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puzzle

['pʌzl] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. вопрос, ставящий в тупик; головоломка, загадка
2. головоломка (игрушка), ребус, мозаика
3. недоумение, затруднение; растерянность, замешательство
гл.
1. приводить в затруднение, ставить в тупик; озадачивать
2. (puzzle over) ломать голову над (чем-л.)
3. уст. запутывать, усложнять

Psychology (En-Ru)

puzzle

затруднение, замешательство
вопрос, ставящий в тупик; загадка, головоломка || ставить в тупик
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But the puzzle is a small thing, it can be solved.
А загадка — это мелочь, ее можно решить.
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh / Joshu - The Lion's RoarОшо Бхагван Шри Раджниш / Джошу: Рычание льва
Джошу: Рычание льва
Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш
Joshu - The Lion's Roar
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh

Not enough people solve this puzzle within a reasonable time to make it worth your while to ask it
Эту задачу могут решить за приемлемое время слишком мало людей, чтобы стоило ее задавать кандидатам.
Poundstone, William / How would you move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's cult of the puzzle: how the world's smartest companies select the most creative thinkersПаундстоун, Уильям / Как сдвинуть гору Фудзи? Подходы ведущих мировых компаний к поиску талантов
Как сдвинуть гору Фудзи? Подходы ведущих мировых компаний к поиску талантов
Паундстоун, Уильям
© William Poundstone, 2003
© Альпина Бизнес Букс, перевод, оформление, 2004
How would you move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's cult of the puzzle: how the world's smartest companies select the most creative thinkers
Poundstone, William
© 2003 by William Poundstone

More whispers in the darkness, more missing pieces of a puzzle I had grown weary of fumbling with.
Еще какие-то шепчущие во тьме голоса, еще куски головоломки, от которой я устал?
DeChancie, John / Paradox AlleyДе Ченси, Джон / Дорогой парадокса
Дорогой парадокса
Де Ченси, Джон
Paradox Alley
DeChancie, John
© 1987 by John DeChancie

`Damn him, I wonder where he is!` said Ronald; and he moved the lantern up and down, and turned the night into a shifting puzzle- work of gleam and shadow.
— Черт его побери, где же он? — нетерпеливо сказал Рональд, поводя фонарем и тревожа ночную мглу причудливой игрой света и тени.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / St. IvesСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Сент Ив
Сент Ив
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
St. Ives
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

You are but one piece in the puzzle we must assemble.
Ты лишь одна из частей головоломки, которую мы должны сложить.
Brooks, Terry / First King of ShannaraБрукс, Терри / Первый король Шаннары
Первый король Шаннары
Брукс, Терри
First King of Shannara
Brooks, Terry
© 1996 by Terry Brooks

It's not immediately obvious that the puzzle has a solution, but a little thought (or having seen the problem before) convinces us that it does.
Не тотчас очевидно, что эта головоломка разрешима, но по кратком размышлении (или предварительном знакомстве с данной задачей) убеждаемся, что это так.
Graham, Ronald L.,Knuth, Donald E.,Patashnik, Oren / Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer ScienceГрэхем, Р.,Кнут, Д.,Паташник, О. / Конкретная математика. Основание информатики
Конкретная математика. Основание информатики
Грэхем, Р.,Кнут, Д.,Паташник, О.
© 1994, 1989 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
© перевод, В. В. Походзей, А.В. Ходулёв, 1998
Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science
Graham, Ronald L.,Knuth, Donald E.,Patashnik, Oren
© 1989 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

I set aside my wrath and tried to puzzle it out.
Я умерил свой гнев и попытался разобраться.
Christie, Agatha / Murder on the LinksКристи, Агата / Убийство на поле для гольфа
Убийство на поле для гольфа
Кристи, Агата
© Издательство "Физкультура и спорт", 1982
Murder on the Links
Christie, Agatha
© 1923 by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc.
© renewed 1950 by Agatha Christie Mallowan

“They say they’ve got a bit of a puzzle,” Hogan agreed.
— Говорят, что картина странная и немного загадочная…
Rankin, Ian / A Question of BloodРэнкин, Иэн / Вопрос крови
Вопрос крови
Рэнкин, Иэн
© 2003 by John Rebus Limited
© Е. Осенева, перевод на русский язык, 2008
© ООО "Издательская группа Аттикус", Издательство "Иностранка", 2008
A Question of Blood
Rankin, Ian
© 2003 by John Rebus Limited

Jolene says that she's going to celebrate her 90th birthday next year by doing a 5000-piece puzzle of the Sistine Chapel.
Джолан говорит, что она собирается отметить свое девяностолетие в следующем году, сложив головоломку из пяти тысяч кусочков.
King, Stephen / Dolores ClaiborneКинг, Стивен / Долорес Клэйборн
Долорес Клэйборн
Кинг, Стивен
© Copyright Stephen King, 1993
© перевод с английского Е.Харитоновой, 1995
Dolores Claiborne
King, Stephen
© Copyright Stephen King, 1993

She never got caught, either, but sometimes there's people inside of families who've got pieces of the jigsaw puzzle the law never sees.
Ее тоже никто не обвинил, но иногда в семье находятся люди, знающие отгадку головоломки, не известную закону и полиции.
King, Stephen / Dolores ClaiborneКинг, Стивен / Долорес Клэйборн
Долорес Клэйборн
Кинг, Стивен
© Copyright Stephen King, 1993
© перевод с английского Е.Харитоновой, 1995
Dolores Claiborne
King, Stephen
© Copyright Stephen King, 1993

But there was more to the puzzle.
Да и, кроме того, есть над чем еще поломать голову.
Brooks, Terry / The Scions of ShannaraБрукс, Терри / Потомки Шаннары
Потомки Шаннары
Брукс, Терри
The Scions of Shannara
Brooks, Terry
© 1990 by Terry Brooks

To sit among all those unknown things before a puzzle like that is hopeless.
Бессмысленно торчать здесь, среди незнакомых вещей, становясь в тупик перед каждым новым затруднением.
Wells, Herbert George / Time MachineУэллс, Герберт / Машина Времени
Машина Времени
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1972
Time Machine
Wells, Herbert George
© Evans Brothers Limited 2002

As they walked, Jack tried to puzzle out what was going on.
И пока они шли, Джек пытался понять, что же такое происходит.
Zahn, Timothy / Dragon And SoldierЗан, Тимоти / Дракон и солдат
Дракон и солдат
Зан, Тимоти
Dragon And Soldier
Zahn, Timothy
© 2004 by Timothy Zahn

What a puzzle there is betwixt you and your judgment!
Какой там еще возник разлад между вами и вашим здравым смыслом?
Swift, Jonathan / Journal to StellaСвифт, Джонатан / Письма к Стелле
Письма к Стелле
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Наука", 1981
Journal to Stella
Swift, Jonathan
© BiblioLife, LLC

There lies my puzzle; but thine is greater.
Вот она, моя загадка; но твоя загадка больше моей.
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

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'pʌzlNounвопрос; ставящий в тупик; головоломка; загадка

User translations

Noun

1.
картинка-головоломка
translation added by Владимир Михайленко
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Collocations

Chinese puzzle

головоломка

Chinese puzzle

китайская головоломка

Chinese puzzle

ребус

Chinese puzzle

трудная задача

ferryman puzzle

задача о перевозчике

jigsaw puzzle

пазл

jigsaw puzzle

составная картинка-загадка

mathematical puzzle

математическая головоломка

puzzle box

клетка-головоломка

puzzle lock

замок с секретом

puzzle lock

замок с шифром

puzzle of three jealous husbands

задача о трех ревнивых мужьях

puzzle out

найти решение

puzzle out

разгадать

puzzle out

разобраться

Word forms

puzzle

verb

Basic forms
Past	puzzled
Imperative	puzzle
Present Participle (Participle I)	puzzling
Past Participle (Participle II)	puzzled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I puzzle	we puzzle
you puzzle	you puzzle
he/she/it puzzles	they puzzle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

puzzle

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	puzzle	puzzles
Possessive case	puzzle's	puzzles'

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Psychology (En-Ru)

puzzle

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puzzle

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