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I . blind [blaɪnd] N

1. blind pl (person):

the blind
слепо́й m
the blind
незря́чий m

2. blind (window shade):

blind
што́ра f

3. blind (cover):

blind
ши́рма f
blind
щит m

II . blind [blaɪnd] VB trans

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1. blind ANAT, MED:

blind
ослепля́ть

2. blind (dazzle):

blind
слепи́ть

III . blind [blaɪnd] ADJ

2. blind (without reason):

blind
безрассу́дный
blind acceptance, devotion
слепо́й

IV . blind [blaɪnd] ADV

colo(u)r blind ADJ

blind alley <-s> N a. fig

blind spot N

roller blind N Brit, Aus

venetian blind [vəˌni:ʃnˈblaɪnd] N

blind man's buff N

Usage examples with blind

blind alley a. fig
безвы́ходное положе́ние nt
the blind
слепо́й m
to swear blind that …
дава́ть го́лову на отсече́ние, что …
to be blind drunk
быть пья́ным в сте́льку
he was born blind
он роди́лся слепы́м
to swear blind Brit inf
подтвержда́ть категори́чески
to be blind to sth
не ви́деть чего́-ли́бо
to be blind in one eye
быть слепы́м на оди́н глаз
to turn a blind eye (to sth)
смотре́ть сквозь па́льцы
to be as blind as a bat
быть соверше́нно слепы́м
not to take a blind bit of notice of sth
не обраща́ть ни ка́пельки внима́ния на что-ли́бо
a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse inf
намёк поня́тен

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Some modifications during the actual writing process are inevitable, but there's never a sense of going out on a limb, or down a blind alley.
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Whatever their subjective longings, how can they turn a blind eyes to the expectations of their next of kin that are anchored in tradition?
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Radian could control the intensity of these bursts, choosing to either blind or burn his opponents.
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We can not turn a blind eye to this gruesome maritime tragedy which is now a dark page in our nation's history.
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In each lateral bay is a blind two-light window.
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He wrote this hymn after he had been jilted by his fiancee when he became blind and wrote it in his study at the manse.
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Diagonally from barriers and obstacles along flame, go make attacks from the blind spot of the enemy is possible.
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The public's appetite for these properties appears blind and bottomless, its stomach willing to rupture long before it's sated.
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Lacking prescience, it implies credulity, the potential for blind hope (in the face of death), less foresight than an antidote to foresight.
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The pharynx connects, via a short oesophagus, to one or two blind-ending caeca, which occupy most of the length of the body.
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