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it's more than likely that

  • 1 более

    more, more than, over
    • Более общий результат такого типа формулируется следующим образом. - The following is a more general result of the same kind.
    • Более совершенным рассуждением можно показать, что... - By a more refined argument it can be shown that...
    • Более того, мы видим, что... - Furthermore, we see that...
    • Более того, мы заключаем, что... - We infer, moreover, that...
    • Более того, справедливо, что... - Moreover, it is true that...
    • Более удобно выразить это (соотношение, решение и т. п.) в терминах... - This is more conveniently expressed in terms of...
    • Более хорошей (= лучшей) стратегией является простое использование... - A better strategy is simply to use...
    • Более хорошим методом является... - A better technique is to...
    • Более чем вероятно, что... - It is more than likely that...
    • Далее, существует не более одного... - Further, there cannot be more than one...
    • Мы можем выразить это более формально следующим образом. - A more formal way of saying this is as follows.
    • Мы можем еще более упростить (это выражение и т. п.)... - We can make further simplification by...
    • Мы продолжаем более или менее детальное изучение... - We proceed to a more or less detailed study of...
    • Рассмотрим более детально последовательность этих событий. - Let us look more closely at this sequence of events.
    • Тем более это выполняется для... - This holds a fortiori for...
    • Теперь мы сформулируем это более формально. - We now express this more formally.
    • Чтобы привести еще более простой пример, мы можем рассмотреть... - То take an even simpler example, we can consider...
    • Эта мысль выражается более точно в... - This idea is expressed more precisely in...
    • Это может быть еще более обобщено, если... - This can be further extended if...
    • Это не будет обсуждаться здесь более подробно. - It will not be discussed in further detail here.
    • Этот результат более или менее ожидаем, если исходить из факта, что... - This result is more or less to be expected from the fact that...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > более

  • 2 вероятно

    likely, probably
    • Более чем вероятно, что... - It is more than likely that...
    • Вкратце, вполне вероятно, что... - In short, there is every possibility that...
    • Наиболее вероятно ошибки встречаются, когда... - Errors are more likely to occur when...
    • Оказалось вероятным, что... - It appears probable that...
    • Также вероятно, что... - It is also conceivable that...
    • Также возможно, даже вероятно, что... - It is also possible, even likely, that...
    • Очень вероятно (= С высокой вероятностью верно), что... - It is highly probable that...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > вероятно

  • 3 скорее всего

    1) General subject: chance, chances are, most probably, likely (You can send the draft to me today but I likely won't be able to make changes until tomorrow afternoon or Wednesday. - скорее всего, не смогу внести изменения раньше, чем), more than likely, in all likelihood, there is every likelihood
    2) Colloquial: (сокр. от 'most definitely') mos def
    3) Mathematics: most likely, probably

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > скорее всего

  • 4 Á

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    a negative suffix to verbs, not;
    era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.
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    1.
    á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]
    With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.
    WITH DAT.
    A. Loc.
    I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.
    II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.
    2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).
    3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.
    4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.
    III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).
    B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:
    I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.
    II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.
    III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.
    IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.
    C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:
    I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.
    2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.
    3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.
    II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.
    III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.
    IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’
    2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.
    V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.
    VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.
    VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.
    VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.
    WITH ACC.
    A. Loc.
    I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.
    2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.
    3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.
    II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:
    1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.
    2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.
    III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.
    IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.
    V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.
    VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.
    VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.
    B. TEMP.
    I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.
    II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.
    III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.
    IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.
    V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.
    VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.
    VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.
    C. Metaph. and in various relations:
    I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.
    β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.
    II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:
    1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.
    2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.
    3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.
    β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.
    III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.
    IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:
    1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.
    2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.
    3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.
    V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.
    VI. connected with nouns,
    1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.
    2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.
    3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.
    VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.
    2.
    f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.
    COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

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  • 5 prawdopodobn|y

    adj. grad. 1. (bliski prawdy) [wersja, wiadomość, fakt, okoliczności] probable; feasible pot.
    - mało prawdopodobna opowieść an unlikely a. an improbable story
    2. (przypuszczalny) [termin, wydatki] likely; [winowajca] presumed
    - prawdopodobne jest, że… it’s likely that…
    - jest więcej niż prawdopodobne, że wyszła it’s more than likely that she’s gone out
    - jest mało prawdopodobne, żeby skończyli w terminie it’s unlikely a. hardly likely that they’ll finish in time

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > prawdopodobn|y

  • 6 możliw|y

    adj. grad. 1. (wykonalny, realny) [wykonanie, rozwój] possible, feasible
    - zrobienie czegoś jest możliwe it is possible to do sth
    - metody/plany/pomysły możliwe do zastosowania practicable a. feasible methods/plans/ideas
    - możliwe do pokonania przeszkody negotiable a. surmountable obstacles
    - praca trudna, ale możliwa do wykonania a difficult job but feasible a. doable pot.
    - przedtem kompromis był możliwy earlier a compromise was possible
    2. (dostępny) [rozwiązanie, źródło, sposób] available 3. (mogący się zdarzyć) [niebezpieczeństwo, choroba, skutek] possible, likely
    - (bardzo) możliwe, że przegramy it is (more than) likely that we’ll lose
    4. pot. (niezły) [uczeń, kurtka, stan] passable

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  • 7 то ли дело

    разг.
    it's quite a different matter; it's another thing altogether; what a difference

    Истина-то не всякому достаётся - поди, добивайся! - пожалуй, за неё и десятью копеечками со строчки не отбояришься! То ли дело обман! Знай, пиши да обманывай. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Обманщик-газетчик и легковерный читатель) — Not everyone is up to the job of writing truth. Anyhow, just go and try to find it. It's more than likely that you wouldn't even get it for a kopeck a line. But lies - that's a different matter. Just scribble away any nonsense you like.

    Светлову шёл тридцать шестой год, но сейчас ему можно было дать все сорок. Лысый, располневший, с почти квадратной фигурой мужчина - кому он нужен! Соня права. То ли дело Ветрин! (И. Забелин, Без свидетелей) — Svetlov was getting on for thirty-six, but now you could have given him all of forty. Bald, stout, with an almost square figure, who cared for him? Sonya was right. Vetrin was another man altogether.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > то ли дело

  • 8 probabile

    probable
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    probabile agg.
    1 probable, likely: molto probabile, very probable; poco probabile, improbable (o unlikely): è assai poco probabile, it is most unlikely; ''Verrai allora?'' ''é poco probabile'', ''Will you come then?'' ''Most likely I won't''; ''Arriverà in ritardo'' ''Niente di più probabile!'', ''He'll arrive late'' ''More than likely!''; la probabile origine di tutte queste complicazioni è che..., the probable origin of all these complications is that...; è probabile che ci sia un temporale, it is likely that there will be a storm (o there is likely to be a storm); è probabile che egli parta per l'Inghilterra, it is probable that he will leave (o he is likely to leave) for England; è probabile che piova, it is will probably rain (o it looks like rain); è probabile che sia vero, it is likely to be true; è più che probabile, it is more than likely (o fam. you bet)
    2 ( verosimile) probable, likely: una scusa poco probabile, an unlikely story
    ◆ s.m. what is probable: il probabile si può sempre dimostrare, what is probable can always be demonstrated.
    * * *
    [pro'babile]
    aggettivo probable, likely

    è probabile che — it is o seems likely that

    è poco probabile — it's hardly likely, it's improbable o unlikely

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    probabile
    /pro'babile/
    probable, likely; il probabile vincitore the probable winner; è probabile che it is o seems likely that; è poco probabile it's hardly likely, it's improbable o unlikely; è probabile che il concerto venga annullato the concert might very well be cancelled; essere un probabile candidato per to be a likely candidate for.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > probabile

  • 9 zumbido

    m.
    buzz, buzzing.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: zumbir.
    * * *
    1 buzzing
    * * *
    noun m.
    buzzing, humming
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de insecto] buzz(ing); [de máquina] hum(ming), whirr(ing)

    zumbido de oídos — buzzing in the ears, ringing in the ears

    2) * (=puñetazo) punch, biff *
    * * *
    masculino ( de insecto) buzzing, droning; ( de motor) humming, whirring
    * * *
    = knocking, whirr [whir, -USA], whirring sound, whirring noise, whirring, hum, whiz.
    Ex. It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.
    Ex. The best way to describe this recurring noise is as a tone, rather than beep or a whirr or anything overly mechanical.
    Ex. The whirring sound is more than likely the pressure plate.
    Ex. Since then, the computer has started to make a whirring noise everytime it is booted up.
    Ex. In the past, the whirring of a fan motor was the only thing homeowners might have noticed when it came to bathroom ventilation.
    Ex. The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.
    Ex. Be careful out there because we heard a whiz above the levee that sounded like ricocheting bullets.
    * * *
    masculino ( de insecto) buzzing, droning; ( de motor) humming, whirring
    * * *
    = knocking, whirr [whir, -USA], whirring sound, whirring noise, whirring, hum, whiz.

    Ex: It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.

    Ex: The best way to describe this recurring noise is as a tone, rather than beep or a whirr or anything overly mechanical.
    Ex: The whirring sound is more than likely the pressure plate.
    Ex: Since then, the computer has started to make a whirring noise everytime it is booted up.
    Ex: In the past, the whirring of a fan motor was the only thing homeowners might have noticed when it came to bathroom ventilation.
    Ex: The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.
    Ex: Be careful out there because we heard a whiz above the levee that sounded like ricocheting bullets.

    * * *
    (de un insecto) buzzing, droning; (de un motor) humming, whirring
    siento un zumbido en los oídos I have a buzzing o a ringing in my ears
    * * *

    zumbido sustantivo masculino ( de insecto) buzzing, droning;
    ( de motor) humming, whirring
    zumbido sustantivo masculino buzzing, humming
    ' zumbido' also found in these entries:
    English:
    burr
    - buzz
    - hum
    - ringing
    - whiz
    - whizz
    - zoom
    - drone
    * * *
    [de insecto] buzz, buzzing; [de máquinas] whirr, whirring;
    tengo un zumbido en los oídos my ears are buzzing
    * * *
    m buzzing;
    zumbido de oídos buzzing in one’s ears
    * * *
    : buzzing, humming
    * * *
    zumbido n buzzing

    Spanish-English dictionary > zumbido

  • 10 probable

    probable [pʀɔbabl]
    adjective
    * * *
    pʀɔbabl
    1) ( vraisemblable) probable, likely
    2) ( prévisible) likely
    * * *
    pʀɔbabl adj
    likely, probable

    Il est probable qu'elle viendra. — It's likely she'll come.

    C'est peu probable. — That's unlikely.

    * * *
    probable adj
    1 ( vraisemblable) [événement, cause, hypothèse] probable, likely; c'est peu/fort probable it's not very probable ou likely/highly probable ou likely; il est probable qu'il viendra it is probable that he will come; il est peu/fort peu probable qu'il vienne it's rather/highly unlikely that he will come;
    2 ( prévisible) likely; Berg est le vainqueur probable Berg is likely to win.
    [prɔbabl] adjectif
    1. [vraisemblable] likely, probable
    2. [possible] probable

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > probable

  • 11 presumible

    adj.
    1 probable, likely.
    2 presumable, probable, likely, seeming.
    * * *
    1 likely
    * * *
    ADJ presumable, probable

    es presumible que la cifra sea mucho más alta — we can assume that the figure is much higher, the figure is likely to be much higher, the figure is probably much higher

    es presumible la existencia de restos más antiguos — we can assume the existence of older remains, we can assume that older remains exist

    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. A study was made of 8 indexes and abstracts of presumable interest to students of communication.
    * * *
    * * *

    Ex: A study was made of 8 indexes and abstracts of presumable interest to students of communication.

    * * *
    en el momento actual no es presumible una acción subversiva at present any subversive activity seems unlikely
    conociéndolo, era presumible su reacción knowing what he's like, his reaction was (only) to be expected, knowing him you could have guessed o presumed o predicted what his reaction would be
    * * *

    presumible adjetivo predictable, likely
    * * *
    probable, likely;
    era presumible que ocurriera así it was always likely that it would turn out like that;
    como era presumible, se llevó el primer premio as (was to be) expected, he won first prize
    * * *
    adj
    :
    era presumible que ocurriera that was predictable

    Spanish-English dictionary > presumible

  • 12 niż2

    Ⅰ conj. 1. (w wyższym stopniu) than
    - wydawał więcej, niż zarabiał he spent more than he earned
    - wydawała się młodsza, niż była she looked younger than she was
    - nie mniej niż 30 kilometrów no less than 30 kilometres
    - dochody wzrosły więcej niż dwukrotnie incomes more than doubled
    - to więcej niż możliwe it’s more than likely a. possible
    - więcej niż skromny poczęstunek more than a modest meal
    - (on) ma więcej szczęścia niż rozumu he has more luck than brains
    - (ona) prędzej umrze, niż przyzna mu rację she’d rather die than a. die rather than admit he’s right
    - lepiej niech się dowie ode mnie, niż żeby kto inny miał mu o tym powiedzieć it’s better that he finds out from me rather than somebody else telling him
    - wyższy/starszy niż mój brat taller/older than my brother
    - wydatki rosną szybciej niż dochody spending is increasing more rapidly than earnings
    - nie pozostaje nam nic innego niż czekać a. czekanie there’s nothing else we can do but wait
    - to było trudniejsze, niżby się wydawało it was more difficult than appeared
    - wszystko potoczyło się inaczej, niżbym się spodziewał things took a totally different course than I had expected
    - prędzej zginą, niżby mieli się poddać they’d rather a. sooner die than surrender

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > niż2

  • 13 waarschijnlijk

    1 [vermoedelijk, te verwachten] probable ⇒ 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord en bijwoord〉 likely
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   de (meest) waarschijnlijke opvolger • the (most) likely successor
         het gaat waarschijnlijk regenen • it's probably going to rain
         dat lijkt mij heel waarschijnlijk • that seems quite likely to me
         waarschijnlijk wel/niet • probably (not), I suppose so/not
         ze komen zeer waarschijnlijk met de auto • 〈 informeel〉 as like as not they'll come by car; they'll very likely come by car
         het is waarschijnlijk dat • the chances are that
         het is niet (erg) waarschijnlijk dat hij komt • he is not (very) likely to come
         meer dan waarschijnlijk • more than likely

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > waarschijnlijk

  • 14 М-6

    МАЛ МАЛА МЕНЬШЕ coll AdjP Invar usu. detached postmodif fixed WO
    1. (of many small children) all are very young-the oldest is young and the others even younger
    one smaller (younger) than the other
    each (one) smaller (younger) than the next.
    «Ваш отец получает у нас всего семьдесят пять рублей месячных, а детей у него, кроме вас, ешё пять человек, мал мала меньше, - значит, вам скорей всего придётся всю жизнь прожить в бедности» (Бунин 1). "Your father only gets paid seventy-five roubles a month, and he has children, five apart from you, one smaller than the other - that means you're more than likely to spend your whole life in poverty" (1a).
    «Вдовой уже взял её, с троими детьми, мал мала меньше» (Достоевский 3). "When I married her she was already a widow with three children, each one smaller than the next" (3b).
    Рисположенский:) Было у него, сударыня ты моя, двенадцать дочерей - мал мала меньше (Островский 10). (R.:) Не had twelve daughters, my dear lady - each younger than the next (10a).
    2. (of many small objects) all are small - the largest is small and the others are even smaller
    one smaller than the other
    each (one) smaller than the next.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > М-6

  • 15 мал мала меньше

    [AdjP; Invar; usu. detached postmodif; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. (of many small children) all are very young-the oldest is young and the others even younger:
    - each (one) smaller (younger) than the next.
         ♦ "Ваш отец получает у нас всего семьдесят пять рублей месячных, а детей у него, кроме вас, ешё пять человек, мал мала меньше, - значит, вам скорей всего придётся всю жизнь прожить в бедности" (Бунин 1). "Your father only gets paid seventy-five roubles a month, and he has children, five apart from you, one smaller than the other - that means you're more than likely to spend your whole life in poverty" (1a).
         ♦ "Вдовой уже взял её, с троими детьми, мал мала меньше" (Достоевский 3). "When I married her she was already a widow with three children, each one smaller than the next" (3b).
         ♦ [Рисположенский:] Было у него, сударыня ты моя, двенадцать дочерей - мал мала меньше (Островский 10). [R.:] He had twelve daughters, my dear lady - each younger than the next (10a).
    2. (of many small objects) all are small - the largest is small and the others are even smaller:
    - each (one) smaller than the next.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мал мала меньше

  • 16 senza

    without
    senz'altro definitely
    senza dubbio more than likely, probably
    senza impegno (with) no obligation or commitment
    senza di me without me
    * * *
    senza prep.
    1 (per indicare mancanza, privazione) without: è uscito senza cappotto, he went out without his overcoat; preferisco viaggiare senza bagaglio, I prefer to travel without any luggage; mi hanno dato una camera senza servizi, I was given a room without a bath; come farei senza di te?, what would I do without you?; beve sempre il caffé senza zucchero, he always takes his coffee without sugar; volete la cioccolata con o senza panna?, would you like your chocolate drink with or without cream?; quest'abito si può portare con o senza sciarpa, this dress can be worn with or without its scarf; siamo usciti senza denaro, we went out without any money // siamo rimasti senza vino, ( non ne è avanzato) we haven't got any wine left, ( ne siamo sforniti) we've run out of wine // chi è senza biglietto?, who hasn't got a ticket? // restare senza parole, to be speechless // senz'ombra di..., without a trace of... // fare senza qlco., ( farne a meno) to do (o to go) without sthg.: se non possiamo permetterci la macchina, faremo senza, if we can't afford a car, we'll do (o go) without one // non senza, not without, with: lasciai quella casa non senza rimpianto, I left that house not without regret (o I was unhappy to leave that house); lo disse non senza una punta di sarcasmo, he said it with a hint of sarcasm // In numerose locuz. avverbiali: senz'altro, ( subito) at once (o with no further delay), ( certamente) certainly (o sure o of course); senza dubbio, senza forse, without (o with no) doubt (o undoubtedly); senza fallo, without fail; senza indugio, without delay; senza mezzi termini, without mincing one's words; senza tanti discorsi, senza complimenti, frankly (o freely o without ceremony)
    2 (con agg. e avv., con valore di negazione) -less, -lessly, un-, in-: senza numero, innumerable (o countless); senza fine, endlessly (avv.), endless (agg.); senza testa, thoughtlessly (avv.); thoughtless (agg.); un uomo senza scrupoli, an unscrupulous man; una frase senza senso, a meaningless sentence; una giornata senza sole, a sunless day // essere senza un soldo, to be penniless
    3 ( per indicare esclusione) without counting, excluding: sono 600 km, senza il tratto da qui all'autostrada, it is 600 km, excluding (o without counting) the stretch from here to the motorway; l'affitto è di trecento euro mensili senza le spese, the rent is three hundred euros a month excluding expenses; l'appartamento misura 180 mq senza i balconi, the flat is 180 s.m., excluding the balconies // (comm.): senza data, blank-dated; senza interessi, flat (o ex interest); senza dividendo, (Borsa) ex-dividend
    ◆ s.m. ( nel bridge) no trumps.
    * * *
    ['sɛntsa]
    1. prep

    siamo rimasti senza zucchero/tè — we've run out of sugar/tea, we have no sugar/tea left

    forza, senza tante chiacchiere — come on, stop the talking and let's get on with it

    i senza lavoro — the jobless, the unemployed

    senz'altro — of course, certainly

    2. cong

    ho trascorso tutta la notte senza chiudere occhio — I didn't sleep a wink all night, I didn't get a wink of sleep all night

    senza dire che... — not to mention (the fact) that...

    senza contare che... — without considering that...

    * * *
    ['sɛntsa, 'sentsa] 1.

    essere senza cuore — to have no heart, to be heartless

    benzina senza piombo — lead-free o unleaded petrol

    2.

    9, senza contare mia sorella — 9, not counting my sister

    3.

    ho sempre dietro l'ombrello, non esco mai senza — I always have my umbrella with me, I never go out without it

    ••

    senz'altro — certainly, absolutely

    ••
    Note:
    Quando senza denota l'assenza, la mancanza o la privazione, si traduce solitamente con without. И tuttavia opportuno consultare le relative voci quando senza viene usato con dei sostantivi in locuzioni idiomatiche che si formano in inglese in modo diverso, come senza soldi = penniless, broke, out of money, senza fine = endless, senza fiato = out of breath, senza impiego = unemployed, out of work, jobless, ecc. - Without, come l'italiano senza, può essere seguito da un sostantivo, ma si noti la presenza dell'articolo a / an davanti ai nomi numerabili singolari: senza (il) biglietto = without a ticket, senza zucchero = without sugar, senza libri = without books. - Con una reggenza verbale, senza è seguito da un infinito semplice o composto, mentre without è di regola seguito da un gerundio, non necessariamente composto: se ne andò senza salutare = he left without saying goodbye; se ne tornò a casa senza averle parlato = he went back home without speaking (o having spoken) to her. Alla struttura inglese con il gerundio si ricorre anche per tradurre la struttura senza che + congiuntivo: lo fece senza che io dicessi una parola = he did it without my saying a word; feci il letto senza che me lo dicessero = I made the bed without being told
    * * *
    senza
    /'sεntsa, 'sentsa/
    Quando senza denota l'assenza, la mancanza o la privazione, si traduce solitamente con without. È tuttavia opportuno consultare le relative voci quando senza viene usato con dei sostantivi in locuzioni idiomatiche che si formano in inglese in modo diverso, come senza soldi = penniless, broke, out of money, senza fine = endless, senza fiato = out of breath, senza impiego = unemployed, out of work, jobless, ecc. - Without, come l'italiano senza, può essere seguito da un sostantivo, ma si noti la presenza dell'articolo a / an davanti ai nomi numerabili singolari: senza (il) biglietto = without a ticket, senza zucchero = without sugar, senza libri = without books. - Con una reggenza verbale, senza è seguito da un infinito semplice o composto, mentre without è di regola seguito da un gerundio, non necessariamente composto: se ne andò senza salutare = he left without saying goodbye; se ne tornò a casa senza averle parlato = he went back home without speaking (o having spoken) to her. Alla struttura inglese con il gerundio si ricorre anche per tradurre la struttura senza che + congiuntivo: lo fece senza che io dicessi una parola = he did it without my saying a word; feci il letto senza che me lo dicessero = I made the bed without being told.
     1 without; con o senza zucchero with or without sugar; bevo il tè senza zucchero I don't take sugar in my tea; cioccolato senza zucchero sugar-free chocolate; una coppia senza figli a childless couple; essere senza cuore to have no heart, to be heartless; benzina senza piombo lead-free o unleaded petrol; sarei perso senza di te I'd be lost without you
     2 (con esclusione di) l'albergo costa 60 euro senza la colazione the hotel costs 60 euros excluding breakfast
     1 (seguito da infinito) without; parlare senza riflettere to speak without thinking; senza dire una parola without saying a word; è stato due settimane senza telefonare he didn't call for two weeks; va' via senza farti vedere leave without anyone seeing you; senza contare luglio not including July; 9, senza contare mia sorella 9, not counting my sister
     2 senza che senza che me ne accorga without my noticing; senza che nessuno lo sappia without anybody knowing
      fare senza to manage without; ho sempre dietro l'ombrello, non esco mai senza I always have my umbrella with me, I never go out without it
    senz'altro certainly, absolutely.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > senza

  • 17 О-5

    HE ДАВАТЬ/НЕ ДАТЬ В ОБИДУ кого VP subj: human or collect) not to allow s.o. to be injured, wronged in any way
    X не даст Y-a в обиду - X will not let anyone harm (hurt, insult etc) Y
    X will make sure (see to it) that no (possible) harm comes to Y X will not see Y harmed (insulted etc) X will not let Y be (allow Y to be) hurt (insulted etc) X will not allow any harm to come to Y.
    "И давайте сразу договоримся: я вас в обиду не дам -только вы должны во всём меня слушаться» (Михайловская 1). "Let's have an understanding: I will not let anyone harm you, but you must do what I say" (1a).
    «...Детей они не дадут в обиду, непохоже это на них...» (Стругацкие 1). "...They won't let anyone hurt the children, it's not their style" (1a).
    Я попрошу Алексея, чтобы тебя не дали в обиду» (Булгаков 3). "I shall ask Alexei to make sure that no possible harm comes to you" (3a).
    ...Стенка из тридцати одного западного писателя, выказывая единство мировой литературы, объявила письмом в «Тайме», что в обиду меня не даст (Солженицын 2)....Thirty-one Western writers had formed a solid wall, demonstrating the unity of world literature, and declared in a letter to the New York Times that they would not see me harmed (2a).
    Если б я написала тебе всю правду, то ты, пожалуй бы, всё бросил и хоть пешком, а пришёл бы к нам, потому я и характер и чувства твои знаю, и ты бы не дал в обиду сестру свою» (Достоевский 3). "If I had written the whole truth, more than likely you would have thrown up everything and come to us, even if you had had to walk, for I know your character and sentiments, and you would not allow your sister to be insulted" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > О-5

  • 18 С-233

    ЗАМЫКАТЬСЯ/ЗАМКНУТЬСЯ (УХО-ДИТЬ/УЙТИ, ПРЯТАТЬСЯ/СПРЯТАТЬСЯ) В СВОЮ СКОРЛУПУ VP subj: human usu. this WO to stand aloof from one's surroundings, isolate o.s. from the world around one
    X замкнулся в свою скорлупу — X retreated (withdrew) into his shell
    X retreated into himself. "...Считай я, например, того, другого, третьего за преступника, ну зачем, спрошу, буду я его раньше срока беспокоить, хотя бы я и улики против него имел-с?.. Ведь засади его не вовремя, - хотя бы я был и уверен, что это он, — так ведь я, пожалуй, сам у себя средства отниму к дальнейшему его обличению, а почему? А потому что я ему, так сказать, определенное положение дам, так сказать, психологически его определю и успокою, вот он и уйдёт от меня в свою скорлупу: поймет наконец, что он арестант» (Достоевский 3). "...Suppose I think, for example, that this man or that or somebody else is a criminal now, why, I ask you, should I bother him too soon, even if I had evidence against him, eh?...Suppose I lock him up too soon, even though I'm absolutely positive it's him well, then, more than likely I'm depriving myself of the means to incriminate him further. Why so? Because I'm giving him, so to speak, a definite status, yes
    I'm defining him, so to speak, psychologically, and putting his mind at rest, and then he'll go away from me and retreat into his shell -he'll realize, at last, that he's a suspect" (3a).
    В эпохи насилия и террора люди прячутся в свою скорлупу и скрывают свои чувства, но чувства эти неискоренимы, и никаким воспитанием их не уничтожить (Мандельштам 1). In periods of violence and terror people retreat into themselves and hide their feelings, but their feelings are ineradicable and cannot be destroyed by any amount of indoctrination (1a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-233

  • 19 не давать в обиду

    • НЕ ДАВАТЬ/НЕ ДАТЬ В ОБИДУ кого
    [VP; subj: human or collect]
    =====
    ⇒ not to allow s.o. to be injured, wronged in any way:
    - X не даст Y-а в обиду≈ X will not let anyone harm (hurt, insult etc) Y;
    - X will not see Y harmed (insulted etc);
    - X will not let Y be (allow Y to be) hurt (insulted etc);
    - X will not allow any harm to come to Y.
         ♦ "И давайте сразу договоримся: я вас в обиду не дам - только вы должны во всём меня слушаться" (Михайловская 1). "Let's have an understanding: I will not let anyone harm you, but you must do what I say" (1a).
         ♦ "...Детей они не дадут в обиду, непохоже это на них..." (Стругацкие 1). "...They won't let anyone hurt the children, it's not their style" (1a).
         ♦ "Я попрошу Алексея, чтобы тебя не дали в обиду" (Булгаков 3). "I shall ask Alexei to make sure that no possible harm comes to you" (3a).
         ♦...Стенка из тридцати одного западного писателя, выказывая единство мировой литературы, объявила письмом в "Таймс", что в обиду меня не даст (Солженицын 2)....Thirtyone Western writers had formed a solid wall, demonstrating the unity of world literature, and declared in a letter to the New York Times that they would not see me harmed (2a).
         ♦ "Если б я написала тебе всю правду, то ты, пожалуй бы, всё бросил и хоть пешком, а пришёл бы к нам, потому я и характер и чувства твои знаю, и ты бы не дал в обиду сестру свою" (Достоевский 3). "If I had written the whole truth, more than likely you would have thrown up everything and come to us, even if you had had to walk, for I know your character and sentiments, and you would not allow your sister to be insulted" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не давать в обиду

  • 20 не дать в обиду

    • НЕ ДАВАТЬ/НЕ ДАТЬ В ОБИДУ кого
    [VP; subj: human or collect]
    =====
    ⇒ not to allow s.o. to be injured, wronged in any way:
    - X не даст Y-а в обиду≈ X will not let anyone harm (hurt, insult etc) Y;
    - X will not see Y harmed (insulted etc);
    - X will not let Y be (allow Y to be) hurt (insulted etc);
    - X will not allow any harm to come to Y.
         ♦ "И давайте сразу договоримся: я вас в обиду не дам - только вы должны во всём меня слушаться" (Михайловская 1). "Let's have an understanding: I will not let anyone harm you, but you must do what I say" (1a).
         ♦ "...Детей они не дадут в обиду, непохоже это на них..." (Стругацкие 1). "...They won't let anyone hurt the children, it's not their style" (1a).
         ♦ "Я попрошу Алексея, чтобы тебя не дали в обиду" (Булгаков 3). "I shall ask Alexei to make sure that no possible harm comes to you" (3a).
         ♦...Стенка из тридцати одного западного писателя, выказывая единство мировой литературы, объявила письмом в "Таймс", что в обиду меня не даст (Солженицын 2)....Thirtyone Western writers had formed a solid wall, demonstrating the unity of world literature, and declared in a letter to the New York Times that they would not see me harmed (2a).
         ♦ "Если б я написала тебе всю правду, то ты, пожалуй бы, всё бросил и хоть пешком, а пришёл бы к нам, потому я и характер и чувства твои знаю, и ты бы не дал в обиду сестру свою" (Достоевский 3). "If I had written the whole truth, more than likely you would have thrown up everything and come to us, even if you had had to walk, for I know your character and sentiments, and you would not allow your sister to be insulted" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не дать в обиду

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