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mere rhetoric

  • 1 С-340

    КРАСНОЕ СЛОВЦО NP sing only fixed WO
    a witty word or phrase that produces an effect on the listeners
    clever (scintillating) remark
    apt remark (in limited contexts) flash of wit quip one-liner ( usu. disapprov) (mere) rhetoric.
    Первый удар я намечал - письмо министру внутренних дел - ударить их о крепостном праве... (Не красное словцо, действительно таково: крепостное) (Солженицын 2). The first blow I had planned was my letter to the Minister of the Interior, in which I flung the word "serfdom" in their faces....(This was not mere rhetoric - serfdom is the only word for it) (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-340

  • 2 красное словцо

    [NP; sing only; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ a witty word or phrase that produces an effect on the listeners:
    - [in limited contexts] flash of wit;
    - quip;
    - [usu. disapprov] (mere) rhetoric.
         ♦ Первый удар я намечал - письмо министру внутренних дел - ударить их о крепостном праве... (Не красное словцо, действительно таково: крепостное) (Солженицын 2). The first blow I had planned was my letter to the Minister of the Interior, in which I flung the word "serfdom" in their faces....(This was not mere rhetoric - serfdom is the only word for it) (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > красное словцо

  • 3 tönen

    v/i (schallen) sound, ring; (widerhallen) resound; umg., fig. (Reden schwingen) hold forth; „Ich bin der Größte!“, tönte er „I am the greatest!“ he bragged ( oder prated); tönende Worte pej. (resounding but) hollow words, (empty oder mere) rhetoric Sg.
    —
    v/t (färben) tint; (Haare) auch colo(u)r; dunkler: tone; sich (Dat) das Haar blond tönen lassen have one’s hair bleached
    * * *
    (Haare färben) to rinse;
    (färben) to tint; to tinge;
    (klingen) to sound
    * * *
    to|nen ['toːnən]
    vt (PHOT)
    to tone
    * * *
    (to colour slightly: She had her hair tinted red.) tint
    * * *
    To·nen
    <-s>
    [ˈto:nən]
    nt kein pl TYPO scumming
    * * *
    1.
    1) (geh.) sound; < bell> sound, ring; (schallen, widerhallen) resound
    2) (ugs. abwertend) boast
    2.
    * * *
    tönen1 v/i (schallen) sound, ring; (widerhallen) resound; umg, fig (Reden schwingen) hold forth;
    „Ich bin der Größte!“, tönte er “I am the greatest!” he bragged ( oder prated);
    tönende Worte pej (resounding but) hollow words, (empty oder mere) rhetoric sg
    tönen2 v/t (färben) tint; (Haare) auch colo(u)r; dunkler: tone;
    sich (dat)
    das Haar blond tönen have one’s hair bleached
    * * *
    1.
    1) (geh.) sound; < bell> sound, ring; (schallen, widerhallen) resound
    2) (ugs. abwertend) boast
    2.
    * * *
    -- n.
    tintinnabulation n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > tönen

  • 4 hol

    hol1
    I 〈 het〉
    1 [grot] cave ⇒ cavern, grotto
    2 [verblijf/schuilplaats van een dier] hole 〈 ook van vos〉 ⇒ lair, den 〈 voornamelijk van grote carnivoren〉, burrow 〈 van konijn〉, lodge 〈 van bever〉, 〈 van vos, das ook〉 earth
    3 [bergplaats] hole ⇒ 〈 van dieren, rovers enz.〉 haunt, hangout
    4 [scheepsruim] 〈 romp〉 hull; 〈 ruim〉 hold
    5 [vulgair] [achterste] arse ⇒ bum
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   〈 figuurlijk〉 een donker hol 〈 kamer〉 • a dark hole
         deze volksstam woonde in holen • this tribe lived in caves/were cave-dwellers
    2   zijn hol invluchten • go to ground/earth
         zich wagen in het hol van de leeuw • 〈 figuurlijk〉 beard/brave the lion in his den
         de vijand in zijn hol opzoeken • venture into the lion's den
    ¶   〈 vulgair〉 het kan hem geen hol schelen • he doesn't give a damn
    II 〈de〉
    1 [het hollen] 〈zie voorbeelden 1〉
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   op hol slaan • 〈 paard〉 bolt; 〈 kudde〉 stampede; run wild/amuck 〈 ook figuurlijk〉; 〈 figuurlijk〉 run riot
         een op hol geslagen paard • a runaway (horse)
         zijn verbeelding was op hol geslagen • his imagination had run away with him
    ————————
    hol2
    1 [niet massief] hollow
    2 [niet bol] hollow ⇒ 〈 concaaf〉 concave, 〈 techniek, technologie ook〉 female 〈 ontvangend〉, sunken 〈 weg, ogen, wangen〉, 〈 blik〉 gaunt
    3 [waar niets inzit, ook figuurlijk] hollow ⇒ empty 〈ook belofte/woorden, maag〉, gaunt 〈 vertrek〉, cavernous 〈 vertrek〉, 〈 belofte ook〉 idle
    4 [met betrekking tot geluiden] hollow ⇒ cavernous
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   〈 medicijnen, geneeskunde〉 de holle aders • venae cavae
    2   holle weg • sunken road, cutting
         een hol geslepen brillenglas • a concave lens
         het holle van de hand/van de voet • the hollow of the hand, the arch of the foot
    3   〈 figuurlijk〉 holle woorden/frasen • 〈 ook〉 mere rhetoric
    4   hol klinken • sound hollow/empty
    ¶   holle stempel • female die
         de zee staat hol • the sea is (very) rough
         in het holst van de nacht • at dead of night

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > hol

  • 5 holle woorden/frasen

    holle woorden/frasen

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  • 6 retórica

    adj.
    rhetorical, oratorical.
    f.
    1 rhetoric.
    2 figure of speech.
    3 rhetorician, one who speaks with eloquence.
    4 one who teaches rhetoric.
    * * *
    1 rhetoric
    1 familiar verbiage sing
    \
    usar mucha retórica familiar to be full of hot air
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Literat) rhetoric
    2) pl retóricas * (=palabrería) hot air sing, mere words
    * * *
    femenino (Lit) rhetoric; ( manera de hablar) rhetoric; ( palabrería) tb
    * * *
    = rhetoric, discourse, hot air.
    Ex. The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.
    Ex. In many discourses 'policy making' and 'decision making' are synonymous terms.
    Ex. All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.
    ----
    * retórica electoral = electoral discourse.
    * retórica política = political rhetoric.
    * * *
    femenino (Lit) rhetoric; ( manera de hablar) rhetoric; ( palabrería) tb
    * * *
    = rhetoric, discourse, hot air.

    Ex: The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.

    Ex: In many discourses 'policy making' and 'decision making' are synonymous terms.
    Ex: All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.
    * retórica electoral = electoral discourse.
    * retórica política = political rhetoric.

    * * *
    1 ( Lit) rhetoric
    retóricas empty rhetoric
    * * *

    retórico,-a adjetivo rhetorical
    retórica sustantivo femenino
    1 rhetoric
    2 pey (hablar afectado, artificioso) rhetoric
    3 fam pey (palabrería) déjate de retóricas y dinos qué ocurrió realmente, cut the nonsense and tell us what really happened
    ' retórica' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vacío
    English:
    apostrophe
    - figure of speech
    - rhetoric
    - rhetorical
    - figure
    * * *
    1. [arte] rhetoric
    2. [habla rebuscada] rhetoric, bombast
    * * *
    f rhetoric
    * * *
    : rhetoric

    Spanish-English dictionary > retórica

  • 7 пустословие

    2) American: buncombe, bunkum
    3) Diplomatic term: windbaggery
    4) Psychology: verbalism

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > пустословие

  • 8 जातिः _jātiḥ

    जातिः f. [जन्-क्तिन्]
    1 Birth, production, सङ्कुलं जल- जातिभिः Rām.3.11.6; Pt.1.38; Ms.2.148; also 'the time of birth'; cf. जातौ बाल्ये च कौमारे यौवने चापि मानवाः Mb.12.158.11.
    -2 The form of existence fixed by birth.
    -3 Race, family, lineage, rank.
    -4 A caste, tribe or class (of men); अरे मूढ जात्या चेदवध्यो$हं एषा सा जातिः परित्यक्ता Ve.3; (the primary castes of the Hindus are only four:-- ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य and शूद्र).
    -5 A class, genus, kind, species; पशुजातिः, पुष्पजातिः &c.
    -6 The properties which are peculiar to a class and distinguish it from all others, the essential characteristics of a species; as गोत्व, अश्वत्व of cows, horses &c; see गुण, क्रिया and द्रव्य; जातिक्रियागुणैः Śi.2.47; and cf. K. P.2.
    -7 A fire-place.
    -8 Nutmeg.
    -9 The Jasmine plant or its flower; नागपुन्नागजातिभिः Bhāg.8.2.18; पुष्पाणां प्रकरः स्मितेन रचितो नो कुन्दजात्यादिभिः Amaru.4 (written also as जाती in the last two senses).
    -1 (In Nyāya) Futile answer.
    -11 (In music) The seven primary notes of the Indian gamut; जातिभिः सप्तभिर्युक्तं तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितम् Rām.1.4.8.
    -12 Reduction of fractions to a common denominator.
    -13 False generalization.
    -14 A figure of speech (in rhetoric) which consists in so arranging words that they may read the same in Sanskṛit as well as in Prākṛita (संस्कृतप्राकृतयोः समा जातिः); cf. Vb.1.3.
    -15 A class of metres; see App.
    -Comp. -अन्ध a. born blind; Bh.1.9.
    -कोशः, -षः, -षम् nutmeg.
    -कोशी, -षी the outer skin of the nutmeg.
    -क्षयः (= जन्मोच्छेदः) the end of birth, spiritual release. जातिक्षयस्यासुलभस्य बोद्धा Bu. Ch.1.74.
    -गृद्धिः f. to take birth; जातिगृद्धयाभिपन्नाः Mb.5.6.9.
    -जानपद a. belonging to the castes and to the country; जातिजानपदान् धर्मान् Ms.8.41.
    -धर्मः 1 the duties of a caste.
    -2 a generic property.
    -ध्वंसः loss of caste or its privileges.
    -पत्री the outer skin of the nutmeg.
    -फलम् (sometimes जातीफलम् also) a nutmeg; जातीफलं मातुलानीमहिफेनं च पत्रकम् Śiva. B.3.15.
    -ब्राह्मणः a Brāhmaṇa only by birth, but not by knowledge or religious austerities, an ignorant Brāh- maṇa; (तपः श्रुतं च योनिश्च त्रयं ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् । तपःश्रुताभ्यां यो हीनो जातिब्राह्मण एव सः ॥ --शब्दार्थचिन्तामणि)
    -भ्रंशः loss of caste; Ms.11.67.
    -भ्रष्ट a. outcaste.
    -महः birth-day festival.
    -मात्रम् 1 'mere birth', position in life obtained by mere birth.
    -2 caste only (but not the performance of duties pertaining to it); Ms.8.2; 12.114.
    -3 species, genus.
    -लक्षणम् generic distinc- tion, a characteristic of a class.
    -वाचक a. expressing a genus, generic (as a word); गौरश्वः पुरुषो हस्ती.
    -वैरम् instinctive or natural hostility.
    -वैरिन् m. a born enemy.
    -वैलक्षण्यम् inconsistency, incompatibility in kind.
    -शब्दः a name conveying the idea of a genus, a generic word, common noun; गौः, अश्वः, पुरुषः, हस्ती &c.
    -संकरः admixture of castes; mixed blood.
    -संपन्न a. belonging to a noble family.
    -सारम् nutmeg.
    -स्मर a. remembering one's condition in a former life; जातिस्मरो मुनिरस्मि जात्या K.355.
    -स्वभावः generic character or nature.
    -हीन a. of low birth, outcaste; रूपद्रव्यविहीनांश्च जातिहीनांश्च नाक्षिपेत् Ms.4.141;1.35.

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  • 10 शुद्ध _śuddha

    शुद्ध p. p. [शुध्-क्त]
    1 Pure, clean, purified; अन्तः- शुद्धस्त्वमपि भविता वर्णमात्रेण कृष्णः Me.51.
    -2 Holy, undefi- led, chaste, innocent; अन्वमीयत शुद्धेति शान्तेन वपुषैव सा R. 15.77;14.14.
    -3 White, bright.
    -4 Stainless, spotless.
    -5 Innocent, simple, guileness.
    -6 (a) Genuine, true. (b) Honest, upright.
    -7 Correct, faultless, upright.
    -8 Cleared, acquitted.
    -9 Mere only; शुद्धं हि दैवमेवेदं हठेनैवास्ति पौरुषम् Mb.12.177.12.
    -1 Simple, pure, unmixed (opp. मिश्र).
    -11 Unequalled.
    -12 Authorized.
    -13 Whetted, sharpened; जघान शुद्धेषुरमन्दकर्षी Bk.2.31.
    -14 Not nasal.
    -15 Unmitigated (as capital punishment); तडागभेदकं हन्यादप्सु शुद्धवधेन वा Ms.9.279.
    -16 Tried, examined.
    -द्धः 1 An epithet of Śiva.
    -2 The bright fortnight.
    -द्धम् 1 Anything pure.
    -2 The pure spirit.
    -3 Rock-salt.
    -4 Black pepper.
    -5 A house built generally of one material; namely wood, brick or stone etc.; द्रुमेणेष्टकया वापि दृशदाद्यैरथापि वा । एतेन सहितं गेहं शुद्धमित्यभिधीयते Kāmikāgama.45.21.
    -Comp. -अद्वैतम् the अद्वैत philosophy in which there is unity of जीव and ब्रह्म without माया (i. e. शुद्ध).
    -अन्तः a king's female apartments, harem, seraglio; शुद्धान्तदुर्लभमिदं वपुराश्रमवासिनो यदि जनस्य Ś.1.17; Ku.6.52.
    -2 a king's wife. ˚चारिन् m. an attendant in the harem, a chamberlain; U.1. ˚पालकः, ˚रक्षकः a guard of the harem.
    -अन्ता a king's wife, queen.
    -अनुमानम् a particular figure of rhetoric.
    -अपह्नुतिः a figure of speech; it is thus defined:-- शुद्धापह्नुतिरन्यस्यारोपार्थो धर्मनिह्नवः.
    -आत्मन् a. pure-minded, honest. (-m.)
    1 the pure spirit.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -आभ a. consisting of pure light; प्रशान्तमिव शुद्धाभं सत्त्वं तदुप- धारयेत् Ms.12.27.
    -ओदनः (शुद्धोदनः) N. of the father of the celebrated Buddha. ˚सुतः N. of the celebrated Buddha.
    -कर्मन् a. pure in deeds, holy.
    -कोटिः f. one of the sides of a right-angled triangle.
    -चैतन्यम् pure intelligence.
    -जङ्घः an ass.
    -जडः a quadruped.
    -धी, -भाव, -मति a. pure-minded, guileless, honest.
    -नेरिः a kind of dance.
    -पक्षः the light half of a month.
    -वटुकः (in music) a kind of drummer.
    -बोध a. (in Vedānta) possessed of pure intelligence.
    -भाव a. pure-minded.
    -वधः killing in a simple or ordinary way.
    -वंश्य a. born of a pure family; संततिः शुद्धवंश्या हि परत्रेह च शर्मणे R.1.69.
    -विष्कम्भकः (in drama.) a pure interlude (in which only speakers of संस्कृत take part).
    -शुक्रम् a morbid affection of the pupil of the eye.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > शुद्ध _śuddha

  • 11 фраза

    ж
    phrase; грам. тж. sentence; муз. phrase

    самі фрази — phrases; mere words, bunkum, buncombe, claptrap, windy rhetoric

    Українсько-англійський словник > фраза

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