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1 propriety
∎ the rules of propriety require you to write to her les règles de la bienséance vous obligent à lui écrire;∎ his behaviour is lacking in propriety son comportement est tout à fait inconvenant ou déplacé;∎ to have a sense of propriety avoir le sens des convenances;∎ contrary to the proprieties contraire aux bienséances ou convenances(c) (rectitude) rectitude f;∎ to behave with propriety respecter les convenances -
2 sense
sens 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) sans2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) følelse3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) sans for, følelse4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) (sunn) fornuft, vett5) (a meaning (of a word).) betydning6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) noe fornuftig/meningsfullt2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) føle, merke, sanse- senselessly
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- sixth senseforstand--------føle--------følelse--------kjenne--------sansIsubst. \/sens\/1) sans2) følelse, sans, -sans, -følelse3) vett, forstand, (sunn) fornuft, klokskaphun er en forstandig kvinne, hun har en god porsjon sunn fornufthan burde hatt bedre vett, han burde ha visst bedre4) mening, hensikt, vits• what is the sense of staying here?5) oppfatning6) betydning, forstand• in what sense are you using the word?7) stemning, holdning, felles oppfatning8) ( matematikk) retning, pilretningbring somebody to his senses få noen til å ta til fornuft, snakke noen til fornuftcome to one's senses komme til seg selv, få tilbake bevisstheten komme til fornuftcommon sense alminnelig folkevett, sunn fornuftgo out of one's senses miste forstanden, bli galin a broader\/wider\/larger sense i videre forstandin a limited\/narrow\/restricted sense i begrenset forstandin a literal sense i bokstavelig forstandin a sense på en måte, på sett og vis, forsåvidtbe in full enjoyment\/possession of one's senses være ved sine fulle femin more senses than one i mer enn én forstandbe in one's right senses være ved sine fulle fembe in one's senses med fornuften i beholdin the proper sense i egentlig forstandin the strict sense of the word i strengeste forstandlose one's senses miste besinnelsen miste bevissthetenmake sense gi mening, være forståelig, være fornuftigdet er ubegripelig, jeg fatter det ikkebli klok på• can you make sense of what he says?moral sense evne til å skille mellom rett og galt, moralbegrep, samvittighetout of one's senses fra vettet, fra sans og samling, galhan drev meg fra sans og samling, han gjorde meg galbe out of one's senses være fra vettet• are you out of your senses?er du fra vettet?, har du mistet forstanden?recover one's senses komme til sans og samling komme til bevissthet igjensee sense ta fornuften fangen, ta til fornuft, ta til vettetsense of følelse for\/av, fornemmelse avsense of direction retningssanssense of duty pliktfølelsesense of justice ( jus) rettsbevissthet, rettsoverbevisningsense of locality stedsanssense of occasion følelse for hva som passer seg (i visse situasjoner) evne til å utnytte en situasjonsense of propriety sans for det som passer seg, anstendighetsfølelsesense of smell luktesansthe sense of touch berøringssansena sixth sense en sjette sansspeak sense to somebody snakke fornuft med noentalk sense si noe fornuftigIIverb \/sens\/1) fornemme, kjenne, merke, føle, sanse, oppfatte2) ( hverdagslig) forstå, fatte3) ( militærvesen) observere -
3 propriety
(correctness of behaviour; decency; rightness.) sømmelighet, anstendighetsubst. \/prəˈpraɪətɪ\/1) anstendighet, dekorum, sømmelighet2) konveniens, kutyme3) riktighet, berettigelse, hensiktsmessighetobserve (the) proprieties holde på formene, følge sømmelighetsregleneoverstep the bounds of propriety overskride sømmelighetens grensersense of propriety følelse av hva som passer\/sømmer seg, anstendighetsfølelsethe propriety of det riktige i, det berettigete i -
4 graceless
1. a бесстыдный, непристойный; нравственно испорченный, развращённый2. a некрасивый, непривлекательный; лишённый грациозности и изящества3. a тяжеловесный, неуклюжийСинонимический ряд:1. barbaric (adj.) barbarian; barbaric; barbarous; outlandish; tasteless; vulgar; wild2. clumsy (adj.) bumbling; clumsy; coarse; gauche; gawky; left-handed; maladroit; ungainly; unrefined; unsophisticated3. infelicitous (adj.) awkward; ill-chosen; inept; infelicitous; unfortunate; unhappy4. lacking sense of propriety (adj.) corrupt; degenerate; depraved; immoral; lacking sense of propriety; rude; shameless; uncouthАнтонимический ряд:adroit; polished; upright -
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разг.; эвф.оказаться в интересном положении, забеременеть ( о незамужней женщине)‘He used to come down here now and then and they used to meet outside.’ ‘And then she got into trouble, did she?’ Tuppence said, using the well-known euphemism, hoping that under that form it would not offend Mr. Copleigh's sense of propriety. (A. Christie, ‘By the Pricking of My Thumbs’, ch. 8) — - Слейд не раз появлялся здесь и назначал свидания дочери миссис Чаррингтон. - И эта юная особа оказалась в интересном положении, не так ли? - Таппенс воспользовалась широко известным эвфемизмом, стараясь не оскорбить слух мистера Копли.
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6 decency
noun ((the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent: In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.) decencia, decorotr['diːsənsɪ]1 (seemliness) decencia, decoro1 convenciones nombre femenino plural socialesn.• buenas costumbres s.f.pl.• comodidades s.f.pl.• decencia s.f.• honestidad s.f.'diːsṇsia) u (of dress, conduct) decencia f, decoro mb) u ( propriety) buena educación f, consideración fc) decencies pl ( proper conduct) (frml)['diːsǝnsɪ]N1) (=propriety) decencia f, decoro moffence against decency — atentado m contra el pudor
2) (=politeness) educación fit is no more than common decency to let him know — hay que avisarle, aunque solo sea por una cuestión de educación
3) (=kindness) bondad f, amabilidad f4) decencies buenas costumbres fpl* * *['diːsṇsi]a) u (of dress, conduct) decencia f, decoro mb) u ( propriety) buena educación f, consideración fc) decencies pl ( proper conduct) (frml) -
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noun(propriety) Anstand, der; (of manners, literature, language) Schicklichkeit, die (geh.); (fairness, respectability) Anständigkeit, dieit is [a matter of] common decency — es ist eine Frage des Anstands
* * *noun ((the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent: In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.) der Anstand* * *de·cen·cy[ˈdi:sən(t)si]nto show a little \decency etwas Anstand zeigento have the \decency to do sth die Liebenswürdigkeit haben, etw zu tun2. (approved behaviour)I hate funerals, but you must observe the decencies ich hasse Beerdigungen, aber man muss eben die Form wahren* * *['diːsənsI]n(= good manners etc) Anstand m; (of dress etc) Anständigkeit f; (of behaviour) Schicklichkeit fdecency demands that... — der Anstand fordert, dass...
it's only common decency to... — es gehört sich einfach, zu...
he could have had the decency to tell me — er hätte es mir anständigerweise auch sagen können
I hope you'll have the decency to tell me — ich hoffe, du wirst die Anständigkeit besitzen, es mir zu sagen
* * *decency [ˈdiːsnsı] s1. Anstand m, Schicklichkeit f:for decency’s sake anstandshalber2. Anständigkeit f:he had the decency to leave er war so anständig zu gehen3. pla) geziemende Formb) Anstand(sregeln) m(pl):observe the decencies den Anstand wahren4. pl Annehmlichkeiten pl (des Lebens)* * *noun(propriety) Anstand, der; (of manners, literature, language) Schicklichkeit, die (geh.); (fairness, respectability) Anständigkeit, dieit is [a matter of] common decency — es ist eine Frage des Anstands
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['diːsnsɪ] 1.1) (good manners, propriety) decenza f.2) (morality)2.* * *noun ((the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent: In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.) decenza, decoro* * *decency /ˈdi:snsɪ/n.1 [u] decenza; rispettabilità: His essential decency was clear to everyone, che fosse una persona essenzialmente rispettabile era chiaro a tutti2 [u] decenza; correttezza: At least have the decency to apologize!, abbi almeno la decenza di chiedere scusa!; He has no sense of decency, non ha nessun senso di ciò che è giusto3 (pl., form.) convenienze (sociali); regole della decenza: to observe the common decencies, osservare le convenienze sociali (o le regole della decenza comune).* * *['diːsnsɪ] 1.1) (good manners, propriety) decenza f.2) (morality)2. -
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1. n приличие; благопристойность2. n вежливость; порядочность3. n соблюдение приличий, правила хорошего тона4. n уст. уместность, пристойность; соответствиеfull of decency — вполне уместный; пристойный
Синонимический ряд:1. decorum (adj.) decorum; dignity; propriety; respectability2. goodness (noun) goodness; integrity; morality; probity; rectitude; rightness3. grace (noun) conscience; grace4. honesty (noun) correctness; decorum; dignity; etiquette; honesty; propriety; respectability; righteousness; seemliness5. virtue (noun) chastity; modesty; purity; virtue; virtuousnessАнтонимический ряд: -
10 decency de·cen·cy n
['diːs(ə)nsɪ](moral sense) rispetto per i valori umani, (propriety) decenza, decoroout of common decency — per gentilezza, se non altro
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11 decency
decency [ˈdi:sənsɪ]• common decency ( = good manners) la simple politesse• to have a sense of decency ( = seemliness) avoir de la pudeur* * *['diːsnsɪ]1) ( good manners) politesse fyou can't in all decency... — tu ne peux décemment pas...
2) ( morality)3) ( propriety) convenances fpl; ( in sexual matters) décence f -
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ˈdi:snsɪ сущ.
1) а) благопристойность, приличие;
правила хорошего тона to serve the decencies ≈ соблюдать приличия breach of decency ≈ нарушение приличий, не соблюдение приличий in common decency ≈ из уважения к приличиям Syn: propriety, decorum б) вежливость;
любезность;
порядочность He didn't even have the decency to call. ≈ Он даже не потрудился позвонить. a spark of decency ≈ проблеск вежливости Syn: politeness, courtesy
2) мн. (the decencys) соблюдение приличий, соответствие правилам хорошего тона to observe the dicencies ≈ соблюдать приличия приличие;
благопристойность - * in dress скромность в одежде - * in conduct благопристойное поведение - in * благопристойно - in common * из уважения к приличиям - for *'s sake приличия ради - sense of * чувство приличия - breach of *, offence against * нарушение приличий - to have no idea of * не иметь ни малейшего представления о приличиях;
совершенно не стесняться - I can't with * refuse мой отказ будет выглядеть некрасиво /нехорошо/ вежливость;
порядочность - he had not the * to say "thank you" он даже "спасибо" не сказал - ordinary * demands it этого требует элементарная вежливость /порядочность/ pl соблюдение приличий, правила хорошего тона (тж. common decencies) - careless of the decencies бесцеремонный( устаревшее) уместность, пристойность;
соответствие - full of * вполне уместный;
пристойный ~ приличие, благопристойность;
a breach of decency нарушение приличий, декорума decency вежливость;
любезность;
порядочность ~ приличие, благопристойность;
a breach of decency нарушение приличий, декорума ~ приличие ~ (pl the decencys) соблюдение приличий, правила хорошего тона have the ~ to confess имейте совесть признаться;
to serve the decencies соблюдать приличия in common ~ из уважения к приличиям have the ~ to confess имейте совесть признаться;
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13 constitutional
конституційний, який відповідає конституції; статутнийconstitutional and legal regulations — = constitutional and legal rules конституційно-правові встановлення
- constitutional actconstitutional disability of the President — неможливість виконувати президентом обов'язки, визначені конституцією
- constitutional action
- constitutional activity
- constitutional adjudication
- constitutional aim
- constitutional amendment
- constitutional and democratic
- constitutional and legal
- constitutional and legal rules
- constitutional assembly
- constitutional authority
- constitutional ban
- constitutional bound
- constitutional cause of action
- constitutional change
- constitutional charter
- constitutional claim
- constitutional compact
- constitutional complaint
- constitutional conflict
- constitutional controversy
- constitutional convention
- Constitutional Convention
- Constitutional Court
- Constitutional Court Act
- constitutional crisis
- constitutional decision
- constitutional democracy
- constitutional dispute
- constitutional disposition
- constitutional document
- constitutional doubt
- constitutional drafting
- constitutional duty
- constitutional eavesdropping
- constitutional execution
- constitutional form
- constitutional formulation
- constitutional frame
- constitutional framework
- constitutional framing
- constitutional freedoms
- constitutional function
- constitutional government
- constitutional ground
- constitutional guarantee
- constitutional guideline
- constitutional history
- constitutional implication
- constitutional innovation
- constitutional instrument
- constitutional interpretation
- constitutional issue
- constitutional jurisdiction
- constitutional jurisprudence
- constitutional jurist
- constitutional justification
- constitutional language
- constitutional law
- constitutional
- constitutional legislation
- constitutional liberties
- constitutional limit
- constitutional matter
- constitutional means
- constitutional method
- constitutional monarch
- constitutional monarchy
- constitutional norm
- constitutional obligation
- constitutional officer
- constitutional order
- constitutional permissibility
- constitutional position
- constitutional power
- constitutional practice
- constitutional principle
- constitutional privilege
- constitutional procedure
- constitutional process
- constitutional prohibition
- constitutional proposition
- constitutional propriety
- constitutional protectee
- constitutional protection
- constitutional provision
- constitutional purism
- constitutional purist
- constitutional qualification
- constitutional question
- constitutional rationale
- constitutional reform
- constitutional republic
- constitutional requirement
- constitutional restraint
- constitutional revision
- constitutional right
- constitutional rights
- constitutional safeguard
- constitutional scruples
- constitutional sense
- constitutional settlement
- constitutional scholar
- constitutional sensibility
- constitutional significance
- constitutional society
- constitutional standard
- constitutional state
- constitutional status
- constitutional supervision
- constitutional system
- constitutional term
- constitutional text
- constitutional thinking
- constitutional tool
- constitutional tort
- constitutional transgression
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1) законна дія2) законний, легальний; заснований на законі; заснований на загальному праві, який регулюється загальним правом; легітимний; правовий; правознавчий; правомірний; правосудний; судовий; узаконений; юридичний•legal and administrative machinery for family support — правові і адміністративні заходи підтримки сім'ї
legal gap in protection afforded — прогалина у правовому захисті, що надається
- legal abortionlegal power to correct legal errors — надане законом право виправляти юридичні ( або судові) помилки
- legal abuse
- legal access
- legal accountability
- legal acquisition
- legal act
- legal action
- legal activities
- legal activities activity
- legal acts
- legal address
- legal administration
- legal advertisement
- legal advice
- legal advice bureau
- legal advice center
- legal advice centre
- legal advice office
- legal adviser
- legal advisor
- legal age
- legal agency
- legal agent
- legal aid
- legal aid agency
- legal aid bureau
- legal aid office
- legal aid order
- legal alien
- legal analogy
- legal analysis
- legal approach
- legal area
- legal argument
- legal arrest
- legal aspect
- legal assets
- legal assignment
- legal assistance
- legal assistant
- legal assumption
- legal author
- legal autonomy
- legal awareness
- legal bar
- legal barrier
- legal basis
- legal bill
- legal body
- legal bond
- legal boundary
- legal burden
- legal business
- legal cadres
- legal calendar
- legal capacity
- legal capital
- legal career
- legal case
- legal category
- legal cause
- legal certainty
- legal challenge
- legal changes
- legal charge
- legal check
- legal cheque
- legal circumstance
- legal citation
- legal claim
- legal closing time
- legal code
- legal coercion
- legal committee
- legal competence
- legal complexity
- legal concept
- legal condition
- legal confinement
- legal conflict
- legal conscience
- legal consequence
- legal consequences
- legal consideration
- legal construction
- legal consultation
- legal context
- legal continuity
- legal control
- legal controversy
- legal conviction
- legal-correctional process
- legal costs
- legal councilor
- legal councillor
- legal counsel
- legal counseling
- legal counselor
- legal counsellor
- legal crackdown
- legal crime
- legal culture
- legal currency
- legal custody
- legal custom
- legal decision
- legal deduction
- legal defect
- legal defence
- legal defense
- legal deficiency
- legal definition
- legal delinquency
- legal delivery
- legal demand
- legal deontology
- legal department
- legal dependence
- legal deposit copy
- legal deposit library
- legal descent
- legal details
- legal detention
- legal device
- legal difference
- legal disability
- legal disadvantage
- legal discretion
- legal discrimination
- legal dispute
- legal doctrine
- legal document
- legal documentation
- legal drinking
- legal drinking age
- legal drinking limit
- legal drug
- legal duty
- legal duty
- legal eagle
- legal eavesdropping
- legal education
- legal effect
- legal effectiveness
- legal efficacy
- legal enforcement
- legal enforcement of law
- legal enforcement procedure
- legal entity under public law
- legal entity
- legal environment
- legal equality
- legal equality of the sexes
- legal error
- legal essence
- legal estate
- legal ethics
- legal evaluation
- legal evidence
- legal excuse
- legal execution
- legal executive
- legal exemption
- legal expenses
- legal expenses insurance
- legal experience
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- legal expertise
- legal explanation
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- legal fact
- legal father
- legal fees
- legal fetishism
- legal fiction
- legal field
- legal fight
- legal force
- legal form
- legal formality
- legal formula
- legal formulation
- legal foundation
- legal foundations
- legal frame
- legal framework
- legal framing
- legal fraud
- legal function
- legal gambler
- legal gambling
- legal gap
- legal glossator
- legal government
- legal ground
- legal groundwork
- legal guarantee
- legal guarantees
- legal guardian
- legal guilt
- legal hearing
- legal historian
- legal history
- legal holder
- legal holiday
- legal home
- legal humanism
- legal hypothesis
- legal identity
- legal immigration
- legal immunity
- legal implementation
- legal implication
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- legal impossibility
- legal incapacity
- legal incident
- legal income
- legal incompetence
- legal information
- legal injury
- legal innovation
- legal innovation
- legal innovations
- legal insanity
- legal institution
- legal instruction
- legal instrument
- legal intent
- legal interest
- legal interest rate
- legal interpretation
- legal investigation
- legal investigator
- legal irregularity
- legal issue
- legal journal
- legal judge
- legal judgement
- legal judgment
- legal jurisdiction
- legal justice
- legal justification
- legal killer
- legal killing
- legal knowledge
- legal language
- legal liability
- legal lien
- legal limit
- legal limitation
- legal literature
- legal loophole
- legal lynching
- legal malice
- legal malpractice
- legal manufacture
- legal marriage
- legal matter
- legal maxim
- legal means
- legal means of social control
- legal measure
- legal mechanism
- legal medicine
- legal methodology
- legal minimum age of marriage
- legal minimum wage rate
- legal minimum wage rates
- legal minor
- legal monopoly
- legal monument
- legal mortgage
- legal mother
- legal name
- legal nationality
- legal negligence
- legal nihilism
- legal nomenclature
- legal norm
- legal notice
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- legal notion
- legal object
- legal objection
- legal objective
- legal obligation
- legal observation method
- legal observer
- legal obstruction
- legal office
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- legal official
- legal operation
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- legal order
- legal organization
- legal owner
- legal parlance
- legal papers
- legal participation
- legal perjury
- legal permissibility
- legal permission
- legal person
- legal personality
- legal phenomenon
- legal philosopher
- legal philosophy
- legal picketing
- legal platform
- legal play
- legal point
- legal point of view
- legal policy
- legal portion
- legal position
- legal positivism
- legal positivist
- legal possession
- legal power
- legal practice
- legal practitician
- legal practitioner
- legal precept
- legal predecessor
- legal prerequisite
- legal presumption
- legal presumption of death
- legal principle
- legal privilege
- legal problem
- legal procedure
- legal procedure publicity
- legal procedures
- legal proceeding
- legal proceedings
- legal process
- legal profession
- legal profession member
- legal professional
- legal professional privilege
- legal prohibition
- legal proposition
- legal propriety
- legal prosecution
- legal protectee
- legal protection
- legal protection of software
- legal provision
- legal psychiatry
- legal purism
- legal purist
- legal qualification
- legal question
- legal rationale
- legal realism
- legal reality
- legal reasoning
- legal recognition
- legal recourse
- legal redress
- legal reference
- legal reform
- legal reformer
- legal regime
- legal regulation
- legal rehabilitation
- legal rehabilitation
- legal relations
- legal relationship
- legal relationships
- legal relative
- legal relativism
- legal relevance
- legal relief
- legal remedy
- legal representation
- legal representative
- legal reputation
- legal requirement
- legal reservation
- legal reserve
- legal residence
- legal resolution
- legal restraint
- legal restriction
- legal right-enforcing
- legal right
- legal rights
- legal risk
- legal rule
- legal safeguard
- legal safety
- legal sanction
- legal scholar
- legal science
- legal scientist
- legal search
- legal secretary
- legal security
- legal self-help
- legal sense
- legal sentence
- legal sentencing
- legal separation
- legal service
- legal services
- legal significance
- legal source
- legal specialist
- legal speech
- legal sphere
- legal spokesman
- legal spouse
- legal staff
- legal standard
- legal state
- legal statement
- legal statistics
- legal status
- legal status of a person
- legal step
- legal storage period
- legal strike
- legal structure
- legal studies
- legal subbranch
- legal sub-branch
- legal subject
- legal subjectivity
- legal submission
- legal subrogation
- legal succession
- legal successor
- legal suit
- legal system
- legal tapping
- legal technicality
- legal technician
- legal technique
- legal techniques
- legal tender
- legal tender note
- legal term
- legal termination
- legal termination of marriage
- legal territory
- legal test
- legal text
- legal theorist
- legal theory
- legal thinker
- legal thinking
- legal thought
- legal title
- legal tool
- legal topic
- legal tradition
- legal training
- legal transaction
- legal treasury note
- legal treatise
- legal treatment
- legal trial
- legal ubiquity
- legal uncertainty
- legal unit
- legal usage
- legal vacuum
- legal validity
- legal venue
- legal view
- legal viewpoint
- legal violence
- legal volition
- legal voter
- legal waiver
- legal wife
- legal wiretap
- legal wiretapping
- legal wording
- legal work
- legal writer
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['diːs(ə)n(t)sɪ]сущ.1) благопристойность, приличие; вежливость, любезностьHe didn't even have the decency to apologize. — Он даже не потрудился извиниться.
If he had to smoke in her flat, he could at least have the decency to empty the ashtray. — Раз уж он курит в её квартире, он мог бы по крайней мере выбросить окурки из пепельницы.
Syn:2) ( the decencies) правила хорошего тонаcommon / basic decencies — общепринятые правила хорошего тона
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decency n1 ( good manners) politesse f ; common decency la simple politesse ; they might have had the decency to thank us ils auraient pu avoir la politesse or la correction de nous remercier ; you can't in all decency ask him to pay tu ne peux décemment pas lui demander de payer ;2 ( morality) he hasn't an ounce of decency il n'a pas le moindre sens moral ;3 ( propriety) convenances fpl ; ( in sexual matters) décence f ; he has no sense of decency il n'a aucun sens des convenances ; for the sake of decency par souci or respect des convenances ; to observe the decencies fml observer or respecter les convenances.
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