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1. a тонкий, нежный2. a острый, проницательный3. a трудно уловимый, едва различимый4. a таинственный5. a искусный, умелый, ловкий6. a утончённый, изысканный7. a хитрый, коварный; изворотливый8. a действующий исподтишка, незаметно9. a ненасыщенный; негустойСинонимический ряд:1. abstruse (adj.) abstruse; complex; deceptive; elusive; implied; indirect; inferred; insinuated; suggestive2. discriminating (adj.) apt; astute; discriminating; keen; perspicacious; shrewd; skillful; sophisticated3. faint (adj.) faint; filmy; intricate; slender; slight; understated4. fine (adj.) delicate; fine; finespun; hairline; hairsplitting; nice; refined5. logical (adj.) analytic; analytical; logical; ratiocinative6. sly (adj.) artful; crafty; cunning; deep; foxy; full of artifice; guileful; insidious; sly; subdolous; tricky; vulpine; wily7. thin (adj.) attenuate; attenuated; rare; rarefied; subtile; tenuous; thinАнтонимический ряд:blatant; guileless; obvious; undiscerning -
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a тайный; сделанный тайкомСинонимический ряд:1. obscure (adj.) ambiguous; backhanded; indirect; oblique; obscure; sarcastic; unfavourable2. secret (adj.) clandestine; concealed; confidential; covert; hidden; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; mystical; private; secret; sneak; sneaky; stealthy; sub-rosa; unauthorized; undercover; under-the-table3. sly (adj.) furtive; secretive; slyАнтонимический ряд:candid; open -
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1. a хитрый, коварный; ловкий; искусныйas tricky as a monkey — проказливый; хитрый; зловредный
2. a хитрый, коварный, каверзный3. a щекотливый4. a ненадёжный; коварный5. a мудрёный, хитрыйtricky lock — «хитрый» замок; замок с секретом
6. a сложный, запутанный; трудныйСинонимический ряд:1. deceitful (adj.) deceitful; deceptive; misleading2. precarious (adj.) complex; complicated; critical; delicate; difficult; elaborate; intricate; precarious; sensitive; touch-and-go; touchy3. rough (adj.) rough; sticky; tight4. sly (adj.) artful; astute; cagey; crafty; cunning; deep; foxy; guileful; insidious; quick-witted; scheming; slippery; sly; subdolous; subtle; vulpine; wily5. trick (adj.) trick; undependable; unreliable6. unstable (adj.) rocky; ticklish; unstableАнтонимический ряд:candid; forthright; simple -
124 underhanded
a нуждающийся в рабочей силе; неукомплектованныйСинонимический ряд:1. dishonest (adj.) conniving; corrupt; dishonest; false; illegal; mercenary; praetorian; sinister; unethical; venal2. shorthanded (adj.) shorthanded; undermanned; understaffed3. sly (adj.) furtive; secret; secretive; sly; traitorous; unfair; unscrupulous4. underhand (adj.) crooked; deceitful; devious; duplicitous; guileful; indirect; shifty; sneaking; sneaky; treacherous; underhandАнтонимический ряд:forthright; honest -
125 wily
a лукавый, хитрый; коварныйСинонимический ряд:1. calculating (adj.) calculating; contriving; designing2. sharp (adj.) canny; clever; sharp; shifty; slick; slippery3. shrewd (adj.) cagey; crafty; disingenuous; shrewd; tricky4. sly (adj.) artful; astute; crooked; cunning; deceitful; deceptive; deep; foxy; guileful; insidious; scheming; sly; subdolous; subtle; treacherous; vulpineАнтонимический ряд:honest; ingenuous; sincere -
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127 из-за угла
from round the corner;
(attack) from behind( о нападении) ;
underhandedly, on the sly, behind smb.'s back (делать что-л.) загнать/прижать/припереть в угол( кого-л.) ≈ to drive into a cornerБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > из-за угла
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on the sly/side, under cover (делать что-л. секретно) ;
under the counter, on the black market (торговать)Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > из-под полы
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