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121 ragione
f reason( diritto) rightragione sociale company nameper ragioni di salute for health reasonsaver ragione be rightdare ragione a qualcuno admit that someone is righta ragione, con ragione rightlysenza ragione for no reason* * *ragione s.f.1 reason: l'età della ragione, the age of discretion: avere l'età della ragione, to reach the age of discretion; avere, riacquistare l'uso della ragione, to have, to regain the use of one's reason; agire contro ragione, to act irrationally; ricondurre qlcu. alla ragione, to make s.o. see sense; ascoltare la voce della ragione, to listen to the voice of reason; perdere il lume, l'uso della ragione, to go out of one's mind (o to lose one's wits) // (fil.) ragione pura, pratica, pure, practical reason2 ( causa, motivo) reason, motive: che ragione può avere avuto per fare ciò?, what motive can he have had for doing that?; dimmi la ragione per la quale l'hai fatto, tell me your reason for doing it; ho qualche ragione di temerlo, I have (good) reason to fear him; non c'è ragione di pensarlo, there is no reason to think so (o there are no grounds for thinking so); non è una ( buona) ragione, that is no reason (o excuse); non so la ragione di tutto ciò, I do not know the reason for all that; chiedere la ragione di un'azione, to ask the reason for an action; non lo voglio vedere per nessuna ragione, I don't want to see him for any reason (o on no account do I want to see him) // ragione di essere, reason for existence (o raison d'être o justification): il suo sospetto non aveva più ragione d'essere, her suspicion was no longer justified (o she no longer had any reason to be suspicious) // ragione di più, all the more reason: è una ragione di più per licenziarlo, that's another reason for dismissing him // ragione per cui, that's why: ragione per cui sarebbe meglio parlargli, that's why it would be better to speak to him // ragioni di famiglia, family reasons // assente per ragioni di salute, absent on the ground of ill health (o for reasons of ill health) // la foto non può essere pubblicata per ragioni di spazio, the photo can't be published because of lack of space // dare, rendere ragione di qlco., to give reasons for sthg. // non so rendermi ragione di ciò che ho fatto, I cannot explain why I did it; non so rendermi ragione di tutto ciò, I cannot understand the reason for all that // farsi una ragione di qlco., ( rassegnarsi) to resign oneself (o to accept the inevitable) // (fil.) ragione ultima delle cose, the first cause of things3 ( argomentazione, prova) reason, justification: addurre le proprie ragioni, to put forward one's reasons; intendere, sentir ragione, to listen to reason: ho cercato di convincerlo ma non vuole sentir ragione, I've tried to convince him but he won't listen to reason // a ragion veduta, after due consideration; ( deliberatamente) deliberately // rendere di pubblica ragione, to make public knowledge4 ( diritto, legittimità) right; reason: ragione e torto, right and wrong; a ragione o a torto, rightly or wrongly; a ragione si preoccupa di ciò, he has good reason to worry about it; ciò mi darà ragione, this will prove (o show) I am right; è dalla parte della ragione, he is in the right; non voleva darmi ragione, he did not want to admit I was right; avere ragione, to be right: ho ragione da vendere, I am absolutely right; ha ragione di sgridarlo, he is right to tell him off (o he has every reason to tell him off); ha mille ragioni per non venire alla festa, he has all the reasons in the world for not coming to the party; far valere le proprie ragioni, to assert one's rights // a ragione, with good reason // a maggior ragione, even more so // aver ragione di qlcu., qlco., to get the better of s.o., sthg. // darle di santa ragione a qlcu., to give s.o. a good beating (o hiding o fam. to tan s.o.'s hide); prenderle di santa ragione, to get a good beating // farsi ragione da sé, to take the law into one's hands // rendere ragione a qlcu., to do justice to s.o. // ricorrere a chi di ragione, to apply to the proper (o right) person // la ragione di Stato, reason of State5 ( tasso) rate; ( rapporto, proporzione) ratio, proportion: ragione diretta, inversa, direct, inverse ratio; ragione geometrica, geometric ratio; in ragione del 10%, at the rate of 10%; in ragione di tanto ognuno, at the rate of so much a head; distribuire gli utili in ragione del capitale versato, to distribute profits in proportion to the capital paid in6 (dir. comm.): ragione sociale, style, corporate name, company title, trade name; la ragione sociale di una ditta, the style (o name) of a firm // ragione di scambio, terms of trade.* * *[ra'dʒone]1. sf1) (facoltà) reasonperdere il lume della ragione — to lose one's reason, take leave of one's senses
non è una buona ragione! — that's no excuse o reason!
... ragion per cui sarebbe meglio partire —...that's why it would be better to leave
a o con ragione — with good reason, rightly, justly
a ragion veduta — after due consideration, (intenzionalmente) deliberately
3) Mat proportion, ratio4)aver ragione (a fare) — to be right (in doing o to do)sì, hai perfettamente ragione — yes, you're quite right
aver ragione di qn/qc — to get the better of sb/sth
avere ragione da vendere — to be absolutely right, be dead right fam
dare ragione a qn — (sogg : persona) to side with sb, (fatto) to prove sb right
farsi una ragione di qc — to accept sth, come to terms with sth
2.* * *[ra'dʒone]sostantivo femminile1) (razionalità) reason Uricondurre o riportare qcn. alla ragione to make sb. see reason; fare appello alla ragione — to appeal to people's common sense
2) (causa, motivo) reasonper la buona, semplice ragione che — for the (very) good, simple reason that
per nessuna ragione al mondo — for nothing in the world, not for all the tea in China
farsi una ragione di qcs. — to resign oneself to sth.
3) (diritto, giusta pretesa)dare ragione a qcn. — to agree with sb.
4) (spiegazione) reasonchiedere (a qcn.) ragione di qcs. — to call (sb.) to account for sth
5) mat. (rapporto) ratioin ragione del 5% — at the rate of 5%
in ragione diretta, inversa — in direct, inverse ratio o proportion
•ragion d'essere — reason for existence, raison d'être
ragione sociale — dir. company o corporate name
ragion di stato — pol. reason of state
••a maggior ragione — all the more reason, even more so
a ragion veduta — after due consideration; (di proposito) deliberately, intentionally
a o con ragione rightly; a torto o a ragione whether mistakenly or not, rightly or wrongly; avere ragione di qcn., qcs. to get the better of sb., sth.; perdere (il lume del)la ragione to lose one's reason o one's mind; darle a qcn. di santa ragione to thrash the living daylights out of sb., to give sb. a good thrashing; prenderle di santa ragione — to get a beating o thrashing
* * *ragione/ra'dʒone/sostantivo f.1 (razionalità) reason U; età della ragione age of discretion; ricondurre o riportare qcn. alla ragione to make sb. see reason; fare appello alla ragione to appeal to people's common sense2 (causa, motivo) reason; non avere nessuna ragione per to have no reason to; senza ragione (apparente) for no (apparent) reason; per una ragione o per l'altra for some reason or other; per la buona, semplice ragione che for the (very) good, simple reason that; per nessuna ragione al mondo for nothing in the world, not for all the tea in China; per -i di salute for health reasons; la ragione per cui the reason why; non c'è ragione di preoccuparsi there is no cause for concern; non vedo la ragione di fare I don't see the point of doing; avere tutte le -i per fare to have every reason for doing o to do; avere delle buone -i per pensare che to have good reasons for thinking that; farsi una ragione di qcs. to resign oneself to sth.; ragione di più per fare all the more reason to do3 (diritto, giusta pretesa) avere ragione to be right; avere perfettamente ragione to be absolutely right; dare ragione a qcn. to agree with sb.; essere dalla parte della ragione to be in the right4 (spiegazione) reason; chiedere (a qcn.) ragione di qcs. to call (sb.) to account for sth.5 mat. (rapporto) ratio; in ragione del 5% at the rate of 5%; in ragione diretta, inversa in direct, inverse ratio o proportiona maggior ragione all the more reason, even more so; a ragion veduta after due consideration; (di proposito) deliberately, intentionally; a o con ragione rightly; a torto o a ragione whether mistakenly or not, rightly or wrongly; avere ragione di qcn., qcs. to get the better of sb., sth.; perdere (il lume del)la ragione to lose one's reason o one's mind; darle a qcn. di santa ragione to thrash the living daylights out of sb., to give sb. a good thrashing; prenderle di santa ragione to get a beating o thrashing\ragion d'essere reason for existence, raison d'être; ragione sociale dir. company o corporate name; ragion di stato pol. reason of state. -
122 guilt
[gɪlt]1) (blame) colpa f., colpevolezza f.* * *[ɡilt]1) (a sense of shame: a feeling of guilt.) colpa, colpevolezza2) (the state of having done wrong: Fingerprints proved the murderer's guilt.) colpevolezza•- guilty- guiltiness
- guiltily* * *guilt /gɪlt/n. [u]1 ( anche leg.) colpa; colpevolezza: There is no evidence of his guilt, non vi sono prove della sua colpevolezza; to prove sb. 's guilt, dimostrare la colpevolezza di q.● The guilt lies with the politicians, la colpa è degli uomini politici.* * *[gɪlt]1) (blame) colpa f., colpevolezza f. -
123 true
I 1. [truː]1) (based on fact) [account, news, fact, story] veroit is true to say that... — si può dire che, risponde a verità dire che...
the same is o holds true of lo stesso dicasi di; to prove true dimostrarsi o rivelarsi vero; it can't be true! non può essere vero! that's true (when agreeing) (è) vero, giusto; too true! — colloq. (e) già, verissimo!
2) (real, genuine) [god, democracy, American, meaning] vero; [identity, age, cost] vero, reale3) (heartfelt, sincere) [feeling, repentance, understanding] vero, sincero, autentico4) (accurate) [ copy] conforme; [ assessment] corretto, accuratoto be true to life — [film, book] essere rispondente alla realtà, riprodurre fedelmente la realtà
5) (faithful, loyal) [servant, knight] fedele, lealeto be true to — essere fedele a [beliefs, word]
6) ing.to be out of true — [window, post, frame] non essere centrato
7) mus. [ instrument] intonato2.avverbio (straight) [aim, fire] in modo preciso••true to form, he... — com'era prevedibile o come ci si poteva aspettare, lui...
II [truː]to be, remain true to type — [ person] non smentirsi mai
nome mecc. centratura f., allineamento m.* * *[tru:]1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) vero2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) esatto3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) fedele, vero4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) (vero e proprio)•- trueness- truly* * *I 1. [truː]1) (based on fact) [account, news, fact, story] veroit is true to say that... — si può dire che, risponde a verità dire che...
the same is o holds true of lo stesso dicasi di; to prove true dimostrarsi o rivelarsi vero; it can't be true! non può essere vero! that's true (when agreeing) (è) vero, giusto; too true! — colloq. (e) già, verissimo!
2) (real, genuine) [god, democracy, American, meaning] vero; [identity, age, cost] vero, reale3) (heartfelt, sincere) [feeling, repentance, understanding] vero, sincero, autentico4) (accurate) [ copy] conforme; [ assessment] corretto, accuratoto be true to life — [film, book] essere rispondente alla realtà, riprodurre fedelmente la realtà
5) (faithful, loyal) [servant, knight] fedele, lealeto be true to — essere fedele a [beliefs, word]
6) ing.to be out of true — [window, post, frame] non essere centrato
7) mus. [ instrument] intonato2.avverbio (straight) [aim, fire] in modo preciso••true to form, he... — com'era prevedibile o come ci si poteva aspettare, lui...
II [truː]to be, remain true to type — [ person] non smentirsi mai
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125 верблюд
м.одного́рбый верблю́д — one-humped / Arabian camel, dromedary
двуго́рбый верблю́д — two-humped / Bactrian camel
••от верблю́да (в ответ на вопрос "отку́да?") прост. — ≈ aren't we curious?
дока́зывать, что ты не верблю́д разг. шутл. — 1) ( доказывать свою непричастность) have to prove that you haven't done anything wrong 2) ( подтверждать свою личность) be required to prove that you are you [that you are not someone else]
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126 не удаваться
1) General subject: be abortive, fail, go pear-shaped (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pear-shaped), prove abortive, to be abortive, wrong, come to no good3) Business: go down (о бизнесе)4) Quality control: abort -
127 предполагать
(= предположить) assume, presuppose, suppose, expect, fancy, intend, imagine, speculate• Без потери общности можно предположить, что х < 1, так как... - No generality is lost by assuming x < 1, since...• Без потери общности можно предположить, что... - There is no loss of generality in assuming that...• Более точно, предположим, что... - More precisely, we shall suppose that...• Будем временно предполагать, что... - We will tentatively assume that...; For now, we will assume that...; For the time being we will assume that...• Будем также предполагать... - We shall also assume...• Было бы неверно предполагать, что... - It would be wrong to assume that...• В любом случае, разумно предположить, что... - In any case, it is reasonable to suppose that...• В нашем изложении мы уже предположили, что... - We have assumed in our exposition that...• В нескольких следующих примерах мы будем предполагать для удобства, что... - In the next few examples we will assume for convenience that...• В оставшейся части нашего анализа мы будем предполагать, что... - We shall assume for the remainder of this analysis that...• В предыдущем рассмотрении мы автоматически предполагали, что... - In the above treatment, it has been tacitly assumed that...• В старой литературе было принято предполагать, что... - In the early literature, it was usual to assume that...• В частности, мы предполагаем знакомство (читателя) с... - In particular, we assume familiarity with...• В частности, предположим, что возможно... - In particular, suppose it is possible to...• В этой формуле мы все еще не предположили, что... - In this formula we have not yet assumed that...• Вместо этого мы должны предположить, что... - Instead, we must assume that...• Временно будем предполагать, что... - We will assume for the time being that...• Временно предположим, что... - We shall assume for the moment that...• Всюду в этом параграфе мы предполагали, что... - Throughout this section we have assumed that...• Всюду далее мы предполагаем, что... - We shall suppose throughout that...• Далее предполагаем, что... - Assuming further that...• Для определенности давайте предположим, что... - То be specific let us assume that...• Для определенности мы предположим, что... - For definiteness we shall suppose that...• Для сохранения аргументации давайте предположим, что... - Let us assume for the sake of argument that...• Для того, чтобы это сравнение имело смысл, мы дополнительно предполагаем, что... - For the comparison to be meaningful, we also assume that...• Для удобства мы предполагаем, что... - For the sake of convenience we have assumed that...• До сих пор мы не предполагали, что... - So far we have not assumed that...• Допустимо предполагать, что... - It is permissible to assume that...• Естественно предполагать, что... - It would appear reasonable that...• Здесь уже было предположено, что... - It has been assumed, of course, that...• Интуитивно кажется разумным предположить, что... - It is intuitively reasonable to suppose that...• Интуитивно мы бы предположили, что... - Intuitively we would suppose that...• Исходя из этой модели, можно было бы предположить, что... - From this model one may expect that...• К примеру, можно было бы предположить, что... - It might, for example, be conjectured that...• Кажется разумным предполагать... - It seems reasonable to conjecture that...• Кажется разумным предположить, что... - It seems reasonable to assume that...• Как и ранее, мы будем предполагать, что... - We shall assume as before that...• Можно предположить, что... - It can be assumed that...; It may be supposed that...; One may conjecture that...• Можно с уверенностью предположить, что... - It is safe to assume that...; It may be safely suggested that...• Можно смело предположить, что... - It is plausible to assume that...• Мы будем предполагать присутствие... - We shall assume the presence of...• Мы будем предполагать, что читатель обладает очевидной интуитивной концепцией (= идеей)... - We shall assume that the reader has a clear intuitive idea of...• Мы всегда будем предполагать, что... - We will always assume that...• Мы вынуждены предположить, что... - One is tempted to surmise that...• Мы могли бы предположить это (исходя) из... - We might suspect this from...• Мы могли бы также предположить, что... - We might also conjecture that...• Мы молчаливо предполагаем, что... - We tacitly assume that...• Мы не будем заранее предполагать, что... - We do not presume to...• Мы неявно предположили, что... - We have implicitly supposed A to be continuous on...• Мы предполагаем без обсуждения, что... - We assume without discussion that...• Мы предполагаем лишь очень небольшое знание... - We assume very little knowledge of...• Мы предполагаем, что это условие выполнено. - We assume this condition to be fulfilled.• На основе своих наблюдений Смит [1] предположил, что... - Smith [1] conjectured from his observations that...• На этом этапе мы не можем предполагать, что... - At this stage we cannot assume that...• Например, предположим, что... - For instance, suppose that...• Например, предположим, что мы хотим... - Suppose, for example, that we wish to...• Начиная с этого момента, предположим, что... - Let us assume from now on that...• Нет оснований предполагать, что... - There is no reason to suppose that...• Один способ продолжить это состоит в том, чтобы предположить, что... - One way of proceeding is to suppose that...• Однако было бы совершенно неверно предполагать, что... - It would be very wrong to assume, however, that...• Однако не так уж очевидно, что справедливо предположить, что... - However, it is not obviously valid to assume that...• Однако нельзя предполагать, что... - It cannot be assumed, however, that...• Однако предположим, что мы хотим получить... - But suppose that we wish to obtain...• Однако теперь мы предположим, что... - For the present, however, we shall assume that...• Однако этот результат действительно предполагает, что... - The result does assume, however, that...• Основываясь на этих примерах, мы могли бы предположить, что... - Based on these examples, one might conjecture that...• Остается лишь возможность предположить, что... - The remaining possibility is to assume that...• Очевидно, что нам не требуется предполагать, что... - It is evidently unnecessary to suppose that...• По причинам, которые станут ясны позднее, мы предполагаем, что... - We assume, for reasons which will become apparent, that...• Повсюду в данной главе мы будем предполагать, что... - Throughout this chapter we have assumed that...• Предварительно мы предполагаем, что... - Tentatively we assume that...• Предположим на минуту, что... - Assume for the moment that...• Предположим от противного, что... - Suppose, by contradiction, that...• Предположим, что... - Let us suppose that...• Предположим, что вместо этого мы заинтересованы в... - Suppose instead that we are interested in...• Предположим, что мы желаем найти... - Let us suppose that we wish to find...• Принято предполагать, что... - It is customary to assume that...; It is commonly supposed that...• Рекомендуется предположить, что... - It is tempting to assume that...• С целью анализа мы предположим... - For purposes of analysis we shall assume...• С целью упростить обозначения, мы предполагаем, что... - For simplicity of notation, we assume that...• Самое главное, мы не можем предположить в общем случае, что... - Above all, we cannot assume in general that...• Следовательно, мы всегда будем предполагать, что... - Henceforth we shall always assume that...• Следовательно, мы предполагаем (не зная того точно), что... - We presume, therefore, that...• Следовательно, разумно предположить, что... - It is thus reasonable to assume/suppose that...• Сначала предположили, что... - Initially, it was supposed that...• Справедливо предполагалось, что... - It was correctly reasoned that...; It was correctly supposed that...• Считалось разумным предполагать, что... -jit was considered reasonable to assume that...• Такая точка зрения предполагает, что... - This view presumes that...• Теперь мы можем предположить, что... - We may now suppose that...• Теперь мы предполагаем, что... - At this point, we assume that...• Теперь мы предположим, что... - For now we assume that...• Теперь, хотя мы в этом и не уверены, предположим, что... - Let us now assume tentatively that...• Чтобы доказать (эту) теорему, во-первых, предположим, что... - То prove the theorem, suppose first that...• Чтобы объяснить получившийся результат, мы могли бы предположить, что... - То explain the above result, we could suppose that...• Чтобы получить неявное выражение для /(ж) предположим, что... - То obtain an explicit expression for f(x), suppose that...• Чтобы попытаться исключить это затруднение, давайте предположим, что... - In an attempt to remove this difficulty, let us assume that...• Чтобы проанализировать, мы предположим... - For purposes of analysis we shall assume...• Чтобы проиллюстрировать (это), предположим, что... - By way of illustration, suppose that...• Чтобы проиллюстрировать это наиболее простым примером, предположим, что... - То take the simplest possible illustration, suppose that...• Чтобы упростить задачу, давайте предположим, что... -То simplify the problem, let us suppose that...• Чтобы учесть данный факт, Максвелл предположил, что... - То account for this fact, Maxwell supposed that... -
128 rub
1. past tense, past participle - rubbed; verb(to move against the surface of something else, pressing at the same time: He rubbed his eyes; The horse rubbed its head against my shoulder; The back of the shoe is rubbing against my heel.) gni; skubbe; gnage2. noun(an act of rubbing: He gave the teapot a rub with a polishing cloth.) gniing, frottering- rub down- rub it in
- rub out
- rub shoulders with
- rub up
- rub up the wrong wayskrubbeIsubst. \/rʌb\/1) skrubb, skrubbing, frottering• give the silver a rub!hun frotterte\/tørket ham på ryggen2) hinder, hake, vanskelighet3) ujevnhet, hump, kul4) spydighet, finte, hipp5) noe ergerlig, noe irriterende• the rub is that...det ergerlige er at...6) (forkortelse for rubber) gummiget the rub fatte, skjønne, henge med• do you get the rub?the rub on\/of the green (britisk, hverdagslig) (plutselig) hindringIIverb \/rʌb\/1) gni, skrubbe, smøre utover2) frottere, massere3) viske ut, gni bort4) pusse, polere5) gnage, gnisse, skrape6) gjøre avtrykk fra noe (ved hjelp av skravering)rub along\/by\/on humpe og gå, gå på et vis• we manage to rub along somehow, although we're short of moneydet går på et vis, selv om vi mangler penger klare segrub along together komme overens, være på god fotrub at something gni på noe, stryke på noeetter rideturen striglet han hesten sin pusse, pusse nedgni, tørke, frotterevisitererub in smøre inninnprente, mase omrub it in mase om, gni inn, minne om noe pinlig• don't rub it in!trenger du å gni det inn? \/ må du drive og minne meg på det der!rub noses gni nese(ne mot hverandre)( vulgært) runkerub off (on) smitte over på, smitte av pårub on\/against something skrape mot noerub one's hands gni seg i hendene ( overført) godte segrub (something) out viske bort (noe), stryke ut (noe), fjerne (noe)rub salt into someone's wounds strø salt i sårene til noenrub shoulders\/elbows with gå arm i arm med, omgås ha kontakt med, ha omgang medrub somebody out (amer., slang) kverke noen, myrde noen, gjøre av med noenrub somebody (up) the right\/wrong way stryke noen etter\/mot hårene, føye\/irritere noenrub someone's nose in it\/in the dirt gni det inn, trø noen ned i dritten, minne noen på deres feil\/tabber, tråkke på noenrub through greie segrub to a powder pulverisererub up pusse, polere friske opp• I'm going to St. Tropez this summer, so I have to rub up my Frenchjeg skal til St. Tropez i sommer, så jeg må friske opp fransken minblande sammen ( vulgært) kåte opp, runkerub up against komme borti noen egle seg innpå noen
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