- to have scruples
- не решаться, колебаться, сомневаться
Англо-русский современный словарь. 2014.
to have scruples
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have scruples about — have misgivings about, have qualms concerning, suffer from pangs of conscience concerning … English contemporary dictionary
have scruples — v. have pangs of conscience … English contemporary dictionary
scruples — n. 1) to have scruples 2) moral scruples 3) scruples about * * * moral scruples to have scruples scruples about … Combinatory dictionary
scruples — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ moral, religious ▪ a man of few moral scruples VERB + SCRUPLES ▪ have ▪ overcome ▪ … Collocations dictionary
have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
scruples — n. compunctions, qualms, pangs of conscience scru·ple || skruËpl n. qualm, compunction; moral; misgiving, hesitation; iota, tiny amount; unit of weight equal to 1/3 of a dram (1.295 grams) v. have qualms; hesitate, have misgivings … English contemporary dictionary
qualm — qualm, scruple, compunction, demur can all denote a feeling of doubt or hesitation as to the rightness or wisdom of something one is doing or is about to do. Qualm implies an uneasy, often a sickening, sensation that one is not following the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
scruple — scrupleless, adj. /skrooh peuhl/, n., v., scrupled, scrupling. n. 1. a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions. 2. a very small portion or amount. 3. a unit of weight equal to 20… … Universalium
Owen Wingrave — Benjamin Britten … Wikipedia
hesitate — hes•i•tate [[t]ˈhɛz ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to be reluctant to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination 2) to have scruples or doubts about something 3) to stop for a moment; pause 4) to stammer 5) to have scruples or doubts… … From formal English to slang
scruple — /ˈskrupəl / (say skroohpuhl) noun 1. hesitation or reluctance from conscientious or other restraining reasons: *I felt strong and brave again, with not a scruple left. –jessica anderson, 1978. 2. a very small portion or amount. 3. a unit of… …
