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fetter

['fetə] брит. / амер.

  1. сущ.; обычно мн.

    1. путы (для животных)

    2. путы, ножные кандалы

    3. плен, пленение, неволя прям. и перен.

    4. оковы, узы (то, что ограничивает, сдерживает, мешает)

  2. гл.

    1. заковывать, сковывать (в кандалы); приковывать цепью

    2. спутывать (лошадь)

    3. ограничивать; препятствовать; связывать по рукам и ногам, стеснять, опутывать

Examples from texts

As he moved, a chain clanked; to his wrists were attached fetters.
Когда он сделал движение, звякнула цепь: на его руках были кандалы.
Bronte, Charlotte / Jane EyreБронте, Шарлотта / Джен Эйр
Джен Эйр
Бронте, Шарлотта
© Издательство «Правда», 1988 г.
Jane Eyre
Bronte, Charlotte
© 2009 by Wayne Josephson
People may have prestige, and the prestige becomes their fetters.
У людей может быть престиж, и престиж становится их оковами.
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh / The Messiah, Volume 2Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш / Мессия. Том 2
Мессия. Том 2
Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш
The Messiah, Volume 2
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh
I wanted no fetters, no encumbrances, no obligations.
Мне не хотелось никаких обуз, никаких обязательств.
DeChancie, John / Red Limit FreewayДе Ченси, Джон / Автострада запредельности
Автострада запредельности
Де Ченси, Джон
Red Limit Freeway
DeChancie, John
© 1984 by John DeChancie
Here in England their fetters are broken for ever, and in striving to bind them fast upon us free Englishmen she is broken also never to be whole again.
Здесь, в Англии, их узы порваны навсегда. Они хотели заковать нас, свободных англичан, в свои кандалы, но мы их разбили, и они уже никогда больше не пригодятся.
Haggard, Henry Rider / Montezuma's DaughterХаггард, Генри Райдер / Дочь Монтесумы
Дочь Монтесумы
Хаггард, Генри Райдер
© Издательство "Мысль", 1964
Montezuma's Daughter
Haggard, Henry Rider
© 2007 BiblioBazaar
As economic life develops within certain relations of production, a point is reached when they became fetters on the further development of production for the satisfaction of the needs of men.
По мере развития технического уровня данного способа производства, производственные отношения и формы учреждений, ими предполагаемые, становятся все менее соответствующими потребностям общественного развития.
Lewis, John / Science, faith and scepticismЛьюис, Джон / Наука, вера и скептицизм
Наука, вера и скептицизм
Льюис, Джон
Science, faith and scepticism
Lewis, John
©John Lewis 1959
Where's the satisfaction of putting on the fetters at your age?"
Что за удовольствие в такие молодые годы надевать на себя кандалы?
Чехов, А.П. / Учитель словесностиChekhov, A. / The teacher of literature
The teacher of literature
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Учитель словесности
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
He did not even feel the fetters.
Кандалов он даже на себе не чувствовал.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Two men, whom he did not know, entered the apartment, disencumbered him of his fetters, and, conducting him down stairs, mounted him in the centre of the detachment.
Двое неизвестных ему людей, войдя в помещение, сняли с него оковы и, проводив вниз по лестнице, помогли сесть на коня.
Scott, Walter / Old MortalityСкотт, Вальтер / Пуритане
Пуритане
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Old Mortality
Scott, Walter
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation.
But it was not his shaven head and his fetters he was ashamed of: his pride had been stung to the quick.It was wounded pride that made him ill.
Но не бритой головы и кандалов он стыдился: его гордость сильно была уязвлена; он и заболел от уязвленной гордости.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
In the evening he did not light his lamp, and at night he could not sleep, but kept thinking that he might be arrested, put into fetters, and thrown into prison.
Вечером он не зажигал у себя огня, а ночью не спал и всё думал о том, что его могут арестовать, заковать и посадить в тюрьму.
Чехов, А.П. / Палата No. 6Chekhov, A. / Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6
Chekhov, A.
© 2009 Rowland Classics
Палата No. 6
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
I removed from the Old Jewry to Fetter Lane, and from thence to Wapping, hoping to get business among the sailors; but it would not turn to account.
Я перебрался с Олд-Джюри на Феттер-Лейн, а оттуда в Уоппин, надеясь иметь практику между моряками, но эта надежда не оправдалась.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan
It suddenly seemed to him for some reason that he, too, might be put into fetters and led through the mud to prison like that.
Ему вдруг почему-то показалось, что его тоже могут заковать в кандалы и таким же образом вести по грязи в тюрьму.
Чехов, А.П. / Палата No. 6Chekhov, A. / Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6
Chekhov, A.
© 2009 Rowland Classics
Палата No. 6
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
In one of the side-streets he was met by two convicts in fetters and four soldiers with rifles in charge of them.
В одном из переулков встретились ему два арестанта в кандалах и с ними четыре конвойных с ружьями.
Чехов, А.П. / Палата No. 6Chekhov, A. / Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6
Chekhov, A.
© 2009 Rowland Classics
Палата No. 6
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
"Honest Russian thought" was represented by a middle-aged gentleman in spectacles, dress-coat and gloves, and wearing fetters (real fetters).
"Честная русская мысль" изображалась в виде господина средних лет, в очках, во фраке, в перчатках и - в кандалах (настоящих кандалах).
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
These “fetters”, however, did not stop the course of social and economic development.
Эти «цепи» не остановили, однако, хода общественно-экономического развития.
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.

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Collocations

horse fetter
конские путы
horse fetter
путы для лошади
fetter drive screw
глухарь
fetter hands
сковывать руки

Word forms

fetter

noun
SingularPlural
Common casefetterfetters
Possessive casefetter'sfetters'

fetter

verb
Basic forms
Pastfettered
Imperativefetter
Present Participle (Participle I)fettering
Past Participle (Participle II)fettered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fetterwe fetter
you fetteryou fetter
he/she/it fettersthey fetter
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am fetteringwe are fettering
you are fetteringyou are fettering
he/she/it is fetteringthey are fettering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have fetteredwe have fettered
you have fetteredyou have fettered
he/she/it has fetteredthey have fettered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been fetteringwe have been fettering
you have been fetteringyou have been fettering
he/she/it has been fetteringthey have been fettering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I fetteredwe fettered
you fetteredyou fettered
he/she/it fetteredthey fettered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was fetteringwe were fettering
you were fetteringyou were fettering
he/she/it was fetteringthey were fettering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had fetteredwe had fettered
you had fetteredyou had fettered
he/she/it had fetteredthey had fettered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been fetteringwe had been fettering
you had been fetteringyou had been fettering
he/she/it had been fetteringthey had been fettering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fetterwe shall/will fetter
you will fetteryou will fetter
he/she/it will fetterthey will fetter
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be fetteringwe shall/will be fettering
you will be fetteringyou will be fettering
he/she/it will be fetteringthey will be fettering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have fetteredwe shall/will have fettered
you will have fetteredyou will have fettered
he/she/it will have fetteredthey will have fettered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been fetteringwe shall/will have been fettering
you will have been fetteringyou will have been fettering
he/she/it will have been fetteringthey will have been fettering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fetterwe should/would fetter
you would fetteryou would fetter
he/she/it would fetterthey would fetter
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be fetteringwe should/would be fettering
you would be fetteringyou would be fettering
he/she/it would be fetteringthey would be fettering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have fetteredwe should/would have fettered
you would have fetteredyou would have fettered
he/she/it would have fetteredthey would have fettered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been fetteringwe should/would have been fettering
you would have been fetteringyou would have been fettering
he/she/it would have been fetteringthey would have been fettering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am fetteredwe are fettered
you are fetteredyou are fettered
he/she/it is fetteredthey are fettered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being fetteredwe are being fettered
you are being fetteredyou are being fettered
he/she/it is being fetteredthey are being fettered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been fetteredwe have been fettered
you have been fetteredyou have been fettered
he/she/it has been fetteredthey have been fettered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was fetteredwe were fettered
you were fetteredyou were fettered
he/she/it was fetteredthey were fettered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being fetteredwe were being fettered
you were being fetteredyou were being fettered
he/she/it was being fetteredthey were being fettered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been fetteredwe had been fettered
you had been fetteredyou had been fettered
he/she/it had been fetteredthey had been fettered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be fetteredwe shall/will be fettered
you will be fetteredyou will be fettered
he/she/it will be fetteredthey will be fettered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been fetteredwe shall/will have been fettered
you will have been fetteredyou will have been fettered
he/she/it will have been fetteredthey will have been fettered