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prose

[prəuz] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. 1. проза (в отличие от поэзии)
  2. прозаическое произведение
  3. уст. школьное сочинение
2. прозаичность
3. скучный человек
4. разг. болтовня, пустой разговор, сплетни
гл.
1. 1. скучно говорить или писать
  2. разг., диал. сплетничать, болтать, разговаривать ни о чём
2. 1. писать прозой; писать прозаические произведения
  2. пересказывать прозой (обычно стихи)

Examples from texts

A prose writer may be instructive - he can say something about patriotism, for instance, or about virtue in general....Yes!
Тут сочинитель даже поучать может, - ну, там о любви к отечеству упомянуть или так, вообще про добродетели... да!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The Insulted and InjuredДостоевский, Фёдор / Униженные и оскорблённые
Униженные и оскорблённые
Достоевский, Фёдор
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1955
The Insulted and Injured
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

—Be it ever,' added Mr Wegg in prose as he glanced about the shop, 'ever so ghastly, all things considered there's no place like it.'
Как бы тут ни было жутко, - прибавил мистер Вегг прозой, обводя взглядом мастерскую, - но если принять все во внимание, так лучше места не сыщешь.
Dickens, Charles / Our Mutual FriendДиккенс, Чарльз / Наш общий друг
Наш общий друг
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1960
Our Mutual Friend
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1997

But I made up this poem in prose and I remembered it.
Но я поэму эту выдумал и запомнил.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Conrad's prose had a pleasure for him that he was never able to define, a peculiar deep coloured effect.
Конрадовская проза имела для него особую непостижимую прелесть; мистера Полли восхищали густые краски его описаний.
Wells, Herbert George / The History Of Mr PollyУэллс, Герберт / История мистера Полли
История мистера Полли
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
The History Of Mr Polly
Wells, Herbert George
© 1909 by Duffield & Company

"we are verse and you are prose.
— Мы — поэзия, вы — проза.
Wells, Herbert George / Ann VeronicaУэллс, Герберт / Анна-Вероника
Анна-Вероника
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
Ann Veronica
Wells, Herbert George
© the Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells

Don’t let this outline suffice. For the detail and rich prose that makes Chopra a delight to read, buy the book.
Не считайте, что одного этого краткого обзора достаточно, поскольку детали и прекрасный язык книги «Семь духовных законов успеха» заслуживают, чтобы приобрести ее.
Butler-Bowdon, Tom / 50 self-help classics : 50 inspirational books to transform your lifeБатлер-Боудон, Том / 50 книг и великих идей, которые помогут вам изменить свою жизнь
50 книг и великих идей, которые помогут вам изменить свою жизнь
Батлер-Боудон, Том
50 self-help classics : 50 inspirational books to transform your life
Butler-Bowdon, Tom
© Tom Butler-Bowdon 2003

When I was sitting opposite him, I was actually struck myself with the thought that I was the incarnation of fever and delirium, sitting opposite the incarnation of prose and the golden mean.
Когда я уселся напротив него, то мне даже самому показалось, что я, олицетворенный бред и горячка, уселся напротив олицетворенной золотой середины и прозы.
Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw Youth
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979

"You prose great deal.
Очень уж много вы разглагольствуете.
Dickens, Charles / Bleak HouseДиккенс, Чарльз / Холодный дом
Холодный дом
Диккенс, Чарльз
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1960
Bleak House
Dickens, Charles
© 1894, by Macmillan & Co.

The reader will thus encounter stretches of expository prose unrelieved by figures, when none are necessary, as well as sections that can profitably be perused entirely by looking at the figures and their captions.
Поэтому читателю встретятся как большие промежутки сплошного текста, так и разделы, для ознакомления с которыми достаточно просмотреть рисунки и прочитать подписи к ним.
Ашкрофт, Н.,Мермин, Д. / Физика твердого телаAshcroft, Neil,Mermin, David / Solid state physics
Solid state physics
Ashcroft, Neil,Mermin, David
© 1976 by Harcourt, lnc
Физика твердого тела
Ашкрофт, Н.,Мермин, Д.

But upon other two stones which lie beside, may still be read in rude prose, and ruder rhyme, the history of those who sleep beneath them.
Но зато на двух других находящихся рядом плитах можно прочесть изложенную нескладной прозой и еще более нескладной поэзией историю покоящихся под ними.
Scott, Walter / Old MortalityСкотт, Вальтер / Пуритане
Пуритане
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Old Mortality
Scott, Walter
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation.

Rand’s might not be the most brilliant prose: There are many lines that will have the discerning reader shaking their head or chuckling and there is a fair amount of repetition.
Рэнд могла бы писать и более выдающиеся произведения: в тексте существуют строки, которые заставят ценителя литературы приятно удивиться.
Butler-Bowdon, Tom / 50 self-help classics : 50 inspirational books to transform your lifeБатлер-Боудон, Том / 50 книг и великих идей, которые помогут вам изменить свою жизнь
50 книг и великих идей, которые помогут вам изменить свою жизнь
Батлер-Боудон, Том
50 self-help classics : 50 inspirational books to transform your life
Butler-Bowdon, Tom
© Tom Butler-Bowdon 2003

I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.'
Не могу же я создавать свою бессмертную прозу в такой унылой атмосфере, где пахнет эвкалиптовой настойкой.
Durrell, Gerald / My family and other animalsДаррелл, Джеральд / Моя семья и другие звери
Моя семья и другие звери
Даррелл, Джеральд
© Издательство "Мир", 1971
My family and other animals
Durrell, Gerald
© Gerald M. Durrell, 1956
© renewed Gerald M. Durrell, 1984

Look on it as a poem and no more, for, after all, poetry is nonsense and justifies what would be considered impudence in prose.
Смотрите как на стихи, но не более, ибо стихи всё-таки вздор и оправдывают то, что в прозе считается дерзостью.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

I would ask you to come for a walk, only now you're under the influence of prose.
Я бы позвал тебя гулять, да ты теперь под влиянием прозы.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008

Many prizes for Latin verse and Latin prose composition.
Неоднократно получал премии за латинские стихи и сочинения.
Greene, Henry Graham / The ComediansГрин, Генри Грэм / Комедианты
Комедианты
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Издательство "ЛЕНИЗДАТ", 1985
The Comedians
Greene, Henry Graham
© Graham Greene, 1965, 1966

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prəuzNounпрозаExamples

prose writer — прозаик

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turning into prose

прозаизация

prose writer

прозаик

bald prose

скучная проза

Word forms

prose

verb

Basic forms
Past	prosed
Imperative	prose
Present Participle (Participle I)	prosing
Past Participle (Participle II)	prosed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I prose	we prose
you prose	you prose
he/she/it proses	they prose

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

prose

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	prose	proses
Possessive case	prose's	proses'

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The Universal DictionaryIt 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.

prose

Examples from texts

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User translations

Collocations

Word forms

prose

prose

The Universal Dictionary
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.