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1 riddle
1. n загадка2. n тайна, загадка3. n загадочный человек4. v говорить загадками, говорить загадочно5. v загадывать загадки6. v отгадывать, разгадывать загадкиriddle me a riddle, riddle my riddle — разгадай мою загадку
7. n решето, грохот, сито8. n щит, экран9. v просеивать, грохотить10. v решетить, дырявить11. v подвергать суровой критике; показывать несостоятельность; не оставлять камня на камне12. v пронизыватьa murder riddled with puzzles — убийство, состоящее из сплошных загадок
Синонимический ряд:1. puzzle (noun) bewilderment; brain twister; Chinese puzzle; Closed book; conundrum; dilemma; enigma; labyrinth; mystery; Mystification; poser; problem; puzzle; Puzzlement; puzzler; question; Why2. sieve (noun) colander; sieve; strainer3. pierce (verb) bore; perforate; pierce; puncture -
2 to guess a riddle
2) to guess (to solve) a riddle отгадать (разгадать) загадку -
3 отгадывать
несовер. - отгадывать;
совер. - отгадать( что-л.)
1) guess ()
2) solve (a riddle)(Pf. отгадать) to guessБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > отгадывать
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4 отгадать
несовер. - отгадывать;
совер. - отгадать (что-л.)
1) guess ()
2) solve (a riddle)сов. см. отгадывать.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > отгадать
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5 разгадывать
несовер. - разгадывать;
совер. - разгадать( что-л.)
1) solve, unriddle, unravel разгадывать загадку
2) (распознавать) guess, divine;
figure out разгадывать чьи-л. намерения ≈ to guess/discover smb.'s intentionsБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > разгадывать
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6 загадка
жен. riddle, puzzle;
mystery, enigma играть в загадки, говорить загадками ≈ to talk in riddles загадать загадку ≈ propose a riddle разгадывать загадку ≈ to solve/guess a riddleзагад|ка - ж. riddle;
перен. тж. enigma, mystery;
~очный enigmatic, mysterious;
(о выражении лица тж.) inscrutable;
(о словах) mysterious, cryptic;
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7 разгадывать загадку
to solve/guess a riddleБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > разгадывать загадку
См. также в других словарях:
riddle — rid|dle1 [ˈrıdl] n [: Old English; Origin: rAdelse opinion, guess, riddle ] 1.) a question that is deliberately very confusing and has a humorous or clever answer →↑puzzle ▪ See if you can solve this riddle . 2.) something that you do not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Guess — (g[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guessing}.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and akin to E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
riddle — riddle1 [rid′ l] n. [ME ridil < OE rædels, akin to rædan, to guess, READ1] 1. a problem or puzzle in the form of a question, statement, etc. so formulated that some ingenuity is required to solve or answer it; conundrum 2. any puzzling,… … English World dictionary
Riddle — Rid dle, v. t. To explain; to solve; to unriddle. [1913 Webster] Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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riddle, puzzle, enigma — A riddle is a puzzling question or problem; a conundrum. The term is most often used in connection with problems expressed in words, obscure matters that can be clarified only by a guess: Plutarch wrote that Homer died of worry and chagrin… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
guess — 1. noun /ɡɛs/ A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support. Syn: estimate, hypothesis, prediction 2. verb /ɡɛs/ a) To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion … Wiktionary
riddle — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, anagram, answer, arabesque, assort, auger, babble, baffle, bafflement, basketry, basketwork, be Greek to, be beyond one, be too deep, beat one, bewilderment, bite, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch … Moby Thesaurus
solve — Synonyms and related words: account for, allegorize, answer, bottom, break, cipher, clarify, clear up, colliquate, crack, cut, debug, decide, decipher, decoagulate, decoct, decode, deliquesce, demonstrate, demythologize, determine, disentangle,… … Moby Thesaurus
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