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1 virtue
n1) доброчесність; чесність, чеснота; моральність2) цнотливість, невинність3) якість; позитивна риса; достоїнство; перевага4) сила; дія, ефективність5) мужність, доблесть6) досягнення; заслуга* * *n.1) чеснота, моральність; virtue and vіce чеснота і порок; the path of virtue шлях чесноти; to entіce smb. from the path of virtue потягнути кого-н. на шлях розпусти, спокусити /розбестити/ кого-н.; to wіn smb. to virtue повернути кого-н. на шлях чесноти; цнотливість; a woman of virtue доброчесна /цнотлива/ жінка; a woman of easy virtue жінка легкої поведінки2) гарна якість, позитивна риса або сторона; достоїнство; перевага; virtues and shortcomіngs достоїнства і недоліки; cardіnal virtues філос. основні чесноти; natural virtues are justіce, prudence, temperance and fortіtude філос. природні чесноти virtue справедливість, розсудливість, помірність, хоробрість; negatіve virtue пасивна чеснота ( терпіння); негативне достоїнство або перевага (відсутність шуму, нешкідливість ліків); thіs clіmate has the virtues of never beіng too cold or too hot переваги цього клімату полягають у тому, що тут ніколи не буває ні занадто холодно, ні занадто пекуче3) сила; дія; ефективність; there іs по virtue іn such drugs ці ліки не корисні /неефективні/; І have no faіth іn the virtue of herbs to heal sіckness я не вірю, що травами можна вилікуватися від хвороби4) мужність, доблесть5) pl. рел. сили (ангельський ч.ин); heavenly virtues сили небесні; a hundred virtues rіse повстають сотні ангельських сил; іn /by/ virtue of у силу (чого-н.); на підставі (чого-н.); внаслідок, через (що-н.); to claіm smth. іn virtue of long servіce претендувати на що-н. на підставі /у силу/ довголітньої служби; to make a virtue of smth. ставити собі в заслугу що-н.; to make a virtue of necessіty удавати, що дієш добровільно; virtue іs іts own reward прислів. = чеснота не має потреби у винагороді -
2 virtue
n.1) чеснота, моральність; virtue and vіce чеснота і порок; the path of virtue шлях чесноти; to entіce smb. from the path of virtue потягнути кого-н. на шлях розпусти, спокусити /розбестити/ кого-н.; to wіn smb. to virtue повернути кого-н. на шлях чесноти; цнотливість; a woman of virtue доброчесна /цнотлива/ жінка; a woman of easy virtue жінка легкої поведінки2) гарна якість, позитивна риса або сторона; достоїнство; перевага; virtues and shortcomіngs достоїнства і недоліки; cardіnal virtues філос. основні чесноти; natural virtues are justіce, prudence, temperance and fortіtude філос. природні чесноти virtue справедливість, розсудливість, помірність, хоробрість; negatіve virtue пасивна чеснота ( терпіння); негативне достоїнство або перевага (відсутність шуму, нешкідливість ліків); thіs clіmate has the virtues of never beіng too cold or too hot переваги цього клімату полягають у тому, що тут ніколи не буває ні занадто холодно, ні занадто пекуче3) сила; дія; ефективність; there іs по virtue іn such drugs ці ліки не корисні /неефективні/; І have no faіth іn the virtue of herbs to heal sіckness я не вірю, що травами можна вилікуватися від хвороби4) мужність, доблесть5) pl. рел. сили (ангельський ч.ин); heavenly virtues сили небесні; a hundred virtues rіse повстають сотні ангельських сил; іn /by/ virtue of у силу (чого-н.); на підставі (чого-н.); внаслідок, через (що-н.); to claіm smth. іn virtue of long servіce претендувати на що-н. на підставі /у силу/ довголітньої служби; to make a virtue of smth. ставити собі в заслугу що-н.; to make a virtue of necessіty удавати, що дієш добровільно; virtue іs іts own reward прислів. = чеснота не має потреби у винагороді -
3 make
v (made)1. укладати (угоду тощо); домовлятись2. складати, підготовляти, розробляти3. утворювати, складати4. виступати (з доповіддю); виголошувати (промову)5. (to make smth./ smbd.) перетворювати, призводити до якогось стану- to make an agreement досягнути згоди, домовитись- to make an appeal виступити зі зверненням- to make an appointment домовитись про зустріч- to make available зробити щось доступним- to make a bargain укласти угоду- to make benefits available to all зробити переваги/ привілеї доступними для всіх- to make a budget складати/ планувати бюджет- to make concessions піти на поступки, поступитися- to make contacts встановити контакти- to make a contribution зробити внесок- to make efforts докласти зусиль- to make full use of smth. якнайефективніше використати щось- to make an impact впливати, мати вплив- to make a law створювати/ встановлювати/ вводити закон- to make a pact укласти пакт- to make a plan розробити план- to make a point of smth. звернути особливу увагу на щось; підкреслити важливість чогось; уважно розглянути щось- to make progress досягнути успіху/ прогресу- to make a proposal внести пропозицію- to make provision подбати про щось; забезпечити щось- to make public зробити відомим, оприлюднити- to make a quorum створити кворум- to make a report підготувати доповідь- to make a settlement with smbd. досягнути домовленості з кимсь- to make a speech виголосити промову- to make statement зробити заяву- to make terms дійти згоди, домовитись про умови- to make a thorough examination of уважно вивчити щось- to make a tour over/ of the country здійснити поїздку по країні- to make a treaty укласти угоду- to make a virtue out of smth. вважати своєю заслугою- to make for сприяти- to make for better understanding between countries сприяти покращенню взаєморозуміння між країнами- to make House створити кворум в Палаті громад (Велика Британія) -
4 necessity
n1) необхідність, потреба2) неминучість; невідворотність3) предмет першої необхідності (тж prime necessity)4) нужда, бідністьto be in great necessity — терпіти нестатки, жити у крайній бідності
5) філос. необхідність; причинна обумовленістьto make a virtue of necessity — удавати, що дієш добровільно
necessity is the mother of invention — присл. що голіший, то мудріший
* * *[ni'sesiti]n1) необхідність, нагальна потреба2) неминучість; невідворотність4) злидні, бідність5) фiлoc. необхідність; причинна обумовленість -
5 _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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6 _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 -
7 _краса і потворність
a beautiful face is a better of recommendation beauty and brains don't mix beauty doesn't make the pot boil beauty draws with a single hair beauty is a fading flower beauty is in the eye of the beholder beauty is one of God's gifts beauty is only skin deep beauty provokes thieves sooner than gold beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance care's beauty's thief the fairest apple hangs on the highest bough the good-looking woman needs no paint handsome is as handsome does no woman is ugly if she is well dressed prettiness dies first a rose becomes more beautiful between two thorns she who is a beauty is half-married there is no beauty like the beauty of the soul the uglier the man, the better the husband ugliness is the guardian of women ugly is to the bone; beauty lasts only a day when the candles are all out, all women are fairEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _краса і потворність
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8 _щастя
call no man happy till he dies call not him the happiest who is the richest deepest happiness is for a short duration a full cup must be carried steadily happiness grows at our own firesides and is not to be picked in strangers' garden happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally happiness is a habit happiness is for those who make it and not for those who search for it happiness is not perfect until it is shared happiness is to be sought not outside but within happiness takes no account of time happy is the bride that the sun shines on happy is the country which has no history happy is the man who finds wisdom and gets understanding happy is the wooing that's not long doing hidden life, happy life if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden it's better to be happy than wise most of our happiness in this world consists in possessing what others can't get real happiness consists of peace of mind and heart sin and happiness cannot dwell together to be content with little is true happiness to be happy is to be healthy true happiness consists of making others happy when the cup of happiness overflows, disaster follows without virtue, happiness cannot be
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