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1 wit
n1) часто pl розум, ум2) дотепність; дотеп3) дотепник; дотепна людинаfive wits — п'ять чуттів; розумові здібності
to live by one's wits — жити на сумнівні доходи; сяк-так викручуватися
2. v (pres. 1-ша і 3-тя особи sing wot; past і p.p. wist) заст.знати, відатиto wit — тобто, а саме
God wot — Бог знає, Бог відає
* * *I [wit] n1) pl розумquick [slow] wits — кмітливість [некмітливість]
dull wits — тупоумство, тупість
to be out of one's wits — збожеволіти, втратити здатність міркувати
to bring /to drive/ to one's wits' end — зводити з розуму, виводити з терпіння
to be at one's wits' end — стати в глухий кут, не знати, що робити; не дати собі ради
to have the wit to do smth — дібрати зробити що-н.
to keep one's wits about one — не розгубитися; не втратити голови
to have one's wits about one — бути напоготові; бути пройдисвітом
2) дотепність, дотеп3) дотепник••II [wit] vto live by one's wits — вивертатися всіма правдами, неправдами
apx. (wist; 1-a a 3-a; oc. од. теп. ч. wot)1) знати, відати2) дізнатися•• -
2 wit
I [wit] n1) pl розумquick [slow] wits — кмітливість [некмітливість]
dull wits — тупоумство, тупість
to be out of one's wits — збожеволіти, втратити здатність міркувати
to bring /to drive/ to one's wits' end — зводити з розуму, виводити з терпіння
to be at one's wits' end — стати в глухий кут, не знати, що робити; не дати собі ради
to have the wit to do smth — дібрати зробити що-н.
to keep one's wits about one — не розгубитися; не втратити голови
to have one's wits about one — бути напоготові; бути пройдисвітом
2) дотепність, дотеп3) дотепник••II [wit] vto live by one's wits — вивертатися всіма правдами, неправдами
apx. (wist; 1-a a 3-a; oc. од. теп. ч. wot)1) знати, відати2) дізнатися•• -
3 ready
1. n (звич. the ready)1) розм. готівка2) військ. приготуванняto have the gun at the ready — приготувати рушницю до бою, узяти рушницю напоготів
2. adj1) готовий; підготовлений, приготовленийare you ready for the journey? — ви зібралися в дорогу?, ви готові їхати?
5) легкий, моторний; швидкий; жвавий6) що перебуває на грані (чогось)7) що вийшов у світ; що надійшов у продаж (про книгу)8) готівковий; ліквідний9) військ. боєготовийready all! — мор. по місцях! (команда)
ready, front! — амер. струнко, рівняння на середину!
3. adv1) у готовностіplease, pack everything ready — будь ласка, складіть речі так, щоб усе було готове
2) швидко, хуткоthe child that answers readiest — дитина, яка відповідає найшвидше
4. v1) підготовляти, готувати2) готувати ґрунт, обробляти, підкуповувати (хабаром)to ready a horse — розм. стримувати свого коня, щоб добитися кращого гандикапа (на перегонах)
* * *I ['redi] n( the ready)1) готівка2) вiйcьк. приготуванняII ['redi] a1) predic готовий; підготовлений, приготовлений2) predic який проявляє готовність, бажання; готовий, згідний; схильний ( до чого-небудь); щедрий ( на що-небудь); predic старанний; слухняний3) наявний напохваті, під рукою; який не змушує себе чекати або шукати ( ready signal сигнал готовності)ready wit — спритність, дотепність; легкий, швидкий
5) опублікований, який надійшов у продаж ( про книги)6) eк. наявний; ліквідний7) вiйcьк. боєготовийready all! — мop. по місцях! ( команда)
8) як компонент складних слів ( ready) готовийready-cooked foods — кулінарні вироби; швидкий
III ['redi] advready-witted — кмітливий, спритний
1) у готовності2) compar або superl швидкоIV [`redi] v1) готувати, підготовляти2) cл. підготовляти ґрунт, обробляти (за допомогою хабара е т. п.); шахраювати ( ready up) -
4 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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5 _лінощі; недбалість
at open doors dogs come in the devil finds work for idle hands to do do not wait for a rainy day to fix your roof drowsiness dresses a man is rags an idle brain is the devil's workshop idle folks have the most labor idle folks lack no excuses idle people have the least leisure idleness goes in rags idleness makes the wit rust laziness travels so slow that poverty overtakes him lazy folks' stomachs don't get tired a lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy a long thread, a lazy tailor sloth is the mother of poverty sloth is the mother of vice sloth makes all things difficult, but industry makes all things easy they must hunger in winter that will not work in summerEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _лінощі; недбалість
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6 _молодість і старість
age gives good advice when it is no longer able to give bad example at 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment every age wants its playthings the feet are slow when the head wears snow few persons know how to be old growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form it will be a forward cock that crows in the shell a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks a man is as old as his arteries a man's a fool till he's 40 a man whose youth has no follies will in his maturity have no power old birds are not to be caught with chaff an old ass is never good an old dog will learn no new tricks an old man in a house is a good thing an old young man will be a young old man once a man and twice a child no man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year wanton kittens make sober cats the way never to grow old and grey-headed is to die young when we are out of sympathy with the youth, our work in the world is over years know more than looks you cannot put an old head on young shoulders you cannot shift an old tree without it dying young angel, old devil; young devil, old angel young courage and old caution are a strong pair young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm a young man idle, an old man needy youth and age can never agree youth comes but once in a lifetime youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind youth supplies us with colors, age with canvasEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _молодість і старість
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7 ready
I ['redi] n( the ready)1) готівка2) вiйcьк. приготуванняII ['redi] a1) predic готовий; підготовлений, приготовлений2) predic який проявляє готовність, бажання; готовий, згідний; схильний ( до чого-небудь); щедрий ( на що-небудь); predic старанний; слухняний3) наявний напохваті, під рукою; який не змушує себе чекати або шукати ( ready signal сигнал готовності)ready wit — спритність, дотепність; легкий, швидкий
5) опублікований, який надійшов у продаж ( про книги)6) eк. наявний; ліквідний7) вiйcьк. боєготовийready all! — мop. по місцях! ( команда)
8) як компонент складних слів ( ready) готовийready-cooked foods — кулінарні вироби; швидкий
III ['redi] advready-witted — кмітливий, спритний
1) у готовності2) compar або superl швидкоIV [`redi] v1) готувати, підготовляти2) cл. підготовляти ґрунт, обробляти (за допомогою хабара е т. п.); шахраювати ( ready up) -
8 tongue
1. n1) язик2) мова3) манера говоритиrough tongue — фуба мова, брутальність
4) язик (страва)5) щось, що нагадує за формою язик6) геогр. коса7) стрілка терезів8) тех. шпунт, шип, гребінь9) дишло10) зал. вістря стрілки11) тех. хвостовикon the tongues of men — усі говорять про це; на устах у всіх
to give (to throw) tongue — а) гучно говорити, репетувати; висловлюватися; б) подавати голос (про собаку)
to have (to speak with) one's tongue in one's cheek — а) говорити нещиро; б) говорити глузливо (іронічно)
to hold one's tongue, to keep one's tongue between one's teeth — тримати язик за зубами, мовчати
to keep a civil tongue in one's head — бути ввічливим (чемним), уникати грубощів
to tie smb.'s tongue — примусити когось мовчати, не давати комусь говорити
his tongue failed him — йому відібрало мову, йому заціпило
to wag one's tongue — молоти язиком, просторікати
he knows much who knows how to hold his tongue — присл. хто мовчить, той трьох навчить; слово — срібло, мовчання — золото
2. v1) розмовляти, базікати2) говорити, вимовляти3) лаяти, ганьбити4) лизати5) буд. з'єднувати у шпунт* * *I n1) язикfurred /dirty, foul, coated/ tongue — обкладений язик ( хворого)
to put out /to stick out/ ones tongue — висовувати /показувати/ язик ( лікареві або з пустощів)
to hang out ones tongue — висовувати язик ( про собаку) [див. є]; язик, язичок (тварини, рептилії)
the frogs [snakes] tongue — язичок жаби [змій]
cleft /bifid/ tongue — роздвоєний язичок
2) мова; здатність мовиthe mother /native/ tongue — рідна мова
no poet in any tongue is greater than Dante — жодна література не має поета, який був би кращий за Данте
bad /biting, bitter, caustic, venomous, wicked/ tongue — злий /отруйний/ язик
rough tongue — груба мова, грубість
silver /smooth/ tongue — красномовство, влесливість
glib tongue — жвава /розв'язна/ мова
4) кyл. язик5) будь-що, що має форму язика; язик, язичок6) мyз. язичок7) тex. шпунт, шпилька, гребінь8) з.- д. остряк ( стрілки)9) хвостовик ( інструменту)10) стрілка вагів••on the tongue s of men — всі говорять про це; на вустах у всіх
on ones tongue, on /at/ the tip of ones tongue, at the end of ones tongue — на мові, на кінчику язика
to have names and dates at the end of ones tongue /on the tip of ones tongue/ — знати напам'ять всі імена, дати
the words had been on his tongue — ці слова ( вже) готові були зірватися у нього з язика /з уст/; to wag ones tongue молоти язиком
to set tongues wag-ging — викликати товчи, дати привід для пліток
to find ones tongue — знайти дар мови, знову заговорити
to have lost ones tongue — мовчати, втратити дар мови, проковтнути язика
to hold ones tongue, to keep ones tongue between ones teeth — тримати язик за зубами, мовчати
hold your tongue while Im speaking — притримуй язик, коли я говорю
to keep a watch on ones tongue — стежити за своєю мовою, не говорити зайвого
he could have bitten off his tongue for having told his secret — він готовий був відкусити собі язик через те, що проговорився
to loose smb s tongue — розв'язати язик кому-н.
to tie smb s tongue — примусити кого-н. мовчати, не давати кому-н. говорити
his tongue glued itself to the roof of his mouth — у нього язик прилип до гортані, він нічого сказати не може
his tongue failed him — у нього віднялася мова, він позбувся дару мови
ones tongue runs before ones wit s — спершу говорити, а потім думати
to give /to throw/ tongue — подавати голос ( про собаку); голосно говорити, кричати; висловлюватися
to have /to speak with, to put/ (ones) tongue in (ones) cheek — говорити нещиро; говорити глузливо /лукаво, іронічно/; he speaks with tongue in cheek його слова не можна сприймати серйозно; він вас обдурює
to oil ones tongue — лестити; виголошувати єлейні промови
to keep a civil tongue in ones head — бути ввічливим /чемним/; уникати грубощів
to keep a still tongue in ones head — мовчати, відрізнятися мовчазливістю
to have ones tongue hanging out — хотіти пити; чекати (чого-н.); [див. 1]; his tongue is too long for his teeth y нього дуже довгий язик
a honey tongue, a heart of gall — = на вустах мед а в серці лід м'яко стелить, та жорстко спати
the tongue is not steel, yet it cuts, the tongue is sharper than any sword — прис. = не ножа бійся, а мови; злі язики страшніші за пістолет
the tongue of idle persons is never idle — прис. = за неробу мова працює
IIhe knows much who knows how to hold his tongue — прис. багато знає той, хто вміє мовчати; = мовчання -золото
1) υl. трогать языкам; лизать; cпeц. снабжать языком или язычком2) разговарить, болтатьto tongue it all day long — проболтать весь день; уст. говорить, произносить; icт. ругать, поносить
3) выдаваться, врезаться ( о песчаной косе); выбрасывать языки пламени4) мyз. модулировать5) стр. сполучати в шпунт -
9 tongue
I n1) язикfurred /dirty, foul, coated/ tongue — обкладений язик ( хворого)
to put out /to stick out/ ones tongue — висовувати /показувати/ язик ( лікареві або з пустощів)
to hang out ones tongue — висовувати язик ( про собаку) [див. є]; язик, язичок (тварини, рептилії)
the frogs [snakes] tongue — язичок жаби [змій]
cleft /bifid/ tongue — роздвоєний язичок
2) мова; здатність мовиthe mother /native/ tongue — рідна мова
no poet in any tongue is greater than Dante — жодна література не має поета, який був би кращий за Данте
bad /biting, bitter, caustic, venomous, wicked/ tongue — злий /отруйний/ язик
rough tongue — груба мова, грубість
silver /smooth/ tongue — красномовство, влесливість
glib tongue — жвава /розв'язна/ мова
4) кyл. язик5) будь-що, що має форму язика; язик, язичок6) мyз. язичок7) тex. шпунт, шпилька, гребінь8) з.- д. остряк ( стрілки)9) хвостовик ( інструменту)10) стрілка вагів••on the tongue s of men — всі говорять про це; на вустах у всіх
on ones tongue, on /at/ the tip of ones tongue, at the end of ones tongue — на мові, на кінчику язика
to have names and dates at the end of ones tongue /on the tip of ones tongue/ — знати напам'ять всі імена, дати
the words had been on his tongue — ці слова ( вже) готові були зірватися у нього з язика /з уст/; to wag ones tongue молоти язиком
to set tongues wag-ging — викликати товчи, дати привід для пліток
to find ones tongue — знайти дар мови, знову заговорити
to have lost ones tongue — мовчати, втратити дар мови, проковтнути язика
to hold ones tongue, to keep ones tongue between ones teeth — тримати язик за зубами, мовчати
hold your tongue while Im speaking — притримуй язик, коли я говорю
to keep a watch on ones tongue — стежити за своєю мовою, не говорити зайвого
he could have bitten off his tongue for having told his secret — він готовий був відкусити собі язик через те, що проговорився
to loose smb s tongue — розв'язати язик кому-н.
to tie smb s tongue — примусити кого-н. мовчати, не давати кому-н. говорити
his tongue glued itself to the roof of his mouth — у нього язик прилип до гортані, він нічого сказати не може
his tongue failed him — у нього віднялася мова, він позбувся дару мови
ones tongue runs before ones wit s — спершу говорити, а потім думати
to give /to throw/ tongue — подавати голос ( про собаку); голосно говорити, кричати; висловлюватися
to have /to speak with, to put/ (ones) tongue in (ones) cheek — говорити нещиро; говорити глузливо /лукаво, іронічно/; he speaks with tongue in cheek його слова не можна сприймати серйозно; він вас обдурює
to oil ones tongue — лестити; виголошувати єлейні промови
to keep a civil tongue in ones head — бути ввічливим /чемним/; уникати грубощів
to keep a still tongue in ones head — мовчати, відрізнятися мовчазливістю
to have ones tongue hanging out — хотіти пити; чекати (чого-н.); [див. 1]; his tongue is too long for his teeth y нього дуже довгий язик
a honey tongue, a heart of gall — = на вустах мед а в серці лід м'яко стелить, та жорстко спати
the tongue is not steel, yet it cuts, the tongue is sharper than any sword — прис. = не ножа бійся, а мови; злі язики страшніші за пістолет
the tongue of idle persons is never idle — прис. = за неробу мова працює
IIhe knows much who knows how to hold his tongue — прис. багато знає той, хто вміє мовчати; = мовчання -золото
1) υl. трогать языкам; лизать; cпeц. снабжать языком или язычком2) разговарить, болтатьto tongue it all day long — проболтать весь день; уст. говорить, произносить; icт. ругать, поносить
3) выдаваться, врезаться ( о песчаной косе); выбрасывать языки пламени4) мyз. модулировать5) стр. сполучати в шпунт -
10 _дурість
all asses wag their ears all men are fools, but the wisest of fools are called philosophers arguing with a fool shows there are two ask a silly question and you get a silly answer as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks the ass is known by its ears asses as well as pitchers have ears blame-all and praise-all are two blockheads change of weather is a discourse of fools children and fools have merry lives children and fools must not play with edged tools children and fools tell the truth dreams give wings to fools the darkest place is under the candlestick every ass loves to hear himself bray every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses every fool will be meddling experience is the teacher of fools folly grows without watering a fool always finds a bigger fool to admire a fool always rushes to the fore a fool and his money are soon parted a fool believes everything a fool is known by his conversation a fool is known by his laughing a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man answer in seven years a fool over forty is a fool indeed a fool may give a wise man counsel a fool may sometimes speak to the purpose a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out a fool who keeps his mouth closed fools the whole world the fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool the fool wonders; the wise man asks a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words fools and bairns should never see half-done work fools go in crowds fools make feasts and wise men eat them fools never know when they are well fools rush in where angels fear to tread fortune favors the fools give a man enough rope and he will hang himself a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him he is a fool who cannot be angry but a wise man who will not he that makes himself an ass must not complain if men ride him he who is born a fool is never cured honey is not for the ass's mouth if all fools wore white caps, we'd all look like geese if an ass goes traveling, he'll not come back a horse if fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and prove the same it is ill manners to silence a fool, and it is cruelty to let him go on it is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one lend and lose is the game of fools little wit in the head makes much work for the feet one fool makes many never bray at an ass never show a fool a half-done work no fool like an old fool none is a fool always, everyone sometimes riches serve a wise man but command a fool silence is the virtue of a fool success ruins a fool there are a great many asses without long ears it is better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool a wager is a fool's argument the way of a fool is right in his own eyes when a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by a white wall is the fool's writing paper: he writes his name there a wise man changes his mind, a fool never will a wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody's experiences a wise man's day is worth a fool's life the wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money -
11 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
12 _розум; мудрість; думка
advice is something the wise don't need and the fools won't take all great minds run in the same channel all men are fools, but the wisest of fools are called philosophers better an empty purse than an empty head a big head means a big headache bought wisdom is best if you don't pay too dear for it entertain no thoughts which you would blush at in words the doors of wisdom are never shut a flow of words is no proof of wisdom the fool wonders; the wise man asks go where he will, a wise man is always at home happy is the man who finds wisdom and gets understanding he who questions nothing learns nothing high living, low thinking if what men most admire they would despise, it would look like mankind were growing wise it is easy to be wise after the event it needs great wisdom to play the fool little hair, much wit know thyself knowledge and wisdom are far from being one men talk wisely but live foolishly nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time no man can be always wise no man is born wise or learned one good head is better than a thousand strong hands one hears only what he understands popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world riches serve a wise man but command a fool so many men, so many minds speech is the gift of all but the thought of few a still tongue makes a wise head two heads are better than one where all think alike, no one thinks very much where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise wisdom doesn't always speak in Greek and Latin wisdom goes not always by years wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wisdom is ever a blessing, education is sometimes a curse wisdom is the wealth of the wise a wise man changes his mind; a fool never does a wise man is strong a wise man will make more opportunities than he finds a wise man's day is worth a fool's life wise men care not for what they cannot have wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools insist on learning by their own a word to the wise words are the wise man's counters and the fool's moneyEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _розум; мудрість; думка
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13 _слово; сила слова
actions speak louder than words better ask, than go astray better the foot slip than the tongue better one word in time than two afterwards brevity is the soul of wit by work you get money, by talk you get knowledge easier said than done empty vessels make the greatest sound fine words butter no parsnips fine words dress ill deeds first think, then speak a flow of words is no proof of wisdom a fool is known by his conversation a good tongue is a good weapon a good word costs no more than a bad one great barkers are no biters great cry and little wool a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him great talkers are like broken pitchers: everything runs out of them great talkers are little doers hard words break no bones he that talks much errs much he that talks much lies much he who says little may be a fool or a genius he who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like hear much, speak little hold your tongue an honest man's word is as good as his bond if your swear you will catch no fish immodest words are in all cases indefensible it is not with saying "honey, honey" that sweetness comes into the mouth a kind word goes a long way least said, soonest mended let not your tongue cut your throat a man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many speak much who cannot speak well many a truth is spoken is jest more have repented speech than silence much ado about nothing never answer a question until it is asked no sooner said than done one tongue is enough for two women out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks pleasant words are valued but do not cost much the pen is mightier than the sword pigs grunt about everything and nothing say little but think more say little; write less; print least silly question, silly answer speak of angels and they flap their wings speak when you are spoken to; come when you are called speech is silver(n), silence is golden speech is the gift of all but the thought of few speech was given a man to conceal his thoughts a still tongue makes a wise head ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine it is not every question that deserves an answer the tongue always returns to the sore tooth the tongue is not steel but it cuts the tongue is the only tool that grows sharper with use an unkind word is better left unspoken what is writ is writ a woman fights with her tongue a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a word before is worth two behind a word spoken is past recalling a word to the wise is sufficient words and deeds are not weighed in the same balance words are but wind words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money words cut more than swords words pay no debts the worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise wounds made by words are hard to heal you are master of the unspoken word; the spoken word is master of youEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _слово; сила слова
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14 ready
['redɪ] 1. adj1) гото́вий; підгото́вленийto get [to make] ready — готува́ти
2) зго́дний, гото́вий ( на щось); підда́тливий, схи́льнийhe gave a ready assent — він охо́че пого́дився
he is ready to go anywhere — він гото́вий піти́ бу́дь-куди́
3) легки́й, мото́рний, жва́вийto have a ready answer for any question — ма́ти на все гото́ву ві́дповідь
to have a ready wit — бу́ти винахі́дливим
4) що є напо́хваті2. nready at hand, ready to hand(s) — що знахо́диться напо́хваті
( the ready)1) sl. готі́вка ( гроші)2) військ. поло́ження гвинті́вки напогото́ві3. vготува́ти -
15 hair
1. n1) збірн. волосся2) волосина3) щетина, голки (дикобраза тощо)4) шерсть, вовна (тварини)5) ворс6) дуже мала відстань, йотаto make smb.'s hair stand (on end) — злякати когось
2. adj1) тонкий, як волосина2) для волосся3) волосатий3. v1) видаляти волосся2) розм. обростати волоссям3) тягтися тонкою ниткою* * *I n1) волосся2) волос, волосина4) ворс5) тex. волосок, нитка; візир ( у приладі)6) = haircloth7) = hair-springII a1) = hairy IIIII v
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