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101 неприятно
I1) кратк. прил. см. неприятныйей бы́ло неприя́тно слу́шать э́ти замеча́ния — she was displeased / upset / hurt by those remarked
II нареч.мне неприя́тно говори́ть вам э́то, но... — I hate saying this to you but...
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102 interesse privato in atti di ufficio
Ammabuse of public office1)fare qc per interesse — to do sth out of self-interestagire nell'interesse comune — to act for the common good o in the common interest
non ho alcun interesse a farlo; non è nel mio interesse farlo — it is not in my interest to do it
quando c'è di mezzo l'interesse... — when personal interests are involved...
2) Fin, Comm interestun interesse del 5% — 5% interest
Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > interesse privato in atti di ufficio
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103 gain an advantage of smb.
(gain (get, have, score или win) an (или the) advantage of (или over) smb.)взять верх над кем-л., оказаться в лучшем положении, чем кто-л., получить, иметь преимущество перед кем-л‘You have the advantage of me in courtesy as well as in years, sir,’ I replied. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Making of a Saint’, ch. II) — - Вы имеете передо мной то преимущество, сэр, что вы старше меня, да и любезностью обхождения мне с вами не сравниться, - ответил я.
‘He likes me you know.’ ‘I know he does.’ ‘I'd hate to think I was taking advantage.’ (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Winter of Our Discontent’, part II, ch. XIII) — - Он ко мне хорошо относится, вот почему. - Знаю. - Но мне бы не хотелось злоупотреблять этим.
I don't like saying this, Jago, but I've got to. You've got the advantage over him in some respects - but by and large he will make a better Master than you would have done. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Masters’, part IV, ch. 43) — Мне не хочется говорить вам этого, Яго, но все же я скажу. Кое в чем вы превосходите Крофорда. Но в общем он будет лучшим главой колледжа, чем вы.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > gain an advantage of smb.
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104 get nowhere
I(get nowhere (тж. not to get anywhere))ничего не достигнуть, не добиться своего; не достичь цели, потерпеть фиаско, не сдвинуться с мёртвой точки; см. тж. get somewhereSheila: "...If you can't stand criticism you'll never get anywhere." (N. Coward, ‘The Rat Trap’, act II) — Шейла: "...Если ты не выносишь критики, то никогда ничего не добьешься в жизни."
In his spare time he tried to bring the Indians to the light by forcing them to attend gospel meetings; but he got nowhere with them. (N. Lewis, ‘The Volcanoes above Us’, ch. XXI) — Свободные минуты он посвящал спасению души своих пеонов, силой сгоняя их на молитву, но мало преуспел в этом.
I was on the edge of saying, this discussion would get nowhere, it might as well stop. (C. P. Snow, ‘Last Things’, ch. XIII) — Меня так и подмывало сказать, что от этого обсуждения никакой пользы не будет и лучше его прекратить.
II...so far his enquiry had got nowhere. (I. Murdoch, ‘The Nice and the Good’, ch. 13) —...пока его расследование ни к чему не привело.
(get (lead или take smb.) nowhere)ничего не достигнуть, ничего не добиться; не достичь цели; не продвинуться ни на йотуMy efforts to discover whether Myrtle's firm had American customers led us nowhere. (W. Cooper, ‘Scenes from Provincial Life’, part I, ch. V) — Все мои старания обнаружить, имеются ли американские клиенты у фирмы Мертла, ни к чему не привели.
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105 для красного словца
чаще неодобр.for effect; because it sounds good; for the sake of being clever; to make a speechВолодя покраснел и, помолчав немного, признал, что... иногда ради красного словца говорит глупости. (И. Эренбург, Оттепель) — Volodya blushed, thought a little, and then admitted that he sometimes talked a lot of nonsense for the sake of being clever.
- Я ведь тут каждый угол знаю, действительно каждый, - имейте в виду, я это не для красного словца. (К. Симонов, Дни и ночи) — 'You see, I know every corner here, literally every corner. I'm not saying this to make a speech.'
- Он действительно так сказал: "Никто не даст закоптить голубое небо Подолии дымом заводов", или ты это выдумал для красного словца? (В. Беляев, Старая крепость) — 'Is that what he actually said: 'No one will allow the blue sky of Podolia to be soiled with factory smoke?' Or did you just make that up for effect?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > для красного словца
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106 bestwil
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107 eerste
♦voorbeelden:de eerste vier dagen • (for) the next four daysde eerste dagen ging het wel • the first few days things were finebij de eerste de beste gelegenheid • at the first opportunity, at someone's earliest convenienceinformatie uit de eerste hand • firsthand informationik zeg het voor de eerste en de laatste maal • I am saying this once and for allin/op de eerste plaats • in the first place, firstly; 〈 met nadruk〉 first and foremost, first of allde eerste tijd kan ik je niet komen bezoeken • I cannot visit you for a whileeerste uitgaven • initial expenses/outlayde eerste die aankomt, krijgt de prijs • the first to get there gets the prizeéén keer moet de eerste zijn • there's a first time for everythingin de eerste (versnelling) • in first/bottom gearten eerste • first(ly), in the first place; 〈 om te beginnen〉 for one thing; 〈 informeel〉 for a startop de eerste van de maand • on the first (day) of the monthvan de eerste tot de laatste • from the first (man) to the last (man)hij is niet de eerste de beste • he is not just anybodyde eerste de beste zal het je zeggen • anyone will tell you thatde eerste de beste dokter • the nearest doctorhet eerste wat we zagen was … • the first thing we saw was …dat is het eerste wat ik daarvan hoor • that's the first I have heard of it -
108 ik zeg het om/voor uw (eigen) bestwil
ik zeg het om/voor uw (eigen) bestwilVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > ik zeg het om/voor uw (eigen) bestwil
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109 ik zeg het voor de eerste en de laatste maal
ik zeg het voor de eerste en de laatste maalVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > ik zeg het voor de eerste en de laatste maal
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110 solely
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111 get nowhere
(тж. not get anywhere)ничeгo нe дocтигнуть, нe дoбитьcя cвoeгo, нe дocтичь цeли, пoтepпeть фиacкo; нe cдвинутьcя c мёpтвoй тoчкиI was on the edge of saying this discussion would get nowhere, it might as well stop (C. P. Snow). Sheila....If you can't stand criticism, you'll never get anywhere (N. Coward) -
112 MailTip
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113 ענש
עָנַש(b. h.; cmp. אָנַס) ( to press, to punish, fine. Zeb.106b, a. e., לא ע׳וכ׳, v. זָהַר. Snh.54a, a. fr. אין עוֹנְשִׁין מן הדין, v. דִּין II.Ib. 43b לא ע׳ על הנסתרות the Lord did not punish undiscovered transgressions (committed in Israels camps). Ib. 54b ע׳ והזהיר the text defines the penalty, and forbids the act; a. fr.Part. pass. עָנוּש punishable. Yeb.47a ע׳ כרת doomed to extinction; ע׳ סקילה doomed to death by stoning; a. e. Nif. נֶעֱנַש to be punished; to suffer. Sabb.56a; Kidd.43a (ref. to 2 Sam. 12:9) מה חרב … אין אתה נ׳ עליווכ׳ as well as thou art not to be punished for the use of the sword against the sons of Ammon, so shalt thou not be punished for the death of Uriah the Hittite. Sabb.149b כל שחבירו נ׳ על ידווכ׳ he through whose instrumentality a fellowman was punished (who was instrumental in causing a fellowman to sin), will not be entered within the precincts of the Lord. Yoma 22b מפני מה נ׳ שאול for what sin was Saul made to suffer? R. Hash. 16b; B. Kam.93a, a. e. המוסר … הוא נ׳ תחלה he who appeals to the Lord for judgment against his neighbor, will himself be the first to be punished. Snh.8a על דבר זה נ׳ משה for saying this (‘you shall bring to me, Deut. 1:17) Moses had to suffer (by being compelled to admit his own incapability, Num. 27:5); a. fr. -
114 עָנַש
עָנַש(b. h.; cmp. אָנַס) ( to press, to punish, fine. Zeb.106b, a. e., לא ע׳וכ׳, v. זָהַר. Snh.54a, a. fr. אין עוֹנְשִׁין מן הדין, v. דִּין II.Ib. 43b לא ע׳ על הנסתרות the Lord did not punish undiscovered transgressions (committed in Israels camps). Ib. 54b ע׳ והזהיר the text defines the penalty, and forbids the act; a. fr.Part. pass. עָנוּש punishable. Yeb.47a ע׳ כרת doomed to extinction; ע׳ סקילה doomed to death by stoning; a. e. Nif. נֶעֱנַש to be punished; to suffer. Sabb.56a; Kidd.43a (ref. to 2 Sam. 12:9) מה חרב … אין אתה נ׳ עליווכ׳ as well as thou art not to be punished for the use of the sword against the sons of Ammon, so shalt thou not be punished for the death of Uriah the Hittite. Sabb.149b כל שחבירו נ׳ על ידווכ׳ he through whose instrumentality a fellowman was punished (who was instrumental in causing a fellowman to sin), will not be entered within the precincts of the Lord. Yoma 22b מפני מה נ׳ שאול for what sin was Saul made to suffer? R. Hash. 16b; B. Kam.93a, a. e. המוסר … הוא נ׳ תחלה he who appeals to the Lord for judgment against his neighbor, will himself be the first to be punished. Snh.8a על דבר זה נ׳ משה for saying this (‘you shall bring to me, Deut. 1:17) Moses had to suffer (by being compelled to admit his own incapability, Num. 27:5); a. fr. -
115 ערטיל
עַרְטִיל, עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילָּאָה, עַרְטִילַּאי, עַרְטִלּ׳(עַרְטוּ׳), m. (עַרְטֵל) 1) stripped, naked, poorly dressed. Targ. Gen. 3:10 (Y. ed. Vien. עַרְטוּ׳, not … לָאֵי); 11. Targ. Job 1:21; a. fr.B. Mets.46a, v. כְּפַל. Sot.8b (prov.) שליח ע׳ וסיים מסאני stripped to nakedness, but shoes he has on (there is more disgrace in a disharmonious toilet than in a uniformly poor one); Keth.65b top (ref. to the disproportion between the obligatory outfit of garments and that of shoes, ib. V, 8) חאי תנא שליח ע׳וכ׳ would that teacher have applied to her the proverb, stripped to nakedness ? Y. ib. VI, 30d אורחא … הני לי מיקום ערטילייוכ׳ it is usual for a man to say (to his father-in-law), I will rather go naked (deprive myself, v. עָרוֹם), if only my wife be covered (but by saying this he does not mean to release him from the obligation of giving his daughter an appropriate outfit). Koh. R. to V, 12, v. כָּפִין; a. fr.Pl. עַרְטִילָּאִין, עַרְטִילָּאֵי, עַרְטִלּ׳. Targ. Job 22:6. Ib. 24:7 לָאֵי … Ms. (ed. לַּי … לַּיי …, adv.). Ib. 10 לאי … ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. … לַי); a. fr. Fem. עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילְתָּא, עַרְטוּ׳. Targ. Esth. 1:11Y.Peah VIII, 21b top (ref. to Ruth 3:3) ערטילא הוות was she (Ruth) un-dressed?Pl. עַרְטִילָּאָן. Targ. Esth. l. c.Trnsf. (cmp. γυμνήτης) light-armed.Pl. עַרְטִילֵּי. Targ. II Esth. 8:10 ע׳ בני רמכיא (Targ. I Esth. ib. ערטולייני רטכין, corr. acc.; h. text האחשתרנים). -
116 ערטילא
עַרְטִיל, עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילָּאָה, עַרְטִילַּאי, עַרְטִלּ׳(עַרְטוּ׳), m. (עַרְטֵל) 1) stripped, naked, poorly dressed. Targ. Gen. 3:10 (Y. ed. Vien. עַרְטוּ׳, not … לָאֵי); 11. Targ. Job 1:21; a. fr.B. Mets.46a, v. כְּפַל. Sot.8b (prov.) שליח ע׳ וסיים מסאני stripped to nakedness, but shoes he has on (there is more disgrace in a disharmonious toilet than in a uniformly poor one); Keth.65b top (ref. to the disproportion between the obligatory outfit of garments and that of shoes, ib. V, 8) חאי תנא שליח ע׳וכ׳ would that teacher have applied to her the proverb, stripped to nakedness ? Y. ib. VI, 30d אורחא … הני לי מיקום ערטילייוכ׳ it is usual for a man to say (to his father-in-law), I will rather go naked (deprive myself, v. עָרוֹם), if only my wife be covered (but by saying this he does not mean to release him from the obligation of giving his daughter an appropriate outfit). Koh. R. to V, 12, v. כָּפִין; a. fr.Pl. עַרְטִילָּאִין, עַרְטִילָּאֵי, עַרְטִלּ׳. Targ. Job 22:6. Ib. 24:7 לָאֵי … Ms. (ed. לַּי … לַּיי …, adv.). Ib. 10 לאי … ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. … לַי); a. fr. Fem. עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילְתָּא, עַרְטוּ׳. Targ. Esth. 1:11Y.Peah VIII, 21b top (ref. to Ruth 3:3) ערטילא הוות was she (Ruth) un-dressed?Pl. עַרְטִילָּאָן. Targ. Esth. l. c.Trnsf. (cmp. γυμνήτης) light-armed.Pl. עַרְטִילֵּי. Targ. II Esth. 8:10 ע׳ בני רמכיא (Targ. I Esth. ib. ערטולייני רטכין, corr. acc.; h. text האחשתרנים). -
117 עַרְטִיל
עַרְטִיל, עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילָּאָה, עַרְטִילַּאי, עַרְטִלּ׳(עַרְטוּ׳), m. (עַרְטֵל) 1) stripped, naked, poorly dressed. Targ. Gen. 3:10 (Y. ed. Vien. עַרְטוּ׳, not … לָאֵי); 11. Targ. Job 1:21; a. fr.B. Mets.46a, v. כְּפַל. Sot.8b (prov.) שליח ע׳ וסיים מסאני stripped to nakedness, but shoes he has on (there is more disgrace in a disharmonious toilet than in a uniformly poor one); Keth.65b top (ref. to the disproportion between the obligatory outfit of garments and that of shoes, ib. V, 8) חאי תנא שליח ע׳וכ׳ would that teacher have applied to her the proverb, stripped to nakedness ? Y. ib. VI, 30d אורחא … הני לי מיקום ערטילייוכ׳ it is usual for a man to say (to his father-in-law), I will rather go naked (deprive myself, v. עָרוֹם), if only my wife be covered (but by saying this he does not mean to release him from the obligation of giving his daughter an appropriate outfit). Koh. R. to V, 12, v. כָּפִין; a. fr.Pl. עַרְטִילָּאִין, עַרְטִילָּאֵי, עַרְטִלּ׳. Targ. Job 22:6. Ib. 24:7 לָאֵי … Ms. (ed. לַּי … לַּיי …, adv.). Ib. 10 לאי … ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. … לַי); a. fr. Fem. עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילְתָּא, עַרְטוּ׳. Targ. Esth. 1:11Y.Peah VIII, 21b top (ref. to Ruth 3:3) ערטילא הוות was she (Ruth) un-dressed?Pl. עַרְטִילָּאָן. Targ. Esth. l. c.Trnsf. (cmp. γυμνήτης) light-armed.Pl. עַרְטִילֵּי. Targ. II Esth. 8:10 ע׳ בני רמכיא (Targ. I Esth. ib. ערטולייני רטכין, corr. acc.; h. text האחשתרנים). -
118 עַרְטִילָּא
עַרְטִיל, עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילָּאָה, עַרְטִילַּאי, עַרְטִלּ׳(עַרְטוּ׳), m. (עַרְטֵל) 1) stripped, naked, poorly dressed. Targ. Gen. 3:10 (Y. ed. Vien. עַרְטוּ׳, not … לָאֵי); 11. Targ. Job 1:21; a. fr.B. Mets.46a, v. כְּפַל. Sot.8b (prov.) שליח ע׳ וסיים מסאני stripped to nakedness, but shoes he has on (there is more disgrace in a disharmonious toilet than in a uniformly poor one); Keth.65b top (ref. to the disproportion between the obligatory outfit of garments and that of shoes, ib. V, 8) חאי תנא שליח ע׳וכ׳ would that teacher have applied to her the proverb, stripped to nakedness ? Y. ib. VI, 30d אורחא … הני לי מיקום ערטילייוכ׳ it is usual for a man to say (to his father-in-law), I will rather go naked (deprive myself, v. עָרוֹם), if only my wife be covered (but by saying this he does not mean to release him from the obligation of giving his daughter an appropriate outfit). Koh. R. to V, 12, v. כָּפִין; a. fr.Pl. עַרְטִילָּאִין, עַרְטִילָּאֵי, עַרְטִלּ׳. Targ. Job 22:6. Ib. 24:7 לָאֵי … Ms. (ed. לַּי … לַּיי …, adv.). Ib. 10 לאי … ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. … לַי); a. fr. Fem. עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילְתָּא, עַרְטוּ׳. Targ. Esth. 1:11Y.Peah VIII, 21b top (ref. to Ruth 3:3) ערטילא הוות was she (Ruth) un-dressed?Pl. עַרְטִילָּאָן. Targ. Esth. l. c.Trnsf. (cmp. γυμνήτης) light-armed.Pl. עַרְטִילֵּי. Targ. II Esth. 8:10 ע׳ בני רמכיא (Targ. I Esth. ib. ערטולייני רטכין, corr. acc.; h. text האחשתרנים). -
119 עַרְטִילָּאָה
עַרְטִיל, עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילָּאָה, עַרְטִילַּאי, עַרְטִלּ׳(עַרְטוּ׳), m. (עַרְטֵל) 1) stripped, naked, poorly dressed. Targ. Gen. 3:10 (Y. ed. Vien. עַרְטוּ׳, not … לָאֵי); 11. Targ. Job 1:21; a. fr.B. Mets.46a, v. כְּפַל. Sot.8b (prov.) שליח ע׳ וסיים מסאני stripped to nakedness, but shoes he has on (there is more disgrace in a disharmonious toilet than in a uniformly poor one); Keth.65b top (ref. to the disproportion between the obligatory outfit of garments and that of shoes, ib. V, 8) חאי תנא שליח ע׳וכ׳ would that teacher have applied to her the proverb, stripped to nakedness ? Y. ib. VI, 30d אורחא … הני לי מיקום ערטילייוכ׳ it is usual for a man to say (to his father-in-law), I will rather go naked (deprive myself, v. עָרוֹם), if only my wife be covered (but by saying this he does not mean to release him from the obligation of giving his daughter an appropriate outfit). Koh. R. to V, 12, v. כָּפִין; a. fr.Pl. עַרְטִילָּאִין, עַרְטִילָּאֵי, עַרְטִלּ׳. Targ. Job 22:6. Ib. 24:7 לָאֵי … Ms. (ed. לַּי … לַּיי …, adv.). Ib. 10 לאי … ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. … לַי); a. fr. Fem. עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילְתָּא, עַרְטוּ׳. Targ. Esth. 1:11Y.Peah VIII, 21b top (ref. to Ruth 3:3) ערטילא הוות was she (Ruth) un-dressed?Pl. עַרְטִילָּאָן. Targ. Esth. l. c.Trnsf. (cmp. γυμνήτης) light-armed.Pl. עַרְטִילֵּי. Targ. II Esth. 8:10 ע׳ בני רמכיא (Targ. I Esth. ib. ערטולייני רטכין, corr. acc.; h. text האחשתרנים). -
120 עַרְטִילַּאי
עַרְטִיל, עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילָּאָה, עַרְטִילַּאי, עַרְטִלּ׳(עַרְטוּ׳), m. (עַרְטֵל) 1) stripped, naked, poorly dressed. Targ. Gen. 3:10 (Y. ed. Vien. עַרְטוּ׳, not … לָאֵי); 11. Targ. Job 1:21; a. fr.B. Mets.46a, v. כְּפַל. Sot.8b (prov.) שליח ע׳ וסיים מסאני stripped to nakedness, but shoes he has on (there is more disgrace in a disharmonious toilet than in a uniformly poor one); Keth.65b top (ref. to the disproportion between the obligatory outfit of garments and that of shoes, ib. V, 8) חאי תנא שליח ע׳וכ׳ would that teacher have applied to her the proverb, stripped to nakedness ? Y. ib. VI, 30d אורחא … הני לי מיקום ערטילייוכ׳ it is usual for a man to say (to his father-in-law), I will rather go naked (deprive myself, v. עָרוֹם), if only my wife be covered (but by saying this he does not mean to release him from the obligation of giving his daughter an appropriate outfit). Koh. R. to V, 12, v. כָּפִין; a. fr.Pl. עַרְטִילָּאִין, עַרְטִילָּאֵי, עַרְטִלּ׳. Targ. Job 22:6. Ib. 24:7 לָאֵי … Ms. (ed. לַּי … לַּיי …, adv.). Ib. 10 לאי … ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. … לַי); a. fr. Fem. עַרְטִילָּא, עַרְטִילְתָּא, עַרְטוּ׳. Targ. Esth. 1:11Y.Peah VIII, 21b top (ref. to Ruth 3:3) ערטילא הוות was she (Ruth) un-dressed?Pl. עַרְטִילָּאָן. Targ. Esth. l. c.Trnsf. (cmp. γυμνήτης) light-armed.Pl. עַרְטִילֵּי. Targ. II Esth. 8:10 ע׳ בני רמכיא (Targ. I Esth. ib. ערטולייני רטכין, corr. acc.; h. text האחשתרנים).
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