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41 (a) fleeting idea
a fleeting (puzzling, startling, tempting, striking) idea мимолётная (сбивающая с толку, пугающая, соблазнительная, удивительная) мысль -
42 have a finger in smth.
(have (got) a finger (или fingers) in smth. (позднее тж. have a finger in the pie; часто have a finger in every pie))участвовать в чём-л.; иметь касательство к чему-л.; во всё вмешиваться; см. тж. a finger in the pie и put one's finger in smb.'s pie...this is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's got a finger in it - it's been too many for me, I know. (G. Eliot, ‘The Mill on the Floss’, book III, ch. IX) —...мы живем в диковинном мире, лукавый, несомненно, приложил к нему руку; мне во всем этом не разобраться.
I want to have my finger in the Webbs' work too... (B. Shaw, ‘Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw. A Correspondence’, Letter to E. Terry, Sept. 8, 1897) — Мне также хочется участвовать в работе Уэббов...
...he never fussed; he was not like this new man who wanted to have his finger in every pie. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Verger’) —...он был совсем не похож на этого нового священника, который вмешивался буквально во все.
‘I have my fingers in a lot of pies,’ said Abraham Lockwood... (J. O'Hara, ‘The Lockwood Concern’, book I) — - Мои денежки вложены во многие предприятия, - заметил Авраам Локвуд...
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43 abstruse
1. a трудный для понимания; невразумительный, тёмный, неясныйif you do not master arithmetic you will find algebra abstruse — если ты не овладеешь арифметикой, тебе будет трудно понять алгебру
2. a скрытый, тайныйСинонимический ряд:1. complex (adj.) abstract; complex; complicated; difficult; hard to understand; incomprehensible; intricate; involved; obscure; perplexing; puzzling2. recondite (adj.) acroamatic; deep; esoteric; heavy; hermetic; occult; orphic; profound; recondite; secretАнтонимический ряд: -
44 ambiguous
1. a двусмысленный2. a неясный, нечёткий; неопределённый; допускающий двоякое толкование; неоднозначныйambiguous statement — заявление, допускающее двоякое толкование
3. a лингв. неоднозначный; омонимичныйСинонимический ряд:1. cryptic (adj.) anomalous; cryptic; enigmatic; oracular; paradoxical; problematic; puzzling; unclassifiable2. doubtful (adj.) borderline; chancy; clouded; doubtable; doubtful; dubitable; fishy; impugnable; indecisive; open; precarious; problematical; queasy; questionable; shady; shaky; suspect; suspicious; undecided; uneasy; unsettled; unstable; unsure3. obscure (adj.) amphibological; cloudy; deceptive; double-edged; double-faced; dubious; dusky; equivocal; indefinite; indeterminate; indistinct; misleading; murky; nebulous; nubilous; obscure; opaque; sibylline; tenebrous; uncertain; unclear; unexplicit; unintelligible; vagueАнтонимический ряд:clear; definite; explicit; indisputable; lucid; necessary; obvious; plain; unambiguous; unequivocal -
45 baffling
1. a трудный, затруднительный; озадачивающий2. a неблагоприятныйbaffling wind — противный ветер; неустойчивый ветер
3. a непостижимый, загадочныйСинонимический ряд:1. mysterious (adj.) ambiguous; cryptic; enigmatic; mysterious; obscure; occult; paradoxical; puzzling; secret2. frustrating (verb) balking; beating; bilking; buffaloing; checking; checkmating; circumventing; dashing; defeating; disappointing; foiling; frustrating; ruining; stymieing; thwarting3. stumping (verb) confounding; nonplussing; stumping -
46 breaking
1. n поломка; разрыв2. n разрывание; обрывание, прерывание; разрушениеbreaking off — прерывающий; прерывание
breaking down — разбивающий; разрушение
3. n объездка4. n амер. распаханная целина5. n начало, наступление6. n горн. отбойка7. n горн. дробление8. n горн. текст. мятиеСинонимический ряд:1. cracking (adj.) bursting; cracking; fracturing; rending; severing; shattering; snapping; splintering; sundering2. violation (noun) cleavage; division; fracture; infraction; separating; transgressing; violating; violation3. bankrupting (verb) bankrupting; impoverishing; paupering4. cracking (verb) break down; cave in; cracking; snapping5. decoding (verb) deciphering; decoding; decrypting; puzzle out6. degrading (verb) bumping; degrading; demoting; downgrading; putting down; reducing7. disproving (verb) confounding; confuting; controverting; disproving; everting; rebutting; refuting8. divorcing (verb) detaching; disjoining; dividing; divorcing; separating; severing; splitting9. emerging (verb) come out; coming out; emerging; get out; getting out; leaking; outing; transpiring10. escaping (verb) absconding; decamping; escaping; fleeing; flying11. failing (verb) busting; crashing; failing; folding12. gentling (verb) gentling; taming13. giving (verb) bending; caving; collapsing; crumpling; giving; going; yielding14. happening (verb) befalling; betiding; chancing; coming; coming off; developing; doing; falling out; happening; occurring; rising15. penetrating (verb) penetrating; perforating; piercing; puncturing16. plowing (verb) plowing; plowing up; turning over17. recessing (verb) recessing18. ruining (verb) bankrupting; crushing; destroying; folding up; impoverishing; overwhelming; pauperizing; ruining; subduing19. smashing (verb) cleaving; disjointing; fracturing; shattering; shivering; smashing; splintering; sundering20. solving (verb) clearing up; dissolving; figuring out; puzzling out; resolving; solving; unfolding; unraveling21. stopping (verb) give up; leave off; stopping22. telling (verb) carrying; communicating; conveying; disclosing; get across; imparting; passing; passing on; reporting; telling; transmitting23. turning (verb) ploughing; turn over; turning24. violating (verb) breaching; contravening; infringing; offending; transgressing; violating -
47 complex
1. n комплекс; совокупность2. n комплекс, группа3. n разг. закомплексованность, пунктик4. a сложный, составной, комплексный5. a сложный, трудный, запутанныйcomplex labour — сложный труд; квалифицированный труд
6. v редк. собирать в одно целое7. v редк. осложнятьСинонимический ряд:1. complicated (adj.) complicated; convoluted; difficult; enigmatic; hard; multifarious; perplexing; puzzling2. composite (adj.) composite; compound; conglomerate; heterogeneous; manifold; mingled; mixed; multiple3. involved (adj.) Byzantine; daedal; elaborate; gordian; intricate; involved; knotty; labyrinthine; sophisticated; tangled4. network (noun) complication; composite; group; net; network; structure; system; tangle5. obsession (noun) delusion; fixation; hang-up; insecurity; mania; neurosis; obsession; phobia; preoccupation; repression6. station (noun) base; compound; headquarters; installation; stationАнтонимический ряд:clear; direct; discernible; easy; evident; homogeneous; obvious; plain; simple; single; uniform -
48 complicated
1. a сложный, трудный для понимания2. a осложнённыйСинонимический ряд:1. complex (adj.) Byzantine; complex; confused; convoluted; daedal; difficult; elaborate; fancy; gordian; hard; intricate; involved; knotty; labyrinthine; obscure; perplex; perplexing; puzzling; sophisticated; tangled2. tangled (verb) complicated; embarrassed; entangled; mix up; muddled; perplexed; raveled or ravelled; ravelled; snarled; tangled -
49 convoluted
1. a свёрнутый спиралью; извилистый; завитый, изогнутый2. a запутанный; сложныйСинонимический ряд:1. involved (adj.) Byzantine; complex; complicated; difficult; elaborate; enigmatic; hard; intricate; involved; knotty; labyrinthine; perplexing; puzzling; tangled2. winding (adj.) anfractuous; flexuous; meandering; meandrous; serpentine; sinuous; snaky; tortuous; winding -
50 crux of the matter
as a matter of fact — фактически; на самом деле
to mend the matter, to mend matters — помочь делу
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51 cryptic
1. a скрытый, тайный2. a таинственный, загадочный3. a биол. защитныйСинонимический ряд:1. ambiguous (adj.) ambiguous; anomalous; baffling; hidden; mysterious; obscure; oracular; paradoxical; problematic; puzzling; secret; unclassifiable2. dark (adj.) dark; Delphian; enigmatic; mystifyingАнтонимический ряд: -
52 deciphering
1. декодирование; дешифрирование; расшифровывание; дешифрование2. расшифровывать; декодированиеСинонимический ряд:1. decoding (verb) breaking; cracking; decoding; decrypting; puzzle out2. explaining (verb) construing; explaining; expounding; illustrating; interpreting; spell out3. solving (verb) clear up; clearing up; dissolving; figure out; figuring out; puzzling out; resolving; solving; unfolding; unraveling; unravelling -
53 difficult
1. a трудный; тяжёлыйdifficult of access — неприступный; труднодоступный
2. a тяжёлый, затруднительный; неприятный3. a трудный, упрямый; неуживчивыйСинонимический ряд:1. complex (adj.) abstract; abstruse; complex; enigmatic; intricate; involved; mysterious; obscure; perplexing; profound; puzzling2. fastidious (adj.) fastidious; particular3. froward (adj.) froward; obstinate; stubborn; unruly4. hard (adj.) arduous; backbreaking; burdensome; demanding; difficile; effortful; exacting; exhausting; formidable; hard; knotty; labored; laborious; onerous; operose; oppressive; rigorous; rough; rugged; serious; severe; slavish; sticky; strenuous; taxing; terrible; toilful; toilsome; tough; trying; uphill; weighty5. impossible (adj.) balky; contrary; impossible; ornery; wayward6. perverse (adj.) boorish; impolite; perverse7. tedious (adj.) tedious; wearisome8. troublesome (adj.) austere; disadvantageous; discomforting; forbidding; heavy; incompatible; inconvenient; painful; reserved; rigid; troublesome; uncomfortableАнтонимический ряд:amenable; calm; careless; categorical; clear; complacent; easy; facile; favourable; free; light; lucid; manageable; plain; pleasant; simple -
54 difficult matter
as a matter of fact — фактически; на самом деле
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55 disconcerting
смущать; смущающийСинонимический ряд:1. confusing (adj.) abashing; agitating; confounding; confusing; discomfiting; disturbing; embarrassing; puzzling; unsettling2. discomforting (verb) abashing; chagrining; confounding; confusing; discomfiting; discomforting; discountenancing; embarrassing; fazing; mortifying; put out; rattling -
56 dissolving
1. a растворяющий2. a кино наплывающийСинонимический ряд:1. adjourning (verb) adjourning; proroguing; recessing; rising; terminating2. annulling (verb) abrogating; annulling; discharging; quashing; vacating; voiding3. destroying (verb) annihilating; atomizing; decapitating; decimating; demolishing; destroying; destructing; dismantling; dynamiting; pulling down; pulverizing; quenching; razing; rubbing out; ruining; shattering; shooting; smashing; tearing down; undoing; unmaking; wracking; wrecking4. disbanding (verb) breaking up; disbanding; dispersing5. fragmenting (verb) break up; crumbling; decomposing; disintegrating; fragmenting6. liquefying (verb) deliquescing; fluxing; fusing; liquefying; running; thawing7. melting (verb) dissipating; fading; melting; scattering8. solving (verb) breaking; clearing up; deciphering; figuring out; puzzling out; resolving; solving; unfolding; unraveling -
57 elusive
1. a неуловимый, ускользающий, уклончивый2. a слабый; смутный3. a трудный для запоминания или пониманияan elusive concept that means many things to many people — расплывчатая концепция, которую каждый понимает по-своему
Синонимический ряд:1. baffling (adj.) baffling; inexplicable; puzzling2. evasive (adj.) elusory; evasive; intangible; shy; slippery; sly3. fugitive (adj.) fleeting; fugacious; fugitive; temporary; volatile4. mysterious (adj.) equivocal; mysterious; obscure; occultАнтонимический ряд: -
58 enigmatic
Синонимический ряд:1. cryptic (adj.) cryptic; dark; Delphian; mystifying2. mysterious (adj.) ambiguous; baffling; esoteric; mysterious; mystic; mystical; obscure; occult; paradoxical; puzzling; secret; strange; unknownАнтонимический ряд: -
59 equivocal
1. a двусмысленный, имеющий двойной смысл; неясный, нечёткий2. a сомнительный; вызывающий подозрение3. a неясныйСинонимический ряд:1. doubtful (adj.) borderline; chancy; clouded; doubtable; doubtful; dubious; dubitable; fishy; impugnable; indecisive; open; precarious; problematic; problematical; queasy; questionable; shady; shaky; suspect; suspicious; undecided; uneasy; unsettled; unstable; unsure2. hedging (adj.) equivocating; evasive; hedging; shifty3. misleading (adj.) misleading; paradoxical; perplexing4. obscure (adj.) ambiguous; ambivalent; amphibological; cloudy; double-edged; double-faced; dusky; indeterminate; murky; nebulous; nubilous; obscure; opaque; puzzling; sibylline; tenebrous; uncertain; unclear; unexplicit; unintelligible; vagueАнтонимический ряд:apparent; certain; clear; definite; direct; discernible; distinct; evident; forthright; indubitable; lucid; manifest; obvious; open; plain; transparent -
60 evident
a очевидный, явный, ясный; наглядныйit is evident to anyone that … — всем ясно, что …
it is too evident to require proof — это настолько очевидно, что не требует доказательств
Синонимический ряд:1. clear (adj.) apparent; clear; clear-cut; conspicuous; crystal-clear; distinct; manifest; noticeable; obvious; open-and-shut; openhanded; palpable; patent; plain; straightforward; unambiguous; unequivocal; univocal; unmistakable; visible2. reasonable (adj.) indisputable; logical; reasonableАнтонимический ряд:concealed; confused; covert; dark; doubtful; dubious; hidden; impalpable; impenetrable; involved; obscure; occult; perplexing; puzzling
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puzzling — adjective Date: circa 1659 difficult to understand or solve < puzzling symptoms > • puzzlingly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
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puzzling — adj. Puzzling is used with these nouns: ↑aspect … Collocations dictionary
puzzling — puz|zling [ pʌzlıŋ ] adjective confusing or difficult to understand or solve: That was the most puzzling aspect of the whole affair … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
puzzling — adjective confusing and difficult to understand or explain: The children showed a puzzling lack of curiosity about the new baby … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
puzzling — adjective confusing and difficult to understand or explain: The children showed a puzzling lack of curiosity about the new baby … Longman dictionary of contemporary English