beads; rosary((a string of beads representing) a group of prayers, used by Roman Catholics); paternoster; Tibetan prayer beads, malas, Buddhist rosaries(Tibetan prayer beads, also known as malas or Buddhist rosaries, are strings of beads used by Buddhists to help count meditations, prayers or chants known as mantras. Prayer beads can consist of just a few beads, usually worn around the wrist, or longer strands, often of 108 beads, worn around the neck. Regardless of the number of beads on a mala, the beads are used in the same way. Matrena); chaplet(архитектурное украшение); bead; subha(у мусульман); string of beads; worry string(также "worry string beads" тоже, что "worry beads" alfredbob); bead-roll; prayer beads; worry beads(string of beads that one fingers and moves in order to calm oneself: e.g. • He passes time gossiping, fingering worry beads and sipping ouzo.nytimes.com • As he speaks, his left hand fiddles with a double row of white worry beads, or chotki , a habit he picked up in his years abroad in Muslim countries.'More); prayer rope(Баян)
bright-line rule(A clear-cut Interex); cast-iron(Meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was a problem for the Director of the FBI. It was one of those Beltway oddities, a meeting where there was no cast-iron ranking. Who was superior?4uzhoj)
without ambiguity(о тексте контракта • [Justice David] Crerar rejected that logic. Under B.C.’s Interpretation Act, “must” is to be construed as imperative, he noted. “Without ambiguity, hypothetical absurdities cannot contort the plain language of the statute,” Crerar wrote, adding that developers who violate the act are subject to criminal, civil, and regulatory punishments. (nsnews.com)ART Vancouver)
nytimes.com • As he speaks, his left hand fiddles with a double row of white worry beads, or chotki , a habit he picked up in his years abroad in Muslim countries. 'More); prayer rope (Баян)