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astounding

[ə'staundɪŋ]

прил.

изумительный, поразительный, удивительный

Examples from texts

The quality and variety was astounding as always.
Качество и разнообразие, как всегда, поражало.
Asprin, Robert / Dragons WildАсприн, Роберт / Игры драконов
Игры драконов
Асприн, Роберт
© 2008 by Bill Fawсett & Associates
© Перевод. И. Самоцветов, 2009
© Школа перевода В. Баканова, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
Dragons Wild
Asprin, Robert
© 2008 by Bill Fawcett & Associates
The moment was approaching when the men of the Gestapo were to give an astounding demonstration of this theory.
Близился момент, когда люди гестапо с потрясающей силой продемонстрируют эту теорию на практике.
Delarue, Jacques / The Gestapo: A History of HorrorДеларю, Жак / История гестапо
История гестапо
Деларю, Жак
© Перевод на русский язык Издательская группа «Прогресс» 1992
© 1962, «Fayard»
The Gestapo: A History of Horror
Delarue, Jacques
© Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008
©Jacques Delarue, 2008
But Nikolay Stavrogin's answer was even more astounding.
Но ответ Николая Ставрогина был еще изумительнее.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
That is what accounts for the artful, astounding accusation against the unhappy idiot who committed suicide yesterday.
Вот, вот стало быть откуда произошло это "хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой, идиота! Именно только по тому одному, что другого некого подобрать!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Something about the astounding drawers intrigued Momos.
Умопомрачительные панталоны чем-то заинтриговали Момуса.
Akunin, Boris / The Jack of SpadesАкунин, Борис / Пиковый валет
Пиковый валет
Акунин, Борис
© B. Akunin, автор, 1999
© И. Захаров, издатель, 1999
The Jack of Spades
Akunin, Boris
© 2007 by Random House, Inc.
© 1999 by Boris Akunin
Pyotr Ilyitch was met with the astounding news that old Fyodor Pavlovitch really had been murdered that evening in his own house, murdered and robbed.
Петра Ильича встретило ошеломляющее известие, что старик Федор Павлович действительно и в самом деле убит в этот вечер в своем доме, убит и ограблен.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
The number of businesses involved in franchising in some way is astounding.
Количество предприятий, имеющих к франчайзингу то или иное отношение, впечатляет.
Shane, Scott A. / From Ice Cream to the Internet: Using Franchising to Drive the Growth and Profits of Your CompanyШейн, Скотт А. / От мороженого к Интернету. Франчайзинг как инструмент развития и повышения прибыльности вашей компании
От мороженого к Интернету. Франчайзинг как инструмент развития и повышения прибыльности вашей компании
Шейн, Скотт А.
© Баланс Бизнес Букс, 2006
© перевод О. Теплых
© 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.
From Ice Cream to the Internet: Using Franchising to Drive the Growth and Profits of Your Company
Shane, Scott A.
© 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.
The change in the wizard's voice was astounding. Suddenly it became menacing, powerful, harsh as stone. A shadow seemed to pass over the high sun, and the porch for a moment grew dark.
Голос мага вдруг стал зловещим - глухо и монотонно прозвучали слова, но гулко и мощно раскатились по залу, - и содрогнулись могучие стены Замка, и подернулось дымкой яркое солнце...
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / The Fellowship of the RingТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Братство Кольца
Братство Кольца
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© Издательство "Радуга", 1988
The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1954, 1965, 1966 by J.R.R. Tolkien
© renewed 1982 by Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H.R. Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© renewed 1993, 1994 by Christopher R.Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© 2003 J. R. R. Tolkien
The most astounding paragraphs used to appear in the Pall Mall Gazette, regarding the annual dinner at Blackwall, which the directors gave, and to which he, and George, and I, as friends of the court, were invited.
В "Пэл-Мэл" появлялись красочные статьи о годичных банкетах, даваемых директорами в Блекуолле, куда его, Джорджа и меня звали в качестве друзей правления.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The NewcomesТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Ньюкомы
Ньюкомы
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Newcomes
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 1898, by Harper & Brothers
Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man.
Может быть, человек никогда не сообщает человеку самых поразительных и самых реальных фактов.
Thoreau, Henry David / WaldenТоро, Генри Дэвид / Уолден
Уолден
Торо, Генри Дэвид
© Издательство Академии Наук СССР, 1962
Walden
Thoreau, Henry David
© 2008 Megalodon Entertainment LLC.
Then, boldly: Thousands of pairs of gloves from the leading markets of the world at astounding prices.
Затем шло смелое заявление: «Тысячи пар перчаток лучших поставщиков мира по смехотворным ценам.
Maugham, Somerset / Of Human BondageМоэм, Сомерсет / Бремя страстей человеческих
Бремя страстей человеческих
Моэм, Сомерсет
© "Издательство иностранной литературы", 1959
Of Human Bondage
Maugham, Somerset
© 1915, 1936 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Astounding, really astounding were her eyes, dark gray with greenish lights, languishing, almond-shaped as an Egyptian goddess's, with shining lashes and bold sweep of eyebrow.
Поразительны, истинно поразительны были ее глаза, исчерна серые, с зеленоватыми отливами, с поволокой, длинные, как у египетских божеств, с лучистыми ресницами и смелым взмахом бровей.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
He wanted to find out at once where she was, so he ran to her lodging and learnt an unexpected and astounding piece of news -- she had gone off to Mokroe to meet her first lover."
Ему надо было поскорее узнать где она, и вот он прибегает в ее квартиру и узнает неожиданное и колоссальнейшее для себя известие: она уехала в Мокрое со своим "прежним", "бесспорным"!"
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Don Juan told me some astounding, poignant Yaqui stories of political intrigue and betrayal, deprivation and human misery.
Дон Хуан рассказал мне несколько потрясающих, горьких историй о яки, о политических интригах и предательстве, о лишениях и человеческих страданиях.
Castaneda, Carlos / The Active Side of InfinityКастанеда, Карлос / Активная сторона бесконечности
Активная сторона бесконечности
Кастанеда, Карлос
© 1998 by Laugan Productions
© "София", 2008
© ООО Издательство "София", 2008
The Active Side of Infinity
Castaneda, Carlos
© 1998 by Laugan Productions
Several things he has said about me in public have been repeated to me, absolutely abusive, and making astounding charges against me.
Мне передали несколько публичных отзывов его обо мне, совершенно ругательных и с удивительными обвинениями.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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astounding
ə'staundɪŋAdjectiveизумительный; поразительный; удивительныйExamples

It was astounding that an experienced engineer had made such a miscalculation. — Удивительно, что опытный инженер так ошибся в расчетах.

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astound

verb
Basic forms
Pastastounded
Imperativeastound
Present Participle (Participle I)astounding
Past Participle (Participle II)astounded
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I astoundwe astound
you astoundyou astound
he/she/it astoundsthey astound
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am astoundingwe are astounding
you are astoundingyou are astounding
he/she/it is astoundingthey are astounding
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have astoundedwe have astounded
you have astoundedyou have astounded
he/she/it has astoundedthey have astounded
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been astoundingwe have been astounding
you have been astoundingyou have been astounding
he/she/it has been astoundingthey have been astounding
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I astoundedwe astounded
you astoundedyou astounded
he/she/it astoundedthey astounded
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was astoundingwe were astounding
you were astoundingyou were astounding
he/she/it was astoundingthey were astounding
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had astoundedwe had astounded
you had astoundedyou had astounded
he/she/it had astoundedthey had astounded
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been astoundingwe had been astounding
you had been astoundingyou had been astounding
he/she/it had been astoundingthey had been astounding
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will astoundwe shall/will astound
you will astoundyou will astound
he/she/it will astoundthey will astound
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be astoundingwe shall/will be astounding
you will be astoundingyou will be astounding
he/she/it will be astoundingthey will be astounding
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have astoundedwe shall/will have astounded
you will have astoundedyou will have astounded
he/she/it will have astoundedthey will have astounded
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been astoundingwe shall/will have been astounding
you will have been astoundingyou will have been astounding
he/she/it will have been astoundingthey will have been astounding
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would astoundwe should/would astound
you would astoundyou would astound
he/she/it would astoundthey would astound
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be astoundingwe should/would be astounding
you would be astoundingyou would be astounding
he/she/it would be astoundingthey would be astounding
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have astoundedwe should/would have astounded
you would have astoundedyou would have astounded
he/she/it would have astoundedthey would have astounded
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been astoundingwe should/would have been astounding
you would have been astoundingyou would have been astounding
he/she/it would have been astoundingthey would have been astounding
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am astoundedwe are astounded
you are astoundedyou are astounded
he/she/it is astoundedthey are astounded
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being astoundedwe are being astounded
you are being astoundedyou are being astounded
he/she/it is being astoundedthey are being astounded
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been astoundedwe have been astounded
you have been astoundedyou have been astounded
he/she/it has been astoundedthey have been astounded
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was astoundedwe were astounded
you were astoundedyou were astounded
he/she/it was astoundedthey were astounded
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being astoundedwe were being astounded
you were being astoundedyou were being astounded
he/she/it was being astoundedthey were being astounded
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been astoundedwe had been astounded
you had been astoundedyou had been astounded
he/she/it had been astoundedthey had been astounded
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be astoundedwe shall/will be astounded
you will be astoundedyou will be astounded
he/she/it will be astoundedthey will be astounded
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been astoundedwe shall/will have been astounded
you will have been astoundedyou will have been astounded
he/she/it will have been astoundedthey will have been astounded