man

[mæn]

n

1) (pl men [men]) человек, мужчина

There were three men and two women in the room. — В комнате было трое мужчин и две женщины.

- a handsome man

- middle-aged man

- rich man
- poor man
- tall man
- disagreeable man
- kind man
- my old man
- great man
- ordinary man
- little man
- family man
- business man
- man of forty
- man of principle

- a man of action

- man of character

- best man for this job
- man in the street
- last man to help you
- man to man between man and man
- man in a thousand
- make a man of smb
- act like a man
- it is a man's profession
- be a man!

2) человек

- police to a man

- all sorts of men
- rights of man
- last man
- man
- any man can do it

3) муж

- man and wife

4) деятель, сотрудник

- public man

- professional man
- military man

- a literary man

- medical man

- newspaper man
- Government man
- leading man in this field

- a man of letters

5) выпускник

- university man

- Oxford man

- a drowning man will catch at a straw

- a man can die but once

- every man has a fool in his sleeve

- no man is wise at all times
- like master like man
- no man can serve two masters
- one man's meat is another man's poison

- busiest men find the most time

- so many men, so many minds

- fool can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer
- man can do no more than he can

- a man is known by his friends

- among the blind the one-eyed man is king

- clothes make the man

- every man to his trade

- one man doesn't make a team

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USAGE:

Русским "два (три и т. д.) человека, несколько человек" в английском языке соответствует two (three, several, etc) people. Русскому словосочетанию она хороший человек соответствует английское словосочетание she is a good person