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1 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) duhovitost2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) duhovitež3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) zdrav razum•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *I [wit]nounpamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličinathe five wits obsolete petero čutovto be at one's wit's end — ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajtiI am at my wit's end — sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagatito be out of one's wits — izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pametenhe has his wits about him — on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)to have wit to — imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)he has not the wit to see... — nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...to live by one's wits — živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenjeII [wit]obsolete transitive verb & intransitive verb (sed. čas I (he) wot, preterite in past participle wist, — sed. deležnik witting) vedetito wit — to je, namreč; kot sledi; in to -
2 wit once bought is worth twice taught
var: bought wit is bestвласний досвід вчить краще, ніж наукаEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > wit once bought is worth twice taught
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3 wit
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4 wit once bought is worth twice taught
посл.≈ собственный опыт учит лучше, чем наставлениеLarge English-Russian phrasebook > wit once bought is worth twice taught
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5 an ounce of wit that is bought is worth a pound that is taught
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an ounce of wit that is bought is worth a pound that is taught
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6 bought wit is best
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > bought wit is best
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7 _навчання; вченість
colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints curiosity killed the cat don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs doubt grows up with knowledge education makes the man every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster example is better than precept example teaches more than precept a handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning he that knows nothing, doubts nothing he knows most who speaks least he who is ignorant of foreign languages knows not his own he who never learns anything never forgets anything increase your knowledge and you increase your griefs in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is never too late to learn it is a task to learn, but it is much harder to unlearn a learned man is twice born knowledge and wisdom are far from being one knowledge is knowing that we cannot know knowledge is power learn from the mistakes of others a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one a learned man can be appreciated only by another learned man learning is better than house and land learning is the eye of the mind learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse a little learning is a dangerous thing live and learn men learn while they teach money spent on the brain is never spent in vain mother wit is better than book education nature passes nurture no man is born wise or learned old foxes want no tutors soon learnt soon forgotten there is no royal road to learning they that think they know everything, know nothing too much knowledge makes the head bald wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket what is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave wit once bought is worth twice taught years know more than books we can learn only from our betters you can lead a boy to college, but you can't make him thinkEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _навчання; вченість
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8 parry
ˈpærɪ
1. сущ.
1) общее название приемов отражения удара в различных поединках а) защита( в фехтовании) б) отбив (в боксе) You were taught the thrust, but not the parry. ≈ Тебя научили наносить удары, но не отражать их.
2) воен. отражение атаки
3) словесная баталия;
парирование (вопроса и т.д.)
2. гл.
1) а) отражать (удар, нападение) Syn: ward off б) перен. парировать, бросать ответную реплику She usually parried my questions with great wit. ≈ Она всегда очень остроумно отвечала на мои вопросы. Syn: counter
2) уклоняться, отделываться( от чего-л.) I parried her questions by the best excuses I could offer. ≈ Я уклонился от ее вопросов, использовав самые искусные изменения, какие я только мог придумывать. Syn: avoid, evade( спортивное) отбив (прием защиты в боксе) - cross * перекрестный отбив - inside * отбив левой влево или правой вправо - outside * отбив левой вправо или правой влево (спортивное) защита (фехтование) - counter * круговая защита - * with pressure защита нажимом парирование (вопроса) (спортивное) отражать (удар, нападение) парировать - to * a question уклоняться от ответа, отвечать вопросом на вопрос - I parried her questions by my arguments я парировал ее вопросы своими доводами уклоняться, отделываться ( от чего-либо) - he always parries disagreeable affairs он всегда уклоняется от неприятных дел parry отражать, парировать (удар) ;
to parry a question уклоняться от ответа, отвечать на вопрос вопросом ~ парирование, отражение удара, увертка (тж. спорт.) parry отражать, парировать (удар) ;
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9 parry
['pærɪ] 1. сущ.1)а) защита ( в фехтовании)You were taught the thrust, but not the parry. — Тебя научили наносить удары, но не отражать их.
2) воен. отражение атаки3) словесная баталия; парирование2. гл.а) отражать (удар, нападение)Syn:б) парировать, бросать ответную репликуShe usually parried my questions with great wit. — Она всегда очень остроумно отвечала на мои вопросы.
Syn:в) уклоняться, отделываться (от чего-л.)I parried her questions by the best excuses I could offer. — Я уклонился от её вопросов, использовав самые искусные оправдания, какие только мог придумать.
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