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    Quote Originally Posted by hddscan View Post
    PS: a beast is чудовище not животное
    Чудовище means ‘a monster’. A beast is not always a monster.

    Beast (from wiktionary)

    1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
    — живо́тное, зверь.

    2. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
    — живо́тное, скоти́на.

    3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
    — живо́тное, зверь, скоти́на, тварь, чудо́вище.
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    Please correct my English

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soft sign View Post
    Чудовище means ‘a monster’. A beast is not always a monster.

    Beast (from wiktionary)

    1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
    — живо́тное, зверь.

    2. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
    — живо́тное, скоти́на.

    3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
    — живо́тное, зверь, скоти́на, тварь, чудо́вище.
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    хотите поиграть в слова ?
    little beast это устойчивое выражение, которое не всегда можно перевести правильно на русский язык, довольно часто little beast используется в переносном смысле, потому что это своего рода оксюморон
    Little beast может обозначать например мощную машину, мотоцикл и т.д. в данном случае "маленькое чудовище" или может быть "маленький зверь" или "маленький монстр" будет звучать более близко к смыслу английского выражения, чем "маленькое животное"

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