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witch

[wɪʧ] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. колдунья; ведьма
2. груб. мымра (о некрасивой, уродливой старой женщине)
3. разг. чародейка; чаровница
гл.
обворожить, околдовать прям. и перен.

Biology (En-Ru)

witch

атлантическая длинная камбала (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)

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Why did her eyes always glow with a strange fire? What else did she want, that witch with a very slight squint in one eye, who always decked herself with mimosa every spring?
Что нужно было этой женщине, в глазах которой всегда горел какой-то непонятный огонечек, что нужно было этой чуть косящей на один глаз ведьме, украсившей себя тогда весною мимозами?
Bulgakov, Michail / The Master and MargaritaБулгаков, Михаил / Мастер и Маргарита
Мастер и Маргарита
Булгаков, Михаил
© "Мурманское книжное издательство", 1990
The Master and Margarita
Bulgakov, Michail
© Translated from the russian by Michael Glenny
© 1967 Collins and Harvill Press, London
© 1967 in the English translation

After a moment the witch sank back into her chair and stared at the ceiling for a long, slow breath.
Колдунья плюхнулась на стул и уставилась в пол, медленно переводя дыхание.
Watt-Evans, Lawrence / With a Single SpellУотт-Эванс, Лоуренс / С единственным заклинанием
С единственным заклинанием
Уотт-Эванс, Лоуренс
With a Single Spell
Watt-Evans, Lawrence
© 1987 by Lawrence Watt Evans

The witch nodded, knowing death raced to embrace her.
Ведьма кивнула, понимая, что смерть уже торопится принять ее в свои объятия.
Feist, Raymond / SilverthornФэйст, Раймонд / Долина Тьмы
Долина Тьмы
Фэйст, Раймонд
Silverthorn
Feist, Raymond
© 1985 by Raymond Elias Feist

The serpent man was restrained by 'a gentle touch and smile from the centre figure, who nodded at the witch.
Моррел тихо тронул змеечеловека за плечо, улыбнувшись ему, и кивнул ведьме.
Feist, Raymond / SilverthornФэйст, Раймонд / Долина Тьмы
Долина Тьмы
Фэйст, Раймонд
Silverthorn
Feist, Raymond
© 1985 by Raymond Elias Feist

'May Heaven crush him!' said he, 'and burn both him and his witch!'
– Да сокрушит его небо! – воскликнул он. – Да испепелит небесный огонь и его самого и его колдунью!
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

"I wanted to say goodbye before I left," the witch replied.
— Всего лишь попрощаться, — сообщила колдунья уже из спальни.
Watt-Evans, Lawrence / With a Single SpellУотт-Эванс, Лоуренс / С единственным заклинанием
С единственным заклинанием
Уотт-Эванс, Лоуренс
With a Single Spell
Watt-Evans, Lawrence
© 1987 by Lawrence Watt Evans

"Don't dare to speak to me like that, you sorceress, you witch!
-- И не смейте говорить мне такие слова, обаятельница, волшебница!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

"Still survive?" said the young Scot, completing the sentence which the good knight had left unfinished - "ay, still survive, 'To witch the world with noble horsemanship.'"
— Все еще живы? — повторил молодой шотландец, продолжая фразу, не досказанную достойным баронетом. — Ну да, все еще живете, чтобы Пленять искусством верховой езды.
Scott, Walter / WoodstockСкотт, Вальтер / Вудсток
Вудсток
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Woodstock
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

You must have been a witch, since, after you, I could never fancy any other woman, which is against nature, for all's fish that comes to a man's net.
Ты, должно быть, была ведьма, потому что после тебя мне никогда не нравилась никакая другая женщина, а это противоестественно, – ведь на безрыбье и рак – рыба.
Haggard, Henry Rider / The Lady of BlossholmeХаггард, Генри Райдер / Хозяйка Блосхолма
Хозяйка Блосхолма
Хаггард, Генри Райдер
© Издательство "Детгиз", 1959
The Lady of Blossholme
Haggard, Henry Rider
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

The shrill witch-hunter voices of the showbiz correspondents would bring up every last bit left in your stomach from the night before.
Стоило услышать пронзительный визг телевизионного "охотника на ведьм", вещающего о богеме, как выворачивало все, что оставалось с вечера.
Мураками, Харуки / Все Божьи дети могут танцеватьMurakami, Haruki / All God's Children Can Dance
All God's Children Can Dance
Murakami, Haruki
© 2002 by Haruki Murakami
Все Божьи дети могут танцевать
Мураками, Харуки
© Haruki Murakami, 2000
© А. Замилов, перевод, 2004
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2004

The witch from the deserted temple has got the dog's madness.
Ведьма из заброшенного храма подхватила собачью болезнь.
Gulik, Robert van / Poets and MurderГулик, Роберт ван / Поэты и убийцы
Поэты и убийцы
Гулик, Роберт ван
© Перевод, ЗАО "Издательство "Центрполиграф", 2002
© 1968 by Robert van Gulik
Poets and Murder
Gulik, Robert van
© 1968 by Robert van Gulik

Morgase is no puppet to dance for any Tar Valon witch.
Моргейз - не кукла на ниточках, чтоб плясать под дудку какой-то там тар-валонской ведьмы.
Jordan, Robert / The Eye of the WorldДжордан, Роберт / Око мира
Око мира
Джордан, Роберт
The Eye of the World
Jordan, Robert
© 1990 by Robert Jordan

I've studied signs, and know their marks; they were taught me two score years ago, by the old witch in Copenhagen.
Я изучил знаки, и мне понятны такие рисунки; меня обучила этому четыре десятка лет тому назад одна старая ведьма в Копенгагене.
Melville, Herman / Moby Dick Or The WhaleМелвилл, Герман / Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Мелвилл, Герман
© Издательство «Художественная литература», 1981
Moby Dick Or The Whale
Melville, Herman
© Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, 1988

Giordano used to say that in the original Hebrew the word witch meant poisoner.
Эти слова произносил Джордано на своем родном древнееврейском, в котором ведьма означает отравительница.
Harris, Joanne / Holy FoolsХаррис, Джоан / Блаженные шуты
Блаженные шуты
Харрис, Джоан
© 2003 by Joanne Harris
© Издательство Ольги Морозовой, 2007
© О. Кириченко, перевод, 2007
Holy Fools
Harris, Joanne
© 2004 by Frogspawn, Ltd.

So she asked a witch to sap her husband’s strength.
Ведьму попросила извести мужа.
Lukyanenko, Sergei / The Last WatchЛукьяненко, Сергей / Последний Дозор
Последний Дозор
Лукьяненко, Сергей
The Last Watch
Lukyanenko, Sergei

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wɪʧNounколдунья; ведьма

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1.
ведьма
translation added by Валерий Коротоношко
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2.
Ведьма, колдунья
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Collocations

witch doctor

знахарь

witch doctor

колдун

witch of Agnesi

локон Аньези

witch doctor

ведун

witch doctor

ведунья

witch hazel

гамамелис

witch flounder

длинная камбала

witch of Agnesi

версиера

white witch

добрая колдунья

Wicked Witch of the West

злая ведьма запада

witch's broom

помело

witch's milk

"молоко ведьм"

witches' sabbath

шабаш

witches' sabbath

шабаш ведьм

witches'-bells

василёк синий

Word forms

witch

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	witch	witches
Possessive case	witch's	witches'

witch

verb

Basic forms
Past	witched
Imperative	witch
Present Participle (Participle I)	witching
Past Participle (Participle II)	witched

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I witch	we witch
you witch	you witch
he/she/it witches	they witch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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witch

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