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Перевод: prying

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Тезаурус:

1. Here the faithful had once met, safe (I hope) from prying Protestant eyes.
2. Now it can be argued that the mere collection of information about named persons is not in itself necessarily wrong; even if it does offend against good taste - like the prying neighbour behind the lace curtains - it is hardly an area for the heavy hand of the law.
3. The fact that this revelation would doubtless be made in a context of privacy and confidentiality so as to insulate him as far as possible from the prying eyes of scandalmongers may not reduce his desire to put actual and legal distance between himself and his spouse.
4. There was also a chance that plants might be stolen and Collinson reported in January 1751, " to my great loss, some prying, knowing people looked into the cases and out of that numbered 2 took the three roots of Chamaerhododendron, honey laurel, root of silver-leaved arum and the Spirea alnifolio
5. BRAZIL gently teased Holland's irregulars in the rains of Rotterdam last night without feeling the need to reveal the full range of their attacking talents for the benefit of prying eyes from Scotland and England.
6. Many correspondents complained that their constructive advice, as opposed to their prying, fell on stony ground, since most peasants lacked the means to put technical advice on agriculture into effect.
7. "Prying!
8. When he stopped his work for tea, the prying landlady being out at the shops, he would try to arrange to meet her, either in the house or at the British Museum if she were going near the West End that day.
9. He grew up in the public spotlight, never free from prying eyes and press comment, never sure when a trusted friend would betray him, or when a casual remark to a stranger might blow up in his face.
10. Hang curtains at your shed windows to hide the contents from prying eyes.
11. Rose's prying fingers had detected the tiny treacherous lump in the hem of her skirt.
12. Try to put any such displays high up on the wall, on shelves or dressers away from prying fingers.
13. through quiet, back, prying windows: that