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1 pray
• rukoilla• huutaa• anoa• pyytää• pyytää hartaasti* * *prei1) (to speak reverently to God or a god in order to express thanks, make a request etc: Let us pray; She prayed to God to help her.) rukoilla2) (to hope earnestly: Everybody is praying for rain.) toivoa hartaasti•- prayer -
2 invoke
• noitua• herättää• huutaa avuksi• vedota• manata* * *in'vəuk(to appeal to (some power, eg God, the law etc) for help etc.) vedota, kutsua avuksi -
3 prevail
• olla yleinen• olla voitolla• vallita• voittaa• päästä voitolle• jäädä* * *pri'veil1) ((with over or against) to win or succeed: With God's help we shall prevail over sin and wickedness; Truth must prevail in the end.) voittaa2) (to be most usual or common: This mistaken belief still prevails in some parts of the country.) olla vallalla•- prevalent
- prevalence
- prevail on
- upon
См. также в других словарях:
so help me God — see ↑help, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑god so help me (God) used to stress that a statement is serious and truthful I m going on a diet and, so help me, this time I ll stick to it! • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
so help me God — so help me (God) this is the truth. That was one of the most frightening sights of my life, so help me. You look at me when I m talking to you or, so help me God, I ll hit you. Usage notes: used for very strong emphasis, as in the examples … New idioms dictionary
so help me (God) — used to emphasize that one means what one is saying. → help … English new terms dictionary
so help me God — ► so help me (God) used to emphasize that one means what one is saying. Main Entry: ↑help … English terms dictionary
so help me (God) — so ˈhelp me (God) idiom used to swear that what you are saying is true, especially in a court of law Main entry: ↑helpidiom … Useful english dictionary
help — [help] vt. [ME helpen < OE helpan, akin to Ger helfen < IE base * k̑elb , *k̑elp , to help > early Lith sělbinos, to aid] 1. to make things easier or better for (a person); aid; assist; specif., a) to give (one in need or trouble)… … English World dictionary
help — ► VERB 1) make it easier for (someone) to do something. 2) improve (a situation or problem). 3) (help someone to) serve someone with (food or drink). 4) (help oneself) take something without permission. 5) (can/could not help) cannot or … English terms dictionary
so help me God — I swear, on my life … English contemporary dictionary
so help you God — The words commonly at the end of a common oath … Black's law dictionary
God helps them that help themselves — Cf. AESCHYLUS Fragments 395 φιλεῖ δὲ τῷ κάμνοντι συσπεύδειν θεός, God likes to assist the man who toils; early 15th cent. Fr. aidez uous, Dieu uos aidera, help yourself, God will help you. 1545 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages (ed. 2) 57 Dii… … Proverbs new dictionary
god — /gɒd / (say god) noun 1. a supernatural being or entity which is worshipped, revered, propitiated or entreated according to particular conventions, and is believed to control nature or human destiny, often being associated with a particular… …
