THE FIRST BLOW IS HALF THE BATTLE

Meaning of THE FIRST BLOW IS HALF THE BATTLE in English

Первый удар - половина сражения. Ср. Почин дороже денег. Лиха беда начало. Хорошее начало - полдела откачало

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
Английский словарь Британика
HALF — I. ˈha]f, haa(ə)], hai], hȧ], hä]; in sense 2b the f is often lost when “past” follows noun ( plural …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst, ˈfə̄st, ˈfəist adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLOW
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. ˈbad. ə l, -at ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bataile, batel, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATTLE — (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
Английский словарь Webster
HALF — /haf, hahf/ , n. , pl. halves /havz, hahvz/ , adj. , adv. n. 1. one of two equal or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRST — — firstness , adj. /ferrst/ , adj. 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLOW — blow 1 /bloh/ , n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATTLE — battle 1 — battler , n. /bat"l/ , n. , v. , battled, battling . n. 1. a hostile encounter …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALF — I. ˈhaf, ˈhäf noun ( plural halves ˈhavz, ˈhävz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healf; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German furist first, Old English faran …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLOW
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BATTLE — I. ˈba-t ə l noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English batel, from Anglo-French bataille battle, battalion, from Late Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HALF — adj part; side; behalf. 2. half ·vt to halve. ·see halve. 3. half ·adj consisting of a moiety, or half; …
Webster English vocab
BLOW — noun the spouting of a whale. 2. blow ·vt to inflate, as with pride; to puff up. 3. blow ·vi …
Webster English vocab
BATTLE — adj fertile. ·see battel, a. 2. battle ·vt a division of an army; a battalion. 3. battle ·vt a struggle; …
Webster English vocab
HALF — [half] n, pl halves [ME, fr. OE healf; akin to OHG halb half] (bef. 12c) 1 a: either of two …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRST — [first] adj [ME, fr. OE fyrst; akin to OHG furist first, OE faran to go--more at fare] (bef. 12c): preceding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLOW
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATTLE — [bat.tle] n, often attrib [ME batel, fr. OF bataille battle, fortifying tower, battalion, fr. LL battalia combat, alter. of battualia …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRST — first BrE AmE fɜːst AmE fɝːst ▷ firsts fɜːsts AmE fɝːsts ▶ ˌ first ˈ aid BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BATTLE — battl|e, B~ BrE AmE ˈbæt ə l AmE ˈbæt̬ ə l ▷ battl|ed d ▷ battl|es z ▷ battl|ing ‿ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HALF — / hɑːf; NAmE hæf/ noun , determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ noun ( pl. halves / hɑːvz; NAmE hævz/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — / fɜːst; NAmE fɜːrst/ determiner , ordinal number , adverb , noun ■ determiner , ordinal number 1. happening or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOW — / bləʊ; NAmE bloʊ/ verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb ( blew / bluː; NAmE / blown / bləʊn; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — / ˈbætl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a fight between armies, ships …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF — I. half 1 S1 W1 /hɑːf $ hæf/ BrE AmE predeterminer , pronoun , adjective [only before noun] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRST — I. first 1 S1 W1 /fɜːst $ fɜːrst/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fyrst ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLOW — I. blow 1 S2 W3 /bləʊ $ bloʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense blew /bluː/, past participle blown /bləʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BATTLE — I. bat ‧ tle 1 W2 /ˈbætl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALF
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLOW
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLOW
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BATTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Oxford English vocab
BLOW
Oxford English vocab
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Oxford English vocab
BLOW — I. VERB USES /bloʊ/ ( blows, blowing, blew, blown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF — ( halves /hɑ:vz, AM hævz/ ) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — ( firsts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The first thing, person, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — ( battles, battling, battled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A battle …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The ~ thing, person, event, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HALF — I. predeterminer COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a half moon (= looking like half a circle ) ▪ A half moon …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRST — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a first offence ▪ Because it was a first offence, she was not sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLOW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blow to sb/sth's credibilty (= something that damages credibility ) ▪ The case …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
FIRST — [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable], [noun], [pronoun] - (a person or thing) coming before all others in order, time, amount, quality …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — [noun] [C] - a fight between armed forces, or (figurative) an argument between two groups or against a situation that …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — n. Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of Adowa Aegospotami Battle of Agincourt …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIRST — Synonyms and related words : ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, arch, at first, at the …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLOW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BATTLE — Synonyms and related words : Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Bataan-Corregidor, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HALF — n. half assed half blind half blood half breed half seas over half wit half witted other half
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BATTLE — I. noun 1 between armies ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody , fierce ▪ intense , pitched ▪ The two armies fought a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIRST — See ↑ BEFORE 1, ↑ FIRST 1,1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a first • ↑ at first/initially • ↑ be first/come …
Longman Activator English vocab

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