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1 ill-trained
Общая лексика: плохо подготовленный -
2 gentle
1. a мягкий, добрый; кроткий; нежный, ласковыйgentle call — нежный зов; ласковый оклик
2. a тихий, спокойный3. a лёгкий, слабый4. a послушный, смирный; приручённый, ручной5. a отлогий, пологий6. a знатный, родовитый7. a уст. благородный, великодушный; благовоспитанный, учтивый8. v редк. смягчать; успокаивать9. v редк. облагораживать10. v редк. приручать; объезжать11. n опарыш, личинка мясной мухиСинонимический ряд:1. affable (adj.) affable; genial2. amiable (adj.) amiable; gentle-hearted; kind-hearted; kindly; pacific; peaceful3. aristocratic (adj.) aristocratic; blue-blooded; highborn; highbred; noble; well-born4. civilized (adj.) civilized; educated; trained5. considerate (adj.) considerate; kind; sensitive; tender6. courteous (adj.) courteous; courtly; cultivated; elegant; polished; polite; refined; respectable; well-bred7. docile (adj.) docile; meek; pliable; tractable8. easy (adj.) easy; gradual; moderate9. light (adj.) light; slight; soft10. mild (adj.) balmy; bland; clement; delicate; faint; gradual; lenient; light; mild; moderate; smooth; soft; soft-hearted; temperate; tempered; tender-hearted11. tame (adj.) cowed; disciplined; domesticated; housebroken; manageable; quiet; tame12. calm (verb) appease; assuage; calm; calm down; conciliate; mollify; pacify; placate; propitiate; soften; soothe; sweeten13. master (verb) break; domesticate; master; tameАнтонимический ряд:abrupt; barbarous; boisterous; boorish; coarse; cruel; excessive; fierce; gross; harsh; heartless; ill-mannered; ill-tempered; immoderate; rustic; severe; wild -
3 on smb.'s hands
на руках у кого-л.; на чьей-л. ответственности; в чьём-л. ведении‘...I don't want to speak ill of your father,’ Soames went on doggedly, ‘but I know him well enough to be sure that he'll be back on our mother's hands before a year's over.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part I, ch. IX) — -...я не хочу говорить дурно о твоем отце, - упрямо продолжал Сомс, - но я его достаточно хорошо знаю и не сомневаюсь поэтому, что не пройдет и года, как он опять сядет на шею твоей матери.
Freddy: "...Where are the two ladies that were here?" The flower girl: "They walked to the bus when the rain stopped." Freddy: "And left me with a cab on my hands! Damnation!" (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act I) — Фредди: "...Тут были две дамы. Вы не видели, куда они делись?" Цветочница: "А они пошли к автобусу, когда дождь перестал." Фредди: "черт подери! что же мне теперь делать с такси?"
They're trained men, of course, and naturally they don't believe a word he says: they know right away what they've got on their hands. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Edge of Sadness’, part I, ch. VI) — Психиатры - люди опытные, и, конечно, они не верят ни одному слову этого пьянчужки, хотя он и служитель церкви. Им ясно, с кем они имеют дело.
She has got so much time on her hands. — У нее так много свободного времени.
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