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21 tread
I [tred] n1) ходаfirm [heavy, sprightly, airy] tread — тверда [важка, пружиниста, легка]хода
she had the tread of an empress — у неї була царствена хода; кроки
to walk with a measured tread — йти розміреним кроком; ходіння
that incessant tread of feet wearing the rough stones smooth — безупинне ходіння; від якого нерівні камені стають гладкими; звук кроків
to hear the tread of feet — почути звук кроків; підошва ( черевик)
2) слідto leave a deep tread in the snow — залишати на снігу широкий слід /колію/
3) спаровування ( птахі)5) сходи; ширина сходинок6) уступ тераси; уступ на схилі місцевості7) мop. довжина кіля8) cпeц. ширина ходу, колії9) cпeц. поверхня катання11) aвт. протектор ( покришки)II [tred] v(trod; trodden, trod)1) ступати, крокуватиto tread lightly (in order not to wake smb) — ступати тихо (щоб не розбудити кого-н.) [див.; тж. є]; to tread through the meadow йти /крокувати/ через поляну
where no foot may tread — де не ступала нога людини; йти, ходити (по чому-н.)
to tread the ground — ходити по землі ([див.; тж. 1] йти, слідувати)
to tread new ground — вступати на новий грунт, зайнятися новою справою [ср. тж. 1]
2) наступати (на що-н.); to tread on asharp stone наступити на гострий каміньhe was trodden to death by the elephants — він був на смерть затоптаний слонами; натискати ( на педаль велосипед)
he resolutely trod on the accelerator — він рішуче вижав педаль акселератора; утоптувати, утрамбовувати
3) топтати, тиснутиto tread (upon) grapes — тиснути виноград ( при виготовленні вин)
to tread smth into /in/ the ground — втоптати що-н. у землю; зневажати, гнобити ( to tread under foot)
to tread smb to pieces — розтоптати кого-н.
4) протоптувати5) паруватися ( про птахів); покривати, топтати ( курку)7) icт. танцювати••to tread this earth /shoe-leather/ — жити, бути живим
to tread the boards /the stage/ — бути актором
to tread in smb 's (foot)steps — йти по чиїмсь стопам, слідувати чийомусь прикладу
to tread on the heels of smb — слідувати по п'ятах за ким-н.
to tread on air — = ніг під собою не відчувати радіти, тріумфувати
to tread on smb 's corns /on smb 's toes/ — наступити кому-н. на улюблений муляй; боляче зачепити кого-н.; зачепити чиїсь почуття
to tread on the neck of smb — гнобити, пригноблювати кого-н.
to tread lightly /carefully, warily/ — діяти обережно /тактовно/ [ср. тж. 1]; to tread water плисти стоячи
just try to keep treading water until help comes — прагніть триматися на воді, поки не прийде допомога
to tread a measure — icт.,; пoeт. красиво /ритмічно/ танцювати
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22 _життя
a cat has nine lives he lives long who lives well it is a great life if you don't weaken it matters not how long we live, but how it's easy to die right, but it's hard to live right life and misery begin together life begins at forty life is but a span life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel life is just one damned thing after another life is just one parting after another life is a light before the wind life is a long lesson in humility life is made up of little things life is not all beer and skittles life is short and sweet a light heart lives long live and learn live and let live a man's not ready to die until he's fit to live not living well isn't living at all only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die start sooner, go slower, and live longer they that live longest, see most tis more brave to live than to die to live long is to suffer long the true value of life cannot be measured in dollars variety is the spice of life we are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed we only live once -
23 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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