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helter-skelter

[ˌheltə'skeltə]

  1. сущ.

    беспорядок, неразбериха, суматоха

  2. нареч.

    беспорядочно, как попало, кое-как

  3. прил.

    беспорядочный

Examples from texts

A delayed-action panic set in, and they raced helter-skelter for the last gate, which had been perhaps a half-mile away.
Альвов охватила запоздалая паника, и весь отряд сломя голову помчался к предыдущим воротам, которые находились примерно в полумиле отсюда.
Boyer, Elizabeth / Elves And The OtterskinБойер, Элизабет / Ученик ведьмы
Ученик ведьмы
Бойер, Элизабет
Elves And The Otterskin
Boyer, Elizabeth
The skeletons and corpses, flung helter-skelter among their splintered caskets, lay exposed and so pitiful.
Жалкую и страшную картину являли собой скелеты и еще не истлевшие трупы, валявшиеся среди обломков своего последнего земного пристанища.
Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 1
Унесенные ветром. Том 1
Митчелл, Маргарет
© Перевод. Т. А. Озерская, 1982
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc.
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Georgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh
Here there was no flooring and the assorted jumble of stock was piled helter-skelter on the hard-packed earth.
Пол здесь не был настлан, и все валялось как попало, прямо на утрамбованной земле.
Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 2
Унесенные ветром. Том 2
Митчелл, Маргарет
© Перевод. Т. Кудрявцева, 1982
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Ceorgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.
© renewed by Stephens Mitchell

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helter-skelter1/3
ˌheltə'skeltəNounбеспорядок; неразбериха; суматоха

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  1. 1.

    бардак

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  2. 2.

    "Суматоха", "кавардак". А еще песня одноименная есть группы The Beatles

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  3. 3.

    беспорядок, неразбериха, суматоха

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  4. 4.

    суматоха

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  5. 5.

    кое-как

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  6. 6.

    неразбериха

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    как попало

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    авось

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Word forms

helter-skelter

noun
SingularPlural
Common casehelter-skelterhelter-skelters
Possessive casehelter-skelter'shelter-skelters'