Sally - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A pithy observation which contains a general truth.

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The old aphorism ‘the child is father to the man’

noun

A short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth

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Oscar wilde was famous for such aphorisms as "experience is the name everyone gives to their mistak…

verb

Make a physical attack on.

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He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer

noun

A physical attack.

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His imprisonment for an assault on the film director

verb

Attack someone physically or emotionally

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

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In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

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He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

noun

A sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.

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It was a simple hunting arrow, without a particularly sharp edge or barbs that would make it harder…

noun

A small horse of a hardy breed originally from north africa.

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The rancho riding herd is usually 27 horses, mainly spanish barbs and mixes of that breed.

verb

Cut or style (a person's hair).

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He has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of

noun

An intensive or sudden military attack.

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A heavy artillery blitz

verb

Another term for lightning chess.

noun

A sudden and violent military attack, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft

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That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.

noun

An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

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Another aspect of the centralized soviet leadership was the role of partisan warfare in defeating t…

noun

A blitz

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

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Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

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Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.

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Having eaten these we were hard pressed to ignore the shop counter as we departed.

verb

Speak or act in opposition to.

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The second argument is more difficult to counter

adverb

In the opposite direction or in opposition to.

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His writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade

noun

A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart.

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A hairline crack down the middle of the glass

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

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The ice all over the bog had cracked

adjective

Very good or skilful.

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He is a crack shot

noun

An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.

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The plane had gone into a steep descent

noun

The origin of people in your family background

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Their mother is of irish descent (= family origin)., the descent of dozens of motorcycles terrified…

noun

The state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past

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Of african, european, asian, etc. descent there are more than a hundred million people of african d…

verb

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

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He got into his car and drove off

noun

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.

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He was driven by ambition

verb

To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it

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[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

noun

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

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A wildean epigram

noun

A short saying or poem that expresses an idea in a clever, funny way

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One of oscar wilde's most frequently quoted epigrams is "i can resist everything except temptation".

noun

A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.

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The garrison made a foray against richard's camp

verb

Make or go on a foray.

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The place into which they were forbidden to foray

noun

A brief attempt at or involvement in an activity outside a person’s or organization’s usual range of activities

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The opera company has made curious forays into contemporary music in recent seasons.

adjective

Causing laughter or amusement; humorous.

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A funny story

noun

Comic strips in newspapers.

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I read the sports page, funnies, and editorial

An account of an amusing incident

noun

A piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking.

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They tied him up and put a gag in his mouth

verb

Put a gag on (someone).

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She was bound and gagged by robbers

verb

Tell jokes.

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They gagged about their sexual problems

noun

An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.

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Incursions into enemy territory

noun

A sudden and unwanted entrance to a place or area controlled by others, esp. in a military attack

noun

A sudden attack on or act of going into a place, especially across a border

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Incursions into enemy territory

noun

An instance of something being encroached on or reduced by something else.

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The firm is beginning to make inroads into the uk market

noun

Something that has a noticeable and positive effect on something you are trying to achieve

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The deal marks the first major inroad into the country's domestic market., the grant for a new job-…

noun

To start to have a direct and noticeable effect (on something)

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Make inroads/an inroad into the government is definitely making inroads into the problem of unemplo…

noun

An instance of invading a country or region with an armed force.

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Napoleon's disastrous invasion of russia in 1812

noun

The act of entering a place by force, often in large numbers

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The invasion of the normandy coast on d-day, fig. i certainly regarded the tapping of my phone as a…

noun

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

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He laughed uproariously at his own jest

verb

Speak in a joking way.

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You jest, surely?

noun

A joke

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We were able to laugh aloud at every jest., his remarks about the beatles were in jest.

noun

A thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.

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She was in a mood to tell jokes

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

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She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

noun

Something, such as an amusing story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh

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He told a joke about a farmer and a lawyer that made nicholas burst into laughter., the playing con…

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

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The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

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An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

noun

A joke or a clever and funny remark or answer that is usually one sentence long

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There are some very witty one-liners in the play.

noun

A surging rush forward.

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The mesmerizing onrush of the sea

noun

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

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The onset of winter

noun

The beginning of something

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We have to get the roof fixed before the onset of winter.

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

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A series of onslaughts on the citadel

noun

A violent and forceful attack

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Fig. with the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists.

noun

An inconsequential remark made as part of a polite conversation.

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After an exchange of pleasantries, i proceeded to outline a plan

noun

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

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The railway society reception was an informal party of people of all stations (excuse the pun) in l…

verb

Make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.

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His first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like ‘handel with care’ and ‘haydn go seek’

verb

Consolidate (earth or rubble) by pounding it.

noun

A witty remark.

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Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

verb

Make a witty remark.

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‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

noun

A rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces.

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A bombing raid

verb

Conduct a raid on.

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Officers raided thirty homes yesterday

abbreviation

Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks, a system for providing greater capacity, faster access, and security against data corruption by spreading data across several disk drives.

noun

A hostile raid for purposes of conquest, plunder, and capture of slaves, especially one carried out by moors in north africa.

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He was driven to use reprisal raids, the razzias that had traditionally formed part of warfare in n…

noun

A reply, especially a sharp or witty one.

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She would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind

noun

A quick answer, often given in a way that is competitive or amusing

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The reviewer’s mistakes were so flagrant that gove drafted a strong rejoinder.

noun

The action of returning a military attack; counter-attack.

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The bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects

noun

The act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you

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The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known terrorists., she suffere…

verb

Say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner.

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‘no need to be rude,’ retorted isabel

noun

A sharp, angry, or witty reply.

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She opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort

verb

Heat in a retort in order to separate or purify.

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The raw shale is retorted at four crude oil works

verb

Come or go back to a place or person.

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He returned to america in the late autumn

noun

An act of coming or going back to a place or activity.

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He celebrated his safe return from the war

verb

To come or go back to a previous place, subject, activity, or condition

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He returned to new york last week., he worked at other jobs but kept returning to mining., she was …

noun

A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.

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The dialogue, too, feels like piecework, as if the bons mots and ripostes have been assembled from …

verb

Make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.

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‘you've got a strange sense of honour,’ grant riposted

noun

A quick and clever remark, often made in answer to a criticism

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She made a sharp/witty/neat riposte., [ + that ] she simply riposted that she did not create the bo…

verb

Move with urgent haste.

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Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

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There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

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Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

noun

An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence.

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Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners.

verb

Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.

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We'll soon know if they sortie

verb

Push suddenly or violently in a specified direction.

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She thrust her hands into her pockets

noun

A sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part.

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He drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust

verb

To push suddenly and strongly

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[ t ] she thrust the money into his hand., [ i ] he thrust at me with a stick., [ c ] a sword thrus…

noun

A witty remark or joke.

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She could pinpoint the absurdity of every situation with a snappy wisecrack

verb

Make a witty remark or joke.

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Katherine wisecracked until her last breath

noun

A remark that criticizes someone or something in a humorous way

noun

A witty remark.

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Maurice roared with laughter at his own witticisms

noun

A remark that is witty (= both intelligent and amusing)