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  • 1 малейший

    1) General subject: bare, least, slightest, smallest, tiniest little (Tiniest little error can make a lot of difference in this sport. - малейшая ошибка), tiniest, faintest
    3) Emotional: earthly
    4) Emotional: earthian

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > малейший

  • 2 на волос

    I
    • НА ВОЛОС; НА ВОЛОСОК both obs
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [adv or modif; often preceded by хоть]
    ⇒ (even) a little:
    - [in limited contexts](even) by a hairbreadth (a hairs-breadth etc).
         ♦ "...Захочу ли я хоть на волос стеснять твою жизнь, твои привычки?" (Тургенев 2). "...Would I want to interfere, even in the slightest way, with your life, with your habits?" (2d).
         ♦...Штольц не мог уловить у ней на лице и в словах... даже искры чувства, которое хоть бы на волос выходило за границы тёплой, сердечной, но обыкновенной дружбы (Гончаров 1)....Stolz was unable to detect in her face or her words...a spark of feeling which by a hairbreadth exceeded the limits of warm, affectionate, but ordinary friendship (1b).
    2. [adv (intensif); used with negated verbs]
    ⇒ not at all:
    - [in limited contexts] not by (so much as) a hairbreadth.
    II
    • НА ВОЛОСОК <НА ВОЛОСКЕ, НА ВОЛОС obs> от чего
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or collect; prep obj: usu. от смерти, от гибели etc; usu. used with past verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ one is very close (to death, ruin etc) (if used with a past-form verb, refers to danger or trouble that one has managed to avoid):
    - X был на волосок от Y-a ≈ X was within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc, an inch, a whisker) of Y;
    - X was on the verge (of Y).
         ♦ Ужасной была поездка в Москву по вызову Ярославского. Вот когда я была на волосок от самоубийства! (Гинзбург 1). The journey back to Moscow at Yaroslavsky's summons was terrible. I was within a hair's breadth of suicide (1a).
         ♦...Из парадного вынесли Ольгу, покрытую, как покойница, клеймёной больничной простынёй, и... Лёва, враз забыв обо всём, судорожно потянулся к сестре: "Олюшка, как же это ты?"...Но [врач] взял актёра за пуговицу плаша: "Вам, милый, не следует здесь находиться. Вы сами на волосок от этого. Максимум покоя, минимум - эмоций" (Максимов 3)....They carried Olga out of the main door, covered with a stenciled hospital sheet, as though she were dead....Lyova became oblivious of everything else and drifted after his sister, shaking convulsively. "Olga, little sister, what is happening to you?"...[The doctor] took hold of the actor by a button on his raincoat. "You shouldn't be here, my dear man. You're on the verge yourself. Maximum of quiet, minimum of excitement..." (3a).

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  • 3 на волосок

    I
    • НА ВОЛОС; НА ВОЛОСОК both obs
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [adv or modif; often preceded by хоть]
    ⇒ (even) a little:
    - [in limited contexts](even) by a hairbreadth (a hairs-breadth etc).
         ♦ "...Захочу ли я хоть на волос стеснять твою жизнь, твои привычки?" (Тургенев 2). "...Would I want to interfere, even in the slightest way, with your life, with your habits?" (2d).
         ♦...Штольц не мог уловить у ней на лице и в словах... даже искры чувства, которое хоть бы на волос выходило за границы тёплой, сердечной, но обыкновенной дружбы (Гончаров 1)....Stolz was unable to detect in her face or her words...a spark of feeling which by a hairbreadth exceeded the limits of warm, affectionate, but ordinary friendship (1b).
    2. [adv (intensif); used with negated verbs]
    ⇒ not at all:
    - [in limited contexts] not by (so much as) a hairbreadth.
    II
    • НА ВОЛОСОК <НА ВОЛОСКЕ, НА ВОЛОС obs> от чего
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or collect; prep obj: usu. от смерти, от гибели etc; usu. used with past verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ one is very close (to death, ruin etc) (if used with a past-form verb, refers to danger or trouble that one has managed to avoid):
    - X был на волосок от Y-a ≈ X was within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc, an inch, a whisker) of Y;
    - X was on the verge (of Y).
         ♦ Ужасной была поездка в Москву по вызову Ярославского. Вот когда я была на волосок от самоубийства! (Гинзбург 1). The journey back to Moscow at Yaroslavsky's summons was terrible. I was within a hair's breadth of suicide (1a).
         ♦...Из парадного вынесли Ольгу, покрытую, как покойница, клеймёной больничной простынёй, и... Лёва, враз забыв обо всём, судорожно потянулся к сестре: "Олюшка, как же это ты?"...Но [врач] взял актёра за пуговицу плаша: "Вам, милый, не следует здесь находиться. Вы сами на волосок от этого. Максимум покоя, минимум - эмоций" (Максимов 3)....They carried Olga out of the main door, covered with a stenciled hospital sheet, as though she were dead....Lyova became oblivious of everything else and drifted after his sister, shaking convulsively. "Olga, little sister, what is happening to you?"...[The doctor] took hold of the actor by a button on his raincoat. "You shouldn't be here, my dear man. You're on the verge yourself. Maximum of quiet, minimum of excitement..." (3a).

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  • 4 В-236

    НА ВОЛОС НА ВОЛОСОК both obs PrepP these forms only)
    1. ( adv or modif
    often preceded by хоть) (even) a little: (even) the slightest (tiniest) bit (even) in the slightest way (in limited contexts) (even) by a hairbreadth (a hairs-breadth etc).
    "...Захочу ли я хоть на волос стеснять твою жизнь, твои привычки?» (Тургенев 2). "...Would I want to interfere, even in the slightest way, with your life, with your habits?" (2d).
    ...Штольц не мог уловить у ней на лице и в словах... даже искры чувства, которое хоть бы на волос выходило за границы тёплой, сердечной, но обыкновенной дружбы (Гончаров 1)....Stolz was unable to detect in her face or her words...a spark of feeling which by a hairbreadth exceeded the limits of warm, affectionate, but ordinary friendship (1b).
    2. ( adv (intensif)
    used with negated verbs) not at all: not the slightest (tiniest) bit not in the least (the slightest) not a bit (an inch) (in limited contexts) not by (so much as) a hairbreadth.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-236

  • 5 наименьший

    1) General subject: least (превосх. ст. от little), tiniest
    2) Engineering: minimal
    3) Mathematics: smallest
    4) Metallurgy: minimum
    5) Abbreviation: min
    6) Information technology: lowest

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > наименьший

  • 6 на грош

    I
    • НА ГРОШ < НА КОПЕЙКУ> coll
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. на грош чего (у кого, где) [quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: usu. abstr) or quantif of subj/ gen]
    ⇒ s.o. has a very small amount (of some quality - intelligence, ability etc):
    - (hardly) an ounce (a scrap, a shred) (of [NP]);
    - next to no [NP].
         ♦ Таланта у него на грош, а считает себя великим писателем. He has next to no talent, yet considers himself a great writer.
    ⇒ (to do) very little:
    - (do) practically (next to, almost) nothing.
    —————
    II
    • НИ НА ГРОШ; (И) НА ГРОШ; (НИ) НА КОПЕЙКУ all coll; НИ НА (ЛОМАНУЮ) ПОЛЕШКУ obs, coll
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. на грош чего (нет) (у кого, где) [quantit compl with negated copula (subj/ gen: abstr); when variants without ни are used, negated copula or нет cannot be omitted]
    ⇒ some quality is completely absent (in s.o. or sth.):
    - (y X-a) Y-a ни на грош≈ X doesn't have < there isn't> a scrap <a drop, a lick, an ounce, a grain> of Y;
    - X doesn't have < there isn't> the least (slightest, tiniest) bit <drop, scrap> of Y.
         ♦...Он [Грушницкий] из тех людей, которые на все случаи жизни имеют готовые пышные фразы... В их душе часто много добрых свойств, но ни на грош поэзии (Лермонтов 1).... Не [Grushnitski] is one of those people who, for every occasion in life, have ready-made pompous phrases....Their souls often possess many good qualities, but not an ounce of poetry (1a).
    2. на грош не верить кому, во что [adv (intensif)]
    ⇒ (not to believe s.o., sth., or in sth.) even to the slightest degree:
    - X не верит Y-y на грош ≈ X doesn't believe a word < a thing> Y says;
    - X doesn't believe < trust> Y at all;
    - X doesn't trust Y one bit.
         ♦ "Это иезуит, русский то есть. Как у благородного существа, в ном это затаённое негодование кипит на то, что надо представляться... святыню на себя натягивать". - "Да ведь он же верует в бога". - "Ни на грош. А ты не знал?" (Достоевский 1). "He's a Jesuit, a Russian one, that is. As a noble person, he has this hidden indignation seething in him because he has to pretend...to put on all this holiness." "But he does believe in God." "Not for a minute. Didn't you know?" (1a).
         ♦ Тому, что писали немецкие газеты, нельзя было верить и на грош (Кузнецов 1). The German newspapers could not be believed at all... (1a).
    —————

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  • 7 на копейку

    I
    • НА ГРОШ < НА КОПЕЙКУ> coll
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. на копейку чего (у кого, где) [quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: usu. abstr) or quantif of subj/ gen]
    ⇒ s.o. has a very small amount (of some quality - intelligence, ability etc):
    - (hardly) an ounce (a scrap, a shred) (of [NP]);
    - next to no [NP].
         ♦ Таланта у него на грош, а считает себя великим писателем. He has next to no talent, yet considers himself a great writer.
    ⇒ (to do) very little:
    - (do) practically (next to, almost) nothing.
    —————
    II
    • НИ НА ГРОШ; (И) НА ГРОШ; (НИ) НА КОПЕЙКУ all coll; НИ НА (ЛОМАНУЮ) ПОЛЕШКУ obs, coll
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. на копейку чего (нет) (у кого, где) [quantit compl with negated copula (subj/ gen: abstr); when variants without ни are used, negated copula or нет cannot be omitted]
    ⇒ some quality is completely absent (in s.o. or sth.):
    - (y X-a) Y-a ни на грош≈ X doesn't have < there isn't> a scrap <a drop, a lick, an ounce, a grain> of Y;
    - X doesn't have < there isn't> the least (slightest, tiniest) bit <drop, scrap> of Y.
         ♦...Он [Грушницкий] из тех людей, которые на все случаи жизни имеют готовые пышные фразы... В их душе часто много добрых свойств, но ни на грош поэзии (Лермонтов 1).... Не [Grushnitski] is one of those people who, for every occasion in life, have ready-made pompous phrases....Their souls often possess many good qualities, but not an ounce of poetry (1a).
    2. на копейку не верить кому, во что [adv (intensif)]
    ⇒ (not to believe s.o., sth., or in sth.) even to the slightest degree:
    - X не верит Y-y на копейку ≈ X doesn't believe a word < a thing> Y says;
    - X doesn't believe < trust> Y at all;
    - X doesn't trust Y one bit.
         ♦ "Это иезуит, русский то есть. Как у благородного существа, в ном это затаённое негодование кипит на то, что надо представляться... святыню на себя натягивать". - "Да ведь он же верует в бога". - "Ни на грош. А ты не знал?" (Достоевский 1). "He's a Jesuit, a Russian one, that is. As a noble person, he has this hidden indignation seething in him because he has to pretend...to put on all this holiness." "But he does believe in God." "Not for a minute. Didn't you know?" (1a).
         ♦ Тому, что писали немецкие газеты, нельзя было верить и на грош (Кузнецов 1). The German newspapers could not be believed at all... (1a).
    —————

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