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twig

[twɪg] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. веточка, прут, хворостинка; ветвь, ветка
2. (twigs) розги
3. "лоза" (ивовый прут или сходный предмет, с помощью которого "экстрасенс" отыскивает подземные воды или металлы)
4. анат. разветвление сосудов, нервов
гл.; разг.
1. понять, постигнуть, разгадать
2. замечать, наблюдать, следить, смотреть
сущ.; разг.
1. мода; стиль
2. состояние

Biology (En-Ru)

twig

побег; веточка
веточка (напр. нерва)

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So trenchant was the Templar's weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
Напрасно Ательстан попытался парировать удар своей окованной железом палицей. Острый меч храмовника разрубил ее, как тростинку, и обрушился на голову злополучного сакса, который замертво упал на землю.
Scott, Walter / YvanhoeСкотт, Вальтер / Айвенго
Айвенго
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература ", 1962
Yvanhoe
Scott, Walter

I fancied I heard the creak of a door opening, then the faint crack of a broken twig.
Мне почудился скрип отворявшейся двери, потом легкий треск переломанного сучка.
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

As she went away, Lisa hung her hat on a twig; with strange, almost tender emotion, Lavretsky looked at the hat, and its long rather crumpled ribbons.
Уходя, Лиза повесила свою шляпу на ветку; с странным, почти нежным чувством посмотрел Лаврецкий на эту шляпу, на ее длинные, немного помятые ленты.
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

'Sutchok (i.e. the twig) has a punt,' observed Vladimir, 'but I don't know where he has hidden it.
– У Сучка есть дощаник, – заметил Владимир, – да я не знаю, куда он его спрятал.
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

The crackle of a foot on a dead willow-twig roused her, and her eyes met St. Vincent's.
Сухая ветка ивы треснула под чьей-то ногой, глаза Фроны встретились с глазами Сент-Винсента.
London, Jack / A daughter of the snowsЛондон, Джек / Дочь снегов
Дочь снегов
Лондон, Джек
© Издательство "Правда", 1961
A daughter of the snows
London, Jack
© 1902, Grosset & Dunlap

"Her mother's hopped the twig!
- Мать издохла у ней!
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

She picked up a little twig from the ground and tickled him, and she gave him water from the gourd she carried in her bundle.
Она подняла с земли маленькую веточку и пощекотала Койотито пятки, а потом развязала узел и напоила сына водой из тыквенной бутылки.
Steinbeck, John / The PearlСтейнбек, Джон / Жемчужина
Жемчужина
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977
The Pearl
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1945
© renewed Elaine Steinbeck, John Steinbeck IV and Thom Steinbeck, 1973

He fumbled in his pack for the last strip of meat. An old, brown, greasy thing like a dry twig.
Порывшись в мешке, Логен вытащил последнюю полоску мяса – старую, бурую, лоснящуюся, похожую на высохший сучок.
Abercrombie, Joe / The Blade ItselfАберкромби, Джо / Кровь и железо
Кровь и железо
Аберкромби, Джо
© 2006 by Joe Abercrombie.
© Перевод. В. Иванов, 2008
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
The Blade Itself
Abercrombie, Joe
© 2007 by Joe Abercrombie

With every step he grew more light-hearted, more happy; he walked in the dewy shade in the thick sand of the little paths, beside the fir-trees that were fringed with the vivid green of the spring shoots at the end of every twig.
С каждым шагом ему становилось все привольней, все веселей: он шел в росистой тени, по крупному песку дорожек, вдоль елок, по всем концам ветвей окаймленных яркою зеленью весенних отпрысков.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979

Quickly he ducked into the undergrowth and listened again. Now a twig snapped, a little further on.
Он живо прыгнул в кусты и снова прислушался – неподалеку хрустнула ветка.
Gulik, Robert van / Necklace and CalabashГулик, Роберт ван / Ожерелье и тыква
Ожерелье и тыква
Гулик, Роберт ван
© 1967 by Robert van Gulik
© Перевод, ЗАО "Издательство "Центрполиграф", 2002
Necklace and Calabash
Gulik, Robert van
© 1967 by Robert van Gulik

At least the man could let me choose the colors, she thought, working the split twig furiously.
Ладно бы он разрешил мне цвета выбирать, подумала она, яростно орудуя прутиком.
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.

Thinking back, perhaps it took me longer than it should have to twig that he wasn't playing ball, so to speak.
Сейчас, мысленно прокручивая ситуацию, я думаю, что слишком долго не могла сообразить, что он не шутил.
Kinsella, Sophie / The Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicКинселла, Софи / Тайный мир шопоголика
Тайный мир шопоголика
Кинселла, Софи
© Copyright Sophie Kinsella
© 2005, Фантом Пресс
© Анастасия Корчагина, перевод
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
Kinsella, Sophie
© Copyright Sophie Kinsella

I took a piece of twig and barred their way.
Я взял в руки хворостину и загородил ею дорогу.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ДетствоTolstoy, Leo / Childhood
Childhood
Tolstoy, Leo
© 2007 Objective Systems Pty Ltd
Детство
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960

So while Dilsey held the horse Luster put a splint on the flower stalk with a twig and two bits of string and gave it to Ben.
— И, приложив к сломанному стеблю прутик, Ластер закрепил лубок двумя бечевочками и подал нарцисс Бену.
Faulkner, William / The Sound and the FuryФолкнер, Уильям / Шум и ярость
Шум и ярость
Фолкнер, Уильям
© О. Сорока (наследник), перевод, 1973
© "Азбука-классика", 2006
The Sound and the Fury
Faulkner, William
© 1984 by Jill Faulkner Summers

There was only the faintest indication of a trail here; a cracked twig and what might be the impression of one side of a hoof.
Тут был поломан сук и, кажется, отпечаталось краем копыто – только и всего.
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding

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twɪgNounветочка; прут; хворостинка; ветвь; ветка

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hop the twig

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hop the twig

умереть

small twig

прутик

twig legs

веревочные ноги

twig burr

наплыв на ветви

twig scar

побеговый рубец

twigs and branches

валежник

bunch of green birch twigs

веник

fir branches / twigs

ельник

fir twigs

лапник

dry twigs

сушняк

beat oneself with birch twigs

хлестаться

willow twigs

ивовые прутики

Word forms

twig

verb

Basic forms
Past	twigged
Imperative	twig
Present Participle (Participle I)	twigging
Past Participle (Participle II)	twigged

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I twig	we twig
you twig	you twig
he/she/it twigs	they twig

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

twig

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	twig	twigs
Possessive case	twig's	twigs'

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