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- It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
marionette
[ˌmærɪə'net]
сущ.
марионетка
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For thousands of years humans were oppressed - as some of us still are - by the notion that the universe is a marionette whose strings are pulled by a god or gods, unseen and inscrutable.Тысячи лет людей угнетало — а некоторых угнетает и теперь — представление о Вселенной как о марионетке, нити которой в руках бога (или богов), невидимого и непостижимого.Sagan, Carl / Cosmos: The story of cosmic evolution, science and civilizationСаган, Карл / Космос: Эволюция Вселенной, жизни и цивилизацииКосмос: Эволюция Вселенной, жизни и цивилизацииСаган, Карл© 2002 by The Estate of Carl Sagan© Издание на русском языке, перевод, оформление. ЗАО ТИД «Амфора», 2004Cosmos: The story of cosmic evolution, science and civilizationSagan, Carl© 1980 by Carl Sagan Productions, Inc.
Szpindel shrugged like a marionette.Шпиндель пожал плечами на манер марионетки.Watts, Peter / BlindsightУоттс, Питер / Ложная слепотаЛожная слепотаУоттс, Питер© 2006 by Peter Watts© Д.М.Смушкович, перевод, 2009© ООО "Астрель-СПб", 2010BlindsightWatts, Peter© 2006 by Peter Watts
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marionette
ˌmærɪə'netNounмарионеткаExamples
to manipulate a marionette — дёргать марионетку за верёвочки, управлять марионеткой
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marionette
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | marionette | marionettes |
| Possessive case | marionette's | marionettes' |