Английский Этимологический словарь - bane
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~ n something that causes trouble or makes people unhappy (be the bane of) (Drugs are the bane of the inner cities. | the bane of sb's life/existence (=a cause of continual trouble or unhappiness)) (Ask any laser printer user what the bane of their life is and they'll tell you - replacing the toner.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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The bane of someone or the bane of someone’s life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed. Spots can be the bane of a teenager’s life. N-SING: usu the N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bana; akin to Old High German bano death Date: before 12th century 1. a. obsolete killer, slayer b. poison c. death, destruction stop the way of those that seek my ~ — Philip Sidney d. woe 2. a source of harm or ruin ; curse national frontiers have been more of a ~ than a boon for mankind — D. C. Thomson II. transitive verb (~d; baning) Date: 1578 obsolete to kill especially with poison III. noun Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) ban, from Old English ban — more at bone Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish bone ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the cause of ruin or trouble; the curse (esp. the bane of one's life). 2 poet. ruin; woe. 3 archaic (except in comb.) poison (ratsbane). Derivatives baneful adj. banefully adv. Etymology: OE bana f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. отрава; яд drink has been the bane of his life —- пьянство - его погибель her neighbours were the bane of her life —- соседи отравляли ей жизнь 2. редк. яд bane and antidote —- яд и противоядие 3. уст. убийство; смерть, гибель 4. уст. губить, отравлять baneberry 1. бот. воронец (Actaea gen.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) отрава, яд 2) poet. проклятие the bane of (ones) life - несчастье (чьей-л.) жизни Syn: see poison ...Англо-русский словарь
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