beat one's swords into ploughshares
beat one's swords into ploughshares · beats one's swords into ploughshares · beat one's swords into ploughshares · beaten one's swords into ploughshares · beating one's swords into ploughshares
перековать мечи на орала
To refrain from destructive military or paramilitary acts and put energy and resources…To refrain from destructive military or paramilitary acts (war, terrorism, etc.) and put energy and resources to peaceful ends that would otherwise go to violence.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic)To refrain from destructive military or paramilitary acts (war, terrorism, etc.) and put energy and resources to peaceful ends that would otherwise go to violence.
To convert military technologies to peaceful civilian applications.
перекова́ть мечи́ на ора́лаperekovátʹ mečí na orála
Translations
1 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
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Origin
From Isaiah 2:4 of the Bible.From Isaiah 2:4 of the Bible.
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Forms
beats one's swords into ploughshares, beating one's swords into ploughshares, beat one's swords into ploughshares, beaten one's swords into ploughshares| Base form | beat one's swords into ploughshares · to beat one's swords into ploughshares |
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| 3rd person singular | beats one's swords into ploughshares |
| Present participle | beating one's swords into ploughshares |
| Past simple | beat one's swords into ploughshares |
| Past participle | beaten one's swords into ploughshares / beat one's swords into ploughshares |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | beat one's swords into ploughshares |
| he, she, it | beats one's swords into ploughshares |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | beat one's swords into ploughshares |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have beaten one's swords into ploughshares |
| he, she, it | has beaten one's swords into ploughshares |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will beat one's swords into ploughshares |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle