The glossary of the report “Superstitions regarding numbers”

The glossary of the report “Superstitions regarding numbers”

Word	Transcription	Translation	Definition	Example
Prophecy	['prɔfəsɪ]	Предсказание, пророчество; Толкование Священного писания.	A prediction of what will happen in the future.	In every culture around the world there is a set of beliefs held by the people that have nothing do to with reason or knowledge but are based on luck, prophecy or folklore that will influence future events.
Cardiac	['kɑːdɪæk]	Сердечный, сердечник.	Relating to the heart.	The cardiac deaths
Sabbath	['sæbəθ]	А)суббота, шабат (священный день отдохновения у иудеев);б) воскресенье (у христиан);в) пятница (у мусульман);г)шабаш	A day of religious observance and abstinence from work; a supposed midnight meeting held by witches.	There are religious origins as in the seventh day is considered the Sabbath.
Candlestick	['kændlstɪk]	Подсвечник.	A support or holder for one or more candles, typically one that is tall and thin.	There were seven golden candlesticks in Solomon’s temple
Healing	['hiːlɪŋ]	Исцеление, излечение.	The process of making or becoming sound or healthy again.	The seventh daughter of a seventh daughter would be born with the gift of healing.
Craps	[kræps]	Азартная игра в кости.	A gambling game played with two dice, chiefly in North America.	7 is a winning roll in Craps when there is no number chosen.
Slot machine	['slɔtməˌʃiːn]	Игровой автомат.	A machine that you try to win money from by putting coins into it and operating it, often by pressing a button or pulling a handle.	777 also stands for a winning spin on many slot machines.
Auspicious	[ɔː'spɪʃəs]	Благоприятный.	Conducive to success; favourable.	(…)which will certainly guarantee that the Games will be carried out under the most auspicious of circumstances
Circumstance	['sɜːkəmstæn(t)s]	Обстоятельство, случай, условие.	A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.
Norse	[nɔːs]	Норвежский, древнескандинавский; норвежцы, норвежский язык.	Relating to ancient or medieval Norway or Scandinavia.	Norse mythology.
Fertility	[fɜː'tɪlətɪ]	Плодородие, изобилие, рождаемость.	The quality of being fertile; productiveness.	(…) who was a free spirited goddess of love and fertility.
To label	['leɪb(ə)l]	Пометить, относить к какой-нибудь категории.	To fasten a label to.	Frigga was banished and labeled a witch who then held a meeting every Friday with eleven other witches and the devil, totaling 13, and plotted evil deeds for the next week.
Deed	[diːd]	Действие, деяние.	Chiefly literary an action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
Bet	[bet]	Ставка, пари. Здесь: последнее число в рулетке.	An act of betting a sum of money.	13 is the number with the least bets in roulette
Roulette	[ruː'let]	Рулетка.	A gambling game in which a ball is dropped on to a revolving wheel with numbered compartments, the players betting on the number at which the ball comes to rest.
Beast	[biːst]	Зверь, Антихрист.	An animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.	The "number of the beast," 666, is derived from the book of Revelation -- the last book in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament).
Revelation	[ˌrev(ə)'leɪʃ(ə)n]	Откровение Иоанна Богослова (рел.)	The last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John.
Scriptures	['skrɪpʧə]	Священное Писание.	The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible.
Testament	['testəmənt]	Завет.	A division of the Bible.

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