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muddle
сущ.
путаница, неразбериха; беспорядок, беспорядочность
путаница в голове; замешательство, смятение
гл.
мутить, взбалтывать; перемешивать
= muddle up, = muddle about / around путать, запутывать; туманить; приводить в беспорядок
тратить попусту, по-глупому; транжирить
= muddle along / on делать кое-как, бестолково, неэффективно; портить
Examples from texts
All the way to the sea, ancient structures rose like islands from the muddle of the lower streets.До самого моря над паутиной узких кривых улочек островками возвышались старинные постройки.Rollins, James / Judas StrainРоллинс, Джеймс / Печать ИудыПечать ИудыРоллинс, Джеймс© 2007 by Jim Czajkowski© С. Саксин, перевод, 2009© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009Judas StrainRollins, James© 2007 by Jim Czajkowski
“But do you know” (Pyotr Stepanovitch was startled again) “we must talk things over thoroughly again so as not to get in a muddle.- Однако знаете, - всполохнулся опять Петр Степанович, - надо бы опять поговорить толком, чтобы не сбиться.Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / БесыБесыДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989The possessedDostoevsky, Fyodor
Without a grand reorganization of the major political parties along ideological lines, Japan's domestic and foreign policies - including relations with the US - will remain a muddle.Без значительной реорганизации основных политических партий в соответствии с идеологическими линиями, внутренняя и внешняя политика Японии - в том числе отношения с США - будет оставаться запутанной.Matsumura, MasahiroМатсумура, Масахиро
Certain simple purposes emerged from the disingenuous muddle of her feelings and desires.Несмотря на сумятицу чувств и желаний, в которой, может быть, она сама была повинна, Анна-Вероника поняла, что надо что-то предпринять.Wells, Herbert George / Ann VeronicaУэллс, Герберт / Анна-ВероникаАнна-ВероникаУэллс, Герберт© Издательство "Правда", 1964Ann VeronicaWells, Herbert George© the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells
She has some sort of nervous fits, almost every day, and they are destroying her memory so that afterwards she forgets everything that's just happened, and is always in a muddle over time.У ней какие-то припадки нервные, чуть не ежедневные, и ей память отбивают, так что она после них всё забывает, что сейчас было, и всегда время перепутывает.Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / БесыБесыДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989The possessedDostoevsky, Fyodor
Evidently Boo believed that for the immediate future I could muddle on without him.Вероятно, Бу верил, что в ближайшем будущем я могу обойтись без него.Koontz, Dean Ray / Odd HoursКунц, Дин / Ночь ТомасаНочь ТомасаКунц, Дин© В. Вебер, перевод на русский язык, 2008© 2008 by Dean Koontz© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство Эксмо", 2009Odd HoursKoontz, Dean Ray© 2008 by Dean Koontz
Who's going to work and care in a muddle like this?Кто станет работать да еще думать о пользе общества?Wells, Herbert George / KippsУэллс, Герберт / КиппсКиппсУэллс, Герберт© Издательство "Правда", 1964KippsWells, Herbert George© the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells, 1905
Hie "false targets-flashes" technique could "muddle" a missile guiding device.Метод "ложных мишеней - вспышек" может "запутать" устройство наведения ракеты.http://www.patentlens.net/ 12/1/2011http://www.patentlens.net/ 12/1/2011
In five minutes the picture was a formless, scarred muddle of colours.Через пять минут чудесная картина превратилась в бесформенное пятно красок.Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погасСвет погасКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915The Light That FailedKipling, Joseph Rudyard© 2011 by Victorian Secrets
Finally, if you’re working on a larger, more confusing network at work, you find a few tips on how to muddle your way through if the network administrator still hasn’t returned from the deli down the street.И наконец, если вы работаете в сети большой организации, в настоящей главе вы найдете несколько советов по организации эффективной работы.Rathbone, Andy / Windows® XP For Dummies®Ратбон, Энди / Windows ХР для "чайников"Windows ХР для "чайников"Ратбон, Энди© Компьютерное изд-во "Диалектика", 2002© Hungry Minds, Inc., 2001Windows® XP For Dummies®Rathbone, Andy© 2001 Hungry Minds, Inc.
"In fact, I could not gather much from what M. Stebelkov said," I added finally; "he talks in a sort of muddle ...and there is something, as it were, feather-headed about him...- Вообще, я не мог многого извлечь из того, что говорил господин Стебельков, - заключил я о Стебелькове, - он как-то сбивчиво говорит... и как будто в нем что-то такое легкомысленное...Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthA Raw YouthDostoevsky, FyodorПодростокДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
Their dreams were dissipated, and the muddle, far from being cleared up, had become even more revoltingly incomprehensible.Мечты разлетелись, а сумбур не только не выяснился, но стал еще отвратительнее.Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / БесыБесыДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989The possessedDostoevsky, Fyodor
At last he got into a hopeless muddle.В конце концов он совсем запутался.Maugham, Somerset / Of Human BondageМоэм, Сомерсет / Бремя страстей человеческихБремя страстей человеческихМоэм, Сомерсет© "Издательство иностранной литературы", 1959Of Human BondageMaugham, Somerset© 1915, 1936 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
And it is at this stage that the muddle begins which no one can understand.И вот здесь-то и начинается путаница, которую никто не понимает.Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокПодростокДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979A Raw YouthDostoevsky, Fyodor
Here again we are faced with a difficult and thankless task – that of unravelling the “lost unbelievable muddle of facts and concepts.Здесь перед нами опять вырастает трудная и неблагодарная задача распутывания самой невероятной путаницы фактов и понятий.Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. LavrovOur Differences. Letter to P. L. LavrovPlekhanov, G. V.Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуПлеханов, Г. В.© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.
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Collocations
make a muddle of smth
перепутать что-л
make a muddle of smth
спутать
muddle of cards
"куча" карт
muddle of cards
затор карт
muddle through
кое-как, с грехом пополам довести дело до конца
muddle-head
бестолочь
muddle up
запутывать
muddle through
кантоваться
muddle up
перемешивать
muddle up
перепутывать
glorious muddle
страшная неразбериха
be in a muddle
быть в замешательстве
get muddled
перевирать
get mixed / muddled up
перемешиваться
muddled up
путаный
Word forms
muddle
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | muddled |
Imperative | muddle |
Present Participle (Participle I) | muddling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | muddled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I muddle | we muddle |
you muddle | you muddle |
he/she/it muddles | they muddle |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am muddling | we are muddling |
you are muddling | you are muddling |
he/she/it is muddling | they are muddling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have muddled | we have muddled |
you have muddled | you have muddled |
he/she/it has muddled | they have muddled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been muddling | we have been muddling |
you have been muddling | you have been muddling |
he/she/it has been muddling | they have been muddling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I muddled | we muddled |
you muddled | you muddled |
he/she/it muddled | they muddled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was muddling | we were muddling |
you were muddling | you were muddling |
he/she/it was muddling | they were muddling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had muddled | we had muddled |
you had muddled | you had muddled |
he/she/it had muddled | they had muddled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been muddling | we had been muddling |
you had been muddling | you had been muddling |
he/she/it had been muddling | they had been muddling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will muddle | we shall/will muddle |
you will muddle | you will muddle |
he/she/it will muddle | they will muddle |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be muddling | we shall/will be muddling |
you will be muddling | you will be muddling |
he/she/it will be muddling | they will be muddling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have muddled | we shall/will have muddled |
you will have muddled | you will have muddled |
he/she/it will have muddled | they will have muddled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been muddling | we shall/will have been muddling |
you will have been muddling | you will have been muddling |
he/she/it will have been muddling | they will have been muddling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would muddle | we should/would muddle |
you would muddle | you would muddle |
he/she/it would muddle | they would muddle |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be muddling | we should/would be muddling |
you would be muddling | you would be muddling |
he/she/it would be muddling | they would be muddling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have muddled | we should/would have muddled |
you would have muddled | you would have muddled |
he/she/it would have muddled | they would have muddled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been muddling | we should/would have been muddling |
you would have been muddling | you would have been muddling |
he/she/it would have been muddling | they would have been muddling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am muddled | we are muddled |
you are muddled | you are muddled |
he/she/it is muddled | they are muddled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being muddled | we are being muddled |
you are being muddled | you are being muddled |
he/she/it is being muddled | they are being muddled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been muddled | we have been muddled |
you have been muddled | you have been muddled |
he/she/it has been muddled | they have been muddled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was muddled | we were muddled |
you were muddled | you were muddled |
he/she/it was muddled | they were muddled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being muddled | we were being muddled |
you were being muddled | you were being muddled |
he/she/it was being muddled | they were being muddled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been muddled | we had been muddled |
you had been muddled | you had been muddled |
he/she/it had been muddled | they had been muddled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be muddled | we shall/will be muddled |
you will be muddled | you will be muddled |
he/she/it will be muddled | they will be muddled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been muddled | we shall/will have been muddled |
you will have been muddled | you will have been muddled |
he/she/it will have been muddled | they will have been muddled |
muddle
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | muddle | muddles |
Possessive case | muddle's | muddles' |