Gertie: "And the airs you put on. Condescending isn't the word. It's enough to try the patience of a saint." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Land of Promise’, act II) — Герти: "А важничаешь-то! Будто мы не люди. Святого выведешь из терпения."
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
try — 1 /traI/ verb 1 ATTEMPT (I, T) to attempt to do or get something: try to do sth: Don t shout at him; he s only trying to help. | try sth: Roberts tried a shot at goal. | try and do sth: You must try and control your temper. | try: Tim may not be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
patience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, great, infinite ▪ little ▪ I have little patience with fundamentalists of any kind. VERB + PATIENCE ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church … Catholic encyclopedia
Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… … Wikipedia
Parable of the Ten Virgins — The Parable of the Ten Virgins , or the Wise and Foolish Virgins, is a parable told by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew (Matthew [http://www.biblija.net/biblija.cgi?m=Mt+25 id7=1 pos=0 set=17 l=en2 25:1 13] ) [The Holy Bible, King James Version] .… … Wikipedia
RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS — (Heb. חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ḥasidei ummot ha olam), term applied to non Jews who saved Jews from their Nazi persecutors by endangering their own lives. (For earlier use of the term see Ḥasidei Ummot ha Olam. ) In 1953 the Israeli parliament… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Paul, the Apostle, Saint — ▪ Christian Apostle Introduction original name Saul of Tarsus born 4 BCE?, Tarsus in Cilicia [now in Turkey] died 62–64, Rome [Italy] one of the leaders of the first generation of Christians, often considered to be the second most important… … Universalium
unbearable — adj intolerable, insufferable, insupportable, unendurable, more than flesh and blood can bear, enough to provoke a saint, enough to try the patience of Job, enough to drive one mad, Inf. too much … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
unendurable — adj unbearable, intolerable, insufferable, insupportable, more than flesh and blood can bear, enough to provoke a saint, enough to drive one mad, enough to try the patience of Job, Inf. too much … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Painfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pain PARAG:Painfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trouble trouble care &c.(pain) 828 Sgm: N 1 trial trial Sgm: N 1 affliction affliction infliction … English dictionary for students
