hold in awe

hold in awe
(hold (или keep) in awe (тж. strike with awe))
внушать благоговейный страх, трепет (отсюда awe-stricken или awe-struck)

She was held in awe by the whole realm, for she had made everybody believe she was a great sorceress. (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. 16) — Ее королевство трепетало перед ней, так как она всех заставила поверить, что она великая волшебница.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • awe — I n. 1) to inspire awe in (he inspired awe in everyone) 2) to hold smb. in awe 3) in awe of (to stand in awe of smb.) II v. (D; tr.) to awe into (to awe smb. into silence) * * * [ɔː] > to hold smb. in awe to inspire awe in (he inspired awe in… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • awe — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great VERB + AWE ▪ be in, hold sb in, stand in ▪ Most people hold him in some awe. ▪ feel …   Collocations dictionary

  • awe — awe1 [o: US o:] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: agi] 1.) a feeling of great respect and liking for someone or something ▪ He felt great awe for the landscape. with/in awe ▪ Kate gazed at the statue with awe. 2.) be/stand in awe of sb …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hold in — phr verb Hold in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑affection, ↑arm, ↑awe, ↑check, ↑contempt, ↑detention, ↑embrace, ↑file, ↑moisture, ↑regard, ↑reserve, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

  • be in awe — index fear, regard (hold in esteem) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • revere — / reverence [v] have a high opinion of admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, be in awe of, cherish, defer to, deify, enjoy, esteem, exalt, hold in awe, honor, look up to*, love, magnify, pay homage, prize, put on pedestal*, regard, respect,… …   New thesaurus

  • reverence — revere / reverence [v] have a high opinion of admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, be in awe of, cherish, defer to, deify, enjoy, esteem, exalt, hold in awe, honor, look up to*, love, magnify, pay homage, prize, put on pedestal*, regard,… …   New thesaurus

  • venerate — [v] revere admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, be in awe of, cherish, deify, esteem, exalt, hallow, hold in awe, honor, idolize, look up to*, love, put on a pedestal*, regard, respect, reverence, think highly of, treasure, value, worship;… …   New thesaurus

  • Order of the Solar Temple — The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire (OTS) in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or simply as The Solar Temple was a secret society based upon the modern myth of the… …   Wikipedia

  • venerate — verb /ˈvɛnəreɪt/ a) To treat with great respect and deference. b) To revere or hold in awe. See Also: revere, venerable, veneration, venerative …   Wiktionary

  • revere — [17] Revere goes back ultimately to Latin verērī ‘hold in awe or fear’, a possible distant relative of English aware and beware. Addition of the intensive prefix re produced reverērī, which English probably acquired via French révérer. The… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins


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