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1 frighten
frighten vtr [person, situation] faire peur à, effrayer ; frighten sb into doing faire tellement peur à qn qu'il finit par faire ; to frighten sb into submission faire tellement peur à qn qu'il finit par se soumettre.▶ frighten away [sb/sth], frighten [sb/sth] away effaroucher.■ frighten off:▶ frighten off [sb], frighten [sb] off chasser [intruder] ; effaroucher [rival, buyer, bidder]. -
2 frighten
frighten ['fraɪtən]effrayer, faire peur à;∎ stop it, you're frightening me! arrête, tu me fais peur!;∎ to frighten sb out of doing sth dissuader qn de faire qch en lui faisant peur;∎ to frighten sb into doing sth faire peur à qn pour qu'il fasse qch;∎ he is easily frightened il s'effraie pour un rien;∎ these animals are easily frightened ces animaux s'effarouchent d'un rien;∎ to frighten sb to death or out of their wits, to frighten the life out of sb faire une peur bleue à qnfaire fuir (par la peur); (animal) effaroucher;∎ the burglars were frightened away by the police siren effrayés par la sirène de police, les cambrioleurs ont pris la fuite(b) (intimidate) chasser, faire peur à, faire fuir;∎ rising inflation has frightened off potential investors l'inflation croissante a fait fuir les investisseurs potentiels -
3 frighten
frighten [ˊfraɪtn] vпуга́тьfrighten away спугну́ть;frighten into стра́хом, запу́гиванием заста́вить сде́лать что-л.;frighten off спугну́ть;frighten out of запу́гиванием заста́вить отказа́ться от чего-л.;to frighten smb. out of existence напуга́ть кого́-л. до́ смерти
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4 frighten
frighten [ˈfraɪtn]• did he frighten you? est-ce qu'il vous a fait peur ?[+ birds] effaroucher ; [+ children] chasser (en leur faisant peur) ; [+ buyers, investors] faire fuir* * *['fraɪtn]transitive verb faire peur à, effrayerto frighten somebody into doing — faire tellement peur à quelqu'un qu'il/elle finit par faire
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5 frighten off
frighten off [sb.], frighten [sb.] off allontanare (spaventando) [intruder, rival, buyer, bidder]* * *frighten off [sb.], frighten [sb.] off allontanare (spaventando) [intruder, rival, buyer, bidder] -
6 frighten away
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7 frighten off
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8 frighten away
frighten off v + o + adv, v + adv + o espantar, ahuyentarVT + ADV espantar, ahuyentar* * *frighten off v + o + adv, v + adv + o espantar, ahuyentar -
9 frighten off
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10 frighten off
frighten off [somebody], frighten [somebody] off chasser [intruder]; effaroucher [rival, buyer, bidder] -
11 frighten hell out of smb.
(frighten (или scare) hell out of smb.)перепугать кого-л. до беспамятства, до смертиThe man in the bed beside him groaned and Mick turned and addressed the mound of bedclothes. ‘Yes, you're done, brother. you're going to push up daisies tomorrow. All good things come to an end, more's the pity.’ ‘Don't say that to him,’ protested Angus. ‘You'll frighten hell out of him.’ (A. Marshall, ‘I Can Jump Puddles’, ch. IV) — человек, лежавший на соседней кровати, застонал. Обращаясь к этой бесформенной куче постельного белья, Мик сказал: - Да, брат, плохи твои дела. Завтра на твоей могиле вырастут маргаритки. Хочешь не хочешь, а всему хорошему на свете приходит конец. - Не говори с ним так! - с негодованием воскликнул Ангус. - Ты его до смерти напугаешь.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > frighten hell out of smb.
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12 frighten into
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13 frighten out of
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14 frighten the pants off
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15 frighten or drive away
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16 frighten away
(frighten off) დაფრთხობა (დააფრთხობს) -
17 frighten off
(frighten away) დაფრთხობა (დააფრთხობს) -
18 frighten away/off
frighten away/offafschrikken, wegjagen -
19 frighten someone out of his senses
English-Dutch dictionary > frighten someone out of his senses
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20 frighten someone to death
См. также в других словарях:
frighten — frighten, fright, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, affray, affright mean to strike or to fill with fear or dread. Frighten is perhaps the most frequent in use; it is the most inclusive, for it may range in implicaton from a momentary… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
frighten — [frīt′ n] vt. 1. to cause to feel fright; make suddenly afraid; scare; terrify 2. to force (away, out, or off) or bring ( into a specified condition) by making afraid [to frighten someone into confessing] vi. to become suddenly afraid… … English World dictionary
frighten into — [phrasal verb] frighten (someone) into (doing something) : to cause (someone) to do (something) because of fear The insurance agent tried to frighten her into buying the most expensive flood insurance. They frightened the boy … Useful english dictionary
frighten the life out of someone — frighten the life out of someone/frighten someone to death/informal phrase to make someone feel extremely afraid or nervous The older girls frightened us to death with tales of what would happen to us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or… … Useful english dictionary
frighten someone to death — frighten the life out of someone/frighten someone to death/informal phrase to make someone feel extremely afraid or nervous The older girls frightened us to death with tales of what would happen to us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or… … Useful english dictionary
frighten away/off — [phrasal verb] frighten (someone or something) away/off : to cause (someone or something) to go away or stay away because of fear The dog frightened the prowler away. Tourists have been frightened off by the violence in the city. • • • Main Entry … Useful english dictionary
frighten out of — [phrasal verb] frighten (someone) out of (doing something) : to keep (someone) from (doing something) because of fear Bad economic news has frightened people out of putting their money in the stock market. • • • Main Entry: ↑frighten … Useful english dictionary
frighten somebody to death — frighten/scare sb to ˈdeath idiom to frighten sb very much • Spiders frighten him to death. Main entry: ↑deathidiom … Useful english dictionary
frighten — 1660s, from FRIGHT (Cf. fright) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Frightened; frightening. The earlier verb was simply fright (O.E. fyrhtan) to frighten … Etymology dictionary
frighten the living daylights out of someone — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! … New idioms dictionary
frighten the living daylights out of — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! … New idioms dictionary