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1 like a thief in the night
тайком, украдкой, по-воровски (ср. яко тать в нощи) [этим. библ. I Thessalonians V, 2]‘You come into my house like thieves in the night,’ he said, ‘And give me the lie, do you?’ ‘Your son came to my child's room like a thief in the night, it's for that I want to see him.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘A Man of Devon’) — - Вы приходите в мой дом ночью, как воры, - сказал старый Пирс, - и меня же пытаетесь уличить во лжи, так? - Это ваш сын, как вор, ночью, прокрался в комнату к моей внучке; именно поэтому я и желаю его видеть.
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2 like a thief in the night
Общая лексика: как тать в нощи, тайком, украдкойУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > like a thief in the night
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3 like a thief in the night
כגנב בלילה* * *◙ הלילב בנגכ◄ -
4 like a thief in the night
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5 like a thief in the night
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thief n (pl thieves) voleur/-euse m/f ; car/jewel thief voleur de voitures/de bijoux ; stop thief! au voleur!set a thief to catch a thief seul un voleur peut en attraper un autre ; to be as thick as thieves s'entendre comme larrons en foire ; like a thief in the night comme un voleur ; a den of thieves, a thieves' kitchen un repaire de brigands. -
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voleur(euse) m,f;∎ stop thief! au voleur!;∎ proverb set a thief to catch a thief à malin, malin et demi;∎ like a thief in the night (leave, depart) comme un voleur►► thieves' kitchen repaire m de brigands -
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noun* * *[Ɵi:v]- academic.ru/74563/thieve">thieve* * *<pl thieves>[θi:f]▶ like a \thief in the night wie ein Dieb in der Nacht▶ procrastination is the \thief of time esp BRIT ( saying) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen prov* * *[ɵiːf]n pl thieves[ɵiːvz] Dieb(in) m(f)* * *thief [θiːf] pl thieves [θiːvz] s Dieb(in):stop, thief! haltet den Dieb!;set ( oder it takes) a thief to catch a thief wenn man einen Schlauen fangen will, darf man keinen Dummen schicken;* * *noun* * *n.(§ pl.: thieves)= Dieb -e m. -
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[θi:f] n (pl thieves)1. ворthe penitant [impenitant] thief - раскаявшийся [неисправимый /закоренелый/] вор
thieves' kitchen - сл. воровская малина; «хаза»
stop thief! - держи вора!
honour among thieves - воровская честь, воровской закон
like a thief in the night - как тать в нощи; украдкой, тайком
2. диал. злодей, негодяй; подлец3. разг. лошадь, обманувшая ожидания ( на скачках)4. нагар ( на свече)♢
thieves' Latin - воровской жаргонto set a thief to catch a thief - поручить вору поймать вора; ≅ ворон ворону глаз не выклюет
opportunity makes the thief - посл. плохо не клади, вора в грех не вводи
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Dieb(in) m(f);PHRASES:like a \thief in the night wie ein Dieb in der Nacht;procrastination is the \thief of time ( esp Brit) ( saying) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen ( prov)to be as thick as thieves dicke Freunde sein ( fam)to set a \thief to catch a \thief (a \thief) einen vom Fach benutzen -
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12 thief
n (pl thieves)1) злодійlike a thief in the night — крадькома, потайки
2) розм. негідник, падлюка3) розм. кінь, що не справдив сподівань (на перегонах)4) нагар (на свічці)* * *n; (pl thieves)1) злодій2) дiaл. лиходій, негідник3) кінь, що не оправдав очікування ( на перегонах)••to set a thief to catch a- — доручити злодієві піймати злодія; = ворон воронові око не виклює thief-tube n трубка для узяття проби ( з бочки)
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13 like
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] as you like[Swahili Word] upendavyo[Part of Speech] phrase------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be like[Swahili Word] -landa[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] (=fanana, lingana, -a sawasawa[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be like[Swahili Word] -randa[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] (=fanana, lingana, -a sawasawa[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be like[Swahili Word] -onekana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] potential[Derived Word] ona V[English Example] They looked like angels in their white sheets[Swahili Example] wakiwa katika shuka zao nyeupe walionekana kama malaika [Kez]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be like[Swahili Word] -randa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be like[Swahili Word] -shabihi[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] this child looks very much like his/her mother t[Swahili Example] mtoto huyu amemshabihi [or anashabihiana na] mama yake sana.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be liked[Swahili Word] -pendeka[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be liked[Swahili Word] -pendwa[Part of Speech] verb[Class] passive[English Example] This woman is liked in the whole neighborhood.[Swahili Example] mwanamke huyu anayependwa mtaani kote [Muk]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] cause to like[Swahili Word] -pendeza[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] I like you[Swahili Word] nakupenda[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] just as you like[Swahili Word] hiari yako[Part of Speech] interjection[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] shabaha[Part of Speech] adverb[English Example] the fruit tree is like a mango[Swahili Example] mtunda shabaha embe.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] shabihi[Part of Speech] adverb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] mithili[Part of Speech] adverb[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] madhali, mathalan, methali, -mithilisha[English Example] he came stealthily like a thief[Swahili Example] amekuja kimya kimya mithili ya mwizi [Rec]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] kama[Part of Speech] conjunction[English Example] scream like a child[Swahili Example] lia kama mtoto------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] habu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -hebu[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] haba, muhebi, stahabu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -isa[Part of Speech] verb[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -pedelea[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -penda[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] (s)he did not like being looked at for a long time.;I like coffee very much.[Swahili Example] alikuwa hapendi kuangaliwa kwa muda mrefu [Kez];Napenda kahawa sana.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -stahabu[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] haba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -stahiba[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] haba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -stehebu[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] haba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like[Swahili Word] -tamani[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like for[Swahili Word] -pendea[Part of Speech] verb[Class] applicative[English Example] I don't know why you like (those hair)[Swahili Example] sijui umezipendea [nywele hizo] nini [Ya]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like this[Swahili Word] kama hivi[Part of Speech] conjunction[Related Words] hivi------------------------------------------------------------ -
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̈ɪθi:f I сущ. вор, похититель common, petty, sneak thief ≈ воришка Syn: bandit, brigand, burglar, gangster, pirate, robber, pilferer II сущ. нагар Syn: snuff, candle-snuff вор - the penitant * раскаявшийся вор - art * похититель произведений искусства - thieves' kitchen (сленг) воровская малина;
"хаза" - stop *! держи вора! - honour among thieves воровская честь, воровской закон - like a * in the night как тать в нощи;
украдкой, тайком (диалектизм) злодей, негодяй;
подлец( разговорное) лошадь, обманувшая ожидания ( на скачках) нагар( на свече) > thieves' Latin воровской жаргон > to set a * to catch a * поручить вору поймать вора;
ворон ворону глаз не выклюет > opportunity makes the * (пословица) плохо не клади, вора в грех не вводи thief (pl thieves) вор ~ вор ~ нагар ~ субъект кражи -
15 move like a shadow
двигаться бесшумно, как тень, идти крадучисьThe thief moved like a shadow and came up the stairs unheard by the family. — Вор двигался бесшумно. Он поднялся по лестнице, и никто из семьи не услышал его.
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16 Dieb
m; -(e)s, -e thief; (Einbrecher) burglar; haltet den Dieb! stop, thief!; wie ein Dieb in der Nacht geh. like a thief in the night; die kleinen Diebe hängt man, die großen lässt man laufen Sprichw. there’s one law for the rich and another (one) for the poor; Ladendieb etc.* * *der Diebfilcher; purloiner; pilferer; thief; scrounger; mugger; larcenist* * *[diːp]1. m -(e)s, -e[-bə] D́íé|bin ['diːbɪn]2. f -, -nenthiefsich wie ein Díéb davonschleichen — to steal or slink away like a thief in the night
* * *Dieb(in)<-[e]s, -e>[ˈdi:p, pl ˈdi:bə]zum \Dieb werden to become a thief, to take to stealingals \Dieb verurteilt werden to be convicted as a thiefhaltet den \Dieb! “stop thief!”; s.a. Gelegenheit▶ die kleinen \Diebe hängt man, die großen lässt man laufen (prov) little thieves are hanged but great ones escape prov old* * *der; Dieb[e]s, Diebe thief* * *haltet den Dieb! stop, thief!;wie ein Dieb in der Nacht geh like a thief in the night;die kleinen Diebe hängt man, die großen lässt man laufen sprichw there’s one law for the rich and another (one) for the poor; → Ladendieb etc* * *der; Dieb[e]s, Diebe thief* * *-e m.burglar n.filcher n.pilferer n.purloiner n.scrounger n.thief n.(§ pl.: thieves) -
17 voleur
voleur, -euse [vɔlœʀ, øz]1. adjective2. masculine noun, feminine noun( = malfaiteur) thief ; ( = escroc) swindler• au voleur ! stop thief!* * *
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- euse vɔlœʀ, øz adjectifêtre voleur — [chat] to be a thief; [enfant] to be light-fingered; [commerçant] to be dishonest
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crier ‘au voleur!’ — to shout ‘stop thief!’
Phrasal Verbs:••entrer/sortir comme un voleur — to slip in/out
* * *vɔlœʀ, øz (-euse)1. nm/f2. adj* * *A adj être voleur [chat] to be a thief; [enfant] to be light-fingered; [commerçant] to be dishonest; être voleur et menteur to be a thief and a liar.B nm,f ( malfaiteur) thief; ( tricheur) swindler; un voleur de voiture a car thief; crier ‘au voleur!’ to shout ‘stop thief!’; jouer au gendarme et au voleur to play cops and robbers.voleur à l'étalage shoplifter; voleur de grand chemin Hist highwayman; voleur d'enfant child kidnapperGB ou abductor.être voleur comme une pie to be a real thieving magpie; se sauver comme un voleur to slip away like a thief in the night; entrer/sortir comme un voleur to slip in/out.a. [enfant] to be a (bit of a) thiefb. [marchand] to be a crook ou a cheat————————, voleuse [vɔlɶr, øz] nom masculin, nom fémininpartir ou se sauver comme un voleura. [en courant] to take to one's heelsb. [discrètement] to slip away -
18 Nacht
f; -, Nächte1. night; diese Nacht tonight; heute Nacht (letzte Nacht) last night; (kommende Nacht) tonight; gestern Nacht last night; in der Nacht auf Montag during Sunday night, Sunday during the night; in der Nacht vom 2. auf den 3. Mai during the night of 2nd to 3rd May; bei Nacht at night; gute Nacht! (schlafe gut) good night!; wenn das stimmt - na dann, gute Nacht! umg. if that’s the case -; well, that’s that!; im Schutze der Nacht under cover of darkness; bis in die Nacht arbeiten work till late in the night; bis tief in die Nacht until ( oder right into) the small hours (of the night); in finsterer Nacht in the dead of night; die ganze Nacht ( hindurch) all night (long); über Nacht overnight (auch fig.); über Nacht bleiben stay the night; die Nacht zum Tage machen turn night into day; es wird Nacht it’s getting dark; zu(r) Nacht essen südd., österr. have one’s evening meal2. in Wendungen: bei Nacht und Nebel fig. (heimlich) like a thief in the night; hässlich wie die Nacht ugly as sin; er ist doof oder blöd wie die Nacht finster umg. he is as thick as two short planks (Am. as a board); sich (Dat) die Nacht um die Ohren schlagen stay up all night; mitten, schwarz I 1* * *die Nachtnight* * *Nạcht [naxt]f -, -e['nɛçtə] (lit, fig) nightes wird/ist/war Nacht — it's getting/it is/it was dark
12 Uhr Nacht (Aus) — midnight
als die Nacht hereinbrach — at nightfall, as night fell
in der or bei Nacht — at night
in der Nacht vom 12. zum 13. April — during the night of April 12th to 13th
des Nachts (geh) — at night
bis tief in die Nacht arbeiten, bis in die späte Nacht arbeiten — to work late or far into the night
vor der Nacht (S Ger) — before evening
über Nacht (lit, fig) — overnight
zu(r) Nacht essen (S Ger, Aus) — to have supper
die Nacht zum Tage machen — to stay up all night (working etc)
letzte or vergangene Nacht — last night
ganze Nächte — for nights ( on end)
die ganze Nacht ( lang) — all night long
na, dann gute Nacht! (inf) — what a prospect!, what an outlook!
bei Nacht und Nebel (inf) —
die Nacht des Wahnsinns/der Barbarei/des Krieges (liter) — the darkness of insanity/barbarism/war (liter)
es wurde Nacht über Deutschland (liter) — the sun went down on Germany (liter)
See:→ Dienstagnacht etc* * *(the period from sunset to sunrise: We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; ( also adjective) He is doing night work.) night* * *<-, Nächte>[ˈnaxt, pl ˈnɛçtə]f night▪ \Nacht sein/werden to be/get darkganze Nächte for nights [on end]bis weit in die \Nacht far into the nightich habe gestern bis weit in die \Nacht gearbeitet I worked late last nightbei \Nacht at nightin der \Nacht at nightüber \Nacht overnightüber \Nacht bleiben to stay the nightdes \Nachts (geh) at nightdiese/letzte [o vorige] \Nacht tonight/last nighteines \Nachts one night▶ die \Nacht zum Tage machen to stay up all night▶ gute \Nacht! good night!▶ jdm gute \Nacht sagen to say good night to sb▶ zu \Nacht essen SÜDD, ÖSTERR to have supper [or dinner]* * *die; Nacht, Nächte nightes wird/ist Nacht — it is getting dark/it is dark; night is falling/has fallen
bei Nacht, in der Nacht — at night[-time]
gestern/morgen Nacht — last night/tomorrow night
die halbe Nacht — half the night
die ganze Nacht [hindurch] — all night long
bis tief in die Nacht hinein, bis spät in der Nacht — until late at night; (bis in die Morgenstunden) into the small hours
in der Nacht vom 12. auf den 13. Mai — on the night of 12 May
über Nacht berühmt werden — (fig.) become famous overnight
sich (Dat.) die Nacht um die Ohren schlagen — (ugs.) stay up all night
zu[r] Nacht essen — (südd., österr.) have one's evening meal
[na,] dann gute Nacht! — (iron.) [well,] that's that
bei Nacht und Nebel — under cover of darkness; (heimlich) furtively; like a thief in the night; s. auch heilig 2); schwarz 1. 1)
* * *1. night;diese Nacht tonight;gestern Nacht last night;in der Nacht auf Montag during Sunday night, Sunday during the night;in der Nacht vom 2. auf den 3. Mai during the night of 2nd to 3rd May;bei Nacht at night;gute Nacht! (schlafe gut) good night!;wenn das stimmt - na dann, gute Nacht! umg if that’s the case -; well, that’s that!;im Schutze der Nacht under cover of darkness;bis in die Nacht arbeiten work till late in the night;bis tief in die Nacht until ( oder right into) the small hours (of the night);in finsterer Nacht in the dead of night;die ganze Nacht (hindurch) all night (long);über Nacht overnight (auch fig);über Nacht bleiben stay the night;die Nacht zum Tage machen turn night into day;es wird Nacht it’s getting dark;zu(r) Nacht essen südd, österr have one’s evening meal2. in Wendungen:bei Nacht und Nebel fig (heimlich) like a thief in the night;hässlich wie die Nacht ugly as sin;sich (dat)* * *die; Nacht, Nächte nightes wird/ist Nacht — it is getting dark/it is dark; night is falling/has fallen
bei Nacht, in der Nacht — at night[-time]
gestern/morgen Nacht — last night/tomorrow night
die ganze Nacht [hindurch] — all night long
bis tief in die Nacht hinein, bis spät in der Nacht — until late at night; (bis in die Morgenstunden) into the small hours
in der Nacht vom 12. auf den 13. Mai — on the night of 12 May
über Nacht berühmt werden — (fig.) become famous overnight
sich (Dat.) die Nacht um die Ohren schlagen — (ugs.) stay up all night
zu[r] Nacht essen — (südd., österr.) have one's evening meal
[na,] dann gute Nacht! — (iron.) [well,] that's that
bei Nacht und Nebel — under cover of darkness; (heimlich) furtively; like a thief in the night; s. auch heilig 2); schwarz 1. 1)
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19 τοιχωρυχή
τοιχωρυχέωdig through a wall like a thief: pres subj mp 2nd sgτοιχωρυχέωdig through a wall like a thief: pres ind mp 2nd sgτοιχωρυχέωdig through a wall like a thief: pres subj act 3rd sg -
20 τοιχωρυχῇ
τοιχωρυχέωdig through a wall like a thief: pres subj mp 2nd sgτοιχωρυχέωdig through a wall like a thief: pres ind mp 2nd sgτοιχωρυχέωdig through a wall like a thief: pres subj act 3rd sg
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