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121 ум
муж.mind; brains мн. ч.; разг.; ( разум) wit, intellectчеловек большого ума — man of great intellect; very clever man, person of keen intellect
спятить, свихнуться, своротить, сбрендить с ума — разг. to go out of one's mind/head
держать в уме — to keep smth. in one's head
перебирать в уме — to turn smth. over in one's mind
доходить до чего-л. своим умом — to work smth. by oneself, to come to smth. on one's own
раскидывать умом — разг. to think smth. over
жить своим умом — to think for oneself, to live his own way
считать в уме — to count in one's head; to do mental arithmetic
у него что на уме, то и на языке разг. — he wears his heart on his sleep
у него другое на уме разг. — he has something at/in the back of his mind, he's thinking of something else
у него что-то на уме — he has smth. on his mind
у него свое на уме — he has smth. up his sleeve
ум хорошо, а два лучше — two heads are better than one; four eyes see more than two
сколько голов - столько умов — many men, many minds
выживший из ума — шотланд. doited
браться за ум — разг. to come to one's senses, to become/grow reasonable
война умов — battle of wits, war of wits
выживать из ума — to lose one's mind, to have one's mind gone
гибкий ум, живой ум — nimble mind, quick mind, lively wit/mind
лишаться ума — to go mad/crazy, to lose one's mind
набираться ума — to learn sense; to grow wise; to get some sense into one's head
наставлять на ум — to teach smb. some sense
с умом — sensibly, intelligently
сводить с ума — (кого-л.) to drive smb. mad
сходить с ума — to go mad, to go off one's head; (от чего-л.) to go crazy (with)
••быть без ума от кого-л. — to be crazy/wild about smb.
в своем уме — in one's senses, in one's right mind
ему пришло на ум — it occured to him; it crossed his mind
научить уму-разуму — to teach smb. some good sense
научиться уму-разуму — to learn sense, to grow wise
не в своем уме — not right in the head, out of one's sense
у него ума палата — разг. he is big/long on brains
ум за разум заходит разг. — be crazy
ум короток разг. — be dull or dense
ума не приложу разг. — I am at a loss, I am at my wit's end, I have no idea
- доводить до умаэто у него из ума нейдет разг. — he cannot get it out of his head/mind
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122 scheutig
1 [vrijgevig] generous2 [bereidwillig] willing♦voorbeelden:scheutig met complimentjes zijn • be generous with compliments2 hij is niet scheutig om iets voor een ander te doen • he is reluctant to do something for someone else -
123 Gillette, King Camp
[br]b. 5 January 1855 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USAd. 9 July 1932 Los Angeles, California, USA[br]American inventor and manufacturer, inventor of the safety razor.[br]Gillette's formal education in Chicago was brought to an end when a disastrous fire destroyed all his father's possessions. Forced to fend for himself, he worked first in the hardware trade in Chicago and New York, then as a travelling salesman. Gillette inherited the family talent for invention, but found that his successful inventions barely paid for those that failed. He was advised by a previous employer, William Painter (inventor of the Crown Cork), to look around for something that could be used widely and then thrown away. In 1895 he succeeded in following that advice of inventing something which people could use and then throw away, so that they would keep coming back for more. An idea came to him while he was honing an old-fashioned razor one morning; he was struck by the fact that only a short piece of the whole length of a cutthroat razor is actually used for shaving, as well as by the potentially dangerous nature of the implement. He "rushed out to purchase some pieces of brass, some steel ribbon used for clock springs, a small hand vise and some files". He thought of using a thin steel blade sharpened on each side, placed between two plates and held firmly together by a handle. Though coming from a family of inventors, Gillette had no formal technical education and was entirely ignorant of metallurgy. For six years he sought a way of making a cheap blade from sheet steel that could be hardened, tempered and sharpened to a keen edge.Gillette eventually found financial supporters: Henry Sachs, a Boston lamp manufacturer; his brother-in-law Jacob Heilbron; and William Nickerson, who had a considerable talent for invention. By skilled trial and error rather than expert metallurgical knowledge, Nickerson devised ways of forming and sharpening the blades, and it was these that brought commercial success. In 1901, the American Safety Razor Company, later to be renamed the Gillette Safety Razor Company, was set up. When it started production in 1903 the company was badly in debt, and managed to sell only fifty-one razors and 168 blades; but by the end of the following year, 90,000 razors and 12.4 million blades had been sold. A sound invention coupled with shrewd promotion ensured further success, and eight plants manufacturing safety razors were established in various parts of the world. Gillette's business experiences led him into the realms of social theory about the way society should be organized. He formulated his views in a series of books published over the years 1894 to 1910. He believed that competition led to a waste of up to 90 per cent of human effort and that want and crime would be eliminated by substituting a giant trust to plan production centrally. Unfortunately, the public in America, or anywhere else for that matter, were not ready for this form of Utopia; no omniscient planners were available, and human wants and needs were too various to be supplied by a single agency. Even so, some of his ideas have found favour: air conditioning and government provision of work for the unemployed. Gillette made a fortune from his invention and retired from active participation in the business in 1913, although he remained President until 1931 and Director until his death.[br]Bibliography"Origin of the Gillette razor", Gillette Blade (February/March).Further ReadingObituary, 1932, New York Times (11 July).J.Jewkes, D.Sawers and R.Stillerman, 1958, The Sources of Invention, London: Macmillan.LRD / IMcN -
124 восторженный
1) General subject: boffo, ecstatic, enthusiastic, enthusiastic (be enthusiastic about something - быть в восторге от чего-либо), enthusiastical, gaga, gee whizz, gee-whizz, lyrical, plethoric, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, rhapsodical, enthusiastically, exalted, exultant, exuberant, adoring2) Medicine: plethorical3) American: large4) Poetical language: raptured5) Religion: encomiastic, magnific, magnifical6) Diplomatic term: rousing8) Taboo: nuts -
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126 сильно желать
1) General subject: be keen, covet, desiderate ( smth) (что-л.), hunger, lust, want badly (чего-л.), hunger for, want bad (чего-л.)2) Jargon: die for something -
127 увлекаться
1) General subject: addict (обыкн. дурным), be enamoured of (чем-л.), be fascinated by (чем-л.), be fascinated with (чем-л.), go in, go in (чем-л.), make a toy of (чем-л.), take away, take away pass, take interest (чем-л.), to be fascinated by (with, smth.) (чем-л.), to be keen on (чем-л.), be absorbed, be carried away, be enthusiastic, fall in love, go in for a hobby (чем-л.), go in (чем-л.-for), take up, be involved with, take a shine to2) Colloquial: be into (чем-л.), taken with (be taken with) (кем-л.), to be into (smth.) (чем-л.), go for (чем-л.), enjoy something3) American: fall over5) Jargon: be taken with (кем-л.), go for, enter into6) Travel: go in for7) Makarov: go for (smth.) (чем-л.), fall for (кем-л.), have a fancy for (кем-л.) -
128 begejstret
vǽre [blíve] begéjstret for nóget — восхища́ться [быть восхищённым] чем-л.
* * *ecstatic, ecstatically, elated, enamoured, excited, excitedly, be taken with / by* * *adj enthusiastic;adv enthusiastically;[ blive begejstret for noget] become enthusiastic about something;[ jeg er ikke videre begejstret for det] I am not too keen on it.
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