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1 his kindness quite overwhelmed me
Общая лексика: его доброта меня просто ошеломила, его доброта меня просто поразилаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > his kindness quite overwhelmed me
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2 overwhelm
ˌəuvəˈwelm гл.
1) а) уст. переворачивать кверх ногами Syn: overturn, overthrow, upset б) подавлять, сокрушать, разбивать (то, что сопротивляется) ;
быть всепобеждающим Syn: overcome, overpower, crush, destroy в) губить, разорять г) забрасывать, заваливать( прям. перен., чем бы то ни было;
обычно подразумевается "гибель" (в различных смыслах) того, кто или что завалено) Pompeii was overwhelmed by a vast accumulation of dust and ashes. ≈ Помпеи были засыпаны кучей пыли и пепла. The count overwhelmed us with his hospitality. ≈ Нам просто было некуда деться от гостеприимства графа. Syn: submerge
2) ошеломлять, поражать, потрясать;
переполнять, овладевать( о чувствах и т. п.) преодолеть;
подавить, разбить - the emeny were*ed by superior forces войска противника были смяты превосходящими силами погубить, разорить овладевать, переполнять (о чувстве) - to be *ed by grief быть охваченным горем - to be *ed with gratitude быть переполненным благодарностью потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать - his kindness quite *ed me его доброта меня просто ошеломила - they were *ed at the news новости потрясли их заливать;
затоплять - the village was *ed when the floods came во время паводка деревню затопило - a great wave *ed the boat огромная волна накрыла лодку заваливать;
засыпать - Pompeii was *ed by dust and ashes город Помпеи был погребен под вулканической пылью и пеплом засыпать, заваливать (работой) забрасывать;
осыпать (вопросами) - he *ed her with a profusion of compliment он осыпал ее кмплиментами ~ потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать;
his kindness quite overwhelmed me его доброта меня просто поразила overwhelm губить, разорять ~ забрасывать (вопросами и т. п.) ~ заваливать ~ заливать, затоплять ~ овладевать, переполнять (о чувстве, with) ~ подавлять;
сокрушать, разбивать (неприятеля) ~ потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать;
his kindness quite overwhelmed me его доброта меня просто поразилаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > overwhelm
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3 overwhelm
[͵əʋvəʹwelm] v1. 1) преодолеть; подавить, разбитьthe enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces - войска противника были смяты превосходящими силами
2) погубить, разорить2. овладевать, переполнять ( о чувстве)3. потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать4. 1) заливать; затоплятьthe village was overwhelmed when the floods came - во время паводка деревню затопило
a great wave overwhelmed the boat - огромная волна накрыла лодку /судно/
2) заваливать; засыпатьPompeii was overwhelmed by dust and ashes - город Помпеи был погребён под вулканической пылью и пеплом
5. 1) засыпать, заваливать (работой, заказами и т. п.)2) забрасывать; осыпать (вопросами, похвалой и т. п.)he overwhelmed her with a profusion of compliment - он осыпал её комплиментами
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4 overwhelm
1. v преодолеть; подавить, разбить2. v погубить, разорить3. v овладевать, переполнять4. v потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать5. v заливать; затоплять6. v заваливать; засыпатьPompeii was overwhelmed by dust and ashes — город Помпеи был погребён под вулканической пылью и пеплом
7. v засыпать, заваливать8. v забрасывать; осыпатьСинонимический ряд:1. astonish (verb) astonish; astound; bewilder; daze; dumbfound2. break (verb) break; destroy; ruin; subdue3. defeat (verb) conquer; crush; defeat; knock over; overpower; overthrow; prostrate; rout; suppress; vanquish; whelm4. drown (verb) bury; cover; deluge; drown; engulf; flood; inundate; overburden; overcome; overflow; submerge; swallow; swamp; waste5. puzzle (verb) confound; confuse; puzzle; surprise6. whip (verb) beat; blast; curry; drub; dust; lambaste; lick; mop up; overrun; shellac; skunk; smear; smother; steamroller; thrash; trim; trounce; upend; wallop; whip; whompАнтонимический ряд:fail; falter; flounder; help; lose; miss; raise; rescue; restore; surrender -
5 overwhelm
overwhelm [‚əʊvəˈwelm]a. [emotions, misfortunes] accabler ; [shame, praise, kindness] rendre confusb. [earth, lava, avalanche] ensevelir ; [+ one's enemy, opponent] écraser* * *[ˌəʊvə'welm], US [-hwelm] 1.transitive verb1) lit [wave, avalanche] submerger; [enemy] écraser2) fig [shame] accabler; [grandeur] impressionner2.overwhelmed past participle adjective (with letters, offers, phone calls, kindness) submergé (with, by de); (with shame, unhappiness, work) accablé (with, by de); (by sight, experience) ébloui (by par)to be quite overwhelmed — ( with emotion) être très ému
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6 VERPA
* * *(verp; varp, urpum; orpinn), v.1) to throw, with dat. (hann varp af sér skildinum);hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off;hann verpr sér í söðulinn, he throws himself into the saddle;verpa af sér klæðum, to throw off the clothes;verpa mœðiliga öndinni, to draw a deep sigh;verpa orðum (or orði) á e-n, to address (þessi varp orðum á konung ok spurði);væntir mik þess, at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, that many men will have good words to say of me;verpa e-n inni, to shut one in;impers. to be thrown;þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench came out;2) verpa á, to guess at, calculate (verpa menn svá á, at latizt hafi níu menn);3) to lay eggs (= verpa eggjum);4) to cast up (verpa haug eptir fornum sið);þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, they raised a mound over G.;verpa aptr hauginn, to shut the cairn;verpa vef, to warp a web (sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum);5) pp., orpinn;sandi orpinn, covered with sand;aldri orpinn, bent with age;uppi orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, at one’s mercy;6) refl., urpust flestir vel við orðsending Danakonungs, they turned a favourable ear to, responded to the call.* * *pres. verp; pret. varp, pl. urpu; subj. yrpi; part. orpinn; vurpu, vyrpi, vorpinn: a medial form verpumk, Vþm. 7: [Ulf. wairpan = βάλλειν; A. S. weorpan; Engl. warp; O. H. G. werfan; Germ. werfen]:—to throw, with dat.; hvígi er hann skýtr eða verpr, Grág. (Kb.) i. 144; varp af sér klæðum, Fms. vi. 226, vii. 167; hann varp af sér skildinum, Nj. 95; hann verpr sér í söðulinn, 83; hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off, Fms. x. 408; þeir urpu sér jafnan meðal viðanna, Nj. 126; Gísli varp honum á lopt annarri hendi, Fms. vii. 32; mun þér orpit í þann eldinn, 37: absol., ef maðr höggr til manns eða verpr, Grág. (Kb.) i. 144: verpa mæðiliga öndinni (and-varp), to draw a deep sigh, Nj. 272; verpa braut, to throw away, Rb. 126, Mar., Th. 78; verpa til, to add to, Rb. 124; verpa e-u af sér, to throw off, 623. 36.2. impers. to be thrown; nú verpr tré eða hval á gras upp, Grág. ii. 354; þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench oozed out, Ísl. ii. 46.3. phrases; verpa orðum á e-n, to address, Fas. ii. 514; þessi varp orðum á konung, Fms. x. 35; at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, Nj. 179: verpa á e-t, to guess at, calculate (á-varp); var vorpit á þat, at lið Þórðar mundi vera á áttunda hundraði, Sturl. iii. 41, 42, 211; verpa menn svá á, at látizk hafi níu menn, Bs. i; þeir urpu á tvær merkr, Sturl. i. 26, iii. 203.4. to lay eggs; verpa eggjum, Stj. 77; foglinn varp nær eingi, Bs. i. 350; vali alla þá er í bergum verpa, Gþl. 429; freq. in mod. usage of all kinds of birds.II. to fence, guard; hinn skal verpa um garði, Gþl. 453; ok urpu Danir Norðmenn inni, shut them in, Fb. iii. 359: to cast up a cairn or the like, verpa haug eptir fornum sið, Gísl. 31; þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, Nj. 118; ok vurpu yfir harla mikinn haug af grjóti, Stj. 366; ok var haugr orpinn eptir hann, Fms. xi. 17; síðan lét hann verpa aptr ( shut) hauginn, x. 186: verpa vef, to warp a weft; sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum, Darr. 2: cp. also hlaðvarpi = the fence round a house: sandi orpinn, wrapped in sand, Sól. 49; allt var sandi vorpit, Bs. i. 308; tré í flæðar-máli sandi orpin, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 124.2. bent, [cp. Engl. warped, of wood-work]; aldri orpinn, ‘warped with eld,’ i. e. bent with age, Fas. i. 143, Fms. xi. 21, Stj. 374: vera e-m undir orpinn, subject, prop. = Lat. obrutus, Sks. 547 B, Stj. 376: vera eigi upp orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, Fas. iii. 226, Eg. 578, Ld. 144.III. reflex., urpusk flestir vel við orðsending Dana-konungs, to turn a favourable ear to, yield to the call, Fms. vii. 309; cp. bak-verpask við e-n.2. middle voice; hvat er þat manna er verpumk orði á, who is it that casts words on me? i. e. speaks to me, Vm. 7. -
7 overwhelm
[ˌəuvəˈwelm]overwhelm потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать; his kindness quite overwhelmed me его доброта меня просто поразила overwhelm губить, разорять overwhelm забрасывать (вопросами и т. п.) overwhelm заваливать overwhelm заливать, затоплять overwhelm овладевать, переполнять (о чувстве, with) overwhelm подавлять; сокрушать, разбивать (неприятеля) overwhelm потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать; his kindness quite overwhelmed me его доброта меня просто поразила -
8 chavirer
chavirer [∫aviʀe]➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb[bateau] to capsize ; [charrette] to overturn* * *ʃaviʀeverbe intransitif [navire] to capsize* * *ʃaviʀe vito capsize, to overturn* * *chavirer verb table: aimerB vi1 [navire] to capsize; faire chavirer un navire to capsize a ship;2 ( vaciller) [paysage, pièce] to reel; tout chavira autour d'elle everything reeled about her; faire chavirer les cœurs to be a heartbreaker;3 ( se renverser) [objets] to tip over.[ʃavire] verbe intransitifarrête, tu vas faire chavirer la barque! stop it, you'll tip the boat over!3. [tourner - yeux] to rolla. [de dégoût] to feel nauseatedb. [de chagrin] to be heartbroken————————[ʃavire] verbe transitif -
9 overwhelm
overwhelm [ˏəυvəˊwelm] v2) потряса́ть, ошеломля́ть, поража́ть;his kindness quite overwhelmed me его́ доброта́ меня́ про́сто порази́ла
3) забра́сывать ( вопросами и т.п.)4) зава́ливать5) залива́ть, затопля́ть6) подавля́ть; сокруша́ть, разбива́ть ( неприятеля)7) губи́ть, разоря́ть -
10 его доброта меня просто ошеломила
General subject: his kindness quite overwhelmed meУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > его доброта меня просто ошеломила
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11 его доброта меня просто поразила
General subject: his kindness quite overwhelmed meУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > его доброта меня просто поразила
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12 confus
confus, e [kɔ̃fy, yz]adjectivea. ( = peu clair) confusedb. ( = honteux) embarrassed• je suis confus ! ( = désolé) I'm so sorry!* * *confuse kɔ̃fy, yz adjectif1) (indistinct, obscur) confusedun mélange confus — a hotchpotch GB, a hodgepodge US
2) ( vague) [sentiment, crainte] vague* * *kɔ̃fy, yz adj confus, -e1) (situation, style, récit, esprit) confused, (explications) unclearJ'ai trouvé ses explications confuses. — I thought his explanation was unclear.
2) (= embarrassé) embarrassedIl avait l'air confus. — He looked embarrassed.
* * *1 ( indistinct) [formes, mouvements, bruits] confused; un mélange confus a hotchpotch GB, a hodgepodge US;2 ( obscur) [situation, affaire, texte, style, esprit] confused; [déclaration, explication, débat, discours] confused, muddled; son raisonnement devient/paraît confus his/her reasoning becomes/seems confused;3 ( vague) [sentiment, crainte] vague;4 ( navré) sorry; ( gêné) embarrassed; nous sommes confus de ce retard we apologize for the delay; il avait l'air tout confus de sa méprise he looked really embarrassed about his mistake;5 ( touché) embarrassed; merci, dit-il avec un sourire confus thank you, he said with an embarrassed smile; je suis confus de votre générosité I am overcome by your generosity.( féminin confuse) [kɔ̃fy, yz] adjectif1. [imprécis - souvenir, impression] unclear, confused, vague ; [ - idées] muddled ; [ - situation, histoire] confused, involved ; [ - explication] muddled, confused3. [embarrassé]c'est un cadeau magnifique, je suis confuse it's a splendid present, I'm quite overwhelmed ou I really don't know what to sayconfus de ashamed at, embarrassed byje suis confus de t'avoir fait attendre I'm awfully ou dreadfully sorry to have kept you waiting -
13 verpa
* * *(verp; varp, urpum; orpinn), v.1) to throw, with dat. (hann varp af sér skildinum);hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off;hann verpr sér í söðulinn, he throws himself into the saddle;verpa af sér klæðum, to throw off the clothes;verpa mœðiliga öndinni, to draw a deep sigh;verpa orðum (or orði) á e-n, to address (þessi varp orðum á konung ok spurði);væntir mik þess, at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, that many men will have good words to say of me;verpa e-n inni, to shut one in;impers. to be thrown;þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench came out;2) verpa á, to guess at, calculate (verpa menn svá á, at latizt hafi níu menn);3) to lay eggs (= verpa eggjum);4) to cast up (verpa haug eptir fornum sið);þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, they raised a mound over G.;verpa aptr hauginn, to shut the cairn;verpa vef, to warp a web (sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum);5) pp., orpinn;sandi orpinn, covered with sand;aldri orpinn, bent with age;uppi orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, at one’s mercy;6) refl., urpust flestir vel við orðsending Danakonungs, they turned a favourable ear to, responded to the call.* * *2. reflex. to warp, shrink, from heat; þilið verpist af hita, and the like. -
14 overwhelm
verb1) заваливать2) заливать, затоплять3) забрасывать (вопросами и т. п.)4) подавлять; сокрушать, разбивать (неприятеля)5) овладевать, переполнять (о чувстве; with)6) потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать; his kindness quite overwhelmed me его доброта меня просто поразила7) губить, разорятьSyn:flood* * *(v) заваливать; захлестнуть; захлестывать* * ** * *[o·ver·whelm || 'əʊvər'hwelm /'əʊvə'wel-] v. подавлять, разбивать, сокрушать, губить, разорять; овладевать, переполнять; обуревать, потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать, заливать* * *губитьзабрасыватьзаваливатьзалейтезаливатьзатоплятьовладеватьошеломлятьпереполнятьподавлятьпоражатьпотрясатьразбиватьразорятьсокрушать* * *1) а) устар. переворачивать кверх ногами б) подавлять, сокрушать, разбивать (то, что сопротивляется); быть всепобеждающим в) губить г) забрасывать, заваливать 2) ошеломлять, поражать, потрясать; переполнять, овладевать (о чувствах и т. п.) -
15 desbordar
v.1 to overflow, to burst (cauce, ribera).El vaso desborda al llenarlo The glass overflows when filled.2 to exceed.3 to get past, to pass (contrario, defensa).4 to surpass, to go beyond.Esto desborda nuestras expectativas This surpasses our expectations.5 to cause to burst its banks.La tormenta desbordó el río The storm caused the river to burst its banks.6 to cause to brim over.Ricardo desbordó el vaso Richard caused the glass to brim over.* * *1 (sobrepasar) to overflow1 (salirse) to overflow1 (salirse) to overflow, flood2 figurado to burst* * *1. VT1) (=rebosar)han desbordado la centralita con tantas llamadas — the switchboard has been inundated o overwhelmed with calls
2) (=exceder) [+ límite, previsiones] to exceed; [+ persona, tolerancia] to be beyond, be too much for3) [+ energía, entusiasmo] to be brimming (over) with4) (Mil) [+ enemigo, policía] to break through5) (Dep) (=aventajar) to outplay2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( salirse de)b) < límites> to exceed, go beyondc) (Mil, Pol) to break throughd) < persona> to overwhelmestoy desbordada de trabajo — I'm swamped with work
e) <alegría/entusiasmo>2.desbordarse v prona) río/canal to burst its banksb) vaso/cubo to overflowc) multitud to get out of hand, get out of control* * *= outrun [out-run], overrun [over-run].Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.Ex. The frequency of telephone reference enquiries has overrun the ability of the reference staff to respond.----* desbordarse = overflow.* río + desbordarse = river + burst its banks.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( salirse de)b) < límites> to exceed, go beyondc) (Mil, Pol) to break throughd) < persona> to overwhelmestoy desbordada de trabajo — I'm swamped with work
e) <alegría/entusiasmo>2.desbordarse v prona) río/canal to burst its banksb) vaso/cubo to overflowc) multitud to get out of hand, get out of control* * *= outrun [out-run], overrun [over-run].Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
Ex: The frequency of telephone reference enquiries has overrun the ability of the reference staff to respond.* desbordarse = overflow.* río + desbordarse = river + burst its banks.* * *desbordar [A1 ]vt1(salirse de): el río desbordó su cauce the river flooded o overflowed, the river overflowed o burst its banksla fruta está desbordando el cesto the basket is brimming over with o overflowing with fruitla ropa casi desborda la maleta the suitcase is bursting with clothes2 ‹límites› to exceed, go beyondlas pérdidas han desbordado todas las previsiones losses have exceeded all forecastsdesborda mi capacidad de comprensión it's quite beyond medesbordaron las líneas enemigas they broke through o breached the enemy lineslos manifestantes desbordaron los controles policiales the demonstrators broke o burst through the police barriers4 ‹persona› to overwhelmse vio desbordado por los acontecimientos he found events too much for him, he was overwhelmed by eventsestoy desbordada de trabajo I'm swamped with o overloaded with o ( BrE) snowed under with workesta casa me desborda this house is too much for me to manage5 ‹alegría/entusiasmo›su cara desbordaba alegría her face shone with joydesbordaba entusiasmo she exuded o she was brimming with enthusiasm1 «río/canal» to flood, overflow, burst o overflow its banks2 «vaso/cubo» to overflowel agua se desbordó de la bañera the bath overflowedel vino se desbordó de la copa the wine spilled over the edge of the glass3 «multitud» to get out of hand o out of controlse desbordaron los ánimos tempers flared o boiled over, things got out of hand* * *
desbordar
I verbo transitivo to overflow
figurado to overwhelm: este tipo de situaciones me desbordan, these situations are just too much for me
II verbo intransitivo to overflow [de, with]
' desbordar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rebasar
- rebosar
* * *♦ vt1. [cauce, ribera] to overflow, to burst;[recipiente] to brim over;el río desbordó el dique the river burst the flood bank;procura que la leche no desborde el cazo be careful not to let the milk spill over;la basura desbordaba los contenedores the bins were overflowing with rubbish2. [límites] to break through;los manifestantes desbordaron el cordón policial the demonstrators broke through the police cordon3. [previsiones, capacidad] to exceed;[paciencia] to push beyond the limit;la respuesta del público desbordó todas nuestras previsiones the public's response exceeded all our forecasts;la cantidad de pedidos nos desborda we can't cope with the number of orders;estamos desbordados de trabajo we're overwhelmed o swamped with work;¡la ineptitud de este gobierno es algo que me desborda! this government's ineptitude is just beyond belief!4. [pasión, sentimiento] to brim with, to overflow with;todos desbordábamos felicidad we were all brimming with happiness;el artículo desborda elogios the article is overflowing with praise;su rostro desbordaba amor y ternura her face shone with love and tenderness5. [contrario, defensa] to get past, to pass;desbordó al portero en su salida he beat the goalkeeper as he was coming out♦ videsbordar de to overflow with* * *I v/t1 de río overflow, burst2 de multitud break through3 de acontecimiento overwhelm; figexceedII v/i overflow* * *desbordar vt1) : to overflow, to spill over2) : to surpass, to exceed3) : to burst with, to brim with* * *desbordar vb to overflow -
16 una gran cantidad de
= a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host ofEx. There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.Ex. As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.Ex. The floor is carpeted, thus providing a large degree of acoustic absorption and a unifying and dominant colour pattern through the library.Ex. Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.Ex. A good thesaurus is not necessarily one that has been published with a plethora of effective relationship displays.Ex. If your library has decided to operate this way, there will be a supply of preprinted labels at the circulation desk.Ex. This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.Ex. Such reports often make available a wealth of factual and statistical information which is not published elsewhere in such detail.Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Ex. Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.Ex. The UK government will need to mobilize an 'army' of 30,000 civil servants to solve the Year 2000 problem.Ex. A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex. Environmental organization receive a great number of public enquiries by phone and letter.Ex. In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.Ex. Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply.Ex. There is a host of legislative, political, financial, consumer, and other reports of individuals and corporate bodies.Ex. Basically, the book deals with a vast corpus of oral tradition, including both prose and poetic texts.Ex. If you want to buy a spit roaster beware; a whole host of illegal spit roasters are now on the market in the UK.* * *= a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host ofEx: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.
Ex: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.Ex: The floor is carpeted, thus providing a large degree of acoustic absorption and a unifying and dominant colour pattern through the library.Ex: Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.Ex: A good thesaurus is not necessarily one that has been published with a plethora of effective relationship displays.Ex: If your library has decided to operate this way, there will be a supply of preprinted labels at the circulation desk.Ex: This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.Ex: Such reports often make available a wealth of factual and statistical information which is not published elsewhere in such detail.Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Ex: Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.Ex: The UK government will need to mobilize an 'army' of 30,000 civil servants to solve the Year 2000 problem.Ex: A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex: Environmental organization receive a great number of public enquiries by phone and letter.Ex: In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.Ex: Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply.Ex: There is a host of legislative, political, financial, consumer, and other reports of individuals and corporate bodies.Ex: Basically, the book deals with a vast corpus of oral tradition, including both prose and poetic texts.Ex: If you want to buy a spit roaster beware; a whole host of illegal spit roasters are now on the market in the UK. -
17 überwältigt
I P.P. überwältigen* * *(helpless; defeated by emotion etc: overcome with grief; I felt quite overcome.) overcome* * *B. adj overwhelmed (von by)* * *adj.overwhelmed n. -
18 événement
événement, évènement [evεnmɑ̃]masculine noun• faire or créer l'événement [personne, film] to be big news* * *evenmɑ̃nom masculin event* * *evɛnmɑ̃ nm* * *événement nm1 ( incident) event; ( occasion) event, occasion; pour donner de l'éclat à l'événement to give prestige to the event; je veux assister à l'événement I'd like to be at the event; être dépassé par les événements to be overwhelmed; riche en événements eventful;2 ( fait marquant) event; c'est tout un événement quand… it's quite an event when…; couvrir l'événement to give coverage to the event; l'événement de l'année the big event of the year; faire or créer l'événement to make the news;nom masculin,évènement nom masculin [evɛnmɑ̃]nous sommes débordés ou dépassés par les événements we have been overtaken by events2. POLITIQUE3. [fait important] eventfaire ou créer l'événement to be news ou a major event -
19 confuso
adj.1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.* * *► adjetivo1 (ideas) confused2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred4 (mezclado) mixed up* * *(f. - confusa)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurredtiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up
2) (=desconcertado) confusedno sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed
* * *- sa adjetivoa) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confusedb) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.----* de manera confusa = hazily.* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.* masa confusa = mush.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.* ser confuso = be deceiving.* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.* * *- sa adjetivoa) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confusedb) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.* de manera confusa = hazily.* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.* masa confusa = mush.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.* ser confuso = be deceiving.* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.* * *confuso -sa1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazydio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanationlas noticias son confusas reports are confused2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *
confuso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
‹ información› confused
confuso,-a adjetivo
1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
' confuso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confusa
- apabullar
- despistado
- enmarañado
English:
confused
- confusing
- flounder
- fuzzy
- garbled
- indistinct
- mixed-up
- muddy
- spin
- unclear
- foggy
- hazy
- muddled
* * *confuso, -a adj1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;[contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;estar confuso to be confused o bewildered* * *adj confused* * *confuso, -sa adj1) : confused, mixed-up2) : obscure, indistinct* * *confuso adj1. (persona) confused2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing -
20 У-187
ПО УШИ ПО САМЫЕ УШИ both coll PrepP these forms only adv (intensif))1. влюбиться, влюблён и т. п. в кого \У-187 (to be or fall) deeply (in love): (be (fall)) head over heels (in love with s.o.)(be (fall)) madly (in love with s.o.).«Ясное дело, девушка втрескалась в него по уши» (Искандер 5). uNo question, the girl was head over heels in love with him" (5a).(Войницкий:) Дайте себе волю хоть раз в жизни, влюбитесь поскорее в какого-нибудь водяного по самые уши... (Чехов 3). (V.:) Let yourself go for once in your life and fall madly in love with a river-god... (3c).2. \У-187 уйти, погрузиться во что, увязнуть, бытье в чём, often в работе, в хлопотах и т. п. (to have become) fully overwhelmed by and deeply involved in (some work, concerns etc): (be (sink)) uptoone'ears (neck) (in sth.)( usu. in refer, to work) (be) awash (in sth.).(Иванов:)...Я поддался слабодушию и по уши увяз в этой гнусной меланхолии... (Чехов 4). (I.:).. I've given way to cowardice and am sunk up to my ears in this loathsome melancholy.. (4a).Когда день полон грохота и человек по уши погружён в котел войны, он не в силах понять, увидеть свою жизнь... (Гроссман 2). When a man is plunged up to his neck into the cauldron of war, he is quite unable to look at his life and understand anything... (2a).3. бытье, сидеть, увязнуть в долгах - влезть, залезть в долги \У-187 (to be or get) very deeply (in debt): (be (sink)) up to one's ears (neck) in debt(be) mired (buried) in debts (be) deep in the hole.
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