Puzzle - Английское значение и перевод слова Puzzle на Русский язык

verb

Totally bewilder or perplex.

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An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone

noun

A device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction.

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You can cut out glare from a strip light by concealing it behind a baffle

verb

To cause someone to be unable to understand or explain something

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Even his friends were baffled by his behavior., a baffling mystery

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

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If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

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The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

verb

Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).

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He was bemused by what was happening

verb

To slightly confuse someone

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Her answer bemused us all.

verb

Cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused.

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She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

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The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

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Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

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Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

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You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

adjective

(of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered.

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She was utterly confused about what had happened

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

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Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

adjective

Unable to think clearly or to understand something

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Grandpa gets pretty confused sometimes, and doesn't even know what day it is., i'm a bit confused. …

noun

A confusing and difficult problem or question.

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One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts

verb

Disconcert or confuse (someone).

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This attitude totally discombobulated bruce

verb

To confuse someone or make someone feel uncomfortable

noun

A person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.

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Madeleine was still an enigma to him

noun

Someone or something that is mysterious and impossible to understand

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He is an enigma to most people., an enigmatic smile

verb

Disturb or disconcert (someone).

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She was not fazed by his show of anger

verb

To upset or confuse someone

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Speaking in public does not faze her.

verb

Perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder.

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I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing

verb

To confuse someone so much that they do not know what to do

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I have to say that last question flummoxed me.

noun

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).

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The collision occurred in thick fog

verb

(with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam.

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Hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window

noun

The grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.

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If the humidity is too high, the fog just grows and grows out of control.

noun

A loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones.

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Keep their roots shaded with gravel or some large stones, mulch them now and then and they'll be ha…

verb

Cover (an area of ground) with gravel.

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They gravelled the road

noun

A network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way.

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The house has a maze and a walled italian garden

verb

Be dazed and confused.

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She was still mazed with the drug she had taken

noun

Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.

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The mysteries of outer space

noun

A handicraft or trade, especially when referred to in indentures.

noun

Something strange or unknown which has not yet been explained or understood

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[ c ] despite years of study, sleepwalking remains a mystery., [ u ] the details of the scandal are…

verb

Utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).

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I was completely mystified by his disappearance

verb

To confuse someone or make someone uncertain by doing or involving the person in something difficult to explain

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Doctors were mystified by her high fever and headaches.

verb

Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react.

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Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question

noun

A state of being very surprised and confused.

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Reduced to a perfect nonplus, he rose from his chair

verb

Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

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The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins

verb

To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally

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She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue., companies deliberately obfu…

noun

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.

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The uncertainty principle leads to all sorts of paradoxes, like the particles being in two places a…

noun

A statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics

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It’s a strange paradox that people who say you shouldn’t criticize the government criticize it as s…

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

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She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb

To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood

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The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

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The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

adjective

Completely baffled; very puzzled.

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She gave him a perplexed look

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

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She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

adjective

Confused, because something is difficult to understand or solve

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The students looked perplexed, so the teacher tried to explain once again., police were perplexed b…

verb

Present or constitute (a problem or danger).

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The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area

noun

A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.

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Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

verb

Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.

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We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

noun

A person who poses; a poseur.

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‘canned hunts’ are for phonies and posers and dandy boys.

noun

A difficult or perplexing question or problem.

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She throws the question back with the poser, ‘why not?’

noun

A problem or question that is difficult to solve or answer

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Who was the last woman to win three olympic gold medals? that's quite a poser.

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 sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.

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We hope this leaflet has been helpful in answering your questions

verb

Ask (someone) questions, especially in an official context.

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Four men were being questioned about the killings

verb

A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

noun

A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.

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They started asking riddles and telling jokes

verb

Speak in or pose riddles.

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He who knows not how to riddle

noun

A large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.

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For inside the mill, the shelling stones began to turn, the riddles (large-meshed sieves) rhythmica…

noun

The bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.

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In addition the tree covered quite a large area which, once the stump has been ground out and the s…

verb

(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.

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Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions

noun

A puzzling question.

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This one's a stumper

verb

Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

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I threw a brick through the window

noun

An act of throwing something.

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Holding's throw hit the stumps

verb

Propel through the air

verb

Cause to lose one's way; lead or drive astray.

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Unknowne lands, where we have wildered ourselves

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

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A herd of wild goats

adjective

Living or growing independently of people, in natural conditions, and with natural characteristics

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Wild turkeys, these herbs grow wild., he led a wild life., when i told him what i’d done, he went w…