349. Evil hour див. В-61.

351. Evil One, the див. С-807.

352. evil spell пристріт;

evil

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exhaust

As the three women walked hack to the hotel, they were conscious of a vague depression; as if they realized for the first time the dread and sinister influence of gold: the madness it put over men like an evil spell (K. S. Prichard).

353. Evil spirit див. Е-153.

354. evils we bring- on ourselves are the hardest to bear, the ^ нещастя, яких ми самі завдаємо собі, найтяжчі.

355. Evil wound may be cured but not the evil name див. В-90.

356. ewe lamb, one's єдиний скарб, єдина дитина [єтим.. бібл.];

Let Mamma keep her Matt, ay, and Mary too — Nessie was his. He would make something of her, his ewe lamb (A. Cronin).

357. exalt (або extol, laud, praise) (one, something) to the skies (або sky), to [тж. заст. to praise (one, something) above (або beyond) the moon] вихваляти до небес, дуже вихваляти; див. тж. С-146(;

We were all extremely glad to see Traddles so put down, and exalted' Steerforth to the skies; especially when he told us. as he condescended to do, that what he had done had been done expressly for us (Ch. Dickens).

He lauded himself to the skies and the more he drank the more his silly vanity ballooned itself, until the room seemed to him to become filled with a babble of voices... (A. Cronin). ,

When one of our runners or jumpers wins, even against moderate opposition, they are lauded to the sky, if they lose against top-class opposition they are persecuted (0- W. L., Sept., 2, 1960).

358. example is better than precept присл. приклад краще, ніж повчання;

Example is the best of precepts; so let us begin with a true and authentic story, showing how young aristocratic snobs are reared, and how early their Snobbishness may be made to bloom (W. Thack­eray).

359. Exceed a record, to див. В-394,

360. exceed one's authority (060 power), to перевищити свої права, свою владу; див. тж. О-1100;

A lawyer may perhaps think Mr. Allworthy ex­ceeded his authority a little in this instance (ff. fielding).

361. exceed one's expectations, to перевер­ шити чиїсь сподівання;

Why, Partridge, you exceed my expectations. You enjoy the play more than I conceived possible (//. Fielding).

362. Exceed one's power, to див. Е-360.

363. Exceed the record, to див. В-394.

364. Excelsior State, the див. Е-129.

365. exception proves the rule, the (тж. ex­ ceptions prove the rule) присл. ^ наявність

винятку тільки підтверджує правило [етил, лат. exceptio probat regulam];

"Is that a true definition or your principle?" "Yes," said Miltoun, between his teeth, "I think so."

"Exceptions prove the rule" (7. Galsworthy).

366. exchange is no robbery присл. обмін — не пограбування (кажуть жартома, щоб ви­ правдати невигідний обмін).

367. exchange (або give one, pass one) the time of day, to обмінятися привітанням, при­ вітатися, сказати «добрий ранок або день, вечір»;

Occasionally also he stopped in the Chestnut Street Store to exchange the time of day (ТА. Dre­iser).

They passed the time of day to one another (Tfi. Hardy).

368. exchange value політ.-ек. мінова вар­ тість.

369. excite bad feeling (against), to [тж. to sow dragon's teeth; to sow discord (або dissention); to sow strife; to sow the seeds of discord (або dissention. strife)] підбурювати (до чогось), сіяти розбрат, розпалювати ворожнечу; див. тж. В-2623 та W-224;

They'll not come; it's near noon: better give it up; it will excite bad feeling — make a stir —cause perhaps fatal consequences (Ch. Bronte).

The dragon's teeth are already sown amongst Mr. Yorke's young olive-branches: discord will one day be the harvest (Ch. Bronte).

The peoples of central Asia were kept ignorant and virtual slaves, and discord was sown among them in Tsarist days because it paid <Th. Dreiser).