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caper

['keɪpə] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. бот. каперсник, каперсовый куст (лат. Capparis spinosa)
2. (capers) каперсы (маринованные или солёные бутоны, используемые как приправа)
1. гл.
  резвиться, скакать, прыгать, пританцовывать
2. сущ.
  1. прыжок, скачок; коленце, игривое движение (в танцах)
  2. проделка, выходка, шутка
  3. разг. воровство, кража, грабёж
сущ.; ист.
капер (судно)

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caper

каперское судно

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"That is the most ambitious caper I have ever heard of," he wheezed.
– Самый красивый “скачок” из тех, о которых я слышал, – восхищенно сказал сын.
Harrison, Harry / The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the CircusГаррисон, Гарри / Стальная Крыса на манеже
Стальная Крыса на манеже
Гаррисон, Гарри
© 1999 by Harry Harrison
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", Издательство "Александр Корженевский", 2008
© Перевод. Г. Корчагин, 2002
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
Harrison, Harry
© 1999 by Harry Harrison

Flimnap, the treasurer, is allowed to cut a caper on the straight rope, at least an inch higher than any other lord in the whole empire.
Флимнап, канцлер казначейства, пользуется известностью человека, совершившего прыжок на туго натянутом канате, по крайней мере, на дюйм выше, чем какой удавался когда-нибудь другому сановнику во всей империи.
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

He looked a little like a man about to make a puppet caper.
И стал чем‑то похож на кукловода.
King, Stephen / The Dark Tower 6: The Song of SusannahКинг, Стивен / Темная башня 6: Песнь Сюзанны
Темная башня 6: Песнь Сюзанны
Кинг, Стивен
The Dark Tower 6: The Song of Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King

Look at them attentively: they caper about and squeal with joy like puppies in the sun. They are happy, they are victorious!
Посмотрите на них внимательно: они кувыркаются и визжат от радости как щенки на солнце, они счастливы, они победители!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

In the case of the lottery caper, our Jack of Spades made use of a decoy chairman who was also not a member of the gang.
В истории с лотереей «Пиковый валет» использовал подсадного председателя, который опять-таки членом шайки не является.
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

He hung from one of Seadreamer's ankles, twitching and capering helplessly.
Он висел, вцепившись в ногу Мечтателя.
Donaldson, Stephen R. / The One TreeДональдсон, Стивен Р. / Первое дерево
Первое дерево
Дональдсон, Стивен Р.
The One Tree
Donaldson, Stephen R.
© 1982 by Stephen R. Donaldson

Ralph was disgusted to discover that part of him-the capering gremlin-was enjoying this enormously.
Ральф почувствовал отвращение, осознав, что какая-то часть его — шкодливый гномик, засевший внутри, — от всей души наслаждается всем происходящим.
King, Stephen / InsomniaКинг, Стивен / Бессонница
Бессонница
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1994
© Перевод. Т.Ю. Покидаева, 2003
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Insomnia
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1994

The amused passengers richly rewarded his capering about, and Ostap collected thirty kopeks from the dusty road.
Смеющиеся пассажиры щедро вознаградили его прыжки. Остап собрал в дорожной пыли тридцать копеек.
Ильф, Илья,Петров, Евгений / Двенадцать СтульевIlf, Ilya,Petrov, Eugene / The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs
Ilf, Ilya,Petrov, Eugene
© 1961 by Random House, Inc.
Двенадцать Стульев
Ильф, Илья,Петров, Евгений
© Издательство "Правда", 1987

" He grabbed Mrs Kipfer and danced her, capering, around the hallway.
– Он подхватил миссис Кипфер и вприпрыжку закружился с ней по коридору.
Jones, James / From Here to EternityДжонс, Джеймс / Отныне и вовек
Отныне и вовек
Джонс, Джеймс
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
From Here to Eternity
Jones, James
© 1951 by James Jones
© renewed 1991 by Gloria Jones, James Anthony Phillipe Jones, and Kaylie Anne Jones

«Let them go,» he said—«let them go, Catharine, those gallants, with their capering horses, their jingling spurs, their plumed bonnets, and their trim mustachios: they are not of our class, nor will we aim at pairing with them.
— И не гляди ты на них! — говорил он ей. — Не гляди на них, Кэтрин, на этих щеголей! Ну их всех с их резвыми конями и бряцаньем шпор, с их перьями на шляпах и холеными усами! Они не нашего сословия, и не пристало нам родниться с ними.
Scott, Walter / The Fair Maid of PerthСкотт, Вальтер / Пертская красавица
Пертская красавица
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
The Fair Maid of Perth
Scott, Walter
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh 1999

Beside, middle age had come to preside, incongruous, at her capers.
Наступил средний возраст, не соответствовавший ее чудачествам.
O.Henry / A Ghost of a ChanceГенри, О. / Призрак
Призрак
Генри, О.
A Ghost of a Chance
O.Henry

He cut capers on it and looked back grinning with the big murderous face, trying to make him laugh.
Чтобы развеселить Пруита, он отпустил руль, помахал руками над головой, потом оглянулся, и его зверская рожа расползлась в ухмылке.
Jones, James / From Here to EternityДжонс, Джеймс / Отныне и вовек
Отныне и вовек
Джонс, Джеймс
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
From Here to Eternity
Jones, James
© 1951 by James Jones
© renewed 1991 by Gloria Jones, James Anthony Phillipe Jones, and Kaylie Anne Jones

'I ought to introduce myself,' he said, as the horse capered in the blinding white dust.
— В таком случае, я должен отрекомендоваться, — сказал всадник.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

When she next returned to him, besieged by three capering medics, he muttered to her, "Oh, it doesn't matter about me!"
Когда она вернулась к нему, осаждаемая тремя расшаркивающимися студентами, он буркнул: — О, ты обо мне не тревожься!
Lewis, Sinclair / ArrowsmithЛьюис, Синклер / Эрроусмит
Эрроусмит
Льюис, Синклер
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1956
Arrowsmith
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2002 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
© 1925 by Harcourt, Inc.
© renewed 1953 by Michael Lewis

On either side of her, shadowy sloch capered and flittered in the wind. Between where she stood and the wild sea itself were rank upon rank of drowned men—corpses dragged up from their sea graves to serve her.
Рядом с ней толпились длинные слочи, а с морского дна на ее зов уже спешила новая армия утопленников в оборванной, опутанной водорослями одежде.
De Lint, Charles / The Little CountryДе Линт, Чарльз / Маленькая страна
Маленькая страна
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Little Country
De Lint, Charles
© 1991 by Charles de Lint

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'keɪpəNounкаперсник; каперсовый куст

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Collocations

caper film

трюковой приключенческий фильм

caper-plant

каперсник

caper-spurge

молочай чиновидный

cut capers

выплясывать

get to the point as a result of one's pranks / capers

дошалиться

cut capers

хохмить

Word forms

caper

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	caper	capers
Possessive case	caper's	capers'

caper

verb

Basic forms
Past	capered
Imperative	caper
Present Participle (Participle I)	capering
Past Participle (Participle II)	capered

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I caper	we caper
you caper	you caper
he/she/it capers	they caper

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am capering	we are capering
you are capering	you are capering
he/she/it is capering	they are capering

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have capered	we have capered
you have capered	you have capered
he/she/it has capered	they have capered

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been capering	we have been capering
you have been capering	you have been capering
he/she/it has been capering	they have been capering

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I capered	we capered
you capered	you capered
he/she/it capered	they capered

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was capering	we were capering
you were capering	you were capering
he/she/it was capering	they were capering

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had capered	we had capered
you had capered	you had capered
he/she/it had capered	they had capered

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been capering	we had been capering
you had been capering	you had been capering
he/she/it had been capering	they had been capering

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will caper	we shall/will caper
you will caper	you will caper
he/she/it will caper	they will caper

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be capering	we shall/will be capering
you will be capering	you will be capering
he/she/it will be capering	they will be capering

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have capered	we shall/will have capered
you will have capered	you will have capered
he/she/it will have capered	they will have capered

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been capering	we shall/will have been capering
you will have been capering	you will have been capering
he/she/it will have been capering	they will have been capering

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would caper	we should/would caper
you would caper	you would caper
he/she/it would caper	they would caper

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be capering	we should/would be capering
you would be capering	you would be capering
he/she/it would be capering	they would be capering

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have capered	we should/would have capered
you would have capered	you would have capered
he/she/it would have capered	they would have capered

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been capering	we should/would have been capering
you would have been capering	you would have been capering
he/she/it would have been capering	they would have been capering

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am capered	we are capered
you are capered	you are capered
he/she/it is capered	they are capered

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being capered	we are being capered
you are being capered	you are being capered
he/she/it is being capered	they are being capered

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been capered	we have been capered
you have been capered	you have been capered
he/she/it has been capered	they have been capered

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was capered	we were capered
you were capered	you were capered
he/she/it was capered	they were capered

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being capered	we were being capered
you were being capered	you were being capered
he/she/it was being capered	they were being capered

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been capered	we had been capered
you had been capered	you had been capered
he/she/it had been capered	they had been capered

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be capered	we shall/will be capered
you will be capered	you will be capered
he/she/it will be capered	they will be capered

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been capered	we shall/will have been capered
you will have been capered	you will have been capered
he/she/it will have been capered	they will have been capered

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