subject(исследования и т.п.; someone or something that is talked about, written about etc. • We discussed the price of food and similar subjects; What was the subject of the debate?; The teacher tried to think of a good subject for their essay; I've said all I can on that subject); topic(something spoken or written about; a subject • They discussed the weather and other topics); text(речи, проповеди); burthen; chapter; lemma; peg to hang a thing on(для речи и т. п.); melody(в музыке; the principal part in a piece of harmonized music • The sopranos sang the melody, and the other voices added the harmony); focus(the focus of the conversation drag); story; a peg to hang a thing on(для разговора); message(Beloshapkina); burden; subject matter(книги, лекции); content(kee46); score(Vadim Rouminsky); head(речи); thread(обсуждаемая на форуме, в соцсетях • This was discussed in another thread.ART Vancouver)
where it's at(одобрительно. something is where it's at = это тема! Shakermaker); stuff(4uzhoj); shit(что-то заслуживающее внимания • “The locals up here, they got this bloodsport,” Vesper says. “Real brutal shit, but real underground, too. They don’t let just anyone come watch.”Abysslooker)
material(для беседы и т.п.); ground(беседы, спора и т.п.) We have a lot of ground to cover – На мнужно охватить большую тематику, охватить большое число тем (в беседе). ART Vancouver)
theme(A set of coordinated graphic elements applied to a document or Web page, or across all pages in a Web site. Themes can consist of designs and color schemes for fonts, link bars, and other page elements; A collection of visual elements and sounds for your computer desktop. A theme determines the look of the various visual elements of your desktop, such as windows, icons, fonts, and colors, and it can include sounds; A set of colors and background images that lets users change the appearance of Windows Live pages. The theme is common to all pages, except for group, event, and space pages, which may each have their own theme; In ASP.NET, a collection of control properties, stylesheets, and images that can be applied as a unit to a page or Web site to define an overall appearance); topic(The subject of a dynamic data exchange (DDE) conversation between two applications)
subtext(контекстуальный перевод The author has interspersed the guidebook with illustrations of the different birds we might encounter on the safari tour. The debate over Trump's mental health has been a persistent subtext of the first 11 months of his presidency. VLZ_58)
thing(Помета относится к английскому эквиваленту. At a neighborhood BBQ, I was talking to a neighbor, a BC Hydro executive. I asked him how that renewable thing was doing. george serebryakov); issue(he tried to evade the issue bit I nailed him down – он пытался уйти от темы)
Topics(A feature of the Bing News app that lets users choose specific news topics to appear in their news feed, allowing them to personalize the app with these choices)
subject(A category used to organize objects in the Knowledge Base; In public key cryptography, an entity that requests or holds a certificate. A subject can be a user, a computer, or any other device capable of requesting or using a certificate)
1) предмет описания, изображения, исследования, разговора и т. д
2) В искусстве - объект художественного изображения, круг жизненных явлений, отражаемых писателем, художником или композитором и скрепленных воедино авторским замыслом
3) В музыке - построение, составляющее основу музыкального произведения или его разделов. В крупных музыкальных произведениях могут быть 2-3 и более тем
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