finesse

[fɪ'nes]

сущ.
1. тонкость; изящество, искусность
2. ловкость, хватка, тонкая стратегия, коварство
3. хитрость, уловка
4. карт. прорезывание (ход)
гл.
1. искусно выполнять (что-л.)
2. использовать ухищрения, уловки; уклоняться, обходить (что-л.)
3. карт. прорезать

Examples from texts

No, I could not be so crude as to speak outright, but I might finesse, as you whist-players say.
Нет, конечно, я бы не высказала это прямо, но зато я могла бы действовать в обход.
London, Jack / A daughter of the snowsЛондон, Джек / Дочь снегов
Дочь снегов
Лондон, Джек
© Издательство "Правда", 1961
A daughter of the snows
London, Jack
© 1902, Grosset & Dunlap

No, no! prince, this is finesse, thieves' finesse!
Нет, тут тонкость-с, воровская тонкость!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

Making competitive moves in oligopoly is best thought of as a combination of whatever brute force the firm can muster, applied with finesse.
Осуществление конкурентных действий в условиях олигополии можно наилучшим образом представить как комбинацию любых грубых сил » которые фирма способна мобилизовать и применять достаточно искусно.
Porter, Michael E. / Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analysing Industries and CompetitorsПортер, Майкл Е. / Конкурентная стратегия: Методика анализа отраслей и конкурентов
Конкурентная стратегия: Методика анализа отраслей и конкурентов
Портер, Майкл Е.
© The Free Press, 1998
© Альпина Бизнес Букс, перевод, оформление, 2005.
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analysing Industries and Competitors
Porter, Michael E.
© The Free Press, 1998

To finesse commenting style, require that all code be reviewed and that unclear code be modified until it's clear.
Чтобы решить вопрос со стилем комментариев, требуйте, чтобы весь код рецензировался и неочевидный код исправлялся до тех пор, пока не станет ясным.
McConnell, Steve / Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software ConstructionМакконнелл, Стив / Совершенный код: Практическое руководство по разработке программного обеспечения
Совершенный код: Практическое руководство по разработке программного обеспечения
Макконнелл, Стив
© Перевод на русский язык, Microsoft Corporation, 2004
© Оригинальное издание на английском языке, Steven С. McConnell, 2004
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
McConnell, Steve
© 2004 by Steven С. McConnell

"I am not finessing, and I am not in the least afraid of telling you; but I don't see the slightest reason why I should not have written."
- Я не финчу и ничего не боюсь. Я не вижу никакой причины почему мне не писать...
Достоевский, Фёдор / ИдиотDostoevsky, Fyodor / Idiot
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971

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fɪ'nesNounтонкость; изящество; искусностьExamples

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finesse

verb

Basic forms
Past	finessed
Imperative	finesse
Present Participle (Participle I)	finessing
Past Participle (Participle II)	finessed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I finesse	we finesse
you finesse	you finesse
he/she/it finesses	they finesse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

finesse

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	finesse	finesses
Possessive case	finesse's	finesses'

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