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1 overwhelming despair
overwhelming (appalling, crushing) despair полное (ужасное, всё разрушающее) отчаяниеEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > overwhelming despair
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2 despair
[dɪs'peə]nотчаяние, безысходность, безнадёжность, беспомощностьHe was thrown into despair. — Он был повергнут в отчаяние.
- comfortless despairHe is the picture of despair. — Он - воплощение безысходности. /Он - само отчаяние
- overwhelming despair
- feeling of despair
- full of despair
- act of despair
- cries of despair
- in a moment of despair
- in a state of despair
- in a state of dumb despair
- give way to despair
- drive smb to despair
- save smb from despair
- comfort smb in despair
- be crushed with despair
- do smth in despair
- yield to despair
- be close to despair
- feel close to despair
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3 сил нет
I• СИЛ НЕТ (у кого) (терпеть, смотреть на кого-что и т.п.; СИЛ моих НЕТ both coll[VP; impers; pres or past]=====⇒ it is impossible for s.o., beyond s.o.'s strength (to tolerate, look at etc s.o. or sth.):- у X-a сил нет≈ X can't bear (endure, stand) it (to do sth.);- X can't take it (doing sth.);- X can hardly bear it (to do sth.);- [in limited contexts] X has reached (is at) the end of his tether (his rope).♦ И вдруг старик упал на колени и, вздевая руки, застонал... "Возьми меня, забери меня, горемычного! Только дай ей дитя! Сил моих нет глядеть на неё... Пожалей нас..." (Айтматов 1). Suddenly the old man fell to his knees and, raising up his arms, he groaned.... "Take me, receive me, wretched as I am. Only give her a child. I can't bear to look at her...Have pity on us" (1b).♦ "Господи, за что же мне это такое наказание! - трясясь от негодования, причитала мать [Влада]. -...Ты скоро вгонишь меня в гроб раньше времени, негодяй!.. Сил моих больше нет!" (Максимов 2). "Lord, what have I done to deserve this punishment?" his [Vlad's] mother wailed, shaking with indignation u... You'll drive me to an early grave, you little horror!...I've reached the end of my tether!" (2a).♦ Не хватало рук для жатвы: соседний однодворец... надул самым бессовестным образом; свои бабы заламывали цены [за работу] неслыханные... "Сил моих нет!" - не раз с отчаянием восклицал Николай Петрович (Тургенев 2). There was a shortage of hands for the harvesting-a neighbor who was a landowner in a small way...had rooked him in a most conscienceless manner; his own peasant women were extorting unheard of wages.... "I'm at the end of my rope!" Nikolai Petrovich had cried out in despair on more than one occasion (2d).II• СИЛ НЕТ; СИЛ НЕТ, КАК <ДО ЧЕГО и т.п.> хочется, нравится, надоело и т.п. all coll[these forms only; usu. a clause in a compound or complex sent used as adv (intensif; usu. this WO]=====⇒ (some desire, emotion etc) is extremely intense, overwhelming; (s.o. wants, likes, is tired of etc sth.) to an extreme, overwhelming degree:- сил нет, как хочется ≈ s.o. is dying for sth.;- s.o. has a craving < a hankering> for sth.;|| сил нет, как нравится ≈ s.o. is crazy about sth.;- s.o. is bananas over sth.;- s.o. would jump at the chance (to do sth.);- s.o. is fed < has had it> up to here with sth.;- s.o. is fed to the gills with sth.♦ Сил нет, как хочется закурить. I'm dying for a cigarette.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сил нет
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4 proie
proie [pʀwα]feminine noun• être en proie à [+ guerre, crise, violence, difficultés financières] to be plagued by ; [+ doute, émotion] to be prey to ; [+ douleur, désespoir] to be racked by* * *pʀwɑnom féminin lit, fig prey* * *pʀwɒ nfprey no plêtre en proie à [doutes, sentiment] — to be prey to, [douleur, mal] to be suffering from
* * *proie nf lit, fig prey; l'aigle s'est abattu sur sa proie the eagle swooped down on its prey; sa générosité en fait une proie facile pour les parasites his/her generosity makes him/her an easy prey for scroungers; il a été la proie des journaux à scandale quand il a divorcé he fell prey to ou was hounded by the gutter press when he got divorced; toute la région est la proie des promoteurs immobiliers the whole area has fallen prey to property salesmen GB ou real estate developers US; le bâtiment était la proie des flammes the building was in flames; être en proie au doute to be prey to doubt, to be beset by doubts; être en proie à l'angoisse/aux remords/au désespoir to be racked by anguish/remorse/despair; être en proie à la maladie to be stricken by illness; pays en proie à une grave crise économique/la guerre civile country in the grip of a serious economic crisis/civil war; entreprise en proie à des difficultés insurmontables company beset ou plagued by overwhelming difficulties.lâcher la proie pour l'ombre to give up what one has already got to go chasing after shadows.[prwa] nom féminin1. [animal] prey2. [victime] preyvu son grand âge, il est une proie facile pour les cambrioleurs being so old makes him an easy prey for burglarsen proie à locution prépositionnelleen proie au doute racked with ou beset by doubt
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