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41 pharisaic
[͵færıʹseıık,-{͵færıʹseıık}(ə)l] aфарисейский, ханжеский -
42 pharisaical
[͵færıʹseıık,-{͵færıʹseıık}(ə)l] aфарисейский, ханжеский -
43 presentability
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44 venerability
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45 bring a slur on smb.
(bring (cast, put или throw) a slur on smb. (или smth.))опорочить кого-л. (или что-л.), бросить тень на чью-л. репутациюSurely this embodyment of respectability and the sense of property could not wish to bring such a slur on his own sister! (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part I, ch. IX) — Ну конечно, это воплощение респектабельности и права собственности не допустит, чтобы его родная сестра была публично опозорена!
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46 by a hair's breadth
1) (from, of smth.) едва не, чуть-чуть не, на волосок от чего-л. (тж. within a hair's(-)breadth of smth.)More than once I have been within hair's breadth of death. (W. S. Maugham ‘The Razor's Edge’, ch. VI) — Не раз я смотрел смерти в глаза.
Yet even so he came within a hair's breadth of winning. — При всем этом он чуть не одержал победу.
2) чуть-чуть, хоть немного, хоть самую малость, хоть на йоту (тж.a hair's breadth)Suppose anything you please, Miss Clark, it wouldn't shake my belief in Rachel Verinder by a hair's-breadth. (W. Collins, ‘The Moonstone’, ‘The Second Period’, ch. III) — Думайте что хотите, мисс Кларк. Это ничуть не поколеблет мою веру в Рэчел Вериндер.
Valentine: "...If I swerve by a hair's breadth from the straight line of the most rigid respectability, I'm done for." (B. Shaw, ‘You Never Can Tell’, act I) — Валентин: "...Я пропал, если хоть на йоту уклонюсь от линии самого безупречного поведения."
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47 propriety
1. n правильность2. n приличия, пристойность3. n правильность поведения4. n уместность5. n уст. собственность6. n редк. черта; свойство; особенностьСинонимический ряд:1. ethics (noun) ethics; righteousness; rightness2. etiquette (noun) breeding; correctness; decency; decorum; etiquette; good behavior; modesty; protocol; refinement; respectability; seemliness3. order (noun) accordance; appositeness; appropriateness; aptness; congruity; correctitude; decorousness; dignity; expediency; fitness; meetness; order; orderliness; properness; suitability; suitableness4. proprieties (noun) amenities; civilities; proprieties; social gracesАнтонимический ряд:impropriety; inaccuracy; misconduct; unfitness; unseemliness -
48 smug
1. n сл. зубрила2. n сл. воображала, задавака3. a самодовольный; самоуверенный4. a чопорный5. a подтянутый, щеголеватый6. a чистоплотный7. v украшать, прихорашивать, наряжатьto smug oneself — наряжаться, прихорашиваться
8. v сл. бесцеремонно хватать чужое, прибирать к рукам9. v сл. украсть, слямзить10. v сл. замалчиватьСинонимический ряд:1. conceited (adj.) complacent; conceited; egoistic; egotistical; priggish; proud; satisfied; self-complacent; self-contented; self-important; self-pleased; self-righteous; self-satisfied; stuffy; superior; vain; vainglorious2. neat (adj.) natty; neat; spruce; trim3. snobbish (adj.) snobbish; stuck up4. dress up (verb) deck out; doll out; doll up; dress up; fix up; gussy up; prank; primp; prink up; slick; smarten up; spiff; spruce up; tog out; tog up; trick off; trick out; trick upАнтонимический ряд:dissatisfied; unassuming
См. также в других словарях:
Respectability — Re*spect a*bil i*ty (r?*sp?kt ?*b?l ?*t?), n. The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
respectability — index character (reputation), decorum, distinction (reputation), honesty, honor (good reputation) … Law dictionary
respectability — [ri spek΄tə bil′ə tē] n. pl. respectabilities 1. the quality or state of being respectable 2. respectable character, reputation, or social status 3. respectable people as a group 4. [pl.] patterns of living or behaving regarded as respectable … English World dictionary
respectability — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bourgeois, middle class ▪ academic, intellectual, political, scientific, social ▪ international … Collocations dictionary
respectability — re|spect|a|bil|i|ty [ rı,spektə bıləti ] noun uncount the quality of obeying the moral or social standards that are accepted by most people: They had an air of respectability … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
respectability — noun (U) the quality of being considered morally correct and socially acceptable: The couple exuded an air of quiet respectability … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
respectability — UK [rɪˌspektəˈbɪlətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] the quality of obeying the moral or social standards that are accepted by most people They had an air of respectability … English dictionary
respectability — respectable ► ADJECTIVE 1) regarded by society as being proper, correct, and good. 2) of some merit or importance. 3) adequate or acceptable in number, size, or amount. DERIVATIVES respectability noun respectably adverb … English terms dictionary
respectability — noun see respectable I … New Collegiate Dictionary
respectability — /ri spek teuh bil i tee/, n., pl. respectabilities for 3. 1. the state or quality of being respectable. 2. respectable social standing, character, or reputation. 3. a respectable person or persons. 4. respectabilities, things accepted as… … Universalium
respectability — noun a) The quality of being respectable. b) The class of respectable people … Wiktionary