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а interjection | ah(an expression) aha(exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition) eh(used as a tag question) huh(to express amusement or subtle surprise) oh(expression of understanding) |
а adverb | what about(used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered) |
а conjunction | and(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) but(rather) |
а noun {n} | a(name of the letter A, a) |
а бог располагает /čelovék predpolagájet phrase | man proposes, God disposes(things don't always work out as they were planned) |
а большую сделает еще сильнее phrase | absence makes the heart grow fonder(When someone or something is far away, one realizes how much one loves or misses them or it) |
а в глаз verb | hit the nail on the head(identify something exactly) |
а в Киеве — дядька phrase | what does that have to do with the price of tea in China(a comment used to indicate that a previous comment is irrelevant or unimportant) |
а в Киеве дядька noun | price of tea in China(irrelevant to the topic at hand) |
а внутри на чёрта похож phrase | clothes don't make the manphrase |
а волк и тут phrase | speak of the devil(expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) |
а всё сер бывает phrase | a leopard cannot change its spots(one cannot change one's own nature) |
а две — лучше phrase | two heads are better than one(joint thinking pays) |
а дома лучше phrase | there's no place like home(one feels most comfortable at home) |
а другого дубиной толкни phrase | a nod is as good as a wink(the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining) |
а именно adverb | namely(specifically) to wit(namely, specifically) viz.(abbreviation for namely) |
а как же adverb | of course(naturally) what about(used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered) |
а капелла /a kapɛ́lla/ adverb | a cappella(performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment) |
а караван едет phrase | the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on(life goes on even if some will try to stop progress) |
а караван идёт phrase | the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on(life goes on even if some will try to stop progress) |
а кто — арбуз phrase | there's no accounting for taste(people's tastes differ) |
а кто считает? phrase | but who's counting(used as a retort or comeback) |
а люди в нём актёры phrase | all the world's a stage(people have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre) |
а малина noun {f} | dolce vita(life of self-indulgence and luxury) |
а не conjunction | not(And not) |
а не войной phrase | make love, not war(hippie anti-war slogan) |
а не рассказывай phrase | show, don't tell(Advice) |
а не то phrase | or else(as an alternative) |
а он уже смыслит phrase | a nod is as good as a wink(the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining) |
а по делам phrase | actions speak louder than words(it is more effective to act than speak) |
а по милу хорош phrase | beauty is in the eye of the beholder(people have different ideas of what is beautiful) |
а почему adverb | why not(why is that not true) |