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Религия: дикий, (A member of a Germanic people who lived in the area south of the Baltic between the Vistula and the Oder, overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, and in 455 sacked Rome) вандал, (Of or relating to Vandals) вандальский -
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['fɪdl] 1. сущ.1) разг. скрипкаSyn:2) шотл. скрипачSyn:3) мор. сетка, ограждающие планки ( предотвращает падение посуды во время качки)4) разг. мошенничество, надувательствоPolice investigating a $1 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday. — Полиция, расследующая мошенническую сделку со страхованием автомобилей на сумму 1 млн. долларов, арестовала вчера 16 человек.
Syn:swindle 1.5) вздор, чепуха•••to play first fiddle — играть первую скрипку; занимать руководящее положение
2. гл.to play second fiddle — играть вторую скрипку; занимать второстепенное положение
1) = fiddle about / aroundа) разг. вертеть в руках (что-л.), играть (чем-л.)It's so annoying, the way she keeps fiddling about with her hair. — Так неприятно смотреть, как она всё время крутит свои волосы.
б) возиться с (чем-л.)2) разг.; = fiddle with мошенничать, совершать махинацииStop fiddling your expenses accounts. — Перестань подделывать свои отчёты о расходах.
3) амер.; разг. тратить, растрачивать (время, деньги и т. п.)4) разг. пиликать, играть на скрипкеNero fiddled while Rome burned. — Нерон играл на скрипке, в то время как горел Рим.
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