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121 шутки шутками
• ШУТКИ ШУТКАМИ < ШУТКА ШУТКОЙ>, а <но>... coll[these forms only; usu. a clause in a compound sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ (used to introduce a response to, or as a rejoinder for, an exaggerated, humorous, or nonserious statement) speaking seriously, without exaggeration:- it's all very well to joke, but...♦ "Канцлер на меня сердится, - сказал прокурор. - Мне это чертовски неприятно". - "Хорошо, - сказал Странник. - Я ему это передам". - "Шутки шутками, - сказал прокурор, - а если бы ты замолвил словечко..." (Стругацкие 2). "Chancellor is angry with me," said the prosecutor. "It's damned unpleasant for me." "All right, I'll tell him that." "Joking aside, if you could put in a word for me..." (2a).♦ [Чебутыкин:] Соленый воображает, что он Лермонтов, и даже стихи пишет. Вот шутки шутками, а уж у него третья дуэль (Чехов 5). [Ch.:] Solyony imagines he's a second Lermontov. He even writes poetry. Joking apart, though, it's his third duel (5b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > шутки шутками
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122 exaggerate
iɡ'zæ‹əreit1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) exagerar2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) exagerar•exaggerate vb exagerartr[ɪg'zæʤəreɪt]1 exagerar1 exagerar■ come on! don't exaggerate! ¡venga ya! ¡no exageres!v.• exagerar v.ɪg'zædʒəreɪtintransitiveansitive verb exagerar[ɪɡ'zædʒǝreɪt]1.VT exagerar2.VI exagerar* * *[ɪg'zædʒəreɪt]intransitive/transitive verb exagerar -
123 slight
1) (small; not great; not serious or severe: a slight breeze; We have a slight problem.) pequeño, ligero2) ((of a person) slim and delicate-looking: It seemed too heavy a load for such a slight woman.) delicado•- slighting
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slight adj ligero / pequeñotr[slaɪt]1 (small in degree) pequeño,-a, ligero,-a; (not serious, unimportant) leve, insignificante1 (affront) desaire nombre masculino, desprecio1 (scorn) despreciar, menospreciar2 (snub, insult) desairar, ofender, insultar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLnot in the slightest en absolutoslight ['slaɪt] vt: desairar, despreciarslight adj1) slender: esbelto, delgado2) flimsy: endeble3) trifling: leve, insignificantea slight pain: un leve dolor4) small: pequeño, ligeronot in the slightest: en absolutoslight nsnub: desaire madj.• baladí adj.• corto, -a adj.• delgado, -a adj.• desaire adj.• insignificante adj.• leve adj.• ligero, -a adj.• menudo, -a adj.• sencillo, -a adj.n.• desaire s.m.• desatención s.f.• descuerno s.m.• feo s.m.v.• desairar v.• desatender v.• despreciar v.• menospreciar v.
I slaɪtadjective -er, -est1)a) <improvement/accent> ligero, levehe gets upset at the slightest thing — se molesta por la menor tontería or por cualquier nimiedad
I haven't the slightest idea — no tengo (ni) la menor or (ni) la más remota idea
do you mind? - not in the slightest — ¿te importa? - en absoluto or para nada
he's not the slightest bit interested — no le interesa en lo más mínimo or en absoluto
b) ( minimal) escaso2) ( slim) delgado, menudo
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transitive verb (frml)a) (offend, ignore) desairar, hacerle* un desaire or un desprecio ab) ( belittle) \<\<work/contribution\>\> hablar con desdén de
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noun (frml) desaire m, desprecio m[slaɪt]1. ADJ(compar slighter) (superl slightest)1) (=small, minor)a) [difference, change, increase, improvement] ligero, pequeño; [injury, problem, exaggeration] pequeño; [accent, movement] ligero; [breeze] suave; [smile, pain] leveafter a slight hesitation, he agreed — después de vacilar ligeramente, accedió
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to have a slight cold — tener un pequeño resfriado, estar un poco resfriadob)• the slightest: it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference — no importa en lo más mínimo
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not in the slightest — en absoluto2) (=slim) [figure, person] delgado, menudo2.N frm desaire m3.he felt that he had been slighted — sintió que le habían desairado, sintió que le habían hecho un desaire
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I [slaɪt]adjective -er, -est1)a) <improvement/accent> ligero, levehe gets upset at the slightest thing — se molesta por la menor tontería or por cualquier nimiedad
I haven't the slightest idea — no tengo (ni) la menor or (ni) la más remota idea
do you mind? - not in the slightest — ¿te importa? - en absoluto or para nada
he's not the slightest bit interested — no le interesa en lo más mínimo or en absoluto
b) ( minimal) escaso2) ( slim) delgado, menudo
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transitive verb (frml)a) (offend, ignore) desairar, hacerle* un desaire or un desprecio ab) ( belittle) \<\<work/contribution\>\> hablar con desdén de
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124 exaggerate
iɡ'zæ‹əreit1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) overdrive2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) overdrive•overdriveverb \/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt\/, \/eɡˈzædʒəreɪt\/overdrive -
125 gross
ɡrəus 1. adjective1) (very bad: gross errors/indecency.) grov, krass2) (vulgar: gross behaviour/language.) simpel, grov, ufin3) (too fat: a large, gross woman.) fet, tykk4) (total: The gross weight of a parcel is the total weight of the contents, the box, the wrapping etc.) total-, brutto2. noun(the total amount (of several things added together).) brutto-/totalsum- grosslyinntekt--------klar--------plump--------ren--------svær--------tykkIsubst. \/ɡrəʊs\/1) gross (12 dusin)2) ( gammeldags) hovedmasse, hovedstyrkeby (the) gross ( overført) i hopetallgreat gross stort gross, tolv gross, 12 x 12 dusinin (the) gross ( handel) i en gross, i parti, i store partier stort sett, i sin helhetIIverb \/ɡrəʊs\/ha en bruttoinntekt på, tjene bruttogross somebody out (amer., slang) vemmes over, gjøre kvalm, bli kvalm av, føle vemmelse forIIIadj. \/ɡrəʊs\/1) grov, simpel, rå, ufin, vulgær2) grov, utilgivelig, krass• I was surprised at her gross exaggeration when trying to explain what happenedparlamentsmedlemmets gode resultater var et eksempel på krass materialisme• years later Tim discovered that his money had disappeared into the pockets of a gross impostor3) ( slang) ekkel, kvalm, snuskete, slibrig4) frodig, tett5) fet, satt, oppsvulmet, tykk• a gross, corpulent manen oppsvulmet, fet mann6) brutto-, totaltotalvekt \/ bruttovekt7) ( om sanser) sløv -
126 aldatıcı
adj. deceptive, fake, tricky, trickish, illusory, illusive, baffling, beguiling, catchy, colorable, colored, coloured [Brit.], delusive, devious, dishonest, double-dealing, elusory, fallacious, googly, indirect, specious, treacherous, tricksy--------n. hype, exaggeration, embellishment, marketing message that exaggerates its description of the facts and embellishes the truth, dishonest scheme* * *1. deceptive 2. delusive 3. fallacious 4. illusive 5. illusory -
127 exaggerate
[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) ÿkja; draga fram2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) ÿkja• -
128 exaggerate
eltúloz, felnagyít* * *[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) (fel)nagyít2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) (el)túloz•
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