Messes - Английское значение и перевод слова Messes на Русский язык

verb

Make dirty; pollute.

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The dangers of letting industry befoul the environment

verb

Damage (someone's reputation).

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He had besmirched the good name of his family

noun

Complete disorder and confusion.

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Snow caused chaos in the region

noun

A state of disorder and confusion

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Repairs to the major highway this summer will bring chaos to commuters., the house is a little chao…

verb

Cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things.

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The room was cluttered with his bric-a-brac

noun

A collection of things lying about in an untidy state.

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The attic is full of clutter

noun

A condition of disorder, or a lot of objects that are in a state of disorder

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The basement work area is filled with creative clutter., the family room was cluttered with toys.

noun

A circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty.

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There is a complication concerning ownership of the site

noun

Something that makes a situation more difficult

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This complication had not been foreseen., he died from complications of diabetes.

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

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There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

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[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

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Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

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[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

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He wants to make money, but he also disapproves of it: den's dilemma in a nutshell

State of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options

noun

A situation in which a choice has to be made between possibilities that will all have results you do not want

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The dilemma was over how to protect a charming little island and at the same time allow economic de…

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

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A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

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A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

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She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

verb

Make untidy or disordered.

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Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb

To make something untidy

noun

A state of disorganization or untidiness.

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Her grey hair was in disarray

verb

Throw into a state of disorganization or untidiness.

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The inspection disarrayed the usual schedule

noun

A messy or confused condition, showing a lack of organization

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Many party members believe the campaign is in disarray., the apartment was in complete disarray.

verb

Make (a person's hair or clothes) untidy.

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He ran one hand through his hair, further dishevelling it

noun

A state of confusion.

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The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

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They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

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The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

noun

Lack of proper planning and control.

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Social disorganization is destroying the wellbeing of the population

noun

The quality of being badly planned and without order

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Your own country is in a state of complete disorganization., there was total disorganization in the…

noun

A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

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Personal alarms for use in an emergency

noun

A dangerous or serious situation, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs immediate action

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In an emergency, dial 911 for an ambulance.

noun

A dangerous or serious situation that happens unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid harmful results

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Aim to build up risk-free savings in case of emergency., the governor declared a state of emergency…

noun

The action or fact of entangling or being entangled.

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Many dolphins die from entanglement in fishing nets

noun

The condition of being wrapped and twisted together in a mass

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Entanglements of cables and wires, a legal entanglement

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

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They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

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How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

A sudden intense feeling of fear.

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I jumped up in fright

verb

Frighten.

Примеры использования:

Come, be comforted, he shan't fright you

noun

The feeling of fear, esp. if felt suddenly, or an experience of fear which happens suddenly

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[ u ] when the rescue team reached him, he was shaking with fright., [ c usually sing ] you gave he…

abbreviation

(in measuring the height of horses) hand(s).

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Pinto pony gelding—quiet, 13.3 h, great with kids

noun

The eighth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. it is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.

noun

An untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other.

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A heap of cardboard boxes

adverb

A great deal.

Примеры использования:

‘how do you like maggie?’ ‘i like you heaps better!’

verb

Put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap.

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She heaped logs on the fire

noun

An extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.

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The abdication imbroglio of 1936

noun

An unwanted, difficult, and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems

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The soviet union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the afghan imbroglio.

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

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Four of us were jammed in one compartment

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

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Paper jams

verb

A sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.

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Strawberry jam

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

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The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

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A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

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A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

noun

Rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place.

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Always clear up after a picnic and never drop litter

verb

Make (a place or area) untidy with rubbish or a large number of objects left lying about.

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Clothes and newspapers littered the floor

noun

Pieces of paper and other small objects that have been thrown out and are left on the ground in public places

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The park was littered with bottles and soda cans after the concert.

noun

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

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Acres of land had been reduced to a mire

verb

Cause to become stuck in mud.

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Sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down

noun

An area of deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. any messy situation

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The cart’s wheels sank in the red mire., fig. at the time the country was mired in the great depres…

noun

A confused mixture.

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A mishmash of outmoded ideas

noun

A badly organized mixture

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The movie is a mishmash of past and present.

idiom

Assemble without order or sense

phrasal verb

Spoil the order or arrangement of a collection of things.

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The papers got mixed up when they slid off her lap

phrasal verb

Confuse someone or something with another person or thing.

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I'd got her mixed up with her sister

noun

Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.

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I'll just clean the muck off the windscreen

verb

Spread manure on (land).

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Half the farm is mucked every year

noun

Wet, sticky dirt

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It was hard to walk in the muck.

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

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I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

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The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

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Her life was in a muddle.

verb

Make (someone's hair or clothes) untidy or messy.

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The wind was mussing up his hair

noun

A state of disorder.

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No fuss, no muss—nothing left behind except a few little specks of dust

verb

To make messy

Примеры использования:

Don’t muss my hair (up) – i just had it styled.

noun

A relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine.

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Cheese and pickle

verb

Preserve (food or other perishable items) in vinegar or brine.

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Fish pickled in brine

noun

A cucumber (= a green, tube-shaped vegetable) that has been preserved in a liquid containing salt and other spices or vinegar

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A sweet/dill pickle, pickled tomatoes/herring

noun

A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

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We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty

verb

Pledge or solemnly promise (one's faith or loyalty).

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Men to plighted vows were faithful

noun

An unpleasant condition, esp. a serious, sad, or difficult one

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My problems aren’t much compared with the plight of the storm victims.

verb

Contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.

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The explosion polluted the town with dioxin

Contaminate; make impure

verb

To make air, water, or earth dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, esp. by adding harmful chemicals or waste

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Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are polluting the groundwater., maybe there’s some kind of chem…

noun

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.

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The club's financial predicament

noun

An unpleasant or confusing situation that is difficult to get out of or solve

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With no money and no job, he found himself in a real predicament.

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

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They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

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Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

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Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

noun

A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.

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Kate was in a quandary

noun

A state of not being able to decide what to do about a situation in which you are involved

Примеры использования:

I’ve had two job offers, and i’m in a real quandary about/over which one to accept.

verb

Give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to.

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The girl rumpled his thin streaky hair

noun

An untidy state.

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She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor

verb

(of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.

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He shambled off down the corridor

plural noun

A state of total disorder.

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My career was in a shambles

plural noun

A butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names).

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The shambles where the animals were slaughtered

noun

The faculty or power of seeing.

Примеры использования:

Joseph lost his sight as a baby

verb

Manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of.

Примеры использования:

Tell me when you sight london bridge

noun

The ability to see, or the act of seeing something

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Machines don’t have a sense of sight., the sight of sick children disturbs her., i know david by si…

noun

A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.

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Lamb stew

verb

(with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.

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Beef stewed in wine

noun

A pond or large tank for keeping fish for eating.

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On one of my local stew ponds there is an attitude that if it's not into double figures it ain't wo…

noun

A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.

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The straits of gibraltar

adjective

(of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped.

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The road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it

noun

A narrow area of water that connects two larger areas of water

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The strait lies between the atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea.

verb

Twist together into a confused mass.

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The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt

noun

A confused mass of something twisted together.

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A tangle of golden hair

noun

Any of a number of brown seaweeds, especially oarweed.

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An entirely natural extract, it is based on seaweed or tangle, widely available around scotland's s…

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

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George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

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The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

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A rubbish tip

noun

Difficulty or problems.

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I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

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He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

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[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

verb

Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.

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She pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs

noun

A sudden or headlong fall.

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I took a tumble in the nettles

verb

Fall down, as if collapsing

noun

A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

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The country was in turmoil

noun

A state of extreme confusion, uncertainty, or lack of order

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Her mind was in turmoil., she grew up in the turmoil of the 1960s.

noun

The quality or state of being untidy

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They're very tolerant about mess in the home and untidiness generally., the sofas are soft and cosy…