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taunt

[tɔːnt] брит. / амер.

1. сущ.
  насмешка, язвительное замечание
2. гл.
  1. насмехаться, говорить колкости
  2. дразнить
прил.; мор.
очень высокий (о мачте)

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

taunt

говорить колкости; поддевать, поддразнивать

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This was a taunt that always aroused the Vicar.
Подобные намеки всегда больно задевали мистера Кэри.
Maugham, Somerset / Of Human BondageМоэм, Сомерсет / Бремя страстей человеческих
Бремя страстей человеческих
Моэм, Сомерсет
© "Издательство иностранной литературы", 1959
Of Human Bondage
Maugham, Somerset
© 1915, 1936 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.

"Don't taunt me with dressing up, Rakitin, you don't know all that is in my heart!
— Не кори меня нарядом, Ракитка, не знаешь еще ты всего моего сердца!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

You want to repay it at once, to pay for it by work, as though I were Mme. Bubnov and would taunt you with it.
Ты тотчас же хочешь за него заплатить, заработать, как будто я Бубнова и тебя попрекаю.
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

'will you wait?" Shreve said. '- that with the son he went to all that trouble to get lying right there behind him in the cabin, he would have to taunt the grandfather into killing first him and then the child too ?"
- Подождешь ты или нет? - сказал Шрив - ... что, обретя в лачуге сына, который после всех этих хлопот и треволнений лежал наконец в лачуге, ему непременно понадобилось до такой степени раздразнить деда, чтоб тот убил сперва его, а потом и ребенка?
Faulkner, William / Absalom, Absalom!Фолкнер, Уильям / Авессалом, Авессалом!
Авессалом, Авессалом!
Фолкнер, Уильям
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1985
Absalom, Absalom!
Faulkner, William
© 1986 by Jill Faulkner Summers
© 1936 by William Faulkner
© renewed by Estelle Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers

As if to taunt me, there was not the smallest sound to be heard anywhere;
Как нарочно, нигде не было слышно малейшего шума;
Turgenev, I.S. / First loveТургенев, И.С. / Первая любовь
Первая любовь
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
First love
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

"I do more than taunt you with it," he broke in, his anger mounting under the pitiless lash of her scorn. "
— О нет! Не только за нее! — перебил Оливер, распаляясь гневом под безжалостной плетью ее презрения.
Sabatini, Rafael / The Sea-HawkСабатини, Рафаэль / Морской ястреб
Морской ястреб
Сабатини, Рафаэль
© Тихонов Н Н., наследники, 2008
© ООО "Издательский дом «Вече», 2008
The Sea-Hawk
Sabatini, Rafael
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

He wondered when the next taunt would come.
Ранд размышлял, когда придет время очередного издевательского удара.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

I knew I was being cruel, like when I’d taunt him if he didn’t know some big word.
Знаю, это жестоко. Как и то, что я неправильно толковал ему слова.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerХоссейни, Халед / Бегущий за ветром
Бегущий за ветром
Хоссейни, Халед
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini

'What do you taunt me about going to keep a clerk for?'
— Чего ты, сатана, пристала ко мне с этим писцом?
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopДиккенс, Чарльз / Лавка древностей
Лавка древностей
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

She went so far that the boys actually began to mock at him on her account and taunt him with being a "mother's darling."
Довела до того, что мальчишки и в самом деле стали было чрез нее над ним насмехаться и начали дразнить его тем, что он маменькин сынок.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

"Rakitin," he said suddenly, in a firm and loud voice; "don't taunt me with having rebelled against God.
— Ракитин, — проговорил он вдруг громко и твердо, — не дразни ты меня, что я против бога моего взбунтовался.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

and remember that I spit upon your fair words and false dealings, and dare you - provoke you - taunt you - to do to me the very worst you can!'
И помните, что я плюю на ваши громкие слова и лицемерные поступки, не боюсь вас и бросаю вам вызов: делайте самое худшее, что только можете сделать!
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

"Someone knocked here while you were away!" she said in a tone which seemed to taunt me for having locked her in.
- А сюда кто-то без вас стучался, - сказала она таким тоном, как будто поддразнивая меня: зачем, дескать, запирал?
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

In the silence a shutter flapped and the tide lisped--two people walking out: that's what they were, and the memory of Colleoni's luxury, the crowned chairs at the Cosmopolitan, came back to taunt him.
В тишине хлопал ставень и шуршал прибой; парочка на прогулке — вот кто они были, и воспоминание о роскоши, окружавшей Коллеони, и о стульях с коронами в «Космополитене» снова стало терзать его.
Greene, Henry Graham / Brighton RockГрин, Генри Грэм / Брайтонский леденец
Брайтонский леденец
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Greene Graham, 1938, 1940, 1945
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
Brighton Rock
Greene, Henry Graham
© 1938 by Graham Greene
© Graham Greene, 1966, 1970

Why did I have to taunt him?
Почему я насмехаюсь над ним?
Saintcrow, Lilith / The Devil's Right HandСэйнткроу, Лилит / Правая рука дьявола
Правая рука дьявола
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© 2007 by Lilith Saintcrow
© Волковский В. Перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на руском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Devil's Right Hand
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2007 by Lilith Saintcrow

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tɔːntNounнасмешка; язвительное замечаниеExamples

to hurl a taunt at smb. — смеяться над кем-л.

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1.
насмехаться , дразнить
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Collocations

taunting ditty

дразнилка

Word forms

taunt

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	taunt	taunts
Possessive case	taunt's	taunts'

taunt

verb

Basic forms
Past	taunted
Imperative	taunt
Present Participle (Participle I)	taunting
Past Participle (Participle II)	taunted

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I taunt	we taunt
you taunt	you taunt
he/she/it taunts	they taunt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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