слишком

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See also: с лишком

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Adverb

сли́шком (slíškom)

  1. too (more than enough), too much
    Synonyms: чересчу́р (čeresčúr), чрезме́рно (črezmérno), изли́шне (izlíšne)
    Э́то уж сли́шком!Éto už slíškom!That beats everything!
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть третья, VI”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      Он употребля́л все возмо́жные ору́дия мы́сли, исключа́я сравне́ния, и сли́шком сме́ло, как каза́лось кня́зю Андре́ю, переходи́л от одного́ к друго́му.
      On upotrebljál vse vozmóžnyje orúdija mýsli, isključája sravnénija, i slíškom smélo, kak kazálosʹ knjázju Andréju, perexodíl ot odnovó k drugómu.
      He made use of every kind of mental device, except analogy, and passed too boldly, it seemed to Prince Andrew, from one to another.