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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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Give over talking in your nonsensical riddles!
Перестанете ли вы говорить вашими вздорными загадками!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

Too many riddles weigh men down on earth.
Слишком много загадок угнетают на земле человека.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Bilbo accepted the challenge; and they asked one another many riddles.
Бильбо согласился: смертельный риск был все же лучше безнадежных блужданий, и они загадали друг другу немало загадок.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / The Fellowship of the RingТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Братство Кольца
Братство Кольца
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© Издательство "Радуга", 1988
The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1954, 1965, 1966 by J.R.R. Tolkien
© renewed 1982 by Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H.R. Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© renewed 1993, 1994 by Christopher R.Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© 2003 J. R. R. Tolkien

It was a day of surprises, a, day that solved past riddles and suggested new ones, a day of startling revelations, and still more hopeless perplexity.
Это был день неожиданностей, день развязок прежнего и завязок нового, резких разъяснений и еще пущей путаницы.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

This was the first time he had ever talked to her in this manner, as one human being to another, talked as other people talked, without flippancy, mockery or riddles.
Впервые он говорил с ней так, по-человечески, как говорят обычно люди — без дерзостей, без насмешек, без загадок.
Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 2
Унесенные ветром. Том 2
Митчелл, Маргарет
© Перевод. Т. Кудрявцева, 1982
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Ceorgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.
© renewed by Stephens Mitchell

A pause ensued-brief, but more of a hesitation than the computer had accorded any of Roland's riddles-and then Blaine chuckled.
Короткая пауза, но гораздо более длинная, чем после любой из загадок Роланда, а потом Блейн хохотнул.
King, Stephen / Wizard and GlassКинг, Стивен / Колдун и Кристалл
Колдун и Кристалл
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1997
© Перевод, В.А. Вебер, 1998
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Wizard and Glass
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1997, 2003

I have hunted people in this city, before now, who have been better hid than she; and I know quarters in which a guinea or two, carefully spent, will often solve darker riddles than this.
Мне случалось откапывать в этом городе людей, которые были спрятаны получше, чем она, и я знаю такие места, где одна-две гинеи, толково истраченные, частенько разрешают загадки потруднее этой.
Диккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь и приключения Николаса НикльбиDickens, Charles / The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Жизнь и приключения Николаса Никльби
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Правда", 1989

You’re like riddles in the Bulletin .”
Мне головоломок в «Бюллетене» хватает.
Steinbeck, John / East Of EdenСтейнбек, Джон / На восток от Эдема
На восток от Эдема
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
East Of Eden
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1952
© renewed Elaine Steinbeck, Thom Steinbeck, and John Steinbeck IV, 1980

Maybe it's in my character: I like this sort of quizzes and riddles, and it was nice to see the photos of children!
Наверное, все зависит от характера человека, но мне очень нравятся такого рода викторины, загадки, особенно с фото детей!
© «Новые Горизонты Салым Петролеум»
©2004 «Салым Петролеум Девелопмент Н.В.»
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© «Salym Petroleum New Horizons»
©2004 Salym Petroleum Development N. V.
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But these ordinary aboveground everyday sort of riddles were tiring for him.
Но такие будничные заурядные надземные загадки ему надоели.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / HobbitТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Хоббит или туда и обратно
Хоббит или туда и обратно
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© "Новосибирское книжное издательство", 1989
Hobbit
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1937 by George Allen & Unwin Lcd.
© 1966 by J.R R. Tolkien
© Renewed 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkien, John F. R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© Restored 1996 by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien,

He was a sporting vagrant armed with a vast stock of stories, limericks, and riddles.
Это был своего рода добровольный шут, вооруженный обширным запасом анекдотов, куплетов и загадок.
Joyce, James / Two GallantsДжойс, Джеймс / Два рыцаря
Два рыцаря
Джойс, Джеймс
© Оформление, издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2007
© Перевод В. Топер. Наследники, 2007
Two Gallants
Joyce, James
© 1967 by the Estate of James Joyce

Vigor spoke out of nowhere. “Fitting that these masters of riddles should be guarding this mystery.”
Снова, словно ниоткуда, зазвучал голос Вигора: – Похоже, древние алхимики, великие мастера загадок, сделали этих каменных существ хранителями своей тайны.
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

What are all these riddles of hers that we have to guess?
Почему она три дня всем загадки загадывает?
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

He was not in the mood for riddles.
Хаддад находился не в том настроении, чтобы разгадывать шарады.
Berry, Steve / The Alexandria LinkБерри, Стив / Александрийское звено
Александрийское звено
Берри, Стив
© 2007 by Steve Berry
© А. Новиков, перевод с английского, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009
The Alexandria Link
Berry, Steve
© 2007 by Steve Berry

Blaine is the last above ground tool of a vast computer system that lies beneath Lud, and Blaine has only one remaining interest: riddles.
Блейн Моно - последний наземный компонент огромного компьютерного комплекса, расположенного под городом Лад.
King, Stephen / Wolves of the CallaКинг, Стивен / Волки Кэллы
Волки Кэллы
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 2003
© Перевод В.А.Вебер, 2004
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2004
Wolves of the Calla
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 2003

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загадки
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Collocations

speak in riddles

говорить загадками

talk in riddles

говорить загадками

cocoon-riddling machine

коконокалибровочная машина

molder's riddle

формовочное сито

read a riddle

разгадать загадку

screen riddle

вибрационный грохот

shaking riddle

вибрационное сито

be / become riddled

изрешечиваться

cavings riddle

мякинное решето

dressing riddle

нижнее решето

wind riddle

решето воздушной очистки

cocoon-riddling machine

калибровочная машина для коконов

oscillating riddle

вибрационный грохот

raw rice cleaning riddle

сито для предварительной очистки риса-зерна

riddle book

сборник загадок

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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