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1 keep your powder dry
1) Общая лексика: держи порох сухим, быть наготове2) Пословица: будь начеку -
2 keep your powder dry
להיות נכון לקרב; להיות מוכן לטפל ביריב* * *◙ ביריב לפטל ןכומ תויהל ;ברקל ןוכנ תויהל◄ -
3 keep your powder dry
gereed zijn om de vijand aan te pakken; klaar zijn voor de strijd -
4 Keep your powder dry!
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5 put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
Пословица: на бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
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6 put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
Пословица: на Бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
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7 Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
<01> Надейся на бога, но порох держи сухим. Cromwell (Кромвель).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
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8 put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
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9 trust the God and keep your powder dry
Фразеологизм: на Бога надейся, а сам не плошайУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > trust the God and keep your powder dry
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10 keep one's powder dry
дepжaть пopox cуxим, быть нaгoтoвe, нaчeку [чacть пpипиcывaeмoй Kpoмвeлю пocлoвицы put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry нa бoгa нaдeйcя, a caм нe плoшaй]Arthur Brown, whatever his hopes of a compromise, believed in keeping his powder dry (C. P. Snow). In the wings lurks Baroness Thatcher who returned to Britain from the United States last week but declined all comment on the European question. Was she keeping her powder dry for this week's party conference? (Newsweek) -
11 keep one's powder dry
держать порох сухим, быть наготове, начеку [часть пословицы put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry ≈ на бога надейся, а сам не плошай]...Arthur Brown, whatever his hopes of a compromise, believed in keeping his powder dry. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Light and the Dark’, ch. 28) —...надеясь на компромисс, Артур Браун все же считал, что порох надо держать сухим.
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12 keep one's powder dry
держать порох сухим; быть наготовеAll you have to do is keep your powder dry and await orders.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep one's powder dry
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13 POWDER
• Keep your powder dry - Держи порох сухим (Д) -
14 KEEP
• Don't let us keep you - Скатертью дорога (C)• It will keep - Дело не медведь - в лес не уйдет (Д)• Keep a thing for seven years and it will come in handy - Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится (B)• Keep a thing long enough - Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится (B)• Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it - Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится (B)• Keep the rake near the scythe, and the cart near the rake - Держи порох сухим (Д)• Keep your powder dry - Держи порох сухим (Д)• Keep your sails trimmed - Держи порох сухим (Д) -
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1. noun1) (any substance in the form of fine particles: soap powder; milk-powder.) prah2) (a special kind of substance in this form, used as a cosmetic etc: face-powder; talcum powder.) puder3) (formerly, gunpowder: powder and shot.) smodnik2. verb(to put powder on (one's face or body): She powdered her nose.) pudrati (se)- powdered- powdery
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- powder room* * *I [páudə]nounprah, prašek; smodnik; pharmacology prašek; puder; zagon, poletthe smell of powder — borbeno izkustvo, ognjeni krstslang to take a powder — izginiti, pobrisati jocolloquially not worth powder and shot — ni vredno trudafood powder — hrana za topove, vojakisport to put more powder into it — močneje udariti, igrati z več poletaII [páudə]1.transitive verbzdrobiti v prah; napudrati; potresti ( with);2.intransitive verbzdrobiti se v prah, (na)pudrati sewill you powder your nose? — greste na stranišče? (rečeno ženski)III [páudə]intransitive verb British English dialectal hiteti -
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s 1. prah, prašina; fin, sitan prašak, puder; puščani prah, barut [med] lijek, droga u prahu, prašak; puder / the small of # = ratno iskustvo, vatreno kršteje; food for # = vojnici, hrana za topove, topovsko meso; not worth # and shot = ne vrijedi muke, truda, ne vrijedi ni lile duhana; keep your # dry = budi spreman, pripravan* * *
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18 Держи порох сухим
Keep pre pared for actionCf: Keep the rake near the scythe, and the cart near the rake (Am.). Keep your powder dry (Am., Br.). Keep your sails trimmed (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Держи порох сухим
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19 быть наготове
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20 На Бога надейся, а сам не плошай
People that want to get some thing done must rely on themselves and do it. See Бог-то Бог, да и сам не будь плох (Б)Var.: На Бога уповай, а сам не плошайCf: Fortune helps them that help themselves (Am., Br.). God helps those who help themselves (Am., Br.). God reaches us good things by our own hands (Br.). Help yourself and heaven will help you (Am.). Lie not in the mire and say "God help" (Br.). Lord helps those who help themselves (Br.). The Lord helps those who help themselves (Am.). Pray to God, but keep hammering (Am.). Pray to God, but keep the hammer going (Br.). Pray to God, sailor, but pull for the shore (Br.). Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry (Am., Br.). Self-help is the best help (Am.). Self is the best servant (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > На Бога надейся, а сам не плошай
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