Is it correct to use the word «itself» in the following cases. I have seen many people using «itself» in the following cases
- I read the note yesterday itself (to mean — I already read the note yesterday)
- I met the doctor in the morning itself. (to mean — I already met the doctor in the morning)
if the usage of «itself» is itself wrong, what would be the correct usage or alternative to express the meaning mentioned in the brackets
asked Jan 18, 2011 at 12:06
«Itself» is not used in this way in British or American English. I suspect that it may be used in other Englishes: Irish and Indian come to mind, but I’m not sure.
It does seem to fill a hole, as there is not an obvious word in UK or US which fulfils the same role, of emphasising the time.
I would say «just yesterday» and «just this morning»: these are not quite the same meaning, as they are emphasising how recent the time was, whereas I interpret the original remarks as emphasising the time for some reason but not necessarily its recency.
answered Jan 18, 2011 at 17:58
Colin FineColin Fine
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No, the two examples you cite don’t sound too good.
And in any case «itself» doesn’t carry the meaning of ‘already’. It is used to place emphasis on the ‘thing’ to which it refers. So, reworking your first example:
«I got this information from the note itself, not from the explanation from Dave or John»
Pre-edit, just so Joe’s comment makes sense:
«So was it Dave or John who told you about that message I left?»
«Neither, I read the note itself.»
answered Jan 18, 2011 at 12:11
BenjolBenjol
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if the usage of «itself» is itself wrong, what would be the correct usage or alternative to express the meaning mentioned in the brackets
What you’ve already put in the brackets is pretty good, though you’d want some commas in there and a few tweaks to make it read better:
I already read the note, yesterday.
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I have already met the doctor, this morning.
answered Jan 18, 2011 at 14:17
сам, сама, само, себя, себе
местоимение ↓
- себя, себе, собой, -сь, -ся
the hare hides itself — заяц прячется 
- себя, себе, собой
when the monkey saw itself in the mirror … — когда обезьяна увидела себя в зеркале …
- сам, сама, само
the house itself is not worth much but the land is valuable — дом сам по себе многого не стоит, но участок представляет большую ценность
- сама, само, олицетворение (чего-л.)
she was innocence itself — она была сама невинность
- в сочетании с предлогом:
the house stands (all) by itself — дом стоит в стороне /одиноко/
the cat that walks by itself — кошка, которая гуляет сама по себе
of itself — само по себе, без помощи извне
the light went out of itself — лампа (вдруг) сама потухла
in itself — само по себе, по своей сущности
the statement in itself is not worth serious consideration — это заявление само по себе не стоит принимать всерьёз
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
a blizzard blows itself out — буря затихает
to close on itself — замыкаться на себя
convergence in itself — сходимость в себе
function onto itself — отображение (функции) на себя
not to intersect itself — самонепересекаться
to reveal itself — появиться, обнаружиться
storm blows itself out / blows over / subsides — буря стихает
to suggest itself — напрашиваться
as the term itself implies — как вытекает из самого термина
to take to itself wings — исчезнуть, улетучиться, смыться
Примеры с переводом
The cat lay on the sofa, washing itself.
Кошка вылизывалась, лёжа на диване.
He was kindness itself.
Он был сама доброта.
He was watching the cat giving itself a bath.
Он смотрел, как умывается кошка.
The machine switches itself off when the process is complete.
После завершения процесса аппарат отключается.
We’ve checked the wiring so the problem may be the television itself.
Проводку мы проверили, так что может быть, дело в самом телевизоре.
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itself
1)
refl.
себя́; -ся, -сь; себе́;
in itself само́ по себе́, по свое́й приро́де
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of itself само́ по себе́, без свя́зи с други́ми явле́ниями
2)
emph.
сам, само́, сама́;
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > itself
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itself
[ıtʹself]
(о предметах, животных, иногда о детях)
1) себя, себе, собой, -сь, -ся
2) себя, себе, собой
when the monkey saw itself in the mirror… — когда обезьяна увидела себя в зеркале…
1) сам, сама, само
the house itself is not worth much but the land is valuable — дом сам по себе многого не стоит, но участок представляет большую ценность
2) сама, само, олицетворение ()
(all) by itself — а) самостоятельно, без посторонней помощи; the machine works by itself — эта машина работает автоматически; б) один; одиноко; в отдалении
the house stands (all) by itself — дом стоит в стороне /одиноко/
the cat that walks by itself — кошка, которая гуляет сама по себе
of itself — само по себе, без помощи извне
in itself — само по себе, по своей сущности
the statement in itself is not worth serious consideration — это заявление само по себе не стоит принимать всерьёз
НБАРС > itself
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itself
1. сам; само; сама; себя
of itself — само по себе; без связи с другими; явлениями
2. сам; сама; само; себя; себе
3. сам; себя; непосредственно; он
English-Russian base dictionary > itself
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itself
[ɪtˈself]
itself: manifest itself обнаруживаться itself: manifest itself обнаруживаться of itself без помощи извне of itself само по себе show itself проявляться
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itself
pron.
1) (
refl.
) себя; -ся; -сь; себе; the light went out of itself свет погас; by itself само, отдельно; in itself само по себе, по своей природе; of itself само по себе, без связи с другими явлениями
2) (emph.) сам, само, сама; she is kindness itself она сама доброта; even the well itself was empty даже в колодце не было ни капли воды
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(d) собственно
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1) себя 2) сам, сама, само
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[it·self || ɪt’self]
себя; себе; -ся, -сь (возвр.)* * *
непосредственно
отдельно
сама
само
себе
себя
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мест.
1) возвр. себя
2) усил. сам, сама, само (в значении «олицетворение»)Новый англо-русский словарь > itself
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itself
сам
местоимение:само (itself, self)
себе (himself, yourself, itself, themselves, myself, ourselves)
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > itself
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itself
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itself
[ɪt’self]
мест.
1) себя, себе; -сь, -ся
He was watching the cat giving itself a bath. — Он смотрел, как умывается кошка.
2) сам, сама, само
He was kindness itself. — Он был сама доброта.
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Англо-русский современный словарь > itself
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itself
1) себя́; -ся
2) сам, сама́, само́
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itself
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itself
[ɪt`self]
себя; -ся; -сь; себе
сам, сама, само
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > itself
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itself
сам; сама; само; себя; себе
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itself
[ɪt’self]
prn
сам, сама
USAGE:
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itself
непосредственно
отдельно
сама
само
себе
себя
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by itself
1. само собой; отдельно
2. самостоятельно
Синонимический ряд:
in itself (other) alone; as such; in itself; intrinsically; of itself
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of itself
само по себе; без связи с другими; явлениями
Синонимический ряд:
in itself (other) alone; as such; by itself; in itself; intrinsically
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in itself
1. само по себе; по своей природе
of itself — само по себе; без связи с другими; явлениями
makes itself — это дает о себе знать; проявляется
2. по своей сути
Синонимический ряд:
as such (other) alone; as such; by itself; intrinsically; of itself
English-Russian base dictionary > in itself
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onto itself
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itself — it*self ([i^]t*s[e^]lf ), pron. The neuter reflexive pronoun of {It}; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself. [1913 Webster] Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. Locke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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itself — ► PRONOUN (third person sing. ) 1) (reflexive ) used to refer to something previously mentioned as the subject of the clause: his horse hurt itself. 2) (emphatic ) used to emphasize a particular thing or animal mentioned. ● in itself Cf. ↑in… … English terms dictionary
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itself — [it self′] pron. a form of IT1, used: a) as an intensifier [the work itself is easy] b) as a reflexive [the dog bit itself] c) with the meaning “its real, true, or normal self” [the bird is not itself today ]: in this construction, it functions… … English World dictionary
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itself — late 14c., from O.E. hit sylf, from IT (Cf. it) + SELF (Cf. self). Since 17c. usually regarded as its self (Cf. its own self) … Etymology dictionary
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itself — it|self [ ıt self ] pronoun *** Itself is a reflexive pronoun, being the reflexive form of it. It can be used especially in the following ways: as an object that refers to the same thing that is the subject of the sentence or that was mentioned… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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itself */*/*/ — UK [ɪtˈself] / US pronoun Summary: Itself is a reflexive pronoun, being the reflexive form of it. It can be used especially in the following ways: as an object that refers to the same thing that is the subject of the sentence or that was… … English dictionary
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itself — [[t]ɪtse̱lf[/t]] ♦ 1) PRON REFL: v PRON, prep PRON Itself is used as the object of a verb or preposition when it refers to something that is the same thing as the subject of the verb. Scientists have discovered remarkable new evidence showing how … English dictionary
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itself — it|self W1S1 [ıtˈself] pron [reflexive form of it ] 1.) used to show that a thing, organization, animal, or baby that does something is affected by its own action ▪ The cat lay on the sofa, washing itself. ▪ The machine switches itself off when… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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itself — /It self/ pronoun 1 the reflexive form of it: The cat lay on the sofa, washing itself. | It is generally felt that the government has made an idiot of itself. 2 used to emphasize the pronoun it : We ve checked the wiring and the aerial so the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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itself*/*/*/ — [ɪtˈself] pronoun 1) the REFLEXIVE form of ‘it , used for showing that an action affects the thing that does the action The young bird cannot feed itself.[/ex] The government needs to defend itself against these attacks.[/ex] 2) used for… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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itself — /it self /, pron. 1. a reflexive form of it: The battery recharges itself. 2. an emphatic appositive of it, which, that, this, or a noun: which itself is also true; Even without flowers, the bowl itself is beautiful. 3. (used as the object of a… … Universalium
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The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ITSELF
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ITSELF
Itself is a pronoun.
The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.
WHAT DOES ITSELF MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Reflexive pronoun
A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded by the noun, adjective, adverb or pronoun to which it refers within the same clause. In generative grammar, a reflexive pronoun is an anaphor that must be bound by its antecedent. In a general sense, it is a noun phrase that obligatorily gets its meaning from another noun phrase in the sentence. Different languages will have different binding domains for reflexive pronouns, according to their structure. In English, the function of a reflexive pronoun is among the meanings of the words myself, yourself, thyself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, ourself, yourselves, themself, and themselves. In the statements «I see him» and «She sees you«, the objects are not the same persons as the subjects and non-reflexive pronouns are used. However, when the person being seen is the same as the person who is seeing, the reflexive pronoun is used: «I see myself» or «She sees herself«.
Definition of itself in the English dictionary
The definition of itself in the dictionary is its normal or usual self.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ITSELF
Synonyms and antonyms of itself in the English dictionary of synonyms
Translation of «itself» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF ITSELF
Find out the translation of itself to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of itself from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «itself» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
它自己
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
se
570 millions of speakers
English
itself
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
खुद
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
نَفْسِهِ
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
себя
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
ele mesmo
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
নিজেই
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
soi-même
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Sendiri
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
sich
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
それ自身
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
그것 자체
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Dhewe
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
tự nó
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
தன்னை
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
स्वतः
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
kendisi
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
se stesso
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
siebie
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
себе
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
însuși
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
αυτό το ίδιο
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
self
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
sig själv
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
seg selv
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of itself
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ITSELF»
The term «itself» is very widely used and occupies the 3.213 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ITSELF» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about itself
10 QUOTES WITH «ITSELF»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word itself.
There are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam actually, as a monotheistic religion, which defined man as a responsible agent by itself, created the idea of the individual in the Middle East and saved it from the communitarianism, the collectivism of the tribe.
The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.
There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days’ work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but — the content of the role itself — I find there are many roles.
The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic.
People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There’s an immediacy of this day and age that doesn’t lend itself to being committed to anything.
This recognition of the earlier human background, now so obvious to us, did not come all at once, for the inclusion of history itself in university instruction is an event less than two centuries old.
If you can create an environment where people are invited to do their best work and the best ideas always win, then the project itself will win.
Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.
I have the ‘thing’ worked out — the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ITSELF»
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He shares his insights into movie stars and directors like John Wayne, Werner Herzog, and Martin Scorsese. This is a story that only Roger Ebert could tell.
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph …
Using these marvelous stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, …
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India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality
«This brilliant book, meticulously researched in the history of subnationalism and cultural politics in northeast India, is the best critique of general theories of agonistic democracy that I have encountered.»—Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One
Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body — not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of …
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A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American …
George E. Lewis, who joined the collective as a teenager in 1971, establishes the full importance and vitality of the AACM with this communal history, written with a symphonic sweep that draws on a cross-generational chorus of voices and a …
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Morphology by Itself: Stems and Inflectional Classes
In this monograph Mark Aronoff argues that linguists must consider morphology by itself, not merely as an appendage of syntax and phonology, and that linguistic theory must allow for a separate and autonomous morphological component.
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The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and …
The Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of recent developments in the life sciences and biomedicine that have led to the widespread politicization of medicine, human life, and biotechnology.
Just as he’s celebrating his last day on the job, FBI agent E L Pender receives a letter from Dorie Bell.
Mind, body, spirit, meditation.
The second book in this riveting and mysterious six-book series is as action-packed as the first one, culminating in a faceoff between Ben, Jill, and Lyman. “After five bells sound, time to sit down” makes for a good riddle, but Ben and …
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ITSELF»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term itself is used in the context of the following news items.
Labour needs saving from itself – and Cameron is the man to do it …
It’s looking to be a wonderful summer for Conservatives with a taste for Schadenfreude. First, the Tories unexpectedly win a majority and the … «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Why flying Qatar Airways business class is a holiday in itself | Daily …
The lounge itself is striking and tranquil – you don’t feel like you’re next to the runway at one of the world’s busiest airports one bit. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Simons: The justice system itself cannot be above the law
They’ve undermined public confidence in the pardon system itself. Now anyone with a pardon will rightly have to wonder when a nosy … «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
Cameron the only one who can save Labour from itself — Gulf News
Cameron the only one who can save Labour from itself. To have Corbyn in the leadership race is suicidal. The paradox is better Toryism needs … «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
White House distances itself from Glass-Steagall push | TheHill
White House distances itself from Glass-Steagall push. Getty Images. By Kevin Cirilli — 07/17/15 01:56 PM EDT. The White House wants to keep its distance from … «The Hill, Jul 15»
Getting into college is a job in itself — The Tennessean
Getting into college is a job in itself. Phoebe Venable, For The Tennessean 11:18 p.m. CDT July 17, 2015. ThinkstockPhotos-126829846. Rising juniors and … «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
The Culture of Jerusalem Itself | Tom Teicholz — Huffington Post
As the JSOC website states: «The city has not yet returned to itself and is looking for a new direction. And right now, as we stand at the … «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Indie game ‘The Flock’ will kill itself when enough players die (Wired …
Yet indie studio Vogelsap is attempting to tackle mortality in games in a very final way — its upcoming game The Flock will itself eventually ‘die’. «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
Salem bookstore thrives by staying true to itself — Statesman Journal
Dave Ackerman and his wife, Kim, were celebrating their 20th anniversary. Except they were not celebrating the day on a beach or luxurious … «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
Beautiful sea sapphire can make itself invisible in an instant — New …
Red and blue and green and violet and… Invisible. Sea sapphires have been described as “the most beautiful animal you’ve never seen”. «New Scientist, Jul 15»
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: that identical one compare it sense 1
—used reflexively
watched the cat giving itself a bath
, for emphasis
the letter itself was missing
, or in absolute constructions
itself a splendid specimen of classic art, it has been exhibited throughout the world
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: its normal, healthy, or sane condition
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of itself was
before the 12th century
Dictionary Entries Near itself
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Examples of how to use the word “itself” in a sentence. How to connect “itself” with other words to make correct English sentences.
itself (pron): used when the subject of the verb is “it” and the object is the same thing, animal, situation, or idea
Use “itself” in a sentence
| The cat is licking itself. |
| The pain will go away by itself within a few days. |
| Be patient and the situation may resolve itself.
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The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself . ❋ Friedman, Elizabeth (1994)
This action of fundamental life manifests itself as a _polarization_ of the internal personality: almost at a point of crystallization, around which, provided there be homogeneous material and an undisturbed environment, _the definitive form composes itself_. ❋ Maria Montessori (1911)
For if itself were a bad self to begin with all such advance of _itself_ would only make it worse. ❋ Francis Sydney Marvin (1903)
In vital activity we see, then, that which subsists of the direct movement in the inverted movement, _a reality which is making itself in a reality which is unmaking itself_. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)
Larkin touched one, and it immediately drew itself in, — really _swallowed itself_; for these little things take this way of saving themselves from harm. ❋ Edward Eggleston (1869)
‘_But_ since our method of interpretation, after preparing and arranging a history, does not content itself with examining _the opinions and desires_ of THE MIND — [hear] — like common logic, but also inspects THE NATURE of THINGS, we so regulate the mind that it may be enabled to _apply itself_, in every respect, correctly to _that nature_.’ ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)
Hooker teacheth us, (482) that the service of God, in places not sanctified as churches are, hath not in itself (mark _in itself_) such perfection of grace and comeliness, as when the dignity of the place which it wisheth for, doth concur; and that the very majesty and holiness of the place where God is worshipped, bettereth even our holiest and best actions. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)
The UN itself now says that the school itself was not hit, nor its grounds, nor the building, and no one in the school was hit by the Israelis. ❋ Unknown (2009)
For the customary morality, that which education and opinion have consecrated, is the only one which presents itself to the mind with the feeling of being _in itself_ obligatory; and when a person is asked to believe that this morality _derives_ its obligation from some general principle round which custom has not thrown the same halo, the assertion is to him a paradox; the supposed corollaries seem to have a more binding force than the original theorem; the superstructure seems to stand better without, than with, what is represented as its foundation. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)
The term itself comes from the Greek word » apokruphos » ❋ Unknown (2009)
The word itself comes from the Latin word “senior”, which is a comparative adjective meaning older and its use in Spanish has recently been amplified as a result of its use in English. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The word itself comes from the Greek word aspharagos, which derived from the Persian word asparag, meaning sprout or shoot and was used to refer to all tender shoots. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The word itself comes from the Greek words angeion, «vessel», and graphein, ❋ Unknown (2009)
The word itself comes from the Italian word fascio, meaning a bundle of firewood tied strongly about an axe. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The term itself comes from the Greek word » apokruphos » ( «hidden» or «concealed»), and although they have an actual history and literary value, the fourteen books which make up the Apocrypha have been rejected as canonical by both the Jewish faith and most denominations of the Christian church due to historical, geographical, or literal inaccuracies; the teaching of doctrines which contradict inspired Scripture; and a lack of elements and structure which give genuine ❋ Unknown (2010)
The term itself came from Federico Fellini’s 1960 film, La Dolce Vita where a character plays the part of a photographer and is named Paparazzo. ❋ Kate Kelly (2011)
Whether someone self identifies as a Dreamer or is labeled as such, the term itself has become any other stereotype that overpowers that person’s individuality. ❋ Erick Huerta (2012)
That’s a [false] [statement] in and of itself. ❋ Surrea1 (2009)
Me [bloody] car [just shit] itself [mate]. ❋ Herbie (2004)
Person A: Have you heard about [Person C]? I heard that she got a new pet.
Person B: [Oh really]? She’s so lucky
Person C: I refer to myself as [It/its/Itself].
Person A and C: Ok my bad Person C! ❋ K4NR1-S4M4 (2021)
[Holy crap], first the computer got [slow] then it just puked on itself and [froze up]. ❋ R.R.T. (2009)
[Lois] loved [The Godfather], but Peter knew that [it insists upon itself]. He liked the Money Pit. ❋ Ole Gil (2007)
Because Jack bought a home [coffee grinder], he can grind his own beans at home! He no longer has to buy more expensive pre-ground coffee, [so in] essence his new machine [pay(s) for itself]. ❋ Johnny Mc Awesome (2009)
The Conservative governments’ idea to re-introduce [poll tax] in the 80s was [history repeating itself], as the peasants revolted as they did over 600 years before. Only now, they had workers’ [unions] and a mortgage. ❋ Banastre (2004)
The problem of [smurglaries] will not [deprive itself of oxygen] until we [reinstate bail]. 
❋ Sexydimma (2022)
Charlotte: *puts an [aspirin] in [a cup of water]*
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Shirley: ‘Ey Charlotte, how is the aspirin ‘doin?
Charlotte: *forgets the word «dissolving» exists* Shirley, [it’s still thanosing itself].
Shirley: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ❋ Chardino (2019)
[Crap] on [crap]! the [MS] [box] has shit itself again. ❋ Blue Cawdrey (2004)
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pronoun
a reflexive form of it1: The battery recharges itself.
an emphatic appositive of it1, which, that, this, or a noun: which itself is also true; Even without flowers, the bowl itself is beautiful.
(used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb): The chameleon’s ability to change color is a protection for itself.
its normal or customary self: After much tender care, the puppy was soon itself again.
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Origin of itself
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hit self.See it1, self
usage note for itself
Words nearby itself
it’s all over with, it’s all relative, it’s an ill wind, it’s a small world, it’s a zoo, itself, It’s never over till it’s over, It’s never too late to mend, It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game, it’s no use, it stands to reason
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How to use itself in a sentence
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Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
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“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
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While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.
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Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.
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That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
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This mania for correction shows itself too in relation to the authorities themselves.
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This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
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The well-worn aphorism of the Frenchman, “History repeats itself,” was about to assert itself.
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Besides this fundamental or primary vibration, the movement divides itself into segments, or sections, of the entire length.
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I’ve never had time to write home about it, for I felt that it required a dissertation in itself to do it justice.
British Dictionary definitions for itself
pronoun
- the reflexive form of it 1
- (intensifier)even the money itself won’t convince me
(preceded by a copula) its normal or usual selfmy cat isn’t itself today
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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023 it•self /ɪtˈsɛlf/USA pronunciation
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023 it•self
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‘itself‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): |
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Предложения со словом «itself»
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Hubble kind of rotates around them, and so it can orient itself. |
«Хаббл» вращается вокруг них и так может ориентироваться. |
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Our robot starts producing a factoid question, like: Charlemagne repelled [this person type] by itself. |
Наш робот самостоятельно формулирует фактологический вопрос: Карл Великий победил [таких — то людей]. |
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A robot may not harm a human being, a robot may not disobey a human being, and a robot may not allow itself to come to harm — in this order of importance. |
В этом порядке. |
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And it may seem simple, it may seem dull by itself, but it gives tempo and heartbeat. |
Он может казаться простым, даже бесцветным сам по себе, но он задаёт темп, следуя за биением сердца. |
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The curve is a function of the way aging itself affects the brain. |
Кривая счастья демонстрирует, как процесс старения влияет на мозг. |
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The earth is trying to cool itself off, and high clouds are getting in the way. |
Земля пытается сама себя охладить, а высокие облака мешают этому. |
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I was born in Mexico, but I’ve spent more than half my life reporting in the United States, a country which was itself created by immigrants. |
Я родился в Мексике, но больше половины жизни проработал в США, в стране, которую построили именно иммигранты. |
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Another version of this allows me to separate nucleic acids to be able to do nucleic acid tests out in the field itself. |
Другой вариант такого прибора позволяет отделить нуклеиновую кислоту, чтобы провести анализ на нуклеиновую кислоту в полевых условиях. |
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The duty to strangers shows itself in small ways and big, prosaic and heroic. |
Наш долг в отношении к ним проявляется по разному: в больших и маленьких поступках, в словах и в действиях. |
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Scientists added a single gene that codes for a protein represented by this orange ball that feeds back on itself to keep cranking out more of that protein. |
Учёные добавили всего один ген, который отвечает за белок, представленный этим оранжевым шариком, который замыкается на себя и продолжает производить больше белка. |
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The majestic figure here in the middle is dressed in Siena’s colors and he personifies the republic itself. |
Вот эта величественная фигура в центре, в одеждах цветов Сиены — воплощение самой республики. |
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However, a carbon tax by itself has proven to be unpopular and a political dead end. |
Однако сам по себе этот налог оказался непопулярным и заводящим в политический тупик. |
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Our plan by itself would meet the high end of America’s commitment under the Paris Climate Agreement. |
Наш план сам по себе достигнет верхнего предела американских обязательств по Парижскому соглашению о климате. |
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If you put an objective into a machine, even something as simple as, Fetch the coffee, the machine says to itself, Well, how might I fail to fetch the coffee? |
Если вы закладываете в машину цель, даже такую простую как сварить кофе, машина задастся вопросом: Как я могу потерпеть неудачу в приготовлении кофе? |
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It’s an aging movie star, grappling with all the newness around itself, wondering whether it got it right in the first place, and still trying to find a way to keep on shining regardless. |
Стареющая кинозвезда, пытающаяся разобраться с новшествами вокруг себя, но не уверенная в том, что хорошо с этим справляется, и пытающаяся найти способ продолжать сиять, несмотря ни на что. |
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The two and a half alphabets which form the word प्रेम, which means love, if you are able to understand that and practice it, that itself is enough to enlighten mankind. |
Две с половиной буквы образуют слово प्रेम, что означает любовь, и если вы способны понять это и претворить в жизнь, то одного этого уже достаточно для просвещения человечества. |
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But within that celebration the quest to cultivate our capacity for love and compassion has to assert itself, has to assert itself, just as equally. |
Но в рамках этого чествования нужно в равной степени уделять внимание стремлению развивать нашу способность к любви и состраданию. |
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It ends where it begins from to complete itself. |
Она заканчивается там, где начинается, чтобы завершить себя. |
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The future you has to be like an aging movie star who has been made to believe that there is a possibility of a world which is completely, wholly, self-obsessively in love with itself. |
Будущие вы должны быть как стареющая кинозвезда, созданная, чтобы верить в возможность существования мира, который целиком и полностью самоодержимо существует в любви с самим собой. |
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And there is not one nation that has not proclaimed itself the chosen people. |
И нет такого народа, который бы не верил, что он избранный. |
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By raising the specter that the Russian government was interfering in the US presidential campaign, the Administration risked appearing to meddle in the campaign itself. |
Заподозрив, что российское правительство вмешивается в президентскую выборную кампанию США, администрация рискнула вмешаться в неё сама. |
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And when this happens, it binds to itself, forming sticky aggregates called amyloid plaques. |
При этом молекулы бета — амилоида связываются друг с другом, образуя клейкие скопления под названием амилоидные бляшки. |
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A crucial neural transport protein called tau becomes hyperphosphorylated and twists itself into something called tangles, which choke off the neurons from the inside. |
Молекулы тау — белка, необходимого для процессов транспорта в нейронах, гиперфосфорилируются и сплетаются друг с другом в клубки, которые разрушают клетку изнутри. |
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Hope is the virtue of a heart that doesn’t lock itself into darkness, that doesn’t dwell on the past, does not simply get by in the present, but is able to see a tomorrow. |
Надежда — это добродетель сердца, которая не запирается в темноте, не зацикливается на прошлом, не влачит существование в настоящем, а смело смотрит в завтрашний день. |
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The system at the local, state and federal levels completely failed to protect our most vulnerable, and an entire population was left to fend for itself. |
Системы на всех уровнях, от городских до федеральных, не справились с защитой самых беззащитных и всё население оставили на произвол судьбы. |
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And perhaps, deep in that signal, I will get to look upon the very first stars and galaxies switching on, the beginning of time itself. |
Возможно, благодаря этому сигналу я буду смотреть на то, как появлялись самые первые звёзды и галактики, и на само зарождение мира. |
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But what if we question the premise itself? |
Но что, если мы по — другому поставим вопрос? |
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I’d rather let the work speak for itself. |
Пусть лучше моя работа скажет за меня. |
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So now the animal can prepare itself for life: Is life going to be harsh? |
Благодаря этому животные могут подготовиться к жизни: Будет ли она тяжёлой? |
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You end up with a block of Styrofoam bigger than the TV itself. |
В итоге у вас есть ещё и блок пенопласта, больше чем сам телевизор. |
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They go into the batting cage and do batting practice for hours, having different types of pitches being thrown at them, hitting ball after ball as they limber their muscles, getting ready for the game itself. |
Они часами практикуются в специальных сетчатых кабинах: в них кидают мячи, которые они должны отбивать, один мяч за другим, тренируя свои мышцы, готовясь к самой игре. |
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They take primary data from CT scans and MRIs, translate it into digital information, animate it, put it together into the components of the child itself, surface-scan elements of the child that have been casted as needed, depending on the surgery itself, and then take this digital data and be able to output it on state-of-the-art, three-dimensional printing devices that allow us to print the components exactly to the micron detail of what the child’s anatomy will look like. |
Они берут первичные данные КТ и МРТ, переводят их в цифровую форму, анимируют, совмещают их, чтобы получить компоненты модели ребёнка, сканируют поверхность необходимых элементов модели ребёнка, выбранных в зависимости от вида операции, затем вводят эти цифровые данные в современные трёхмерные принтеры, которые позволяют нам печатать эти компоненты, воспроизводя все анатомические детали тела ребёнка с точностью до микрона. |
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We know that a key step to this is not just the skill itself, but combining that skill with a team who’s going to deliver that care. |
Существенный момент здесь не только само умение, а комбинация этого умения с действиями команды, которая будет проводить лечение. |
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Indeed, this explains the fact that our language, much more than the others we are geographically close to, has been historically modifying itself based on us. |
На самом деле это объясняет тот факт, что наш язык — намного больше, чем другие, к которым мы ближе географически, — исторически видоизменился под нашим влиянием. |
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The truth is that the care shown to me by these strangers on the internet was itself a contradiction. |
Правда в том, что забота, которую проявили незнакомые люди онлайн, уже была противоречием. |
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When it’s swimming in the water, it uses its paddle-like legs to push itself forward. |
Скользя по воде, он использует ноги — вёсла, чтобы толкать себя вперёд. |
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We are now living — all people in the world — are living alongside the same cyber river, and no single nation can regulate this river by itself. |
Теперь мы — все люди в мире — живём вдоль одной и той же кибер — реки, и ни одна нация в одиночку не может совладать с этой рекой. |
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So the US cannot solve it by itself, and very quickly, the pressure on the US to do the same will be immense because we are talking about high-risk, high-gain technologies. |
Так что США не решить это в одиночку, и очень скоро давление на США поступать, как другие, станет огромным, потому что речь идёт о технологиях с высочайшим риском и такой же прибылью. |
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And I would go even further than that and say that it starts with the body itself. |
И я пошёл бы даже дальше и провёл аналогию с нашим организмом. |
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To worry now about the rise of a superintelligence is in many ways a dangerous distraction because the rise of computing itself brings to us a number of human and societal issues to which we must now attend. |
Беспокоиться из — за суперинтеллекта — во многом опасная трата времени, потому что сама компьютеризация поднимает общечеловеческие и социальные проблемы, которые мы должны разрешить. |
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But over the following decades, we started to realize the technology of the car itself is not just neutral. |
В течение последующих десятилетий выяснилось, что устройство автомобиля играет не последнюю роль. |
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And the computer’s coming up with this stuff all by itself — no one ever drew anything, and it started completely from scratch. |
А компьютер справляется со всем этим самостоятельно, никто не делал никаких эскизов, и начинает он прямо с нуля. |
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But some of you might not know that the arm itself can actually regenerate a complete starfish. |
Но мало кто из вас знает, что из одного луча на самом деле может вырасти целая морская звезда. |
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Each planarian an ocean unto itself, full of unknowns. |
Каждая планария представляет собой неизведанный океан, полный загадок и тайн. |
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The only way you get a statue from a pile of dust is if the statue built itself — if somehow we could compel millions of these particles to come together to form the statue. |
Единственный способ сделать статую из пыли — если статуя создаст себя сама, если мы каким — то образом смогли бы заставить эти частицы собраться вместе в статую. |
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It compounds on itself year after year, to the point where if you compare a technology from one generation to the next, they’re almost unrecognizable. |
Он развивается из года в год настолько, что если сравнить технологии одного поколения с другим, то они будут практически неузнаваемы. |
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And the answer is that the statue has to build itself. |
Ответ в этой ситуации: статуя должна сотворить себя сама. |
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The beautiful thing about the collaborative work of art is that it will not paint or draw or sculpt itself. |
Позитивная сторона совместного труда над шедевром — вам не придётся творить в одиночестве. |
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We already use artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in parts of the LHC, but imagine designing a particle physics experiment using such sophisticated algorithms that it could teach itself to discover a hyperdimensional graviton. |
Мы уже частично используем в БАК искусственный интеллект и техники обучения машин, но представьте эксперимент в физике частиц с такими сложными алгоритмами, что они сами научатся обнаруживать гиперпространственный гравитон. |
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Across the board, churches and synagogues and mosques are all complaining about how hard it is to maintain relevance for a generation of young people who seem completely uninterested, not only in the institutions that stand at the heart of our traditions but even in religion itself. |
Повсеместно все церкви, синагоги и мечети выражают недовольство тем, как трудно оставаться актуальными для молодого поколения, которому совершенно безразличны не только общественные институты, стоящие у истоков наших традиций, но и сама религия. |
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So when we look at the light from these stars, what we see, like I said, is not the planet itself, but you actually see a dimming of the light that we can record in time. |
Глядя на свет, исходящий от этих звёзд, на самом деле мы видим не сами планеты, а затемнение света, которое можно зафиксировать. |
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Say, Daughter, I stood there with the moment drawn on my face like a dagger, and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you. |
Скажи: Доченька, я стояла там, с лицом как кинжал, бросалась впёред и назад, расчищая место для тебя. |
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Automation, employment, robots and jobs — it’ll all take care of itself? |
Автоматизация, занятость, роботы и рабочие места — всё это сможет позаботиться о себе? |
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We build the lives we want, and then time saves itself. |
Мы строим жизнь, которую хотим, и тогда время сохраняет само себя. |
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Regardless, the idea itself is completely novel in psychiatry, to use drugs to prevent mental illness as opposed to just treat it. |
Независимо от этого, для психиатрии совершенно нова сама идея препарата для предотвращения психических расстройств, в противоположность их лечению. |
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But the tree that stands out by itself makes those relationships that define a tree, the relationships between trunk and roots and branches, much more apparent. |
Но дерево, стоя само по себе, устанавливает связи, которые определяют дерево, связи между стволом, корнями и ветвями, более видимые связи. |
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Now, after a great run as CEO, Howard stepped down in 2000, and Starbucks quickly overextended itself and stock prices fell. |
После блестящей карьеры генерального директора Говард ушёл в отставку в 2000 году, и популярность Starbucks пошла на убыль, цены на акции упали. |
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They called it the instrument that plays itself. |
Они назвали его инструментом, который играет сам по себе. |
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Because, of course, it isn’t just a system of switching leads, it’s a way of thinking that can actually make the dance itself more efficient. |
Потому что, конечно, это не только система передачи лидирования, это путь мышления, который, кстати, может сделать танец ещё эффектнее. |
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The fund itself has already made five times that amount. |
Сам фонд уже в 5 раз увеличил прежнею сумму. |