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1 play the game for what it is worth
использовать наилучшим образом, максимальноLeo: "...Let's be photographed and interviewed and pointed at in restaurants! Let's play the game for what it's worth..." (N. Coward, ‘Design for Living’, act II, sc. 3) — Лео: "Пусть нас фотографируют, пусть берут у нас интервью и узнают в ресторанах! Жизнь - это игра, которая стоит свеч..."
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2 Play
v. trans.Act a part: P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Play Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Play the second part: Ar. δευτεριάζειν.Play third rate parts: P. τριταγωνιστεῖν.Play the man: P. ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι.Play a part, pretend: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι.Play a game: Ar. and P. παιδιὰν παίζειν.Play a double game, met.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.Play the pipe: P. and V. αὐλεῖν.Play pipe to: Ar. προσαυλεῖν (Eccl. 892).Act in jest: P. and V. παίζειν.Play an instrument: Ar. and P. ψάλλειν.The flute girl played: Ar. αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε (Vesp. 1219).Gamble: Ar. and P. κυβεύειν.Play at: P. παίζειν (dat.).Play at dice: P. ἀστραγάλοις παίζειν (Plat., Alci. I. 110B).Play into—not thinking they were playing into the hands of Agoratus: P. οὐκ οἰόμενοι Ἀγοράτῳ συμπράσσειν ( Lys. 138).Play off—play off the Greeks one against another: P. αὐτοὺς περὶ ἑαυτοὺς τοὺς Ἕλληνας κατατρῖψαι (Thuc. 8, 46).Play on (play on words, etc.): P. κομψεύεσθαι (acc.), V. κομψεύειν (acc.); see also play upon.Play upon, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Play with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.).——————subs.P. and V. παιδιά, ἡ.Speak in play: P. and V. παίζων εἰπεῖν.Piece for acting: Ar. and P. δρᾶμα, τό.Give play to, exercise: Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, P. and V. γυμνάζειν. Use, put into operation: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Make a display of: P. and V. ἐνδείκνυσθαι.Fair play: P. ἐπιείκεια, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Play
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3 Coward
subs.Use adj. cowardly.Play the coward, v.: P. and V. κακίζεσθαι, μαλθακίζεσθαι (Plat., also Ar.), φιλοψυχεῖν, P. ἀποδειλιᾶν, μαλακίζεσθαι.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Coward
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4 out of the way
1. adj phr1) не по пути, в стороне; отдалённый, расположенный далеко от центра; непосещаемый, уединённый, заброшенный (тж. out-of-the-way)I have seen some fine acting in some small, out of the way theatres... (N. Coward, ‘Play Parade’, ‘Introduction’) — Мне приходилось видеть великолепную игру в некоторых маленьких провинциальных театрах...
2) не мешающий, не стоящий поперёк дороги; законченный, решённыйSoames looked out of the window. The spring was late! ‘She oughtn't to be, with that case out of the way.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part III, ch. XI) — Сомс посмотрел в окно. Весна запаздывает! А не следовало бы ей запаздывать, раз процесс выигран.
You're afraid - maybe not of me as an individual, because I'm not such great shakes, but of what stood behind me once, and what may stand behind me again. That's why you want me out of the way. (S. Heym, ‘Goldsborough’, ch. 2) — Вы боитесь, может быть, не меня лично - что я такое в конце концов, - нет, вы боитесь тех, кто стоял за меня когда-то и, возможно, будет стоять теперь. Вот почему вам надо убрать меня с дороги.
It looked as though Mrs. Danvers entertained her visitors in the morning-room when Maxim and I were out of the way. (D. du Maurier, ‘Rebecca’, ch. 13) — Наверное, как только я и Максим уходили и не мешали миссис Денверс, она устраивала в своей гостиной приемы.
I feel better, now that problem is out of the way. (RHD) — У меня улучшилось настроение, когда этот вопрос был наконец решен.
3) необычный, исключительный, из ряда вон выходящий; необыкновенный, незаурядный, оригинальный (тж. out-of-the-way)...nor did Alice think it was so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, ‘Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!’ (L. Carroll, ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’, ch. I) —...услыхав, как кролик сказал самому себе: "Вот так так! Вот так так! Я же опоздаю", Алиса ничуть не удивилась.
She did not see anything out of the way in his work. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 43) — Миссис Оттер не находила в работе Клаттона ничего примечательного.
Keld: "...How are you, darling?" Sheila: "Much the same as usual; nothing out of the way has happened." (N. Coward, ‘The Rat Trap’, act III) — Келд: "...Ну, как дела, дорогая?" Шейла: "Все по-прежнему. Ничего особенного не произошло."
4) неуместный, ошибочный; странный, подозрительный‘Who is that girl you've got in your office, Silas Lapham?’ she demanded, when her husband entered. ‘...Did you ever know me to do anything out of the way?’ ‘That isn't what I asked you.’ (W. Howells, ‘The Rise of Silas Lapham’, ch. XXVI) — - Что это за девушка у тебя в конторе, Сайлас Лапхем? - спросила жена, когда Сайлас пришел домой. -...Вспомни, совершил ли я когда-нибудь хоть один неблаговидный поступок? - Я тебя не об этом спрашиваю.
The night watchman looked around the building, but he saw nothing out of the way. (DAI) — Ночной сторож обошел дом, но не увидел ничего подозрительного.
2. int phrI'm sorry if I said something out of the way. (DAI) — Прошу прощения, если сказал что-то не то.
‘Out of the way there!’ shouted the captain. ‘In the name of His Holiness!’ (E. L. Voynich, ‘The Gadfly’, part III, ch. 2) — "Прочь с дороги! - крикнул капитан. - Именем его святейшества приказываю вам расступиться!"
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5 a flash in the pan
1) безрезультатная или неудачная попытка; мимолётный успех; удача, лопнувшая как мыльный пузырь; поражение, фиаско [этим. воен. осечка при стрельбе из кремнёвого ружья]Of course it's only a flash in the pan... She'll never write anything else. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Colonel's Lady’) — Успех ее книги - успех мимолетный... Она никогда ничего больше не напишет.
‘My girl,’ I wanted to say, ‘Things are going badly. My bit of success may have a flash in the pan.’ (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. XLV) — - Девочка моя, - хотелось мне сказать Шейле, - дела наши идут скверно. Моя карьера, начавшаяся весьма удачно, может кончиться полным фиаско.
2) человек, потерпевший фиаско или не оправдавший надеждThere was little or no surprise that a play of mine should be so appallingly bad, for, in their minds at least I had never been anything but a flash in the pan, a playboy whose meteoric rise could only result in an equally meteoric fall into swift oblivion. (N. Coward, ‘Present Indicative’, part VIII, ch. 2) — Не приходится удивляться (или почти не приходится), что моя пьеса оказалась столь ужасающе плохой. Ибо я, по крайней мере с точки зрения театральных критиков, был кратковременной вспышкой на литературном небосклоне, несерьезным писакой, чей головокружительный успех должен смениться столь же головокружительным провалом и полной безвестностью.
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6 a flash in the pan
1) мимoлётный уcпex, бeзpeзультaтнaя, нeудaчнaя пoпыткa, фиacкo, oceчкa; лoпнулo кaк мыльный пузыpь [этим. вoeн. oceчкa пpи cтpeльбe из кpeмнёвoгo pужья]Of course it's only a flash in the pan... She'll never write anything else (W. S. Maugham)2) чeлoвeк, пoтepпeвший фиacкo или нe oпpaвдaвший нaдeждThere was little or no surprise that a play of mine should be so appallingly bad, for, in their minds at least I had never been anything but a flash in the pan, a playboy whose meteoric rise could only result in an equally meteoric fall into swift oblivion (N. Coward). He hinted that he might retire from the game, however, in three years' time but said: 'I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to be around for a while' (Morning Star) -
7 εθελοκακείτε
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres imperat act 2nd pl (attic epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres opt act 2nd plἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind act 2nd pl (attic epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: imperf ind act 2nd pl (attic epic) -
8 ἐθελοκακεῖτε
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres imperat act 2nd pl (attic epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres opt act 2nd plἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind act 2nd pl (attic epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: imperf ind act 2nd pl (attic epic) -
9 HALI
* * *m. tail; leika (veifast um) lausum hala, to play with a loose tail, to be unrestrained; bera brattan halann, to cock up the tail, to be proud; draga eptir sér halann, to drag the tail, to play the coward.* * *a, m. [Dan. hale, cp. Lat. cauda], a tail; kýr-hali, a cow’s tail; nauts-h., ljóns-h., etc.; skauf-hali, reynard, a fox, whence Skaufhala-bálkr, the name of an old poem, an Icel. Reineke Fuchs. Icel. use hali properly of cattle, and lions, wolves, bears; tagl of horses (of the hair, but stertr of a caudal vertebra); rófa of cats, dogs; skott of a fox; sporðr of a fish; stél or véli of birds; dyndill of seals. The old writers do not make these nice distinctions, and use hali of a horse and tagl of a cow, which a mod. Icel. would not do; hylr öll kykvendi hár eðr hali, Sks. 504: in Gþl. 398 of cattle, cp. N. G. L. i. 24; ef maðr höggr hala af hrossi svá at af rófu fylgir, Gþl. 399; ef maðr höggr hala af hrossi fyrir neðan rófu, id.; nú skerr maðr tagl af nautum, id.; eru þeir í málum mestir sem refr í halanum, Fms. viii. 350; ef maðr skerr af hrossi manns tögl, þá gjaldi aura þrjá; en ef hala höggr af, þá skal meta hross, N. G. L. i. 228; ok svá ef hann höggr hala af hrossi svá at rófa fylgir, id.: of a lion’s tail, Stj. 71.2. phrases, nú er úlfs hali einn á króki, a wolf’s tail is all that is left, Band. (in a verse),—a proverb from the notion that wild beasts devour one another so that only the tail is left, cp. etask af ulfs-munni, vide eta: leika lausum hala, to play with a free tail, to be unrestrained, Ls. 50; veifask um lausum hala, id., Sturl. iii. 30; bretta halann, or bera brattan halann, to lift the tail, cock up the tail, to be vain or haughty, Hkv. Hjörv. 20; en ef eigi er unnit, þá muntú reyna hvárr halann sinn berr brattara þaðan í frá, Ísl. ii. 330; sé ek at þú heldr nokkru rakkara halanum en fyrir stundu áðan, Ölk. 36; draga halann, to drag the tail, sneak awav, play the coward; dregr melrakkinn eptir sér halann sinn nú—Svá er segir hann, at ek dreg eptir mér halann minn, ok berr ek lítt upp eðr ekki, en þess varir mik at þú dragir þinn hala mjök lengi áðr þú hefnir Halls bróður þíns, Ísl. ii. 329; sveigja halann, id., Hkv. Hjörv. 21; (cp. Ital. codardo, whence Engl. coward): spjóts-hali, the butt-end of a spear, Eg. 289, Ld. 132, Hkr. iii. 159; snældu-hali, a staff’s end.II. metaph. a train, the rear of a host; skammr er orðinn hali okkarr, we have a short train, few followers, Sturl. (in a verse).COMPDS: halaferð, halarófa, halastjarna, halatafl.III. a nickname, Fb. iii. -
10 εθελοκακέετε
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres imperat act 2nd pl (epic ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind act 2nd pl (epic ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: imperf ind act 2nd pl (epic ionic) -
11 ἐθελοκακέετε
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres imperat act 2nd pl (epic ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind act 2nd pl (epic ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: imperf ind act 2nd pl (epic ionic) -
12 εθελοκακήση
ἐθελοκακήσηι, ἐθελοκάκησιςwilful neglect of duty: fem dat sg (epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor subj mid 2nd sgἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor subj act 3rd sgἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: fut ind mid 2nd sg -
13 ἐθελοκακήσῃ
ἐθελοκακήσηι, ἐθελοκάκησιςwilful neglect of duty: fem dat sg (epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor subj mid 2nd sgἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor subj act 3rd sgἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: fut ind mid 2nd sg -
14 εθελοκακήσουσιν
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic) -
15 ἐθελοκακήσουσιν
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic) -
16 εθελοκακεί
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic) -
17 ἐθελοκακεῖ
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic) -
18 εθελοκακεόντων
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres part act masc /neut gen pl (epic doric ionic aeolic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres imperat act 3rd pl (epic doric ionic aeolic) -
19 ἐθελοκακεόντων
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres part act masc /neut gen pl (epic doric ionic aeolic)ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: pres imperat act 3rd pl (epic doric ionic aeolic) -
20 εθελοκακησάντων
ἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor part act masc /neut gen plἐθελοκακέωplay the coward deliberately: aor imperat act 3rd pl
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