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1 малое прекрасно
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2 горностаевые моли
1) Biology: beautiful mining moth (Yponomeutidae), ermel (Yponomeutidae), ermine moth (Yponomeutidae), small ermine moths (Yponomeutidae), small ermines (Yponomeutidae)2) Entomology: Hyponomeutidae, Yponomeutidae, beautiful mining moths (лат. Hyponomeutidae, Yponomeutidae), ermels (лат. Hyponomeutidae, Yponomeutidae), ermine moths (лат. Hyponomeutidae, Yponomeutidae), small ermine moths (лат. Hyponomeutidae, Yponomeutidae), small ermines (лат. Hyponomeutidae, Yponomeutidae) -
3 мал золотник, да дорог
Set phrase: a little body often harbours a great soul (said about people or things that are not big, not tall, not large, but are beautiful, have lots of merits, excellent qualities, and are as good as big), a little body often harbours a great soul (дословно: в маленьком теле часто таится великая душа), an inch is as good as an ell, little bodies may have great souls, little is the light will be seen far in a mirk night, little pigeons can carry great messages, small rain lays great dust, small rain lays great dust (дословно: Небольшой дождь густую пыль прибивает), small rain will lay great dustУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мал золотник, да дорог
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4 мал
кратк. прил.1) см. малый2) (дт.; недостаточный по размеру) too little (for), too small (for)э́ти боти́нки мне малы́ — these shoes are too small for me
••мал да уда́л — one doesn't have to be big to be efficient; ≈ small is [can be] beautiful
мал золотни́к, да до́рог погов. — ≈ little bodies may have great souls
мал мала́ ме́ньше — one smaller than the other
от мала до вели́ка — young and old alike
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HE ПЕРВОЙ МОЛОДОСТИ NP gen Invar subj compl with copula (subj: human or nonagreeing postmodif fixed WOmiddle-aged, not youngnot (no longer) in one's first youthnot (no longer) (so) very young past one's prime getting on in years.Улыбка у неё открытая, обольстительная... красивая улыбка. Губы красивые. И женщина пикантная, пухленькая, лицо румяное, хотя не первой молодости (Трифонов 6). Her smile is open, alluring... A beautiful smile. Beautiful lips. A tasty morsel of a woman, chubby, a rosy complexion, though not in her first youth (6a).Дубков был маленький жилистый брюнет, уже не первой молодости... (Толстой 2). Dubkov was a small sinewy fellow with a dark complexion, he was no longer so very young... (2b). -
6 не первой молодости
[NPgen; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or nonagreeing postmodif; fixed WO]=====⇒ middle-aged, not young:- not < no longer> in one's first youth;- not < no longer> (so) very young;- getting on in years.♦ Улыбка у нее открытая, обольстительная... красивая улыбка. Губы красивые. И женщина пикантная, пухленькая, лицо румяное, хотя не первой молодости (Трифонов 6). Her smile is open, alluring... A beautiful smile. Beautiful lips. A tasty morsel of a woman; chubby, a rosy complexion, though not in her first youth (6a).♦ Дубков был маленький жилистый брюнет, уже не первой молодости... (Толстой 2). Dubkov was a small sinewy fellow with a dark complexion; he was no longer so very young... (2b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не первой молодости
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7 горностаевые моли
1) ermel4) ermine moth -
8 моли горностаевые
1. LAT Yponomeutidae [Hyponomeutidae]2. RUS горностаевые моли3. ENG small ermines, ermels, beautiful mining moths, (small) ermine moths4. DEU Gespinstmotten5. FRA hyponomeutidésDICTIONARY OF ANIMAL NAMES IN FIVE LANGUAGES > моли горностаевые
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9 моли горностаевые
1. LAT Yponomeutidae [Hyponomeutidae]2. RUS горностаевые моли3. ENG small ermines, ermels, beautiful mining moths, (small) ermine moths4. DEU Gespinstmotten5. FRA hyponomeutidésVOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE > моли горностаевые
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1. LAT Yponomeutidae [Hyponomeutidae]2. RUS горностаевые моли3. ENG small ermines, ermels, beautiful mining moths, (small) ermine moths4. DEU Gespinstmotten5. FRA hyponomeutidés -
11 у него прекрасный мелкий почерк
General subject: he has a beautiful small handУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у него прекрасный мелкий почерк
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К ЛИЦУ кому PrepP Invar1. ( subj-compl with copula ( subj: a noun denoting an item of clothing, a hairdo, jewelry, a facial expression etc) or advoften neg) sth. befits s.o., makes him look more attractiveX Y-y не к лицу = X doesn't suitX doesn't look good on Y X doesn't flatter YII одет(ый) к лицу - becomingly (attractively) dressed. "(Я) делаю ей походя комплимент: „Валентина Михайловна, какой на вас прекрасный жакет... Прекрасный, - повторяю, - жакет, и очень вам к лицу"» (Войнович 4). "(I) paid her an offhanded compliment- 'Valentina Mikhailovna, what a pretty jacket you're wearing....It's beautiful and it suits you very well'" (4a).О молодость! молодость!.. Ты как будто бы обладаешь всеми сокровищами вселенной, даже грусть тебя тешит, даже печаль тебе к лицу... (Тургенев 3). Oh youth, youth!... You seem to own all the treasures of the world, even sorrow amuses you, even grief becomes you... (3a)....Сама Анна Дмитриевна была игрушечка - маленькая, худенькая, с свежим цветом лица, с хорошенькими маленькими ручками, всегда весёлая и всегда к лицу одетая (Толстой 2)....Anna Dmitrievna herself was a pretty toy, small, thin, with a fresh complexion and pretty little hands, always gay and always becomingly dressed (2a).2. ( subj-compl with быть0 ( subj: abstr or infin)usu. neg) sth. is suitable, right for s.o., befits s.o. 's positionX (делать X) Y-y не к лицу - X (doing X) does not become (suit) Yit is not fitting (becoming) for Y to do X it is unseemly for Y to do X X ill becomes Y.(Саша:) Пора уже тебе оставить выпивку и скандалы. Предоставь это тем здоровилам... Они молодые, а тебе всё-таки, старику, не к лицу, право... (Чехов 1). (S.:)...It's time you gave up drinking and making scenes. Leave it to these hearty types. They're young, and it really doesn't suit an old man like you (1b).Восьмой (член правления), академик и герой труда, решил, что ему участвовать в этой склоке совсем не к лицу... (Войнович 3). The eighth (member of the board), an academician and Hero of Labor, decided that for him to participate in this squabble was not at all becoming... (3a).Вчера вы изволили фокусы делать...» -«Я? - воскликнул в изумлении маг. — Помилосердствуйте. Мне это даже как-то не к лицу!» (Булгаков 9). The other day, if you don't mind, it was your pleasure to perform some tricks..." "Tricks?" the magician exclaimed with astonishment. "Surely, you don't mean it! Such things would ill become me!" (9a). -
13 Я-5
ЯБЛОКО РАЗДОРА между кем-чем lit NP\ sing only fixed WOthe cause of a quarrel, argument, serious disagreementapple of discordbone of contention.Маленький островок, лежавший посредине пограничной реки, долгие годы был яблоком раздора между двумя государствами. A small island in the middle of a river that divided two countries was a bone of contention between those governments for many years.From the Greek myth of a golden apple inscribed ufor the most beautiful," which caused a dispute among Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera, each of whom claimed the apple for herself. -
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[PrepP; Invar]=====1. [subj-compl with copula (subj: a noun denoting an item of clothing, a hairdo, jewelry, a facial expression etc) or adv; often neg]⇒ sth. befits s.o., makes him look more attractive:♦ "[ Я] делаю ей походя комплимент: "Валентина Михайловна, какой на вас прекрасный жакет... Прекрасный, - повторяю, - жакет, и очень вам к лицу"" (Войнович 4). " paid her an offhanded compliment-'Valentina Mikhailovna, what a pretty jacket you're wearing....It's beautiful and it suits you very well'" (4a).♦ О молодость! молодость!.. Ты как будто бы обладаешь всеми сокровищами вселенной, даже грусть тебя тешит, даже печаль тебе к лицу... (Тургенев 3). Oh youth, youth!... You seem to own all the treasures of the world; even sorrow amuses you, even grief becomes you... (3a).♦...Сама Анна Дмитриевна была игрушечка - маленькая, худенькая, с свежим цветом лица, с хорошенькими маленькими ручками, всегда весёлая и всегда к лицу одетая (Толстой 2)....Anna Dmitrievna herself was a pretty toy, small, thin, with a fresh complexion and pretty little hands, always gay and always becomingly dressed (2a).2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: abstr or infin; usu. neg]⇒ sth. is suitable, right for s.o., befits s.o.'s position:- it is not fitting < becoming> for Y to do X;- X ill becomes Y.♦ [Саша:] Пора уже тебе оставить выпивку и скандалы. Предоставь это тем здоровилам... Они молодые, а тебе всё-таки, старику, не к лицу, право... (Чехов 1). [S.:]... It's time you gave up drinking and making scenes. Leave it to these hearty types. They're young, and it really doesn't suit an old man like you (1b).♦ Восьмой [член правления], академик и герой труда, решил, что ему участвовать в этой склоке совсем не к лицу... (Войнович 3). The eighth [member of the board], an academician and Hero of Labor, decided that for him to participate in this squabble was not at all becoming... (3a).♦ "Вчера вы изволили фокусы делать..." - " Я? - воскликнул в изумлении маг. - Помилосердствуйте. Мне это даже как-то не к лицу!" (Булгаков 9). "The other day, if you don't mind, it was your pleasure to perform some tricks..." "TYicks?" the magician exclaimed with astonishment. "Surely, you don't mean it! Such things would ill become me!" (9a). -
15 яблоко раздора
[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ the cause of a quarrel, argument, serious disagreement:- bone of contention.♦ Маленький островок, лежавший посредине пограничной реки, долгие годы был яблоком раздора между двумя государствами. A small island in the middle of a river that divided two countries was a bone of contention between those governments for many years.—————← From the Greek myth of a golden apple inscribed "for the most beautiful," which caused a dispute among Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera, each of whom claimed the apple for herself.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > яблоко раздора
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