Meaning of праціўнік | Babel Free

Definitions

1. opponent (one who opposes another in words in a dispute, argument or controversy)
2. adversary, antagonist, opponent (one who opposes another physically in a fight, sport, game, or competition)
3. opponent (one who is opposed to a policy, course of action or set of ideas)
4. enemy, hostiles (a hostile force or nation)
   collective

Equivalents

Examples

“"Who ’ll soon get better, I say," repeated the old woman, menacing the vacant air with her shrivelled fist, "and who ’ll shame 'em all with her good looks—she will. I say she will! she shall!"—as if she were in passionate contention with some unseen opponent at the bedside, who contradicted her”

“The complete horsemanship of the Disinherited Knight, and the activity of the noble animal which he mounted, enabled him for a few minutes to keep at sword's point his three antagonists,”

The splendid horsemanship of the Disinherited Knight enabled him to fend off all three opponents for the duration of several minutes by merely pointing the sharp tip of his sword at them.

“Hugo, consumed with anger and shame, sprang up, seized a cudgel, and came at his small adversary in a fury.”

“Былі і праціўнікі будоўлі храму ў постаці самаранаў, якія, лічачы Палестыну сваім уладаньнем, варожа адносіліся да перасяленцаў і зрабілі хлусьлівы данос цару Пэрсідзкаму, быццам юдэі будуюць ня храм, а сьцены навакол Ерусаліму, каб вярнуць сабе палітычную незалежнасьць.”

There were also opponents of the temple construction, namely the Samaritans, who, considering Palestine their own, were hostile toward the settlers. They made a false report to the Persian king, claiming that the Jews were building not the temple but rather the walls around Jerusalem to reclaim their political independence.

“Праціўнік авалодаў Оршай, буйныя рухомыя сілы яго прасоўваюцца ў напрамку Барысава і ўжо дайшлі да ракі Бобр.”

The enemy has seized Orsha. Large mobile forces are advancing toward Barysaw and have already reached the Bobr river.

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