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1 (the) candle was sputtering
свеча горела, потрескиваяEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) candle was sputtering
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ˈkændl
1. сущ.
1) свеча to dip candles ≈ потушить свечи to light a candle ≈ зажечь свечи to blow out, extinguish, snuff out a candle ≈ задуть свечи the candle was burning ≈ свеча горела the candle was sputtering ≈ свеча горела, потрескивая wax candle ≈ восковые свечи the flame of a candle ≈ пламя свечи
2) физ. международная свеча (единица силы света) Syn: candela
3) газовая горелка ∙ to hold a candle to the devil ≈ свернуть с пути истинного;
потворствовать, содействовать заведомо дурному
2. гл. просвечивать, проверять на свет( что-л.) It was an old post-office where clerks candled the letters. ≈ Это была почта старого образца, где клерки проверяли письма на свет. свеча, свечка - wax * восковая свеча - * grease свечное сало( физическое) международная свеча газовая горелка( военное) дымовая свеча (военное) пиротехническая свеча (военное) светящаяся авиационная бомба( военное) осветительная мина > cannot /is not fit to/ hold a * не выдерживает сравнения с;
в подметки не годится > to hold a * to smb. помогать кому-л.;
играть подчиненную роль > to hold a * to the devil свернуть с пути истинного;
потворствовать дурному /злу/, содействовать преступлению > to burn the * at both ends прожигать жизнь;
беззрассудно расстрачивать силы /здоровье/ > the game is not worth the * игра не стоит свеч( специальное) миражировать, проверять просвечиванием (яйца и т. п.) candle газовая горелка ~ международная свеча (единица силы света) ~ проверять свежесть яиц на свет ~ свеча not fit to hold a ~ to, cannot hold (или show) a ~ to = в подметки не годиться( кому-л.) to hold a ~ to the devil свернуть с пути истинного;
потворствовать, содействовать заведомо дурному not fit to hold a ~ to, cannot hold (или show) a ~ to = в подметки не годиться( кому-л.) rush ~ = rushlight rush ~ = rushlight rushlight: rushlight свеча с фитилем из сердцевины ситника ~ слабый свет;
слабый проблеск( разума и т. п.) -
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['kændl] 1. сущ.1) свечаto blow out / extinguish / snuff out a candle — задуть свечу
the candle was sputtering — свеча горела, потрескивая
2) физ. международная свеча ( единица силы света)Syn:••2. гл.просвечивать, проверять на свет (что-л.)It was an old post-office where clerks candled the letters. — Это была почта старого образца, где клерки проверяли письма на свет.
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['kændl]n- flame of a candle
- by the light of a candle
- light a candle
- dip candles- candle was burning- candle was sputtering
- The game is worth the candle
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