The son was over the word

God is not a God of coincidence or chaos, and Jesus was no coincidence. John’s words show us that Jesus was with God in the beginning. He is God, one with God, and the life He came to live on this earth was a part of a glorious plan from the beginning.

What Was The «The Beginning»?

The Greek word John used here means “the first to do something, to begin.” This teaches us that God is the great initiator of all we know. As the Creator of the World, God was there in the beginning, making a way for us.

“Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.” (John 13:5)

Another understanding of the Greek origin of the word ‘beginning’ is “to be chief, to lead, or to rule.” Jesus flipped preconceived notions of leadership when He, the teacher, knelt to wash His followers’ feet. The daily accumulation of dust on the soles of our feet is rinsed and removed by the tender care of Christ. From the beginning, God planned to renew and restore us through His Word, Jesus. The most important cleansing, the war for our souls, required a spotless sacrifice.

Jesus Christ alone lived a spotless, sinless life. To be lifted high by the Father, He bent low. John the Baptist humbly baptized the one he had been preparing the way for! Jesus led with an assertive humility, confident in who He was.

From the beginning, God went before us. He aims to gather each precious sheep, shepherding us home to heaven—a path we could never pave for ourselves.

What was «The Word»? (and how was it «with God»?)

“For the LORD God is a sun and shield…” (Psalm 84:11a)

God spoke the world into existence. “Let there be light” was His first command (Genesis 1:3). It separated light from darkness.

“Philosophers employed logos, or ‘word,’ for the divine reason that orders the universe” (NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible).Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), forever removed from the shadows.       

The Greek translation of ‘word’ is logos, meaning word, message, or report. “According to John, this logos was in the beginning, was with God, and was God himself” (Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary).

The Spirit of God hovered over the waters (Genesis 1:2), and “the Word was with God”(John 1:1). The triune God, from the very beginning, was present at Creation. The NIV Study Bible Notes say this of Genesis 1:1-6: “God’s ‘separating’ and ‘gathering’ on days 1-3 gave form, and his ‘making’ and ‘filling’ on days 4-6 removed the emptiness.”

He who made us fills us, removing our emptiness through salvation in Christ. Every note of creation reflects God’s love for us.

Jesus, the ultimate expression of that love, is evident from the very beginning. Matthew Henry’s Commentary states that “The plainest reason why the Son of God is called the Word, seems to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the Son of God sent in order to reveal his Father’s mind to the world.”

“Light is necessary for making God’s creative works visible and life possible.”(NIV Study Bible Notes, Genesis 1:3)

“Light has come into the world.” (John 3:19)

Jesus, the Word, illuminates the Truth of Scripture, by which we learn the character of God. Jesus, Himself, said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). The Holy Spirit, available to us through Jesus’ death on the cross, allows a brightened perspective, enlightened by the Word of God—Jesus.

“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of the darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6) Through us, the light of life shines to others! We stand out, shine bright, and illuminate. Each life is purposed for work in the furthering of the gospel. The gifts written on our hearts by the Word bring God’s love and light to the world. All we are and all we do is to honor Him.

«The Word was God»

“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17)

God is omnipotent and sovereign, two characteristics addressed in the cross-reference in John 1:1. The Word, Logos, Jesus Christ, is before all things and holds all things together. The Son of God is the fulfillment of God’s covenant with His people:

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be by people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and his brother, saying ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (Jeremiah 31:33-34)

The law within us, written on our hearts, is the Word of God—Jesus Christ. By Him, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us from salvation, we interpret God’s law. Through our Christ-centered lives, the Great Commission to spread the gospel truth (Matthew 28:16-20) illuminates the world. The Word is before all things, holding all things together.

John 1:1 powerfully inaugurates John’s eyewitness and Holy Spirit-inspired account of Christ’s life. “In the beginning” is “a deliberate echo of Genesis 1:1 to link God’s action on behalf of the world through Jesus Christ with his first work, the creation of the world” (NIV Study Bible Notes).John’s testimony is especially tender, because of his friendship with Christ. He was the only one left at the foot of the cross with Mary and Christ’s best friend on this earth. John’s kinship with the one, triune God seeped into his bones and leapt out of his heart. Though omnipotent and sovereign, our God is a personal God.

In the words of John Piper, “Christ was not made. That is what it means to be God. And the Word was God.”

“Megs” writes about everyday life within the love of Christ. She stepped out of her comfort zone, and her Marketing career, to obey God’s call to stay home and be “Mom” in 2011. From that step of obedience her blog, Sunny&80, was born, a way to retain the funny everyday moments of motherhood. Meg is also a freelance writer and author of Friends with Everyone. She loves teaching God’s Word and leading her Monday morning Bible study, being a mom, distance running, and photography. Meg resides in Northern Ohio with her husband, two daughters, and Golden-Doodle—all avid Cleveland Browns fans. 

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This article is part of our larger resource library of popular Bible verse phrases and quotes. We want to provide easy to read articles that answer your questions about the meaning, origin and history of specific verses within Scripture context. It is our hope that these will help you better understand the meaning and purpose of God’s Word in relation to your life today.

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«Faith Without Works is Dead»
«Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart»
«All Things Work Together for Good»
«Be Strong and Courageous» 

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BORIS Johnson’s dad stepped into the burka row last night and insisted: “My son was spot on.”

Author and political pundit Stanley Johnson said he would go even further and ban the full-face veil in some walks of life.

Mr Johnson, 78 next week, said it was an own-goal for the Tory party to launch an inquiry into the former Foreign Secretary’s jibe.

He revealed he had read and re-read the article in which BoJo said Muslim women wearing a full veil resembled bank robbers or letter boxes and could see nothing wrong with it.

He declared: “Yes, Boris used some colourful language. That’s called ‘freedom of speech’ or it was in my day.

«But he said what needed to be said. As a matter of fact, I would have liked him to have gone a bit further.

He was against ‘banning the burka’. But surely, there are circumstances where a ban or appropriate restrictions would be in order.

«Shouldn’t female school-teachers, nurses or doctors be seen as well as heard? At least, the House of Commons could have a sensible debate on this issue.”

Mr Johnson stressed he is not totally uncritical of everything his son says or does but said on this occasion he has his full support – and that of many friends who have told him Boris “hit the nail on the head”.

He asked: “So why the all furore? Why has this disastrous ‘blue-on-blue’ warfare broken out? The Chairman of the Conservative Party is setting up a Committee of Enquiry into whether Boris’s use of the word ‘letter box’ breaches party rules.

“If that isn’t an own-goal, I don’t know what is. Mr Corbyn must be rubbing his hands with glee.

“Maybe it’s just the silly season. Seventeen years ago, John Prescott punched a protestor who threw an egg at him and lightened the national mood overnight. Where are you, John, today when we need you?”

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Then he said to them, “Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” (NIV Mark 2:27-28)

Upon more thinking and searching more commentaries, I think the amplified version of this verse, detailing the logic, could read as follows:

God made Adam before he made the Sabbath, to give his body rest and to provide other benefits to man. He made the Sabbath for him to enjoy.  The Sabbath was not meant to be a burden, but a rest.  In this sense the Sabbath was a work ‘in service of man’ and so men were above the Sabbath in so much as it was made for them.  In the same way, the Son of Man, that is the New Adam, or federal head of humanity, is over the Sabbath, but much more so.  As God, He could not fully be made to be ‘under Law’ but is Lord over the Sabbath and all Laws of God. As a man, He was born under Law but as God he could not be brought fully under His own Law. Furthermore, as Lord of the Sabbath not only could Jesus properly teach the meaning of the Sabbath to the Pharisees that misunderstood it, but He would soon act as ‘Lord over it’ by dying on the Sabbath and rising to make a New Covenant where the Father would be pleased with His work of salvation and would rest and delight in this work as a new never ending Sabbath, that could give eternal rest four the soul by faith.

In other words, the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (in the first creation). Therefore, in the same way and even more so, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath (as is shown by his application of its true meaning and abolition of the Old Sabbath in the new eternal Sabbath he will soon create).”

Упраж­не­ние 1. Join two sentences using a relative pronoun (Со­еди­ни­те два пред­ложе­ния, ис­поль­зуя от­но­си­тель­ное ме­сто­име­ние)

Example: I wrote to the friend. He had a birthday last week. – I wrote to the friend who/that had a birthday last week.

I bought a house. It was nice.
Alice has got a friend. He dances well.
He received the letter. He was waiting for it.
Max has become an actor. You met him last year.
I was happy to get a letter from my friend. He has been travelling around the world.
This dress costs a lot of money. It has a handmade embroidery.
I forgot to print the article. I wrote it yesterday.
The boy was sad. His bike was broken.

Упраж­не­ние 2. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate relative pronouns.

This is the store……….​was robbed last week.
The bag……….I bought is blue.
She wore a costume………..​made her look funny.
The girl………..​door was open was waiting for the guests.
The boy…………​rode a horse was very handsome.
This is the gadget………..​price is really high.

Упражнение 3. В данном упражнении необходимо вставить подходящее по смыслу и грамматическому правилу относительное местоимение.

1.That is the shop ____ was awarded as the best shop in the city.
2.The girl ____ brother goes with me to the gym is a good singer.
3.The man ____ broke into our house was caught in two days.
4.She visits her grandmother ____ lives in the countryside every summer.
5.She was wearing a dress ___ looked like princess’.
6.The bookshelf ____ we bought last week has broken down.
7.The man ___ was sitting on the bench turned around and saw his granddaughter.
8.A woman ____ son was crying paid no attention to him.
9.The woman ____ car had broken down on her way home spend 3 hours waiting for help.
10.My best friend ____ I know for years will never let me down.
11.He didn’t follow the instructions ____ he was given, so he failed to pass the test.
12.The girl ___ lived next door was very shy and couldn’t say a word to protect herself at school.
13.I need to buy a laptop ____ can work up to 5 hours without a charger.
14.My father ___ is a doctor has no idea how to repair a car.
15.The photo ____ is placed on the mantel was taken at the picnic two years ago.

Упражнение 4. Read the sentences and underline the relative pronouns (Прочитайте предложения и подчеркните относительные местоимения):

He met his teacher who was very strict. – Он встретил своего учителя, который был очень строгим.
He’s looking for a secretary that can use a computer well. – Он ищет секретаря, который хорошо умеет пользоваться компьютером.
You will see the house which is opposite the petrol station. – Ты увидишь дом, который напротив заправки.
The camera that costs about 200 pounds has been lost. – Фотоаппарат, который стоит около двух сотен фунтов, был потерян.
The little girl whose doll was broken is crying. – Маленькая девочка, чья кукла поломана, плачет.
The house whose roof is white belongs to my grandparents. – Дом, крыша которого белая, принадлежит моим бабушке и дедушке.

Упражнение 5. Поставьте подходящее относительное местоимение who, which, that, when, why, where или whose.

His sister, … name is Lara, works at the library.
Her last film, … I couldn’t understand at all, was a great success.
Give him something … will take away the pain.
I work in the town … my son lives.
We’ll show you the poem … changed my life.
Doctors, … claim money, are shameless.
Is there a shop near here … sells milk?
That’s the main reason … I came to you.
I’ll never forget my childhood … I was so happy.
People … live in flats shouldn’t have animals.
The car … he bought last month is fantastic.
This is the most beautiful waterfall … we have ever seen!

Упражнение 6. Заполните пропуски, используя who, which, where, whose.

I don’t agree with people… say that all modern music is rub­bish.
That’s the music … I like best of all.
The shop … I bought this CD is next to the post office.
The man … party I went to is a composer.
I’ve broken the vase … you presented me.
That’s the only rock group … music I like.
Musicians … are really successful work hard.

Упражнение 7. Вставьте относительные местоимения, где нужно.

My uncle works for a company… makes cars.
The book is about the man … made wonderful things.
It seems … the Earth is the only planet… life exists.
Have you found the notebook …. you lost?
What was the name of the man… wife had been taken to the hospital?
Is there a shop near here … I can buy bread?
The reason… I am phoning you is to invite you to the party.
She game me the money, … I put in my pocket.

Упражнение 8. Соедините предложения, используя относительные местоимения.

1.Не is the man. He lives next door. 2. This is the picture. You presented to me last month. 3. These are the gloves. I found them on the train. 4. I met two actors. We watched them on TV show last night. 5. This is the house. My father built it many years ago. 6. The person got a reward. He took the lost wallet to the police station. 7. Where is the letter? I put it in the table.8. This is the picture. I took it on holidays.

Упражнение 9. Соедините предложения, используя относительные местоимения.

1.This is the house. I was born here. 2. That is the woman. She gave you the book. 3. That is the book. The woman gave it to you. 4. Where is the shop? You bought the book there. 5. Is that the man? He owns the shop. 6. Is that the woman? She married the man. He owns the shop. I bought the book there.

Упражнение 10. В данном тексте содержится 11 ошибок. Найдите и исправьте их.

The town which I was born has changed greatly over the last fifty years. Now there is a modern shopping center on the place that my school used to be and all the children whose went there have grown up and moved away. The local cinema, that was built several years ago, used to be a dance hall which big bands played. The park, where was my favourite place as a child, is now a car park. Some things are still the same though. Mrs Jones, whom is now seventy years old, still lives in the High Street and Mr Jones still owns the baker’s shop, that two sons now work instead of him. The hospital where I was born in is still standing, although it is now much bigger than it was at the time which I was born. On the day which my family and I left our town we were all very sad.

Тест

Choose correct letter.

1. __ is that sitting over there on the bench?
(a) Who (b) Whom (c) Which
2. I don’t understand a word __ you are speaking about.
(a) what (b) that (c) who
3. They have a very large house round __ there are some beautiful gardens.
(a) that (b) which (c) whose
4. I’m looking at the photograph __ you sent me with your email.
(a) which (b) who (c) whom
5. There is a new television program called: ‘__ wants to be a millionaire?’.
(a) Which (b) What (c) Who
6. I think you will see that this is the best museum __ you can find in the city.
(a) that (b) which (c) who
7. The police want to find out __ drove the green car into the shop window.
(a) who (b) who’s (c) whose
8. Did you meet the lady __ uncle works in the reception?
(a) who (b) whose (c) who’s
9. The person in the house next to mine knows someone __ met the King.
(a) who (b) whom (c) which
10. The grass, __ I cut every week, seems to grow really quickly.
(a) who (b) who’s (c) which

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Раздел 3 — Языковой материал (задания по Грамматике и Лексике)

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 18-26, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 18-26.

18	This story happened long ago. My son was six and we lived in an old house near a large park. There __________________ lots of people in the park at weekends and we enjoyed walking and playing there too.	BE
Ответ:	were
19	One day, my son __________________ an injured bird from the park.	BRING
Ответ:	brought
20	It was a crow. Its wing __________________ and the bird could not fly.	BREAK
Ответ:	was broken
21	I didn’t know what to do with the crow, but my son said that he __________________ care of it.	TAKE
Ответ:	would
22	“If you were a couple of years__________________, you could manage it. But I doubt you can do it now,” I tried to talk him out of keeping the crow but finally agreed to take the bird home.	OLD
Ответ:	older
23	The next day we took the crow to the vet. The vet fixed and bandaged the wing and explained to __________________ what medicines we should give to the bird.	WE
Ответ:	us
24	“Ok,” he said, as we left, “I __________________ everything I can. There’s no need to bring this crow here any more.	DO
Ответ:	will do / ‘ll do
25	The bird is young and strong, and I think it __________________ soon. This is the good news. The bad news is that it will never be able to fly again.”	RECOVER
Ответ:	will recover / ‘ll recover
26	“We’ll see,” my son __________________ to agree with this fact too easily.	NOT/WANT
Ответ:	did not want / didn’t want

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Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 27-32, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 27-32.

27	The festival of Halloween has its roots in Celtic traditions. Over 2,000 years ago the Celts in Britain had a special holiday in late October to mark the __________________ of winter.	BEGIN
Ответ:	beginning
28	Another autumn __________________ was connected with the passing of the dead. These two events later became Halloween.	CELEBRATE
Ответ:	celebration
29	On Halloween children often dress up as ghosts, witches and monsters and go around people’s houses, asking for sweets. In most cases the ghosts and witches are not frightening at all, they are even __________________!	FUN
Ответ:	funny
30	But remember that if the children don’t get the sweets, they may play some __________________ joke, for example splash some water on you.	PLEASANT
Ответ:	unpleasant
31	Pumpkins also __________________ Halloween.	SYMBOL
Ответ:	symbolize
32	People __________________ make lanterns from them.	USUAL
Ответ:	usually

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Пословицы и поговорки – это отражение народной мысли, установок, моральных ценностей. Обычно они имеют аналоги в других языках, поскольку воспроизводят “простые истины”, свойственные любому человеку каждой нации. Пословица может иметь другие образы, но будет доносить тот же смысл:

Английские пословицы	Русские эквиваленты английских пословиц
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.	В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят.
The early bird catches the worm.	Кто рано встаёт – тому Бог подает.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.	У семи нянек дитя без глазу.

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Но есть высказывания, которые вообще не имеют эквивалента в русском языке. Такие пословицы в наибольшей степени отражают отличия менталитета, поэтому составляют для нас особый интерес.

Кстати, сегодня мы узнаем не только смысл этих английских пословиц, но и связанные с ними занимательные истории.

Обрати внимание: если вдруг ты не согласен с описанным примером и точно знаешь русский аналог, то обязательно пиши об этом в комментариях – подискутируем! 🙂

Уникальное наследие: пословицы на английском языке с переводом

1. If you can’t be good, be careful.

Дословный перевод: Если не можешь быть хорошим, будь осторожен.

Если ты собираешься делать безнравственные вещи, убедись, что они не опасны для тебя или общества. Когда ты планируешь сделать что-то аморальное, удостоверься, что об этом никто не узнает.

Первое упоминание именно этой формулировки датируется 1903-м годом, но смысл выражения намного старше и берет свое начало из латинской пословицы “Si non caste, tamen caute” (если не целомудренно, то по крайней мере осторожно).

2. A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Дословный перевод: Один доброволец стоит двадцати принужденных.

Значение пословицы по сути прямое: даже маленькая группа людей может быть полезнее, если у нее есть энтузиазм, стремление и т.д. Зародилась эта пословица в начале 18-го века.

В то время Королевский флот имел группу матросов, вооруженных дубинками, чья цель была “насобирать” моряков на флот. Они могли делать это, рассказывая о небывалых преимуществах службы, или же просто силой (все же вооружены дубинками они были неспроста).

Такое стечение обстоятельств не делало принужденного хорошим моряком. Отсюда и “вытекло” это умозаключение.

Заметь, что в этой пословице можно менять соотношение цифр:

100 volunteers are worth 200 press’d men.

One volunteer is worth two pressed men

и т.д.

3. Suffering for a friend doubleth friendship.

Дословный перевод: Страдание за друга удваивает дружбу.

Значение этой шотландской пословицы понятно без особых объяснений. Казалось бы, в русском языке есть довольно похожая пословица “друг познается в беде”. При этом очень интересен сам смысл “страдания за друга”. Если в русском варианте говорится о том, чтобы не отвернуться от друга и помочь ему в трудной ситуации, то здесь именно страдать вместе с ним, тем самым усиливая дружбу.

Еще одна интересная с точки зрения образов английская пословица о дружбе: Friends are made in wine and proven in tears (дружба рождается в вине, а проверяется в слезах).

Также читайте: Какой он — живой английский язык?

4. A woman’s work is never done.

Дословный перевод: Женский труд никогда не заканчивается.

Ну вот и о нашей нелегкой женской доле английские пословицы позаботились 🙂 Выражение пошло от старинного двустишия:

Man may work from sun to sun,
But woman’s work is never done.

Получается, значение пословицы в том, что женские дела (в отличие от мужских) длятся бесконечно. Видно это из примера:

“A woman’s work is never done!”, said Leila. She added: “As soon as I finish washing the breakfast dishes, it’s time to start preparing lunch. Then I have to go shopping and when the kids are back home I have to help them with their homework.”

(“Женский труд никогда не заканчивается!”, – Сказала Лейла. Она добавила: “Как только я заканчиваю мыть посуду после завтрака, приходит время готовить обед. Потом я должна идти по магазинам и, когда дети возвращаются домой, я должна помогать им с домашним заданием”.)

5. Comparisons are odious / odorous.

Дословный перевод: Сравнения отвратительны / воняют.

Люди должны оцениваться по их собственным заслугам, не стоит кого-либо или что-либо сравнивать между собой.

Два варианта пословица имеет не просто так. Первый вариант (Comparisons are odious) очень древний, и впервые он был запечатлен еще в 1440 году. А вот измененный вариант (Comparisons are odorous) был “создан” Шекспиром и использован им в пьесе “Много шума из ничего”.

6. Money talks.

Дословный перевод: Деньги говорят (сами за себя).

Значение – деньги решают все. Происхождение выражения является предметом споров среди лингвистов. Одни считают, что пословица зародилась в Америке 19-го века, другие – что в средневековой Англии.

Кстати, пословица использована в названии песни австралийской рок-группы AC/DC.

7. Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself.

Дословный перевод: Не держи собаку, если лаешь сам.

Значение этой английском пословицы: не работай за своего подчиненного. Высказывание очень древнее: первое упоминание зафиксировано еще в 1583 году.

По поводу отсутствия аналога: в разных источниках дана разная информация. Кто-то согласен с тем, что аналогов в русском языке нет, другие в качестве эквивалента предлагают пословицу:

За то собаку кормят, что она лает.

Однако, в Большом словаре русских пословиц такой пословицы о собаке нет вообще. Возможно, то что предлагают нам в качестве альтернативы, это адаптированный перевод именно английской пословицы (такое бывает).

8. Every man has his price.

Дословный перевод: У каждого есть своя цена.

Согласно этой пословице, подкупить можно любого, главное предложить достаточную цену. Наблюдение впервые зафиксировано в 1734 году, но, скорее всего, имеет и более давнюю историю.

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9. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Дословный перевод: Подражание – самая искренняя форма лести.

Значение пословицы прямое. Эта формулировка восходит к началу 19-го века. Но сама мысль еще древнее и встречалась в текстах 18-го века, например, в 1714 году у журналиста Юстаса Баджелла:

Imitation is a kind of artless Flattery (Имитация является своего рода бесхитростной лестью).

10. It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Дословный перевод: Лучше зажечь свечу, чем проклинать темноту.

Вопрос об аналоге снова спорен: в некоторых источниках, где даны английские пословицы с переводом на русский, эквивалентом называют:

Лучше пойти и плюнуть, чем плюнуть и не пойти.

Хочу с этим поспорить. Значение русской пословицы: лучше сделать, чем жалеть, что не сделал. Смысл английской – лучше исправить положение, чем жаловаться на него. Лично мне смысловая составляющая про жалобы кажется первостепенной, поэтому приравнивать эти пословицы я бы не стала.

11. Stupid is as stupid does

Дословный перевод: Глуп тот, кто глупо поступает.

На самом деле это не совсем “народная пословица”, а фраза, которой Форест Гамп отбивался от назойливых вопросов о своем интеллекте:

Фраза ушла в народ 🙂 Прародитель этого выражения – пословица “Handsome is as handsome does” (красив тот, кто красиво поступает), уже имеющая аналог в русском языке: “Не тот хорош, кто лицом пригож, а тот хорош, кто для дела гож”.

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12. You can’t make bricks without straw

Дословный перевод: Нельзя сделать кирпич без соломы.

Опять же в некоторых источниках в качестве аналога указывается русское “без труда не вытащишь и рыбку из пруда”. При этом английская пословица говорит не о трудолюбии, а о невозможности выполнить задачу без необходимых материалов.

“It’s no good trying to build a website if you don’t know any html, you can’t make bricks without straw.” (Не пытайся создать веб-сайт, если ты не знаешь HTML: ты не можешь делать кирпичи без соломы).

Согласно википедии выражение берет начало из библейского сюжета, когда Фараон в наказание запрещает давать израильтянам солому, но приказывает делать то же количество кирпичей, как и раньше.

Где искать пословицы и поговорки на английском языке по темам?

Возможно, это не все высказывания, не имеющие русских аналогов, ведь английских пословиц (и их значений) огромное множество. Кстати, ты вполне можешь поискать их самостоятельно в нашей Библиотеке материалов по запросу “proverb”, чтобы насытить свою английскую речь чудесными выражениями. Успехов! 🙂