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1 something
1. n1) якась посада, якесь становище2) важна персона; цяця2. adjпроклятий, чортів; сякий-такий3. adv1) приблизно; близько2) кілька, небагато3) досить, сильно, дужеsomething like — чудовий, прекрасний
4. pron indef.1) щось, дещоhe felt there was a little something wanting — він відчував, що чогось не вистачає
2) що-небудь3) якоюсь мірою; трохи; щось на зразок (когось, чогось)will you take something? — чи не хочете поїсти?; чи не вип'єте чого-небудь?
something damp (short) — що-небудь, чим промочити горло; випивка
* * *I [`semaiç] n1) яка-небудь посада, яке-небудь положення ( де-небудь)2) поважна особа, "цяця"3) ім'ярек4) у гpaм.; знaч.; пpикм.; eвф. проклятий, бісів, такий-сякийII [`semaiç] adv1) приблизно, біля2) трохи, дещо3) досить, сильноIII ['semaiç] indef; pron1) щось, дещоsomething or other — щось, те або інше, дещо
2) що-небудь3) (of) якоюсь мірою, злегка, щось начебто4) ( у сполученні з have або take) що-небудь їстівне або спиртнеwill you take something — чи не вип'єте (ви) чого-небудьє; чи не хочете поїсти /закусити/
5) щось подібне (до)6) щось важливе; хтось важливий -
2 something
['sʌmθɪŋ] 1. n, pronщо-не́будь, щось, де́щоsomething else — ще що-не́будь
to be up to something — замишля́ти щось недо́бре
he is something of a painter — він до де́якої мі́ри худо́жник
I felt there was a little something wanting — я відчува́в, що чого́сь не вистача́є
there is something about it in the papers — про це зга́дується в газе́тах
••2. advto think something of oneself — бу́ти висо́кої ду́мки про се́бе
1) тро́хи, до де́якої мі́ри, де́щоsomething like — тро́хи схо́жий
something too much of this — на́дто бага́то цього́
2) прибли́зноit must be something like six o'clock — ма́бу́ть, бли́зько шо́стої годи́ни
3) чудо́воthat's something like a hit! — оце́ так уда́р!
См. также в других словарях:
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Wanting — Want Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English