Слово "case". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

She took from her bag a case wrapped in paper, unwrapped it, and, unclasping the lid, handed Lara a necklace of rare beauty.

Bring me that cigarette case Mr. Worthing left in the smoking-room the last time he dined here.

and hat cases and sample cases.

Do you carry a brief-case to work with you?' he added.

"Just carry up my despatch-case, will you, dear?

But it was obvious that the wait­ing period would have to be extended in those cases where an animals intelligence had been increased two or three times.

And his umbrella was in a case, and his watch was in a case made of grey chamois leather, and when he took out his penknife to sharpen his pencil, his penknife, too, was in a little case; and his face seemed to be in a case too, because he always hid it in his turned-up collar.

Albert could not see the face of the countess, as it was covered with a thin veil she had put on her head, and which fell over her features in misty folds, but it seemed to him as though her voice had altered. He could distinguish amid the perfumes of the roses and heliotropes in the flower-stands, the sharp and fragrant odor of volatile salts, and he noticed in one of the chased cups on the mantle-piece the countess's smelling-bottle, taken from its shagreen case, and exclaimed in a tone of uneasiness, as he entered,—"My dear mother, have you been ill during my absence?"