was led happy is the wooing that's not long doing men are always wooing goddesses and marrying mere mortals a rich man's wooing is seldom long of doing sweet-talk to the old lady to get to the daughter there is none more contemptible than a man that is a fortune hunter -
2 wish
1. n1) бажання, побажання2) воля; наказ3) проханняto comply with smb.'s wish — задовольнити чиєсь прохання
4) бажане, предмет бажанняhe got his wish — він домігся, чого хотів
5) проклін; накликання бідиif wishes were horses, beggars might ride — присл. якби та в роті виросли гриби
2. v1) бажати, висловлювати побажання; хотітиI wish you to understand — я хочу, щоб ви зрозуміли
I wish it to be done — я хочу, щоб це було зроблено
do you wish me to leave? — ви хочете, щоб я пішов?
2) накликати (лихо)3) насилати (проклін)4) розм. рекомендуватиwish for — прагнути, жадати
wish on — нав'язувати, покладати
* * *I n1) бажання; побажання; намірto have a wish to do smth — мати бажання /бажати, хотіти/ зробити що-н.
2) воля; наказto disobey smb 's wishes — піти проти чиєї-н. волі
to do smth at smb 's wish — робити що-н. за чиїм-н. наказом
3) проханняto grant /to comply with/ smb 's wish — виконати /задовольнити/ чиє-н. прохання
4) бажане, предмет бажанняshe got her wish — вона домоглася свого /чого хотіла/; you shall have your wish ви отримаєте бажане, ваше бажання збудеться
5) дiaл. прокляття; the wish is father to the thought = люди вірять в те, що хочуть вірити••II vif wishes were horses, beggars might ride — пpиcл. якби та якби
1) бажати, хотіти; виражати бажанняit is to be wished that... — бажано, щоб...
2) ( for) бажати; прагнутиto have everything one can wish for — мати все, що тільки можна побажати
3) побажати (кому-н. що-н.); to wish smb good morning побажати кому-н. доброго ранку; I wish you good luck [a pleasant journey]бажаю вам вдачі [щасливої дороги]4) (on) нав'язуватиanother duty was wished on him — йому нав'язали ще один обов'язок; накликати, насилати ( біди)
I wouldn't wish her on my enemy — я, ворогу не побажаю мати з нею справу
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3 _шлюб; дім; сім'я
accidents will happen in the best regulated families a bad husband cannot be a good man before you go in double harness, look well to the other horse better one house spoiled than two big houses have small families, and small houses big families a blind man's wife needs no paint the calmest husbands take the stormiest wives choose your love, then love your choice choose your man as you choose your shoes – for comfort and long wear a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple don't marry a girl who wants strawberries in January each husband gets the infidelity he deserves earlier wed, sooner dead every family has a black sheep every man can tame a shrew but he that has one everyone can keep house better than her mother until she tries the father is the guest who best becomes the table first thrive and then wife a friend married is a friend lost a good husband makes a good wife the grey mare is the better horse happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes honest men marry soon, wise men not at all he that marries a widow and four children marries four thieves he that takes a wife takes a care he that tells his wife news is but newly wed he that will thrive must first ask his wife he who marries for wealth sells his liberty the husband is always the last to know the husband is the head of the house, but the wife is the neck and the neck moves the head if you wish praise, die; if you wish blame, marry it is not every couple that is a pair keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards a kind wife makes a faithful husband the Lord makes a man, but the wife makes a husband love takes away the sight, and matrimony restores it a man is newly married who tells his wife everything marriage goes by contrasts marriage is a lottery marriage makes or mars a man marriages are made in heaven marry above your match and you get a master marry in haste, and repent at leisure marry a handsome man and you marry trouble marry late or never marry your son when you please and your daughter when you can men are what their mothers made them most men get as good a wife as they deserve the mother-in-law remembers not that she was a daughter-in-law never interfere with family quarrels never marry for money, but marry where money is a nurse spoils a good housewife nurses put one bit in the child's mouth and two in their own observe the mother and take the daughter put not your hand between the bark and the tree a shotgun marriage won't last longer than the honeymoon sweet-talk to the old lady to get to the daughter there are as many good stepmothers as white ravens there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her to marry once is a duty, twice is folly, thrice is madness the woman who obeys her husband rules him want makes strife between man and wife when going to sea, pray once; when going to war, pray twice; when going to be married, pray thrice when the husband earns well, the wife spends well when you get married you tie a knot with your tongue that you can't untie with your teeth where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage whoever is tired of a happy day, let him take a wifeEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _шлюб; дім; сім'я
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4 wish
I n1) бажання; побажання; намірto have a wish to do smth — мати бажання /бажати, хотіти/ зробити що-н.
2) воля; наказto disobey smb 's wishes — піти проти чиєї-н. волі
to do smth at smb 's wish — робити що-н. за чиїм-н. наказом
3) проханняto grant /to comply with/ smb 's wish — виконати /задовольнити/ чиє-н. прохання
4) бажане, предмет бажанняshe got her wish — вона домоглася свого /чого хотіла/; you shall have your wish ви отримаєте бажане, ваше бажання збудеться
5) дiaл. прокляття; the wish is father to the thought = люди вірять в те, що хочуть вірити••II vif wishes were horses, beggars might ride — пpиcл. якби та якби
1) бажати, хотіти; виражати бажанняit is to be wished that... — бажано, щоб...
2) ( for) бажати; прагнутиto have everything one can wish for — мати все, що тільки можна побажати
3) побажати (кому-н. що-н.); to wish smb good morning побажати кому-н. доброго ранку; I wish you good luck [a pleasant journey]бажаю вам вдачі [щасливої дороги]4) (on) нав'язуватиanother duty was wished on him — йому нав'язали ще один обов'язок; накликати, насилати ( біди)
I wouldn't wish her on my enemy — я, ворогу не побажаю мати з нею справу
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5 thought
1. n1) думка, ідеяto collect (to compose) one's thoughts — зібратися з думками
to read smb.'s thoughts — читати чиїсь думки
2) мисленняto be deep in thought — замислитися, заглибитися в роздуми
3) уява4) намір5) піклування, увага; думиto take (to show) thought for smb. — піклуватися про когось
6) розм. трішки, трішечки, трохи, небагато7) тривога; смуток; прикрість, досада8) розм. причина тривоги (занепокоєння)as quick (as swift) as thought — з швидкістю блискавки, умить
to take thought — задуматися, замислитися
second thoughts are best npuai. — сім разів відміряй, а раз відріж
2. past і p.p. від think* * *I n1) мисленняafter (giving the matter) some thought — помізкувавши трохи ( про цю справу)
to be deep /lost, absorbed/ in thought — поринути в роздуми; уява
2) думка, ідея; міркуванняnoble [original, happy, striking, first] thought — шляхетна [оригінальна, щаслива, блискуча, перша]думка
thought control — несхвальн. обмеження інтелектуальної свободи олі
at the thought that... — з думкою про те, що...
the mere thought or it... — одна /сама/ думка про це...
to speak one's thought (s) — прямо говорити, що думаєш
to collect /to compose/ one's thoughts — зібратися з думками
to read smb 's thoughts — читати чиїсь думки
to reject /to discard/ a thought — відкинути думка ( про щось)
to follow the thread of smb 's thought — стежити за ходом чиєїсь думки
he hasn't a thought in his head — він ні про що не думає, він зовсім пустоголовий; думка, погляди
modern [scientific, linguistic] thought — сучасна [наукова, лінгвістична]думка
to keep specialists aware of current thought — тримати фахівців у курсі сучасної ( наукової) думки; навчання, філософія
an excellent introduction to Gandhi's thought — прекрасне введення у філософію /у навчання/ Ганді
3) намірI had по thought of offending you — я не хотів вас скривдити, у мене е у думках не було вас скривдити; очікування, надія
4) турбота, увага; думиfull of thought for smb — що піклується /постійно думає/ про когось
to take /to show, to have/ thought for smb — піклуватися про когось
to give smth no thought — не звернути уваги на щось
don't give it a moment's thought — не думайте про це; можете бути зовсім спокійні з цього приводу
5) небагато; крапелька, трішки, трішечкиthe colour was a thought too dark — колір був трішки темніше, ніж потрібно
6) icт. тривога; сум; прикрість: досада; дiaл. причина тривоги, занепокоєння••first thoughts — перша думка, перший імпульс
as quick /as swift/ as thought — швидкий, як думка
to take no thought for the morrow — не думати про завтрашній день, бути легковажним
II past та р. p. від think IIsecond thoughts are best — = сім разів відмір - один раз відріж
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6 thought
I n1) мисленняafter (giving the matter) some thought — помізкувавши трохи ( про цю справу)
to be deep /lost, absorbed/ in thought — поринути в роздуми; уява
2) думка, ідея; міркуванняnoble [original, happy, striking, first] thought — шляхетна [оригінальна, щаслива, блискуча, перша]думка
thought control — несхвальн. обмеження інтелектуальної свободи олі
at the thought that... — з думкою про те, що...
the mere thought or it... — одна /сама/ думка про це...
to speak one's thought (s) — прямо говорити, що думаєш
to collect /to compose/ one's thoughts — зібратися з думками
to read smb 's thoughts — читати чиїсь думки
to reject /to discard/ a thought — відкинути думка ( про щось)
to follow the thread of smb 's thought — стежити за ходом чиєїсь думки
he hasn't a thought in his head — він ні про що не думає, він зовсім пустоголовий; думка, погляди
modern [scientific, linguistic] thought — сучасна [наукова, лінгвістична]думка
to keep specialists aware of current thought — тримати фахівців у курсі сучасної ( наукової) думки; навчання, філософія
an excellent introduction to Gandhi's thought — прекрасне введення у філософію /у навчання/ Ганді
3) намірI had по thought of offending you — я не хотів вас скривдити, у мене е у думках не було вас скривдити; очікування, надія
4) турбота, увага; думиfull of thought for smb — що піклується /постійно думає/ про когось
to take /to show, to have/ thought for smb — піклуватися про когось
to give smth no thought — не звернути уваги на щось
don't give it a moment's thought — не думайте про це; можете бути зовсім спокійні з цього приводу
5) небагато; крапелька, трішки, трішечкиthe colour was a thought too dark — колір був трішки темніше, ніж потрібно
6) icт. тривога; сум; прикрість: досада; дiaл. причина тривоги, занепокоєння••first thoughts — перша думка, перший імпульс
as quick /as swift/ as thought — швидкий, як думка
to take no thought for the morrow — не думати про завтрашній день, бути легковажним
II past та р. p. від think IIsecond thoughts are best — = сім разів відмір - один раз відріж
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7 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband
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