- (a) brief letter
- краткое письмо
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
brief — 1 n [Old French bref brief letter, writ indicating legal proceedings, from Late Latin brevis breve short document, summary, from Latin brevis, adjective, short] 1: a concise statement of a client s case written for the instruction of an attorney… … Law dictionary
Letter of Peter to Philip — The Letter of Peter to Philip, found in the cache of texts at Nag Hammadi (bound into Codex VIII), contains a brief letter purporting to be from Saint Peter to Saint Philip, followed by a narrative and gnostic discourse upon the nature of Christ … Wikipedia
Brief — (br[=e]f), n. [See {Brief}, a., and cf. {Breve}.] 1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. [1913 Webster] Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. Shak. [1913 Webster] And she told me In a sweet,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brief of title — Brief Brief (br[=e]f), n. [See {Brief}, a., and cf. {Breve}.] 1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. [1913 Webster] Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. Shak. [1913 Webster] And she told me In… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
letter — letter, epistle, missive, note, message, dispatch, report, memorandum are comparable when they mean a communication sent or transmitted as distinct from one conveyed directly from source to recipient (as by oral utterance). Letter is the ordinary … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Brief an Lord Liszt — ist ein Roman von Martin Walser. Die erste Auflage erschien 1982 bei Suhrkamp (ISBN 3 518 04632 2). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Inhalt 2 Verbindungen zu weiteren Werken Walsers 3 Binnenerzählungen … Deutsch Wikipedia
brief — [brēf] adj. [ME < OFr bref < L brevis < IE base * mreĝhu , short > MERRY, Gr brachys] 1. of short duration or extent 2. short in length 3. using relatively few words; concise 4. curt or abrupt n. [ … English World dictionary
Brief — or briefs may refer: * Brief (law), a number of formal document types * Brief (text editor), a popular text editor for the MS DOS operating system * a letter * Brief (architecture), a requirement imposed by a client on an architect * Briefs, a… … Wikipedia
Letter to His Father — (German: Brief an den Vater ) is the name usually given to the letter Franz Kafka wrote his father Hermann in November 1919, indicting him for his emotionally abusive and hypocritical behavior towards him. Kafka hoped the letter would bridge the… … Wikipedia
Brief [1] — Brief (v. lat. breve, »kurzes Schriftstück«), im gewöhnlichen Leben eine schriftliche Mitteilung in herkömmlichen Formen an Abwesende. Gesetzlich ist der Begriff B. wegen der in der Rechtsprechung des Reichsgerichts vorkommen den verschiedenen,… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
brief — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lasting a short time. 2) concise; using few words. 3) (of clothing) not covering much of the body. ► NOUN 1) chiefly Brit. a summary of the facts in a case given to a barrister to argue in court. 2) informal a solicitor or… … English terms dictionary