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41strained — adjective 1》 not relaxed or comfortable; showing signs of strain. 2》 produced by deliberate effort; artificial or laboured …
42strained — adj forced, unnatural, artificial, plastic, false, Sl. phony, insincere; overdone, stagy, theatrical, far fetched, catachrestic; affected, stilted, Inf. put on, feigned, pretended; studied, labored, laborious, calculated, mannered; self conscious …
43strained — /streɪnd/ (say straynd) adjective affected or produced by effort; forced; not natural or spontaneous. {strain1 + ed2} …
44strained fruits — протертые фрукты fruits that ship badly фрукты, плохо переносящие перевозку marzipan fruits марципановые фрукты glazed fruits глазированные фрукты iced fruits глазированные фрукты …
45strained off — выжал; выжатый …
46strained peas — пюре из зеленого горошка French green peas зеленый горошек по французски fresh frozen peas замороженный зеленый горошек pureed peas пюре из зеленого горошка creamed peas горошек в белом соусе canned peas консервированный горошек …
47strained tomatoes — протертая томатная масса …
48strained — adj. 1 constrained, forced, artificial. 2 (of a relationship) mutually distrustful or tense. 3 (of an interpretation) involving an unreasonable assumption; far fetched, laboured …
49Half-strained — (h[aum]f str[=a]nd ), a. Half bred; imperfect. [R.] A half strained villain. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
50Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than the torture of laws. — Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than the torture of laws. Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than the torture of laws.… …