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61 κακηγορούμενον
κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres part mp masc acc sg (attic epic doric)κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres part mp neut nom /voc /acc sg (attic epic doric) -
62 κακηγορούντων
κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres part act masc /neut gen pl (attic epic doric)κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres imperat act 3rd pl (attic epic doric) -
63 κακηγορώ
κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres subj act 1st sg (attic epic doric)κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres ind act 1st sg (attic epic doric) -
64 κακηγορῶ
κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres subj act 1st sg (attic epic doric)κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres ind act 1st sg (attic epic doric) -
65 κακηγορήσαντα
κακηγορέωspeak ill of: aor part act neut nom /voc /acc plκακηγορέωspeak ill of: aor part act masc acc sg -
66 κακηγόρει
κακηγορέωspeak ill of: pres imperat act 2nd sg (attic epic)κακηγορέωspeak ill of: imperf ind act 3rd sg (attic epic) -
67 voisin
voisin, e [vwazɛ̃, in]1. adjective• les maisons/rues voisines the neighbouring houses/streetsb. ( = semblable) [idées, espèces] connected2. masculine noun, feminine noun• les voisins du dessus/dessous the people above/below• qui est ta voisine cette année ? (en classe) who is sitting next to you this year?* * *
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voisine vwazɛ̃, in adjectif1) ( de voisinage) [maison, ville] neighbouring [BrE] (épith), nearby; [rue, pays] neighbouring [BrE] (épith); ( proche) [forêt, lac, hôpital] nearby; ( d'à côté) [pièce, table, maison] next (de to)dans la maison voisine — in the house next door; fig [date, résultat, pourcentage] close (de to)
2) ( similaire) [sentiments, idées] similar; [espèces] (closely) relatedvoisin de — [théorie, idée] akin to; [espèce] related to
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nom masculin, féminin neighbour [BrE]mon voisin de table — the man ou person next to me at table
dire du mal du voisin — fig to speak ill of others
* * *vwazɛ̃, in voisin, -e1. adj1) (= proche) (pays) neighbouring Grande-Bretagne neighboring USA2) (= contigu) next3) (= ressemblant) similar2. nm/f1) (personne qui habite à côté) neighbour Grande-Bretagne neighbor USA2) [table, dortoir] neighbour Grande-Bretagne neighbor USA* * *A adj1 ( de voisinage) [maison, rue, pays, ville] neighbouringGB ( épith), nearby; ( proche) [forêt, lac, hôpital] nearby; ( d'à côté) [pièce, table, maison] next (de to); dans une rue/ville voisine in a neighbouringGB street/town; dans la/une forêt voisine in the/a nearby forest; à la table voisine at the next table; dans la maison voisine in the house next door; fig [date, résultat, pourcentage] close (de to); les régions voisines de la Manche the regions bordering the English Channel; entretenir de bonnes relations avec les pays voisins to maintain good relations with neighbouringGB countries;2 ( similaire) [sentiments, idées] similar; [espèces] (closely) related; voisin de [théorie, idée] akin to; [espèce] related to.B nm,f neighbourGB; les voisins d'à côté the next door neighboursGB, the people next door; les voisins d'en face the people who live opposite; les voisins de dessus/dessous the people who live upstairs/downstairs; ma voisine de palier the woman across the landing; mon voisin de table the man ou person next to me at table; mon voisin de droite ( à table etc) the man ou person (sitting) on my right; ‘on ne copie pas sur son voisin’ you mustn't copy from the person next to you; avoir un dangereux voisin à sa frontière to have a dangerous neighbourGB on one's doorstep; venir en voisin lit to drop in ou by; fig to make an informal visit; dire du mal du voisin fig to speak ill of others.[qui est à proximité] neighbouringnos jardins sont voisins our gardens are next to each other, we've got adjoining gardensles pays voisins de l'équateur/de notre territoire the countries near the equator/bordering on our territoryun prix voisin du million a price approaching ou around one million2. [dans le temps]a. [antérieur à] preceding, beforeb. [postérieur à] after, followingc. [autour de] around3. [similaire - idées, langues] similar ; [ - espèces] closely relateddes pratiques voisines du charlatanisme practices akin to ou bordering on quackery————————, voisine [vwazɛ̃, in] nom masculin, nom féminin1. [habitant à côté] neighbourmes voisins du dessus/dessous the people upstairs/downstairs from me2. [placé à côté] neighbourmon voisin de table the person next to me ou my neighbour at table3. [autrui]le voisin the next man, one's fellow (man) -
68 злословя
злословя срещу slander, calumniate, vilify, backbite, malign; speak ill/evil ofзлословя по адрес на backbite* * *злосло̀вя,гл., мин. св. деят. прич. злосло̀вил: \злословя срещу slander, calumniate, vilify, traduce, backbite, slur, defame, malign; speak ill/evil of.* * *detract; vilify (по нечий адрес); vituperate -
69 LASTA
I) (að), v. to blame, speak ill of.* * *að, [Germ. lästern], to blame, vituperate, speak ill of; löstuðu þat flestir, Eg. 196; mun sjálft lofa sik ef vel er, enda mun sjálft lasta sik ef ílla er, Nj. 176; Þorfinnr jarl kom þá at ok lastaði ekki verkit, Orkn. 114; lýta ok lasta, Stj. 135, Greg. 49; lasta Guð, to blaspheme, Fb. i. 287. -
70 panno
m pezzo di stoffa clothpanni pl clothesse fossi nei tuoi panni if I were in your shoes* * *panno s.m.1 ( pezzo di tessuto) cloth: panno di lana, woollen cloth; panno per i piatti, dishcloth; panno per pulire le scarpe, shoecloth // bianco come un panno lavato, (fig.) as white as a sheet2 pl. ( abiti) clothes: panni leggeri, vecchi, nuovi, light, old, new clothes; mettere i panni in bucato, to put the dirty clothes in the wash // essere, mettersi nei panni di qlcu., to be, to put oneself in s.o.'s shoes (o place): mettiti nei miei panni e dimmi che faresti!, put yourself in my shoes (o place) and tell me what you'd do! // non stare più nei propri panni dalla gioia, (fig.) to be beside oneself with joy (o to be overjoyed) // tagliare i panni addosso a qlcu., to pull s.o. to pieces // i panni sporchi si lavano in famiglia, (prov.) don't wash your dirty linen in public* * *['panno] 1.sostantivo maschile1) (tessuto) cloth2) (pezzo di stoffa) cloth2.••mettersi, essere nei -i di qcn. — to put oneself, to be in sb.'s shoes
tagliare i -i addosso a qcn. — to speak ill of sb., to dish the dirt on sb
* * *panno/'panno/I sostantivo m.1 (tessuto) cloth; cappotto di panno wool coat2 (pezzo di stoffa) clothII panni m.pl.(biancheria) linen sing.; (vestiti) clothesmettersi, essere nei -i di qcn. to put oneself, to be in sb.'s shoes; i -i sporchi si lavano in famiglia don't wash your dirty linen in public; tagliare i -i addosso a qcn. to speak ill of sb., to dish the dirt on sb. -
71 parlare male di qcn.
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72 kwaadspreken
1 speak ill/badly ⇒ gossip♦voorbeelden: -
73 дурно
1.1. прил. кратк. см. дурной2. предик. безл.:2. нареч.мне, ему и т. д. дурно — I feel, he feels, etc., bad*; ( в полуобморочном состоянии) I feel, he feels, etc., faint / queer
badly*, bad*, ill*дурно обращаться (с тв.) — treat badly (d.), ill-treat (d.); ill-use (d.)
дурно говорить (о пр.) — speak* ill (of)
дурно вести себя — behave badly*, misbehave, not behave properly
дурно пахнуть — smell* bad*
чувствовать себя дурно — feel* bad* / faint / queer
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74 погано
1) pred. безос. that's bad2) (як ім. - шкільна оцінка) bad mark3) присл. bad(ly), ill, nastilyпогано поводитися (з кимсь, із чимсь) — to ill-use, to ill-treat, to maltreat
погано почувати себе (почуватися) — to feel unwell (bad, out of sorts, poorly); to feel rotten
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75 дурно
I1) кратк. прил. см. дурной2) предик. безл.II нареч.мне [ему́] ду́рно — I feel [he feels] bad; ( в полуобморочном состоянии) I feel [he feels] faint
badly, bad, illду́рно обраща́ться (с тв.) — treat (d) badly, ill-treat (d); ill-use (d)
ду́рно говори́ть (о пр.) — speak ill (of)
ду́рно воспи́танный — ill-bred
ду́рно вести́ себя́ — behave badly, misbehave, not behave properly
ду́рно па́хнуть — smell bad
чу́вствовать себя́ ду́рно — feel bad / faint
он ду́рно ко́нчит — he will come to a bad end
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76 male
['male]1. avv1) (in modo insoddisfacente) badly, (in modo errato) badly, wronglyscrivere/comportarsi male — to write/behave badly
rispondere male — (in modo errato) to answer wrongly o incorrectly, (in modo sgarbato) to answer back
parlar male di qn — to speak ill of sb, say bad things about sb
2)sentirsi/star male — (di salute) to feel/be ill
3)gli è andata male di nuovo — he failed againrestare o rimanere male — (deluso) to be disappointed, (dispiaciuto) to be sorry, (offeso) to be hurt o offended
quell'abito le sta proprio male — that dress just doesn't suit her, that dress looks terrible on her
la vedo male — things look bad (to me), it doesn't look good to me
niente male quel ragazzo — that boy's not bad, that boy's a bit of alright fam
2. sm1) (ciò che è ingiusto, disonesto) evil2) (danno) harmfare del male a qn — to harm o hurt sb
3) (dolore) pain, ache, (malattia) illness, diseasemi fa male una gamba — my leg hurts, I've got a pain in my leg
farsi male — to hurt o.s.
fare (del) male a qn — to hurt o harm sb
avere un brutto male — (euf : cancro) to have cancer
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77 О мертвых или хорошо, или ничего
If you cannot speak well of the dead, keep silent about them, for they cannot speak for themselvesVar.: О мёртвых (покойнике) плохо не говорятCf: Never speak ill of the dead (Am.). Say nothing but good of the ead (Br.). Slander not the dead (Am.). Speak well of the dead (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > О мертвых или хорошо, или ничего
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78 εἶπον
εἶπον (Hom.+) used as 2 aor. of λέγω ‘say’ (B-D-F §101, p. 46); subj. εἴπω, impv. εἶπον; inf. εἰπεῖν, ptc. εἰπών. Somet. takes 1 aor. endings (Meisterhans3-Schw. 184, 6; Schweizer 182; Mayser 331; EpArist index) εἶπα, εἶπας, εἶπαν; impv. εἰπόν Mk 13:4; Lk 22:67; Ac 28:26 (on the accent s. W-S. §6, 7d; Mlt-H. 58. On the other hand, εἶπον acc. to PKatz, TLZ 61, ’36, 284 and B-D-F §81, 1), εἰπάτω, εἴπατε (GrBar 13:2), εἰπάτωσαν; ptc. εἴπας Ac 7:37, fem. εἴπασα J 11:28 v.l.; Hv 3, 2, 3; 4, 3, 7. Fut. ἐρῶ; pf. εἴρηκα, 3 pl. εἰρήκασιν and εἴρηκαν (Rv 19:3), inf. εἰρηκέναι; plpf. εἰρήκειν. Pass. 1 aor. ἐρρέθην (ἐρρήθην v.l. Ro 9:12, 26; Gal 3:16), ptc. ῥηθείς; pf. εἴρηται, ptc. εἰρημένος (B-D-F §70, 1; 81, 1; 101 p. 46; W-S. §13, 13; Rob. index) ‘say, speak’① to express a thought, opinion, or idea, say, tellⓐ w. direct or indirect obj. or equivalent τὸν λόγον Mt 26:44. ὅσα Lk 12:3. τί vs. 11; a parable tell (Artem. 4, 80 Μενεκράτης εἶπεν ὄνειρον) 19:11; the truth 2 Cor 12:6 and oft. τοῦτο ἀληθές this as someth. true= this truly J 4:18. τί εἴπω; what shall I say? J 12:27. As a rhetor. transition formula (s. also 3 below) τί ἐροῦμεν; what shall we say or conclude? what then? Ro 3:5; 6:1; 7:7; 9:14, 30. λόγον εἴς τινα say someth. against someone Lk 12:10; also κατά τινος Mt 5:11; 12:32. τί τινι say someth. to someone Gal 3:16. ἔχω σοί τι εἰπεῖν I have someth. to say to you (cp. Lucian, Tim. 20) Lk 7:40. τί εἴπω ὑμῖν; what shall I say to you? 1 Cor 11:22. τὶ πρός τινα say someth. to someone (Pla., Prot. 345c; Herodas 2, 84; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 6, 20, 6; Ex 23:13; Jos., Vi. 205) a parable Lk 12:16; speak w. reference to someone Mk 12:12; Lk 20:19. Also πρὸς ταῦτα to this Ro 8:31. τὶ περί τινος say someth. about someone or someth. (X., Vect. 4, 13) J 7:39; 10:41. εἰρήκει περὶ τοῦ θανάτου he had referred to death 11:13. ὑπὲρ (περὶ v.l.) οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον of whom I spoke J 1:30 (introducing dir. speech). W. acc. of pers. ὸ̔ν εἶπον of whom I said vs. 15; cp. ὁ ῥηθείς the one who was mentioned Mt 3:3. εἰπεῖν τινα καλῶς speak well of someone Lk 6:26. κακῶς speak ill of someone Ac 23:5 (Ex 22:27). W. omission of the nearer obj., which is supplied fr. the context Lk 22:67; J 9:27 al. As an answer σὺ εἶπας sc. αὐτό you have said it is evasive or even a denial (as schol. on Pla. 112e Socrates says: σὺ ταῦτα εἶπες, οὐκ ἐγώ. S. also the refusal to give a clearly affirmative answer in Const. Apost. 15, 14, 4 οὐκ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος ‘ναί’, ἀλλʼ ὅτι ‘σὺ εἶπας’.—λέγω 2e end) Mt 26:25, 64.—W. indication of the pers., to whom someth. is said: in the dat. Mt 5:22; 8:10, 13, 19, 21 and oft. τινὶ περί τινος tell someone about someth. 17:13; J 18:34. Also πρός τινα for the dat. (Lucian, Dial. Mort. 1; Jos., Ant. 11, 210) Mk 12:7; Lk 1:13, 34, 61 and very oft. (w. acc. εἶπον τὸν ἄγγελον GrBar 6:3; 10:7).ⓑ w. direct discourse foll.: Mt 2:8; 9:22; 12:24, 49; 14:29; 15:16, 32; 17:17 and very oft. οὐδὲ ἐροῦσιν= nor will they be able to say Lk 17:21 (cp. Herodas 4, 73 οὐδʼ ἐρεῖς, with direct discourse foll. as in Lk); of someth. said in the past J 14:28.—As a formula introducing an objection (Diod S 13, 21, 5 ἐροῦσί τινες ἴσως; Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 47 ἴσως οὖν ἐρεῖ τις) ἀλλὰ ἐρεῖ τις (X., Cyr. 4, 3, 10; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 16 §59 ἀλλὰ … ἐρεῖ τις; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 9, 16 p. 98, 1; 5 Lag.) 1 Cor 15:35; Js 2:18 (on various views, DVerseput, NTS 43, ’97, 108 n. 22). ἐρεῖς οὖν Ro 11:19; w. μοι added 9:19. πρὸς ἡμᾶς Ac 21:13 D. Inserted τίς οὖν αὐτῶν, εἰπέ, πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν; which one, tell me, will love him more? Lk 7:42 v.l.ⓒ w. ὅτι foll. (Diod S 12, 16, 5; 12, 74, 3; Jos., Vi. 205) Mt 28:7, 13; J 7:42; 8:55; 16:15; 1J 1:6, 8, 10; 1 Cor 1:15; 14:23 al.ⓓ w. acc. and inf. foll. Ro 4:1 (text uncertain).ⓔ regularly used w. quotations: Tit 1:12; usually fr. the OT ἐρρέθη Ro 9:12; καθὼς εἴρηκεν Hb 4:3. τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Mt 1:22. ὑπὸ τ. θεοῦ 22:31. διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Ac 2:16; cp. Mt 2:17, 23; 4:14; 8:17; 12:17; 13:35; 24:15 (Just., D. 27, 1 διὰ … Ἠσαίου οὕτως εἴρηται) al. τὸ εἰρημένον what is written Lk 2:24; Ac 13:40; Ro 4:18.—EHowind, De ratione citandi in Ciceronis Plutarchi Senecae Novi Testamenti scriptis obvia, diss. Marburg 1921.ⓕ with questions w. direct discourse foll. (Epict. 3, 23, 18a=ask; Zech 1:9a) Mt 9:4; 17:19, 24; 18:21; 20:32; 26:15 al. W. dat. of pers. Mt 13:10, 27.ⓖ w. adv. modifier ὁμοίως Mt 26:35. ὡσαύτως 21:30; or an adv. expr. ἐν παραβολαῖς in parables= parabolically 22:1. διὰ παραβολῆς using a parable Lk 8:4. W. καθὼς of someth. said in the past (Jos., Ant. 8, 273 καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ προφήτης; cp. Dt 1:21; 19:8; Is 41:22 τὰ ἐπερχόμενα εἴπατε ἡμῖν) Mt 28:6; Mk 14:16; Lk 22:13; cp. J 16:4. εἰπὲ λόγῳ say the word Lk 7:7; Mt 8:8. διὰ φωνῆς πνεύματος ἁγίου through the voice of the Holy Spirit AcPl Ha 11, 5.② to answer a question, answer, reply (Ps.-Pla., De Virt. 2, 376d οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν=I cannot answer that; Ps.-Pla., Eryx. 21 p. 401D ἔχειν εἰπεῖν=be able to answer) Mt 15:34; 16:14; 26:18 al. On its use w. ἀποκρίνεσθαι, freq. in narrative to denote transition, s. ἀποκρ. 2. Also without a preceding question in conversation Mt 14:18; 15:27; Mk 9:39; Lk 1:38 and oft.③ to reach a conclusion by reasoning, conclude, as in the transitional formula τί ἐροῦμεν; what conclusion are we to draw? Ro 3:5; 6:1; 9:14, 30; on Ro 4:1 s. FDanker, in Gingrich Festschr. ’72, 103f. S. also 1a.④ to apply a name or term to someone, call w. double acc. (Maximus Tyr. 14, 5c κόλακα τὸν Ὀδυσσέα; Diog. L. 6, 40 Diogenes the Cynic is called a ‘dog’; SibOr 4, 140) ἐκείνους εἶπεν θεούς J 10:35. ὑμᾶς εἴρηκα φίλους 15:15 (cp. Od. 19, 334; X., Apol. 15; Lucian, Tim. 20).⑤ to give instructions or orders, tell, order (Ex 19:8b; 2 Ch 24:8; w. inf. foll.: Ex 35:1b; Wsd 9:8; Epict. 1, 14, 3 ὅταν [ὁ θεὸς] εἴπῃ τοῖς φυτοῖς ἀνθεῖν, ἀνθεῖ; Aberciusins. 17) εἶπεν δοθῆναι αὐτῇ φαγεῖν he ordered that she be given someth. to eat Mk 5:43. εἶπεν καὶ ταῦτα παρατιθέναι he told them to place this also before (the people) 8:7. W. ἵνα foll. Mt 4:3; Mk 9:18; Lk 4:3.⑥ to tell oneself someth., think. Corresp. to אָמַר בְּלִבּוֹ the expr. εἰπεῖν ἐν ἑαυτῷ (Esth 6:6; Tob 4:2 BA; S has ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ) means say to oneself or quietly, think (to oneself) Mt 9:3; Lk 7:39; 16:3; 18:4; also ἐν τῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ (Dt 8:17; 9:4; Ps 9:27; 13:1; s. above) Lk 12:45; Ro 10:6.—In mss. and edd. εἶπον freq. interchanges w. λαλέω, λέγω, φημί, and is v.l. in Mt 19:18; Mk 6:16; Lk 19:30; J 7:45, 50; 9:10; 13:24; Ac 23:7.—B. 1253f. DELG s.v. ἔπος 2. Frisk s.v. εἶπον and ἔπος. M-M. TW. Also s. λέγω. -
79 καταλαλέω
καταλαλέω fut. 3 pl. καταλαλήσουσιν Mi 3:7; 1 aor. κατελάλησα LXX (s. two next entries and λαλέω; Aristoph.+; Polyb.; Stoic. III 237, 6 al.; SIG 593, 6 [II B.C.]; PHib 151 [c. 250 B.C.]; LXX, En; TestAbr B 12 p. 116, 20 [Stone p. 80]; Test12Patr; Philo [only in connection w. the OT: Leg. All. 2, 66f=Num 12:8 and Leg. All. 2, 78=Num 21:7]) speak ill of, speak degradingly of, speak evil of, defame, slander τινός someone (Ps 77:19 τοῦ θεοῦ; 100:5 τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ; TestIss 3:4, Gad 5:4; cp. Diod S 11, 44, 6; τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δόξης Theoph. Ant. 3, 30 [p. 268, 28]) Js 4:11ab; 2 Cl 4:3; Hm 2:2a. ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν 1 Pt 2:12 (cp. SIG loc. cit. ἵνα μηδʼ ἐν τούτοις ἔχωσιν ἡμᾶς καταλαλεῖν οἱ …). Also κατά τινος (so mostly LXX, En) 1 Cl 35:8 (Ps 49:20). Pass. 1 Pt 3:16.—Fig. (Ps.-Lucian, As. 12 τοῦ λύχνου) νόμου speak against the law Js 4:11c.—Abs. ὁ καταλαλῶν one who speaks evil Hm 2:2 (three times).—M-M. TW. -
80 परिवद्
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