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1 sharpens
ОбостряетсяБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > sharpens
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2 sharpens
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3 sharpens
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4 appetence
['æpɪt(ə)n(t)s]сущ.1)а) желание; страстьI have no appetence of ever going back. — У меня нет желания когда-либо вернуться.
б) (сексуальное) влечение (к кому-л.)It only sharpens his appetence for her. — Это лишь обостряет его вожделение по отношению к ней.
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5 strengthen
['streŋθ(ə)n]гл.а) усиливаться; укрепляться; делаться более крепким, сильнымб) усиливать; укреплять; делать более крепкимto strengthen the hand(s) of smb. — поддерживать кого-л.
The opal sharpens and strengthens the sight. — Опал обостряет и укрепляет зрение.
I was strengthened in this decision. — Меня поддержали в этом решении.
The faculties of the mind generally are strengthened by exercise. — Возможности мозга обычно усиливаются благодаря упражнениям.
He loved to strengthen his family by a good alliance. — Он хотел укрепить положение своей семьи с помощью удачного брака.
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6 hyperbole
a stylistic device in which emphasis is achieved through deliberate exaggerationIt does not signify the actual state of affairs in reality, but presents the latter through the emotionally coloured perception and rendering of the speaker.My vegetable love should grow faster than empires. (A.Marvell)
The man was like the Rock of Gibraltar.
Calpurnia was all angles and bones.
I was scared to death when he entered the room. (J.D.Salinger)
Source: V.A.K.••a deliberate overstatement or exaggeration of a feature essential (unlike periphrasis) to the object or phenomenon- is a device which sharpens the reader's ability to make a logical assessment of the utteranceHe was so tall that I was not sure he had a face. (O.Henry)
Source: I.R.G.••заведомое преувеличение, повышающее экспрессивность высказывания и сообщающее ему эмфатичность (I.V.A.)Ant.: understatementSee: lexical SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > hyperbole
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