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meddle
['medl]брит. / амер.
гл.
заниматься, интересоваться чем-л.; вмешиваться, совать свой нос
трогать чужие вещи
заниматься сексом
иметь предосудительные отношения с кем-л.
AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)
meddle
вмешиваться
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Examples from texts
Besides, I meddle not the least with any party, but write without passion, prejudice, or ill-will against any man, or number of men, whatsoever.
Кроме того, я не смотрю на вещи с точки зрения какой-нибудь партии, но пишу беспристрастно, без предубеждений, без зложелательства к какому-нибудь лицу или к какой-нибудь группе лиц.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
'All has been given by Thee to the Pope,' they say, 'and all, therefore, is still in the Pope's hands, and there is no need for Thee to come now at all. Thou must not meddle for the time, at least.'
"Всё дескать передано тобою папе и всё стало быть теперь у папы, а ты хоть и не приходи теперь вовсе, не мешай до времени по крайней мере".
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Taunts and rebuffs, of course, don't matter; the point is that one never obtains one's object in that way: no one listens to you, however much you meddle ... and every one gets to dislike you."
На щелчки и насмешки, конечно, наплевать, но главное в том, что этим маневром ничего и не достигнешь: никто тебя не послушается, как ни вторгайся... и все тебя разлюбят.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
If only he could get at that anonymous letter-writer, he would teach him not to meddle and stir up mud at the bottom of water which he wished should remain stagnant!...
Попадись ему только автор этого анонимного письма, он бы его отучил соваться в чужие дела и поднимать грязь со дна болота, когда другим желательно, чтобы она оставалась на дне…
Galsworthy, John / To LetГолсуорси, Джон / Сдаётся в наём
And so I ventured to ask once more a question which I had asked years before and had gotten such a sharp answer that I had not thought it prudent to meddle in the matter further. Would he abolish slavery?
И я решился задать ему вопрос, который задал несколько лет тому назад и на который получил такой резкий ответ, что больше не решался касаться его: не считает ли он нужным упразднить рабство?
Twain, Mark / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtТвен, Марк / Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура
"I will ask her, Sergeant, on condition that you promise not to meddle in the affair - yes, I will promise to ask Mabel whether she will marry me, even though she laugh in my face at my doing so, on that condition."
— Я спрошу ее, сержант, непременно спрошу, но тоже при условии, что ты не будешь вмешиваться. Да, я обещаю спросить Мэйбл, хочет ли она стать моей женой, даже если она в ответ рассмеется мне в лицо.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaКупер, Джеймс Фенимор / Следопыт, или На берегах Онтарио
'medlVerbзаниматься; интересоваться чем-л.; вмешиваться; совать свой носExamples
philosophers who meddle less with debate and more with facts — философы, которые больше интересуются фактами, чем спорами
Don't meddle in matters that don't concern you. — Не вмешивайся не в своё дело.
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Collocations
petty-minded meddling
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Word forms
meddle
verb
Basic forms
Past
meddled
Imperative
meddle
Present Participle (Participle I)
meddling
Past Participle (Participle II)
meddled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I meddle
we meddle
you meddle
you meddle
he/she/it meddles
they meddle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am meddling
we are meddling
you are meddling
you are meddling
he/she/it is meddling
they are meddling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have meddled
we have meddled
you have meddled
you have meddled
he/she/it has meddled
they have meddled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been meddling
we have been meddling
you have been meddling
you have been meddling
he/she/it has been meddling
they have been meddling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I meddled
we meddled
you meddled
you meddled
he/she/it meddled
they meddled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was meddling
we were meddling
you were meddling
you were meddling
he/she/it was meddling
they were meddling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had meddled
we had meddled
you had meddled
you had meddled
he/she/it had meddled
they had meddled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been meddling
we had been meddling
you had been meddling
you had been meddling
he/she/it had been meddling
they had been meddling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will meddle
we shall/will meddle
you will meddle
you will meddle
he/she/it will meddle
they will meddle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be meddling
we shall/will be meddling
you will be meddling
you will be meddling
he/she/it will be meddling
they will be meddling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have meddled
we shall/will have meddled
you will have meddled
you will have meddled
he/she/it will have meddled
they will have meddled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been meddling
we shall/will have been meddling
you will have been meddling
you will have been meddling
he/she/it will have been meddling
they will have been meddling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would meddle
we should/would meddle
you would meddle
you would meddle
he/she/it would meddle
they would meddle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be meddling
we should/would be meddling
you would be meddling
you would be meddling
he/she/it would be meddling
they would be meddling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have meddled
we should/would have meddled
you would have meddled
you would have meddled
he/she/it would have meddled
they would have meddled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice