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grovel

['grɔv(ə)l] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. лежать ниц, ползать

  2. пресмыкаться, унижаться, раболепствовать

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grovel

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  1. рыскать (без видимого результата, напр., при просмотре файлов)

  2. штудировать (напр., документацию на систему)

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God, I hate it when they grovel."
Терпеть не могу, когда передо мной на брюхе ползают.
DeChancie, John / Castle WarДе Ченси, Джон / Замок Воинственный
Замок Воинственный
Де Ченси, Джон
Castle War
DeChancie, John
© 1990 by John DeChancie
Either to be a hero or to grovel in the mud-there was nothing between.
Либо герой, либо грязь, средины не было.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books
And we would all have to go down on our knees and grovel for it, while he would stand on the chair, and grunt, and want to know if he was to be kept there all the evening.
И всем нам не остается ничего другого, как опуститься на колени и ползать в поисках гвоздя, в то время как дядя Поджер стоит на стуле и ворчит и язвительно осведомляется, не собираемся ли мы продержать его так до поздней ночи.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatДжером, Джером Клапка / Трое в лодке не считая собаки
Трое в лодке не считая собаки
Джером, Джером Клапка
© Издательство «ОЛМА-ПРЕСС Образование», 2004
© Донской М.А., Линецкая Э.Л., перевод, 1980
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
All those others I made grovel before me begged for mercy in her voice, it was her flesh I lacerated, her blood I saw flow, her ...'
Все они, которых я унижал, умоляли о пощаде голосом той единственной, ее плоть я терзал, ее кровь текла рекой, ее…
Gulik, Robert van / The Emperor's PearlГулик, Роберт ван / Жемчужина императора
Жемчужина императора
Гулик, Роберт ван
© Robert H. van Gulik, 1963
© Перевод, ЗАО "Издательство "Центрполиграф", 2002
The Emperor's Pearl
Gulik, Robert van
© Robert H. van Gulik, 1963
who, having once tasted of your joy could wish again to grovel on the earth?
Может ли тот, кто хоть раз изведал счастье, которое вы дарите, желать возврата на землю, где мы пресмыкаемся во прахе?
Haggard, Henry Rider / CleopatraХаггард, Генри Райдер / Клеопатра
Клеопатра
Хаггард, Генри Райдер
© ООО "РИЦ Литература", состав, 2006
© ООО "Торговый дом "Издательство Мир книги", 2006
Cleopatra
Haggard, Henry Rider
© 2010 by Indo-European Publishing
We Slavs, for the most part, as we all know, are badly off for that commodity, and we grovel before it.
Мы, славяне, вообще, как известно, этим добром не богаты и перед ним пасуем.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
At this he seized my coat, grovelled upon my desk, and burst again into distressful weeping.
При этих словах он схватил меня за сюртук, заползал по конторке и снова разразился безутешными рыданиями.
O.Henry / The Door of UnrestГенри, О. / Дверь, не знающая отдыха
Дверь, не знающая отдыха
Генри, О.
The Door of Unrest
O.Henry
She waited on Versilov like a slave, and grovelled before him as though he were the Pope, but she did it through conviction.
Версилову она служила, как раба, и преклонялась перед ним, как перед папой, но по убеждению.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
By your conditions, you alone are kings and queens and lords and ladies of court. You alone matter, while the peasant grovels and kneels in the mud, and since you are 'rightful' in the eyes of this god or that, then the peasant cannot complain.
По вашим правилам лишь вы одни можете быть королями да королевами и нарядными вельможами двора, а крестьянам остается пасть на колени в грязь и пресмыкаться, да еще и не вздумать жаловаться, ведь это бог поставил вас над ними.
Salvatore, Robert / Road of the PatriarchСальваторе, Роберт / Дорога Патриарха
Дорога Патриарха
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2007 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© Е. Фурсикова, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
Road of the Patriarch
Salvatore, Robert
© 2007 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
I was angry because I had grovelled before a godown and a stable, though the round world cannot hold their equals.
- Меня сильно рассердило то, что я пал ниц перед обыкновенным складом и конюшней. Правда, равных им по красоте не найти в целом свете.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / From sea to seaКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / От моря до моря
От моря до моря
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© Издательство "Мысль", 1983
From sea to sea
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© BiblioLife, LLC
They are swindlers, only there the scoundrel wears polished boots and here he grovels in filth and sees no harm in it.
Все шельмы-с, но с тем, что тамошний в лакированных сапогах ходит, а наш подлец в своей нищете смердит, и ничего в этом дурного не находит.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
He lay groveling on his chest; but his lips were violent across his teeth, and his eyes screamed at her.
Но голова его была поднята, и губы яростно шевелились в немом проклятии. А взгляд был достаточно красноречив, чтобы понять его ненависть и отчаяние.
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
"I know for a fact about that gentleman," he continued in his ordinary voice, "that when he was summoned before the secret police, he groveled at the feet of the Countess Blazenkrampff and kept whining, 'Save me, intercede for me!'
- Про этого барина я достоверно знаю,- продолжал он обыкновенным своим голосом,- что когда Третье отделение его вызывало, он у графини Блазенкрампф в ногах ползал и все пищал: "Спасите, заступитесь!"
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
We’ll have to release him and you’ll have to feel your way to a grovelling apology!
Нам надо освободить его, а ты пока поразмысли над тем, как бы половчее да повежливее принести торговцам свои нижайшие извинения!
Abercrombie, Joe / The Blade ItselfАберкромби, Джо / Кровь и железо
Кровь и железо
Аберкромби, Джо
© 2006 by Joe Abercrombie.
© Перевод. В. Иванов, 2008
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
The Blade Itself
Abercrombie, Joe
© 2007 by Joe Abercrombie
At meal times he would let the other men go first into the grub-boat, and then he would go down on his hands and knees, grovelling fiercely upon the ground where they had been sitting, trying to find some stray crumbs of tobacco.
В обед он предоставлял другим спешить на баржу, а сам, став на четвереньки, яростно ползал по земле, где сидели товарищи, стараясь найти упавшие крошки табаку.
O.Henry / Transformation of Martin BurneyГенри, О. / Превращение Мартина Барней
Превращение Мартина Барней
Генри, О.
Transformation of Martin Burney
O.Henry

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'grɔv(ə)lVerbлежать ниц; ползатьExamples

to grovel in the dirt — ползать в грязи

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Word forms

grovel

noun
SingularPlural
Common casegrovel*grovels
Possessive casegrovel's*grovels'

grovel

verb
Basic forms
Pastgroveled, grovelled
Imperativegrovel
Present Participle (Participle I)groveling, grovelling
Past Participle (Participle II)groveled, grovelled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I grovelwe grovel
you grovelyou grovel
he/she/it grovelsthey grovel
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am groveling, grovellingwe are groveling, grovelling
you are groveling, grovellingyou are groveling, grovelling
he/she/it is groveling, grovellingthey are groveling, grovelling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have groveled, grovelledwe have groveled, grovelled
you have groveled, grovelledyou have groveled, grovelled
he/she/it has groveled, grovelledthey have groveled, grovelled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been groveling, grovellingwe have been groveling, grovelling
you have been groveling, grovellingyou have been groveling, grovelling
he/she/it has been groveling, grovellingthey have been groveling, grovelling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I groveled, grovelledwe groveled, grovelled
you groveled, grovelledyou groveled, grovelled
he/she/it groveled, grovelledthey groveled, grovelled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was groveling, grovellingwe were groveling, grovelling
you were groveling, grovellingyou were groveling, grovelling
he/she/it was groveling, grovellingthey were groveling, grovelling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had groveled, grovelledwe had groveled, grovelled
you had groveled, grovelledyou had groveled, grovelled
he/she/it had groveled, grovelledthey had groveled, grovelled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been groveling, grovellingwe had been groveling, grovelling
you had been groveling, grovellingyou had been groveling, grovelling
he/she/it had been groveling, grovellingthey had been groveling, grovelling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will grovelwe shall/will grovel
you will grovelyou will grovel
he/she/it will grovelthey will grovel
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be groveling, grovellingwe shall/will be groveling, grovelling
you will be groveling, grovellingyou will be groveling, grovelling
he/she/it will be groveling, grovellingthey will be groveling, grovelling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have groveled, grovelledwe shall/will have groveled, grovelled
you will have groveled, grovelledyou will have groveled, grovelled
he/she/it will have groveled, grovelledthey will have groveled, grovelled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been groveling, grovellingwe shall/will have been groveling, grovelling
you will have been groveling, grovellingyou will have been groveling, grovelling
he/she/it will have been groveling, grovellingthey will have been groveling, grovelling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would grovelwe should/would grovel
you would grovelyou would grovel
he/she/it would grovelthey would grovel
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be groveling, grovellingwe should/would be groveling, grovelling
you would be groveling, grovellingyou would be groveling, grovelling
he/she/it would be groveling, grovellingthey would be groveling, grovelling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have groveled, grovelledwe should/would have groveled, grovelled
you would have groveled, grovelledyou would have groveled, grovelled
he/she/it would have groveled, grovelledthey would have groveled, grovelled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been groveling, grovellingwe should/would have been groveling, grovelling
you would have been groveling, grovellingyou would have been groveling, grovelling
he/she/it would have been groveling, grovellingthey would have been groveling, grovelling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am groveled, grovelledwe are groveled, grovelled
you are groveled, grovelledyou are groveled, grovelled
he/she/it is groveled, grovelledthey are groveled, grovelled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being groveled, grovelledwe are being groveled, grovelled
you are being groveled, grovelledyou are being groveled, grovelled
he/she/it is being groveled, grovelledthey are being groveled, grovelled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been groveled, grovelledwe have been groveled, grovelled
you have been groveled, grovelledyou have been groveled, grovelled
he/she/it has been groveled, grovelledthey have been groveled, grovelled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was groveled, grovelledwe were groveled, grovelled
you were groveled, grovelledyou were groveled, grovelled
he/she/it was groveled, grovelledthey were groveled, grovelled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being groveled, grovelledwe were being groveled, grovelled
you were being groveled, grovelledyou were being groveled, grovelled
he/she/it was being groveled, grovelledthey were being groveled, grovelled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been groveled, grovelledwe had been groveled, grovelled
you had been groveled, grovelledyou had been groveled, grovelled
he/she/it had been groveled, grovelledthey had been groveled, grovelled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be groveled, grovelledwe shall/will be groveled, grovelled
you will be groveled, grovelledyou will be groveled, grovelled
he/she/it will be groveled, grovelledthey will be groveled, grovelled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been groveled, grovelledwe shall/will have been groveled, grovelled
you will have been groveled, grovelledyou will have been groveled, grovelled
he/she/it will have been groveled, grovelledthey will have been groveled, grovelled