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riddle

['rɪdl] брит. / амер.

1. сущ.
  1. загадка
  2. тайна
2. гл.
  1. 1. говорить загадками
    2. загадывать загадки
  2. разгадывать; находить разгадки
1. сущ.
  1. грохот; решето, сито
  2. экран; щит
2. гл.
  1. сеять, отсеивать; просеивать (через сито)
  2. 1. (riddle with) дырявить, решетить
    2. забрасывать вопросами, возражениями; подвергать суровой критике
  3. пронизывать; содержаться в большом количестве; изобиловать

MechanicalEngineering (En-Ru)

riddle

грохот; сито; решето; цедилка; грохотить; просеивать; разделять по крупности
экран; щит

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"Karamazov's a riddle to me all the same.
-- А всё-таки Карамазов для меня загадка.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

And the son who breaks into his father's house and murders him without murdering him is not even a romance- this is a sphinx setting us a riddle which he cannot solve himself.
А сын, вломившийся к отцу, убивший его, но в то же время и не убивший, это уж даже и не роман, не поэма, это сфинкс, задающий загадки, которые и сам уж конечно не разрешит.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

But he also gave me a riddle."
Но он также загадал мне загадку.
Duncan, Dave / Coming of WisdomДункан, Дэйв / Обретение мудрости
Обретение мудрости
Дункан, Дэйв
Coming of Wisdom
Duncan, Dave
© 1988 by D. J. Duncan

We searched records, books, and files, trying to solve a riddle that has baffled historians for more than a millennium.
Мы исследовали различные исторические записи, архивные материалы, книги, пытаясь разгадать загадку, которая не давала покоя историкам на протяжении целого тысячелетия.
Rollins, James / Map of BonesРоллинс, Джеймс / Кости волхвов
Кости волхвов
Роллинс, Джеймс
© 2005 by Jim Czajkowski
© А. Новиков, перевод, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009
Map of Bones
Rollins, James
© 2005 by Jim Czajkowski

And so perhaps there isn't any insoluble riddle?
Так может, уж такой густой загадки и нет?
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr / The Gulag ArchipelagoСолженицын, Александр / Архипелаг Гулаг
Архипелаг Гулаг
Солженицын, Александр
© Русский Общественный Фонд Александра Солженицына, 2009
The Gulag Archipelago
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
© 1973 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
© 1973, 1974 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
© 1985 by The Russian Social Fund

He returned thoughtful and confused; the riddle lay heavier than ever on his soul.
Он воротился смущенный, задумчивый; тяжелая загадка ложилась ему на душу, еще тяжелее, чем прежде.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

I had in fact set them a riddle.
Одним словом, я задал загадку...
Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw Youth
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979

It is an absolute riddle— what does it imply?
Абсолютно неизвестно - что под ним скрывается?
Bulgakov, Michail / The Heart of a DogБулгаков, Михаил / Собачье сердце
Собачье сердце
Булгаков, Михаил
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The Heart of a Dog
Bulgakov, Michail
© English translation Raduga Publishers 1990

So then where is the riddle?
И в чем тогда загадка?
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr / The Gulag ArchipelagoСолженицын, Александр / Архипелаг Гулаг
Архипелаг Гулаг
Солженицын, Александр
© Русский Общественный Фонд Александра Солженицына, 2009
The Gulag Archipelago
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
© 1973 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
© 1973, 1974 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
© 1985 by The Russian Social Fund

The discovery may help solve an age-old riddle of one of Saturn's moons.
Это открытие может помочь в решении вековой загадки одного из спутников Сатурна.
© Astrogorizont.com
http://www.astrogorizont.com/ 21.06.2011
© European Space Agency
© 1999–2011, Universe Today
http://www.astrogorizont.com/ 21.06.2011

Nor was the god's riddle much help now.
Не могла ему помочь и загадка богов.
Duncan, Dave / Coming of WisdomДункан, Дэйв / Обретение мудрости
Обретение мудрости
Дункан, Дэйв
Coming of Wisdom
Duncan, Dave
© 1988 by D. J. Duncan

“It took us some time, but we solved the riddle…the map…the Seven Wonders…it all points back to the beginning.
– Мы разгадали загадку, хотя на это нам и потребовалось определенное время, – говорила она. – Карта, семь чудес света… Все это указывает на самое начало событий.
Rollins, James / Map of BonesРоллинс, Джеймс / Кости волхвов
Кости волхвов
Роллинс, Джеймс
© 2005 by Jim Czajkowski
© А. Новиков, перевод, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009
Map of Bones
Rollins, James
© 2005 by Jim Czajkowski

The "new" answers don't spoil the old riddle, for there are no land mammals native to Antarctica.
На самом деле «новые» ответы не подходят для старинной головоломки, потому что в Антарктике нет наземных млекопитающих, включая медведей.
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

GEORGE WASHINGTON, HARPER LEE, AND Flannery O'Connor smiled down on me, as if mocking my inability to solve the riddle of their shared quality.
Джордж Вашингтон, Харпер Ли и Фланнери О'Коннор улыбались мне со стен, словно иронизируя над моей неспособностью догадаться, что же у них общего.
Koontz, Dean Ray / Brother OddКунц, Дин / Брат Томас
Брат Томас
Кунц, Дин
© Перевод. В. А. Вебер, 2007
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2007
© 2006 by Dean Koontz
Brother Odd
Koontz, Dean Ray
© 2006 by Dean Koontz

There's an easy riddle for you. Guess it!” she laughed.
Вот тебе и загадка не трудная, отгадай-ка! - усмехнулась она.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Collocations

molder's riddle

формовочное сито

read a riddle

разгадать загадку

screen riddle

вибрационный грохот

shaking riddle

вибрационное сито

cavings riddle

мякинное решето

dressing riddle

нижнее решето

wind riddle

решето воздушной очистки

oscillating riddle

вибрационный грохот

raw rice cleaning riddle

сито для предварительной очистки риса-зерна

riddle book

сборник загадок

sand riddle

грохот для песка

riddle sieve

грубое сито

cocoon-riddling machine

коконокалибровочная машина

speak in riddles

говорить загадками

talk in riddles

говорить загадками

Word forms

riddle

verb

Basic forms
Past	riddled
Imperative	riddle
Present Participle (Participle I)	riddling
Past Participle (Participle II)	riddled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I riddle	we riddle
you riddle	you riddle
he/she/it riddles	they riddle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

riddle

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	riddle	riddles
Possessive case	riddle's	riddles'

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