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whitewash

['(h)waɪtwɔʃ] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. стр.
  1. известковый раствор
  2. побелка
2. обеление, оправдание (кого-л.)
3. реабилитация; восстановление (банкрота) в правах
4. спорт.; амер.; разг. победа с сухим счётом
гл.
1. 1. белить
  2. накладывать отбеливающее косметическое средство
2. 1. пытаться обелить (кого-л.), скрыть недостатки
  2. реабилитировать; восстанавливать (банкрота) в правах
3. спорт.; амер.; разг. выиграть "всухую", с сухим счётом

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

whitewash

побелка ж
перен попытка обелить, втереть очки

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'Whitewash. Just a lot of old, dried-up whitewash.
– С обыкновенной засохшей известкой.
Pratchett, Terry / SourceryПратчетт,Терри / Посох и Шляпа
Посох и Шляпа
Пратчетт,Терри
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
Sourcery
Pratchett, Terry
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1988

Years ago the passage had been white-washed and plastered, but rats had torn holes in the plaster and human beings had mutilated the whitewash with scrawls and pencilled names.
Много лет назад коридор был оштукатурен и побелей, но крысы прогрызли дыры в штукатурке, а люди изуродовали побеленные стены надписями.
Greene, Henry Graham / The Heart of the MatterГрин, Генри Грэм / Суть дела
Суть дела
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Greene Graham, 1938, 1940, 1945
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
The Heart of the Matter
Greene, Henry Graham
© 1948 by Graham Greene
© Graham Greene, 1971

This is the age of whitewash.
Наше время -- время обеления.
O.Henry / The Door of UnrestГенри, О. / Дверь, не знающая отдыха
Дверь, не знающая отдыха
Генри, О.
The Door of Unrest
O.Henry

Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
Небось не каждый день нашему брату достается белить забор.
Twain, Mark / The Adventures of Tom SawyerТвен, Марк / Приключения Тома Сойера
Приключения Тома Сойера
Твен, Марк
© «Государственное издательство художественной литературы», 1960
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark
© 1999 by Saddleback Publishing, Inc.

Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted.
Стены внутри побеленные, пол некрашеный.
Steinbeck, John / Of Mice and MenСтейнбек, Джон / О мышах и людях
О мышах и людях
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1937
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1965

Whitcross is no town, nor even a hamlet; it is but a stone pillar set up where four roads meet: whitewashed, I suppose, to be more obvious at a distance and in darkness.
Уиткросс - не город, даже не деревня: это всего лишь каменный столб, поставленный на перекрестке четырех дорог и выбеленный мелом, вероятно, для того, чтобы быть более приметным на расстоянии и в темноте.
Bronte, Charlotte / Jane EyreБронте, Шарлотта / Джен Эйр
Джен Эйр
Бронте, Шарлотта
© Издательство «Правда», 1988 г.
Jane Eyre
Bronte, Charlotte
© 2009 by Wayne Josephson

They chose a corner table, with their backs to the whitewashed walls. That way nobody would be able to look over their shoulders.
Они предпочли угловой: так они будут сидеть спиной к беленым стенам, никто не сможет заглянуть им через плечо.
Robinson, Peter / Piece Of My HeartРобинсон, Питер / Растерзанное сердце
Растерзанное сердце
Робинсон, Питер
© 2006 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.
© А. Капанадзе, перевод на русский язык, 2010
© ООО "Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2010 Издательство Иностранка
Piece Of My Heart
Robinson, Peter
© 2006 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.

It was a quiet little place centered round a sleepy-looking church, and stippled off at its edges with whitewashed cottages.
Это было тихое местечко, обступившее сонную церковь и очерченное по окраинам пунктиром белоснежных коттеджей.
Wyndham, John / The Day of the TriffidsУиндем, Джон / День триффидов
День триффидов
Уиндем, Джон
© 1951 by John Wyndham
© Перевод. С. Бережков, 2009
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
The Day of the Triffids
Wyndham, John
© 1979 by Grace Isabel Harris
© 1951 by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

We went up the street, past the whitewashed stone houses, families sitting in their doorways watching us, to the inn.
Мы пошли в гостиницу мимо выбеленных каменных домов, где целые семьи сидели на пороге и глазели на нас.
Hemingway, Ernest / The Sun Also RisesХемингуэй, Эрнест / Фиеста (И восходит солнце)
Фиеста (И восходит солнце)
Хемингуэй, Эрнест
© Издательство "Правда", 1984
The Sun Also Rises
Hemingway, Ernest
© 1926 by Charles Scribner's Sons
© renewed 1954 by Ernest Hemingway

The Kyrie Eleisons rang quiveringly through that sort of whitewashed stable with flat ceiling and bedaubed beams.
«Kyrie, eleison» трепетно прозвучало в этом жалком строении, напоминавшем сарай с оштукатуренными стенами и плоским потолком, на котором виднелись выбеленные балки.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

The yellow-curtained bed, the walnut chest of drawers, and the three straw-bottomed chairs seemed lost below that lofty ceiling with whitewashed joists.
Кровать, затянутая желтым пологом, комод орехового дерева, три соломенных стула – все это терялось под высоким потолком, державшимся на оштукатуренных балках.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

He painted the old house white and whitewashed the sheds.
Том покрасил старый дом, побелил сараи.
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

A heavy sky seemed to cover the world with the grey whiteness of a whitewashed ceiling.
Низкие облака, застилавшие небо, казалось, нависали над землёй, как покрытый сероватой известью потолок.
Galsworthy, John / The Man of PropertyГолсуорси, Джон / Собственник
Собственник
Голсуорси, Джон
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство""Эксмо", 2003
The Man of Property
Galsworthy, John
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation

They lived in a whitewashed, clap-board shack with an outhouse, a well and a shed beside it.
Девушки жили в дощатой обмазанной хижине, при которой были маленький флигелек, колодец и сарай.
Steinbeck, John / The Pastures of HeavenСтейнбек, Джон / Райские пастбища
Райские пастбища
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
The Pastures of Heaven
Steinbeck, John
© John Stainbeck, 1932
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1960

Reading the platitudes in Dwoskin's text he found himself fiercely and unpredictably defensive of the old man's foibles, as though everything that had made him unique-made him real-now stood in danger of being whitewashed away.
Читая пошлости творения Двоскина, он обнаружил, что и сам яростно и неожиданно защищает слабости старика, хотя все, что делало его уникальным – и вообще реальным, — теперь находилось под угрозой полного исчезновения.
Barker, Clive / The Damnation GameБаркер, Клайв / Проклятая игра
Проклятая игра
Баркер, Клайв
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
© 1994, Кэдмэн
© перевод Д. Аношина
The Damnation Game
Barker, Clive
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker

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'(h)waɪtwɔʃNounизвестковый раствор

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1.
замазывание недостатков
translation added by Евгений Боуден
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Collocations

give a fresh coat of whitewash

перебеливать

mason's whitewashing brush

штукатурная кисть

newly whitewashed

свежевыбеленный

Word forms

whitewash

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	whitewash	whitewashes
Possessive case	whitewash's	whitewashes'

whitewash

verb

Basic forms
Past	whitewashed
Imperative	whitewash
Present Participle (Participle I)	whitewashing
Past Participle (Participle II)	whitewashed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I whitewash	we whitewash
you whitewash	you whitewash
he/she/it whitewashes	they whitewash

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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whitewash

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