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betroth
[bɪ'trəuð]
гл.
обручить, помолвить
уст.дать обещание жениться, выйти замуж
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He expressed this thought almost plainly to Dmitri when, after the visit, his brother besought and insisted that he should not conceal his impressions on seeing his betrothed.
Он почти прямо высказал свою мысль Дмитрию, когда тот после визита пристал к нему, умоляя его не утаить: какое он вынес впечатление, повидав его невесту.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
And now, suddenly, every one was positive that Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch was betrothed to one of the count's daughters, though nothing had given grounds for such a supposition.
И вот вдруг стало всем несомненно, что Николай Всеволодович помолвлен с одною из дочерей графа К., хотя ничто не подавало точного повода к такому слуху.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
One of them turned out to be Emil; the other, a good-looking and well-grown young man, with a handsome face, was Herr Karl Klueber, the betrothed of the lovely Gemma.
Один из них оказался Эмилем; другой, видный и рослый молодой мужчина с благообразнейшим лицом, был герр Карл Клюбер, жених прекрасной Джеммы.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
I specially wanted to tell you . . . the impression made on me by your betrothed . . . she is betrothed to you, I think? . . . well, anyway, by the girl to whom you introduced me to-day.
Я, собственно, хотел вам сообщить... то впечатление, которое произвела на меня ваша невеста... ведь она, кажется, ваша невеста?.. ну, словом, та девица, с которой вы меня сегодня познакомили.
I have prayed and chastised my flesh, I have slept in your keeping, and lived in chastity; and yet I weep to see that I am not yet dead enough to this world to be your betrothed.
Я молился, я исправил плоть свою, ты хранила мои сны, и я жил в целомудрии. Но я плачу, видя ныне, что еще недостаточно умер для этого мира, дабы стать твоим нареченным.
"I shall be told, perhaps, there are witnesses that he spent on one day all that three thousand given him by his betrothed a month before the catastrophe, so he could not have divided the sum in half.
Возразят пожалуй: "Есть свидетели, что он прокутил в селе Мокром все эти три тысячи, взятые у г-жи Верховцевой, за месяц перед катастрофой, разом, как одну копейку, стало быть не мог отделить от них половину".
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
To a monster who, though he is betrothed and all eyes are fixed on him, can't restrain his debaucheries -- and before the very eyes of his betrothed!
Отдано извергу, который и здесь, уже женихом будучи, и когда на него все глядели, удержать свои дебоширства не мог, -- я это при невесте-то, при невесте-то!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
to betroth to smb. — обручать с кем-л.
In some countries, a girl is betrothed to her future husband while she is still a child. — В некоторых странах девушку обручают с её будущим мужем, когда она ещё ребёнок.
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Collocations
one's betrothed
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Word forms
betroth
verb
Basic forms
Past
betrothed
Imperative
betroth
Present Participle (Participle I)
betrothing
Past Participle (Participle II)
betrothed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I betroth
we betroth
you betroth
you betroth
he/she/it betrothes
they betroth
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am betrothing
we are betrothing
you are betrothing
you are betrothing
he/she/it is betrothing
they are betrothing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have betrothed
we have betrothed
you have betrothed
you have betrothed
he/she/it has betrothed
they have betrothed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been betrothing
we have been betrothing
you have been betrothing
you have been betrothing
he/she/it has been betrothing
they have been betrothing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I betrothed
we betrothed
you betrothed
you betrothed
he/she/it betrothed
they betrothed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was betrothing
we were betrothing
you were betrothing
you were betrothing
he/she/it was betrothing
they were betrothing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had betrothed
we had betrothed
you had betrothed
you had betrothed
he/she/it had betrothed
they had betrothed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been betrothing
we had been betrothing
you had been betrothing
you had been betrothing
he/she/it had been betrothing
they had been betrothing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will betroth
we shall/will betroth
you will betroth
you will betroth
he/she/it will betroth
they will betroth
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be betrothing
we shall/will be betrothing
you will be betrothing
you will be betrothing
he/she/it will be betrothing
they will be betrothing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have betrothed
we shall/will have betrothed
you will have betrothed
you will have betrothed
he/she/it will have betrothed
they will have betrothed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been betrothing
we shall/will have been betrothing
you will have been betrothing
you will have been betrothing
he/she/it will have been betrothing
they will have been betrothing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would betroth
we should/would betroth
you would betroth
you would betroth
he/she/it would betroth
they would betroth
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be betrothing
we should/would be betrothing
you would be betrothing
you would be betrothing
he/she/it would be betrothing
they would be betrothing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have betrothed
we should/would have betrothed
you would have betrothed
you would have betrothed
he/she/it would have betrothed
they would have betrothed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice