after much heart-searching /many heart-searchings/ I accepted - после долгих раздумий /колебаний/ я согласился
a heart-searching look - пронизывающий /испытывающий/ взгляд
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
heart-searching — • heart searching • soul searching noun or adj After much heart searching, Jean told Beth she was sorry for the unkind things she had said. The minister preached a soul searching sermon about the thoughtless ways people hurt each other. See:… … Словарь американских идиом
heart-searching — heart .searching n [U] the process of examining very carefully your feelings about something or your reasons for doing something … Dictionary of contemporary English
heart-searching — ► NOUN ▪ thorough examination of one s feelings and motives … English terms dictionary
heart-searching — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : introspective analysis or self examination the decision was reached only after prolonged heart searching Times Literary Supplement of course these choices will not have been made without heart searchings and reservations A.J … Useful english dictionary
heart-searching — heart search·ing (härtʹsûr chĭng) n. An examination of one s conscience, innermost feelings, and motives. heartʹ search ing adj. * * * … Universalium
heart-searching — See: SEARCH ONE S HEART … Dictionary of American idioms
heart-searching — See: SEARCH ONE S HEART … Dictionary of American idioms
heart-searching — noun thorough examination of one s feelings and motives … English new terms dictionary
heart-searching — noun (U) the process of examining very carefully your feelings about something or your reasons for doing something … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
heart-searching — /ˈhat sɜtʃɪŋ/ (say haht serching) adjective involving a close examination of one s deepest feelings …
Heart — (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r. [root]277. Cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
