Minces - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

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The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

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As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

noun

A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people.

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Thousands of local residents face serious health problems in overcrowded refugee camps and temporar…

verb

Live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday.

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Holiday parks in which you can camp or stay in a chalet

adjective

Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect.

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The movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome

noun

In some systems of chinese medicine and exercise, the most important energy that a person has

verb

Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.

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The plaster started to crumble

noun

A mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.

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Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb

verb

To break into small pieces

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[ i ] that old wall is starting to crumble.

noun

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

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What is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?

verb

Raise (a number or value) to its cube.

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Cube the deviations from the mean

noun

A solid object with six square sides of equal size

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The cube of 2 (= 2 x 2 x 2) is 8.

adjective

Delicately small and pretty.

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A dainty lace handkerchief

noun

Something good to eat; a delicacy.

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Home-made breads, jams, and dainties

adjective

Small and attractive in a delicate way

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A dainty wrist/hand, dainty flowers

adjective

Someone, especially a man, who is dandyish is very interested in their own appearance and likes dressing in expensive, fashionable clothes.

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Her brother combined professionalism in his work with a dandyish and operatic manner., he was a sty…

adjective

Someone, especially a man, who is dandyish is very interested in their own appearance and likes dressing in expensive, fashionable clothes.

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Her brother combined professionalism in his work with a dandyish and operatic manner., he was a sty…

adjective

Someone, especially a man, who is dandyish is very interested in their own appearance and likes dressing in expensive, fashionable clothes.

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Her brother combined professionalism in his work with a dandyish and operatic manner., he was a sty…

noun

A small cube with each side having a different number of spots on it, ranging from one to six, thrown and used in gambling and other games involving chance.

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Gauss's guess was based on throwing a dice with one side marked ‘prime’ and the others all blank.

verb

Play or gamble with dice.

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Prohibitions on all dancing and dicing

plural noun

Two small cubes (= square, box-shaped solids) that are the same, each with a different number of spots on each of its six sides, used in games

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Peel and dice the carrots.

adjective

(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.

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He lisps and his handshake is effeminate

adjective

An effeminate man behaves or looks similar to a woman

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He's got a very effeminate manner/voice.

adjective

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

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She dressed with fastidious care

adjective

Having high standards and giving a lot of attention to details

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The restaurant offers elaborate food and fastidious service at high prices.

adjective

Concerned with one's clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way (typically used of a man).

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He is foppish and vain

adjective

(of a man) extremely interested in your appearance and wearing decorative clothes

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He likes foppish linen suits., he was rather foppish in his behaviour.

verb

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.

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Grind some black pepper over the salad

noun

A crushing or grating sound or motion.

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The crunch and grind of bulldozers

noun

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

noun

A dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked again, usually with potatoes.

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Make a hash by frying up all the leftover roast potatoes and parsnips, adding some chopped turkey a…

verb

Make (meat or other food) into a hash.

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In gower they are added to hashed meat, made into pies with apples, and put into soup.

noun

Short for hashish.

adjective

Used to describe speech or behaviour that is not sincere because the person is pretending to belong to a higher social class

adjective

Very formal and correct in behaviour, often in a way that is not sincere

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The chef had no patience with customers making niminy-piminy comments about his dishes., he adopts …

adjective

Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.

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Precious works of art

noun

Used as a term of address for a beloved person.

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Don't be frightened, my precious

adjective

Of very great value or worth

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Precious memories, children are our most precious resource., diamonds and rubies are precious stone…

adjective

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Pretentious art films

adjective

Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

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Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

verb

Walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner, typically with exaggerated movements of the hips and shoulders.

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Louise was sashaying along in a long black satin dress

noun

(in american square dancing) a figure in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps.

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Roll away with a half sashay, then face your original partner

verb

To walk confidently while moving your hips from side to side in a way that attracts attention

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She sashayed down the stairs and into the hall.

noun

A soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women.

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He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

adjective

A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.

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He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

noun

A boy who seems to be easily frightened and not brave, or who is not interested in things boys usually like

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Dancing was for sissies when i was a kid.

verb

Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

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She began to skip down the path

noun

A light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.

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He moved with a strange, dancing skip

noun

A large transportable open-topped container for building and other refuse.

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I've salvaged a carpet from a skip

verb

Move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.

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She teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals

verb

To appear to be about to fall while moving or standing

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They teetered around the room like two toddlers, helpless with laughter., fig. the city is teeterin…

verb

Walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion.

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Three geese waddled across the road

noun

A waddling gait.

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I walk with a waddle

verb

To walk with short steps, swinging the body from one side to the other, like a duck (= a bird with short legs that lives by water)