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1 вода
жен.1) waterпресная вода — fresh, sweet water
стоячая вода, стоялая вода — ditch-water, dead-water
тяжелая вода — хим. heavy water
2) (бессодержательный разговор, книга и т. п.) milk and water••как в воду опущенный — downcast, dejected
мутить воду — to confuse the issue; to stir up trouble
огненная вода — (водка и т. п.) fire-water
толочь воду в ступе — to beat the air, to mill the wind
выводить на чистую воду — to show up, to unmask, to expose
молчит, словно воды в рот набрал разг. — he does not say a word, he keeps mum
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2 много воды утекло
1) General subject: a lot of water has passed ( flowed, gone) under the bridge2) Set phrase: much water has flown under the bridges, (с тех пор) has been a lot of water under the bridge -
3 много воды утекло
много (немало) воды утекло (ушло) < с тех пор>a lot of (much) water has flown (run) < under the bridges> since then (since that time); much time has elapsed since then; cf. there has been many a peck of salt eaten since that timeМного воды утекло с тех пор, много воспоминаний о былом потеряли для меня значение и стали смутными мечтами... (Л. Толстой, Детство) — Much time has elapsed since then, many remembrances of the past have lost their significance, becoming but confused dreams.
- Господи, она уже взрослая! - сказал он... - Что делает время! - Да, пять лет! - вздохнула Таня. - Много воды утекло с тех пор. (А. Чехов, Чёрный монах) — 'Good heavens! she is grown up,' he said... 'What time does!' 'Yes, five years!' sighed Tanya. 'Much water has flowed since then.'
Ни он, ни она не искали этой встречи и, может быть, даже не вспоминали друг друга - слишком уж много воды утекло с тех пор. (Б. Полевой, Повесть о настоящем человеке) — Neither had sought that meeting, and they had probably even forgotten each other - so much water had flown under the bridge since their parting.
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