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61 truce
- "armaments truce" "перемир'я в озброєннях"- stand-still truce тимчасове перемир'я- twenty four hour's truce двадцятичотиригодинне перемир'я- unstable truce нестійке перемир'я- flag of truce білий прапор, прапор парламентера- to implement the truce виконувати умови перемир'я -
62 _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 -
63 _неправда; обман
believe every man a liar until he proves himself true the bigger the lie, the more it is believed he that tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain it it is better to be cheated than not to trust it is better to be lied about than to lie a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth a liar is worse than a thief liars begin by imposing on others but end by deceiving themselves liars have need of good memories a lie can go around the world and back while the truth is lacing up its boots a lie stands on one leg, truth on two lies do harm only to them that tell 'em lies have short legs men are never so easily deceived as when they are plotting to deceive others one lie makes many popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world there's no liar like an old liar white lies are but ushers to the black ones you can fool some of the people all the time, all the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time you catch a thief but never a liar -
64 _успіх
count no man successful until he is dead failure teaches success not handsome at twenty, not strong at thirty, not rich at forty, not wise at fifty – never will be nothing succeeds like success success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan success has ruined many a man success is a chain of gold – but it is a chain success is never blamed success ruins a fool -
65 one lie makes many
var: one lie leads to anotherодна неправда тягне за собою іншу раз збрехав, навіки брехуном став he that tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain itEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > one lie makes many
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66 a
I [eɪ] n; = Afrom A to Z — від поча́тку і до кінця́; доскона́ло; цілко́м
2) амер. найви́ща оці́нка у ви́щій і сере́дній шко́ліstraight A — "кру́гле відмі́нно"
3)A 1 [ˌeɪ'wʌn], амер. A № 1 [ˌeɪˌnʌmbə'wʌn] — першокла́сний, відмі́нний; чудо́во, прекра́сно
4) муз. ляII [eɪ], [ə]1) грам. неозначений артикль перед словами, що починаються приголосними і йотованими звуками: a dog, a horse, a union, a youth, a eulogy, a one і т.д. (перед словами, що починаються голосними звуками та німим h, вживається неозначений артикль an: an apple, an hour)it costs a penny — це ко́штує оди́н пе́нні
a hundred of dollars, one hundred of dollars — одна́ со́тня до́ларів, сто до́ларів
3) перед деякими іменниками і прикметниками, що виражають кількістьa few — кі́лька, де́кілька
a little — тро́хи, небага́то
a great many, a good many — ду́же бага́то
a dozen — дю́жина
a score — два деся́тки
4) (вживається замість the same - той са́мий, одна́ковий)all of a size — всі одна́кового (того́ са́мого) ро́зміру
а) (each - ко́жний)twice [thrice] a week — дві́чі (три́чі) на ти́ждень
an apple a day — одне́ я́блуко ко́жного дня
twenty dollars a dozen — два́дцять до́ларів за дю́жину
б) яки́йсьa Mr. George Grey — яки́йсь Джордж Грей
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67 allow
[ə'lau]v1) дозволя́тиsmoking is not allowed — пали́ти забороня́ється (не дозволя́ється)
2) надава́ти, роби́ти можли́вимthis gate allows access to the garden — че́рез ці воро́та мо́жна пройти́ у сад
3) допуска́ти, припуска́ти, визнава́тиI allow that I was wrong — визнаю́, що я був непра́вий
4) бра́ти до ува́ги, врахо́вувати, зважа́тиhe must allow for some mistakes — він пови́нен врахува́ти (зва́жити на) де́які помилки́
we cannot allow of such an excuse — не мо́жемо прийня́ти (зва́жити на) таке́ ви́правдання
5) роби́ти зни́жку, роби́ти попра́вку ( на щось - for)6) дава́ти, регуля́рно випла́чувати; субсидува́тиI allow him 200 dollars a year — я даю́ йо́му по 200 до́ларів на рік
7) амер. заявля́ти, стве́рджуватиallow me! — дозво́льте (мені́)!
we have allowed for twenty people — ми були́ гото́ві зустрі́ти (прийня́ти) два́дцять осі́б
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68 amount
[ə'maunt] 1. n1) кі́лькістьa large amount of work — бага́то робо́ти
2) су́ма; пі́дсумокwhat is the amount of this? — скі́льки це склада́є (стано́вить)?
3) важли́вість, вага́, значу́щість2. v1) станови́ти, склада́ти ( суму); дорі́внювати ( чомусь - to)the bill amounts to twenty dollars — раху́нок стано́вить два́дцять до́ларів
2) бу́ти рівнозна́чнимthis amounts to a refusal — це рівнозна́чне відмо́ві
to amount to very little, not to amount to much — не ма́ти вели́кого зна́чення
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69 twy
(скор. від twenty) два́дцять
См. также в других словарях:
Twenty 1 — Studio album by Chicago Released January 29, 1991 … Wikipedia
twenty — O.E. twentig group of twenty, from twegen two (see TWO (Cf. two)) + tig group of ten (see TY (Cf. ty) (1)). Cognate with O.Fris. twintich, Du. twintig, O.H.G. zweinzug, Ger. zwanzig. Goth … Etymology dictionary
Twenty — Twen ty, a. [OE. twenty, AS. tw?ntig, twentig; akin to OFris. twintich, OS. tw?ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See {Twain}, {Two}, and {Ten}.] 1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twenty — [twen′tē, twen′ē, twun′ē] adj. [ME twenti < OE twegentig, lit., two tens (akin to Ger zwanzig, Goth twai tigjus) < twegen, TWAIN + tig, TY2] two times ten n. pl. twenties 1. the cardinal number between nineteen and twenty one; 20; XX ☆ 2 … English World dictionary
Twenty — Twen ty, n.; pl. {Twenties}. 1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twenty — ► CARDINAL NUMBER (pl. twenties) ▪ ten less than thirty; 20. (Roman numeral: xx or XX.) DERIVATIVES twentieth ordinal number. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
twenty — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 the product of two and ten. 2 a symbol for this (20, xx, XX). 3 (in pl.) the numbers from 20 to 29, esp. the years of a century or of a person s life. 4 colloq. a large indefinite number (have told you twenty times). adj … Useful english dictionary
twenty — noun (plural twenties) Etymology: Middle English, from twenty, adjective, from Old English twēntig, noun, group of 20, from twēn (akin to Old English twā two) + tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten more at two, ten Date: 13th century 1.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
twenty — twen|ty [ˈtwenti] number, n [: Old English; Origin: twentig] 1.) the number 20 ▪ a small village twenty miles from Nairobi ▪ I m nearly twenty (=20 years old) . 2.) the twenties [plural] also the 20s, the 1920s the years from 1920 to 1929 ▪ In… … Dictionary of contemporary English
twenty — /twen tee, twun /, n., pl. twenties, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2. 2. a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. Informal. a twenty dollar bill: Can you give me two tens for a twenty? 5.… … Universalium
twenty — noun /ˈtwɛn.ti,ˈtwɛɾ̃i,ˈtwʌɾ̃i/ a) A banknote with a denomination of $20. The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty. b) 10 20 (location). What’s your twenty, good buddy? … Wiktionary