- after-supper
- n время после ужина
after-supper talk — беседа после ужина; вечерняя беседа
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after-supper
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after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile — The sense turns on the fact that dinner is a heavy meal, while supper is a light one. The precept was current in medieval Latin: post prandium stabis, post coenam ambulabis, after luncheon you will stand still, after supper you will walk about.… … Proverbs new dictionary
after-supper — … Useful english dictionary
after supper soldier — Canadian Slang Reservist who conducts training on Thursday evenings … English dialects glossary
After — Aft er, prep. 1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. Shut doors after you. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. [1913 Webster] Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Later in time;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
After — Aft er, prep. 1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. Shut doors after you. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. [1913 Webster] Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Later in time;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
After all — After Aft er, prep. 1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. Shut doors after you. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. [1913 Webster] Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Later in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
supper — see after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper … Proverbs new dictionary
after — af|ter1 W1S1 [ˈa:ftə US ˈæftər] prep, conj, adv [: Old English; Origin: After] 1.) when a particular event or time has happened, or when someone has done something ≠ ↑before ▪ After the war many soldiers stayed in France. ▪ I go swimming every… … Dictionary of contemporary English
after — /af teuhr, ahf /, prep. 1. behind in place or position; following behind: men lining up one after the other. 2. later in time than; in succession to; at the close of: Tell me after supper. Day after day he came to work late. 3. subsequent to and… … Universalium
after — af•ter [[t]ˈæf tər, ˈɑf [/t]] prep. 1) behind in place or position; following behind: We marched one after the other[/ex] 2) following the completion of; in succession to: Tell me after supper. Day after day he came to work late[/ex] 3) in… … From formal English to slang
after — see after a storm comes a calm after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile after the feast comes the reckoning it is easy to be wise after the event … Proverbs new dictionary
