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silly

['sɪlɪ] брит. / амер.

прил.
1. глупый; дурацкий; нелепый
2. слабоумный, придурковатый
3. оглушённый, ошеломлённый (как будто после удара)
4. уст.
  1. слабый, немощный, беспомощный
  2. ничтожный, небольшой; незначительный
сущ.; разг. ; = silly billy
глупыш, дурачок
гл.; уст.
1. оглушать, ошеломлять
2. дурачиться

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

silly

глупый

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If something does not soon happen to her, it will become a silly empty face.
Если в ближайшее время в ее жизни не произойдет ничего существенного, это будет просто глуповатая, пустая физиономия.
Updike, John / Rabbit At RestАпдайк, Джон / Кролик успокоился
Кролик успокоился
Апдайк, Джон
© Перевод. Н. Роговская, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
© John Updike, 1990
Rabbit At Rest
Updike, John
© 1990 by John Updike

And you are silly, Sonia: what have we to eat? Tell me that.
Да и глупа ты, Соня: что теперь есть-то, скажи?
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

I went to mighty trouble for silly, golden things.
Я сворачивал горы ради глупых золотых безделушек.
Steinbeck, John / Cup of GoldСтейнбек, Джон / Золотая чаша
Золотая чаша
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
Cup of Gold
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1929
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1957

This was a shock; and yet to have in Annette a virgin taste to form would be better than to have the silly, half-baked predilections of the English middle-class to deal with.
Какой удар! Впрочем, лучше иметь дело с нетронутым вкусом Анкет, который можно развить постепенно, чем с тупым невежественным верхоглядством английских буржуа.
Galsworthy, John / In ChanceryГолсуорси, Джон / В петле
В петле
Голсуорси, Джон
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство""Эксмо", 2003
In Chancery
Galsworthy, John
© 1920 by Charles Scribner's Sons
© 1920 by The International Magazine Co.

Well, tell him to come in.... So be it, then; for the sake of our good guest I will forgive the silly fellow....
Ну, вели ему войти, – уж так и быть, ради дорогого гостя, прощу глупца…
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

'Oh, silly dunce!
– «О, глупая голова!
Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.2Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Записки охотника т.2
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975

And as she did these simple chores, she wondered how in the name of Jesus, Mary, and JoJo the Carpenter finding that silly ceremonial shovel could do anything for her peace of mind.
Занимаясь этими простыми хозяйственными делами, она гадала, каким образом, во имя Иисуса, Марии и Иосифа‑Плотника, успешный поиск той дурацкой маленькой лопатки мог успокоить её?
King, Stephen / Lisey's storyКинг, Стивен / История Лизи
История Лизи
Кинг, Стивен
Lisey's story
King, Stephen
© 2006 by Stephen King

I guess it was silly, but I kept thinking and thinking about what you said.
Может, это и глупо, но твои слова не выходили у меня из головы.
Asimov, Isaac / The Caves of SteelАзимов, Айзек / Стальные пещеры
Стальные пещеры
Азимов, Айзек
© Издательство «Детская литература», 1967
The Caves of Steel
Asimov, Isaac
© 1953,1954 by Isaac Asimov

And when she had fallen into a heavy slumber after noon, while her husband was off answering questions for a silly missing persons report, he had come to her in a dream.
А когда после обеда муж уехал писать дурацкое заявление о пропаже дочери и Энн провалилась в тяжкую дремоту, во сне явился он.
King, Stephen / Salem's LotКинг, Стивен / Салимов удел
Салимов удел
Кинг, Стивен
© Е.Ю. Александрова, 1992. Перевод
Salem's Lot
King, Stephen
© 1975 by Stephen King

I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness by which we are plagued, this "weather-forecast" fraud is about the most aggravating.
Мне думается, что из всего глупейшего, раздражающего вздора, которым забивают нам голову, едва ли не самое гнусное – это мошенничество, обычно называемое предсказанием погоды.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatДжером, Джером Клапка / Трое в лодке не считая собаки
Трое в лодке не считая собаки
Джером, Джером Клапка
© Издательство «ОЛМА-ПРЕСС Образование», 2004
© Донской М.А., Линецкая Э.Л., перевод, 1980
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka

One or the other, but the combination sounds silly."
Или одно, или другое, но вместе это глупо.
Heinlein, Robert / The Rolling StonesХайнлайн, Роберт / Космическое семейство Стоун
Космическое семейство Стоун
Хайнлайн, Роберт
© 1952 by Robert A. Heinlein
© TERRA FANTASTICA, 2007
© Перевод. Н. Виленская, 2003
The Rolling Stones
Heinlein, Robert
© 1952 by Robert A. Heinlein

It is almost the same as the silly Tire hydrant’ from an aerobics class.
Это почти то же самое, что и глупый «Пожарный насек» в аэробике.
Tsatsulin, Pawel / Super Joints Russian Longevity SecretsЦацулин, Павел / Укрепляем суставы
Укрепляем суставы
Цацулин, Павел
© 2001 by Advanced Fitness Solutions, Inc.
© ООО «Издательство Астрель», 2008
Super Joints Russian Longevity Secrets
Tsatsulin, Pawel
© 2001 by Advanced Fitness Solutions

"It's all very well when you are firing at someone, but when he is firing straight in your mug, you must feel pretty silly.
-- Хорошо коли сам наводит, а коли ему самому в самое рыло наводят, так оно тогда самое глупое чувство-с.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

And yet will you say my waiting was silly and wrong and fruitless?
И ты все-таки уверяешь, будто ждать тебя было глупо, недопустимо и совершенно бесполезно?
Mann, Thomas / The Magic MountainМанн, Томас / Волшебная гора
Волшебная гора
Манн, Томас
© 1924, S.Fischer Verlag AG, Berlin
© Перевод. В. Станевич, наследники, 2009
© Перевод. В. Курелла, наследники, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
The Magic Mountain
Mann, Thomas
© 1995 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Most of the things they made him do were silly-it was part of a bad tradition, but there was nothing silly in the way he set about them…
Почти все, что его заставляли делать, было глупо, как все скверные традиции, но в том, как он это делал и почему, не было ничего глупого...
Wells, Herbert George / The World Set Free: A Story of MankindУэллс, Герберт Джордж / Освобожденный мир
Освобожденный мир
Уэллс, Герберт Джордж
The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind
Wells, Herbert George

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'sɪlɪAdjectiveглупый; дурацкий; нелепыйExamples

silly idea — дурацкая идея
silly mistake — нелепая ошибка
silly question — дурацкий вопрос
silly ass — дурак, "осёл"
It is a silly thing to do. — Глупо поступать так.
it is silly of smb. — глупо с чьей-л. стороны
Don't be silly! — Не глупи!

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глупый
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глупый
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Collocations

silly as a two-bob watch

глупый

silly as a two-bob watch

как пробка

silly as a two-bob watch

круглый дурак

silly grin

глупый смех

silly house

больница для душевнобольных

silly money

бешеные деньги

silly season

затишье в прессе

silly season

мертвый сезон

be foolish / silly

глупить

it is foolish / stupid / silly

глупо

foolish / stupid / silly thing

глупость

little silly

глупыш

silly little thing

глупыш

silly-billy

глупыш

little silly

глупышка

Word forms

silly

verb

Basic forms
Past	sillied
Imperative	silly
Present Participle (Participle I)	sillying
Past Participle (Participle II)	sillied

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I silly	we silly
you silly	you silly
he/she/it sillies	they silly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

silly

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	silly	sillies
Possessive case	silly's	sillies'

silly

adjective

Positive degree	silly
Comparative degree	sillier
Superlative degree	silliest

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