- succession of disasters
- непрерывная цепь несчастий
Новый англо-русский словарь. 2013.
Новый англо-русский словарь. 2013.
Succession — Suc*ces sion, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession. See {Succeed}.] 1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Succession duty — Succession Suc*ces sion, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession. See {Succeed}.] 1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Succession of crops — Succession Suc*ces sion, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession. See {Succeed}.] 1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
succession — succession, progression, series, sequence, chain, train, string are comparable when they mean a number of things that follow each other in some order. Succession implies that the units, whether things or persons, follow each other, typically in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Apostolical succession — Succession Suc*ces sion, n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession. See {Succeed}.] 1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
War of the Spanish Succession — Philip V of Spain and the Duke of Vendôme commanded the Franco Spanish charge at the Battle of Villaviciosa by Jean Alaux (1840) … Wikipedia
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airship — /air ship /, n. a self propelled, lighter than air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible. Cf. blimp. [1810 20, for an earlier sense; AIR1 + SHIP] * * * or dirigible Lighter than air aircraft with steering and… … Universalium
Soviet Union — USSR and CCCP redirect here. For other uses, see USSR (disambiguation) and CCCP (disambiguation). Soviet redirects here. For the term itself, see Soviet (council). For other uses, see Soviet (disambiguation). Union of Soviet Socialist Republics … Wikipedia
William Gott — Lieutenant General William Henry Ewart Strafer Gott CB, CBE, DSO and bar [LondonGazette |issue=35396 |date=26 December, 1941 |startpage=7332|endpage= |supp=y |accessdate=2008 06 23] , MC (13 August 1897 7 August 1942) was a British Army officer… … Wikipedia
South by Java Head — Infobox Book name = South by Java Head title orig = translator = image caption = 1961 Fontana paperback edition author = Alistair MacLean illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = World War II Novel … Wikipedia