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| Language | Translations for "OF A"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skielik (suddenly, all of a sudden), afklim (get out, get out of a car). (various references) | |
Albanian | grykë mali (gorge of a mount, Linn), befas (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, at once, cold, plump, sharply, short, slap, suddenly), e bëj mizën buall (make a mountain out of a molehill), e bëj qimen tra (make a mountain out of a molehill), frenim (braking, check, deceleration, inhibition, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, stopping of a car, stunt), gajdexhi (Piper, player of a bag-pipe), gdhend emrin në një pemë (carve one's name on the trunk of a tree), gjëmim topi (roar of a canon), gjarpërim i një lumi (winding of a river), abeceja e një lënde (the abc of a subject), grykë lumi (mouth of a river, outfall), tytë pushke (barrel of a gun), grykë pushki (muzzle of a gun), gugurim (coo of a pigeon), horr (cad, knave, rat, reprobate, rough neck, ruffian, scoundrel, villain), janë pothuaj njëlloj (be much of a muchness), kopuk (bad character, blackguard, cad, knave, miscreant, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, varmint, villain), lajmëroj dikë për një rrezik (warn smb. of a danger), papritmas (all at once, all of a sudden, cold, suddenly), qerrata (mischievous, scallywag, scamp, scapegrace, son of a gun, varmint, wretch), terezi (balance, plumb of a mason), gllavinë (hub, nave of a wheel). (various references) | |
Arabic | مدى تفشي المرض (incidence of a disease), بين المطرقة والسندان (on the horns of a dilemma, play gooseberry), روح تبتسم ل (ghost of a smile), أبن الشرموطة, أبن العفريتة (son of a gun), جناح الطير (wing of a bird), سحب ياناصيب (draw of a lottery), تفشي المرض (incidence of a disease), حد السكين (blade of a knife, knife edge), بعض من (somewhat of a), لا فرق بينهما (much of a muchness), حَلْقة (link, part of a series), مغزى (import, meaning, moral, moral of a fable, purport, sense, significance, signification, tenor), منسك (cell of a hermit, hermitage), فجأة (all at once, all of a sudden, bang, bounce, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, overnight, short, suddenly, unawares, unexpectedly), في الصباح (of a morning), شَفْعِي (even of a number), ارتكاب (perpetration of a sin or crime), ضِفّة (bank of a river), حي (alive, energetic, section of a city, to live), حجز الرخصة (suspension of a licence). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | от един дол дренки (much of a muchness), изведнъж (all at once, all of a sudden, at once, promptly, sharp, slap, straight away), плантаторски (of a planter, planter's), пепелище (ashes, ash-heap, site of a fire), поетически (of a poet, poetic, poetical), пожарище (burnt out area, site of a fire), пред диалема (on the horns of a dilemma), противен човек (prune, stink-pot, sweep, swine, ugly customer), противно нещо (swine), избор между две неща (on the horns of a dilemma), несъмнено (admittedly, doubtless, of a surety, out of question, sure, undoubtedly), стар приятел (crony, son of a gun), отвиквам (break of a habit, wean), отшелничество (life of a hermit, reclusion), внезапно (abruptly, all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, plop, plump, pop, short, shortly, suddenly, unawares), копиле, кучи син (son of a gun), три еднакви по стойност карти (three of a kind), тройка купа (the three of a hearts), трудна работа (snorter), неочаквано (all at once, all of a sudden, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, plump, pop, slap, unawares). (various references) | |
Chinese | 淦 (name of a river), 杼 (shuttle of a loom), 構思 (make an outline of a story; make a preliminary sketch), 浭 (name of a river in Hebei), 浠 (name of a river in Hubei), 浪子回頭 (the return of a prodigal son), 涑 (name of a river), 涇 (name of a river), 滹 (name of a river), 淝 (name of a river), 滸 (bank of a river), 淓 (name of a river), 淄 (black, name of a river), 淮 (name of a river), 淇 (name of a river), 捷報 (report of a victory, report of success), 淞 (name of a river), 敗類 (degenerate, scum of a community), 洮 (cleanse, name of a river), 涪 (name of a river), 濼 (name of a river), 暔 (name of a country, take up in both hands), 洺 (name of a river), 洙 (name of a river), 渭 (name of a river), 渦 (eddy, name of a river, whirlpool), 濂 (name of a river in Hunan), 濮 (name of a river), 梅蘭芳 (name of a very famous Beijing Opera artist), 濉 (name of a river), 漯 (name of a river), 濲 (name of a river in Hunan), 擺脫危機 (to break out of a crisis), 支部 (branch of a political party), 汨 (name of a river), 汶 (name of a river), 汾 (name of a river), 滁 (name of a river), 滏 (name of a river in Hebei), 濰 (name of a river), 溠 (name of a river), 批示 (make comment and criticisms of a lower government report, written comments from higher authorities), 河道 (riverway; the course of a river), 歲月 (the years of a person's life), 泒 (name of a river), 波瀾起伏 (of a piece of writing with one climax following another), 法定 (legal; of a legal nature), 法海 , 沄 (rushing of a torrent), 想法 (idea), 沔 (inundation, name of a river). (various references) | |
Czech | odejít z hotelu (check out of a hotel), obdarovat koho knihou (give present of a book), minutová ruèièka (minute hand, the minute hand of a watch), být celý rozèilený (be all of a dither), bojovník za lidská práva (champion of a human rights), dìlat z komára velblouda (make a mountain out of a molehill, make a mountain out of molehill), dobrá èinnost stroje (efficient working of a machine), hodinová ruèièka (hour hand, the hour hand of a watch), je to kradené zboží (it fell off the back of a lorry), jedineèná příležitost (chance of a lifetime, golden opportunity), křídlo (wing), èubèí syn, mít svatou trpìlivost (have the patience of a saint), vteřinová ruèièka (the second hand of a watch), náhle (suddenly), náznak úsmìvu (hint of a smile), nahodit na papír pár řádkù (dash of a few lines), najednou (all at once, all of a sudden, at once, at one time, on the instant, suddenly), neklesejte na mysli (be of a good cheer), neoèekávanì (all of a sudden, surprisingly, unawares), spádová oblast školy (catchment area of a school), mít hodnì trápení (have the hell of a lot of trouble). (various references) | |
Danish | stige ud (exit, get out, get out of a car, go out), pludseligt (all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references) | |
Dutch | onderzoek Duitse wetgeving stelt de registratie van een octrooi afhankelijk van de resultaten van een onderzoek (examination law makes the grant of a patent subject to the results of an examination), opeising van de identificatie van een ras (obtaining identification of a variety), opeenvolgende fases van een telefoongesprek (successive phases of a call), opeens (suddenly, all of a sudden), opbrengst uit kapitaal (yield of a capital), ontstaan van een douaneschuld (incurrence of a customs debt, incurring of a customs debt), ontploffen door werking van slagpin (to detonate under the action of a striker), ontdekking van een feit dat van beslissende invloed kan zijn en dat onbekend was aan het Hof (discovery of a fact which is of such a nature as to be a decisive factor), ontblokvenster tevens voorbijgangsvenster (device situated at the leaving end of a section to release the entry signal), onregelmatigheid bij besteding van de steun van het Fonds (impropriety in the use of a Fund), officiële schuld (the total indebtedness of a national government;smaller than the public debt), onderzoek naar ingestie van radionucliden en van hun concentratie in de kritische organen van een standaardmens met bepaalde gemiddelde eigenschappen (studies of the ingestion of radionuclides and their accumulation in the critical organs of a standard man endowed with certain average characteristics), opnieuw opzetten van een levensvatbare politiedienst (reestablishment of a viable police force), onderstel (underframe ( of a railway carriage )), onderstation (substation of a power system), ondernemingssluiting (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory), ondergreep (downward bend of a share point), onder economisch gebied wordt verstaan:de economische afbakening van het gebied waarbinnen de transacties,zoals gedefinieerd in het ESER,zijn doorgerekend in de rekeningen van de volkshuishouding (the term economic territory means the economic delimitation of the territory inside which the transactions as defined in the ESA are accounted for in the economic accounts of a country), omzetting van een eenmanszaak in een venootschap (conversion of a sole proprietorship into a company), omwettigheid van een akte van een instelling der Gemeenschappen (illegality of an act of a Community institution), ongelijkvloerse kruisingen in autosnelwegen worden meestal uitgevoerd in de vorm van een half of een volledig klaverblad,een trompetoplossing of een Haarlemmermeeraansluiting/ ongelijkvloerse kruising met spruitwegen/ (motorway interchanges are generally constructed in the form of a cloverleaf or partial cloverleaf), ovenvuur (life of a furnace, working life of a furnace), overtuigingseed (oath administered to the heirs of a debtor to ascertain if a claim is still justified), overspanningsafleider bestaande uit een beschermingsring (arrester consisting of a guard shield), overname van een kaarthoek (to take the bearing of a line out of a map), overlangse naad (median lacing of a trouser codend), overige inkomensoverdrachten omvatten een aantal verdelingstransacties die wegens hun aard niet in een andere rubriek van de inkomensrekening kunnen worden ingedeeld en die,wegens hun gering belang of omdat zij alleen in bepaalde landen voorkomen niet in (miscellaneous current transfers cover a number of distributive transactions of a kind which does not permit them to be classified under any other heading of the distribution of income account and which), overheidsschuld (the total indebtedness of a national government;smaller than the public debt), overheidsinstellingen...die een geheel van hoofdzakelijk niet voor de markt bestemde werkzaamheden ten behoeve van de gemeenschap beheren en financieren (principally of a non-market nature), overgang van het vermogen van een eenmanszaak die de vorm van een vennootschap aanneemt,naar de sector niet-financiële vennootschappen en quasi-vennootschappen (shift to the sector non-financial corporate and quasi-corporate enterprise of the capital of a sole proprietorship which becomes a corporate enterprise), Overeenkomst inzake de vaststelling van een stelsel van registratie van testamenten (Convention on the Establishment of a Scheme of Registration of Wills), openbare schuld (the total indebtedness of a national government;smaller than the public debt), overdracht van onrechtmatig verblijvende persoon (return of a person residing without authorization), opheffing van de immuniteit van een lid (to waive the immunity of a Member), ovencampagne (life of a furnace, working life of a furnace), ouwelcapsule (empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use), ouwel voor geneesmiddelen (empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use), ouder stadsgedeelte (historic part of a town, old part of a town, old town historic part of a town), oude kern (historic core of a city, historic core of a town), opzegging van een voorlopige regeling (denunciation of a transitory provision), opschrift van een index van een seriepublikatie (heading for an index of a serial publication), opschrift van een cumulatieve index van een seriepublikatie (heading of a cumulative index for a serial publication), oppervlakteverschijnselen (The presence of a hyper-thermal field is usually), overdrachten met een algemeen karakter die ten behoeve van velerlei of onbepaalde doeleinden geschieden (transfers of a general character intended for various or indeterminate purposes), onderloopsheid (seepage beneath a dam or around lower edge of a cutoff wall), expressie van een plantengenoom (expression of a plant genome), element met een symmetrische karakteristiek (symmetric characteristic circuit element, symmetric circuit element, symmetric element, symmetric element of a circuit, symmetric-characteristic circuit element), gefaseerde ontwikkeling van een projekt (staged development of a project), gasvormig radionucleïde vrijgekomen tijdens het begin van een shut-down (gaseous radionuclide liberated during the initial operations of a shut-down), gas/luchtverhouding van een mengsel (richness of a gas/air mixture), fysieke eenheid (physical unit, the hardware of a node in an SNA-addressable unit). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | micllana (to carry items in the font of a poncho). (various references) | |
Esperanto | cerva (deer, deer-, of a deer), acera (maple, maple-, of a maple), anasa (duck, duck-, duck's, of a duck), apra (of a wild boar), aprido (young of a wild boar), aranea (of a spider), arba (arboreal, of a tree, tree, tree-), ava (bird, bird-, bird's, of a bird), avalo (guarantee, guarantee of a bill), bermo (shoulder, verge, verge of a road), beta (beet, beet-, of a beet), ĉevala (equestrian, horse, horse-, of a horse), centona bado (one hundredth of a baht, satang), vojbordero (shoulder, verge, verge of a road), dekutimiĝi (break oneself of a habit, get out of a habit, unlearn), dekutimigi (break of a habit, teach), duondia (of a demigod), elaŭtiĝi (get out, get out of a car), fakestro (head of a department), lernejestro (head of a school, headmaster), mingalerio (gallery of a mine), porka (of a pig, pig, pig-), stela (of a star, sideral, star, star-), subite (all of a sudden, suddenly), tilia (lime, lime-, of a lime-tree), cedra (cedar, of a cedar). (various references) | |
Faeroese | skúlastjóri (head of a school, headmaster), knappliga (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly), brádliga (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references) | |
Finnish | on omiaan johonkin (is of a nature to), ohimenevää laatua (of a temporary nature), oikeudenkäyntimenettely kiireellisissä asioissa (proceedings of a summary court), oikeus hyväksyä perintö tai luopua siitä (right of a heir to accept or to forgo a succession), oli kuin puusta pudonnut (was struck all of a heap), olin niin kiireinen että (I was in so much of a hurry), olla toista mieltä (be of a different opinion), onnettomuuden uhri (victim of a disaster), onnistuneen sanoman hyväksyminen (acceptance of a successful message), osa (part, component, fate, share), osakas (partner, shareholder), osakkeenomistaja (shareholder), ovat yhdenkokoisia (are of a size equally large), olla osallisena rikoksessa (to be abettor of a crime, to be accomplice of a crime), kuolinpesä (estate of a deceased person), komennon peruminen (command invalidation, undo, undoing of a command), komennon peruutus (command invalidation, undo, undoing of a command), kone-elin (component, detail, machine component, machine member, machine part, member, part, piece, piece of a machine), koneenosa (component, detail, element, machine component, machine element, machine member, machine part, member, part, piece, piece of a machine), korkean tason resetointi (high level RST, reset of a relay contact intended for use with high values of voltage), kuilun syvin piste (deepest point of a shaft), nuottiviiva (line of a staff), kuolinpäivä (anniversary of a person's death), kielen taito (knowledge of a language), kuorolainen (member of a choir), kuoronjohtaja (leader of a choir), kutomakoneen asennus (harness, heald, mounting of a loom), kvalitatiivinen muuttuja (mutability, the susceptibility of a characteristic to assume different qualitative values), kynänveto (stroke of a pen), kysyä joltakulta (ask a person about, inquire of a person about), kukonlaulu (crow of a cock), keihäänvarsi (shaft of a spear), kaivon suotautumisalue (infiltration area, intake of a well, seepage area, tributary area), kaksoisperän väliseinä (median lacing of a trouser codend), karbidierkauma (increase in coarser carbide precipitates on the infra granular boundaries of a predominantly acicular bainite, the creep behaviour es determined by the finely-divided carbide precipitates in the matrix), kartta esiintymän laadusta ja rikkaudesta (map showing extent and richness of a deposit), kasvigenomin ekspressio (expression of a plant genome), katonharja (ridge of a roof), kokouspöytäkirja (minutes, report of a meeting), kavennusputki (taper, taper of a waveguide), kiistää väite (challenge the truth of a statement), keilan poikkipinta-ala (beam area, footprint, footprint of a beam), keinottelija (profiteer, speculator), kellonkoneisto (works of a clock), keskiökärki (center of a machine tool, centre), keskihakuisuus (and the geometric mean, central tendency, the generalized concept of the "average" value of a distribution.Typical measures of central tendency are the mean, the median, the mode), keskittyneisyys (and the geometric mean, central tendency, concentration, the generalized concept of the "average" value of a distribution.Typical measures of central tendency are the mean, the median, the mode), lajittelukoneen tahdistettu toiminta (rhythmic operation of a sorting machine, synchronous operation of a sorting machine), kaupunginosa (part of a town), myseeli (composed of hyphae and forming a thallus, mycelium, the vegetative part of a fungus), mittauslaitteen herkkyys (sensitivity, sensitivity of a measuring instrument). (various references) | |
French | d'une, d'un. (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfwenne (break of a habit, break oneself of a habit, get out of a habit, teach, unlearn), ôfleare (break oneself of a habit, get out of a habit, unlearn). (various references) | |
German | eines (one, ones). (various references) | |
Greek | ανακατάταξη αμαξοστοιχίας (reclassifying of a set, reclassifying of a train set), αιματηρή διόρθωση εκστροφής της μήτρας (sanguineous correction of a retroverted uterus), αιχμές διαγράμματος σταυροπόλωσης (peaks of a cross-polarised pattern, peaks of a cross-polarized pattern), αιχμή του αγκιστριού (point, point of a hook), αιτίαση που θεμελιώνεται σε παράβαση ενός κανόνα της Συνθήκης (complaint alleging an infringement of a rule in the Treaty), ανάκληση παραχώρησης (nullification of a grant, to annul a grant), αναίρεση προηγούμενης ενέργειας εντολής (command invalidation, undo, undoing of a command), ανακατάταξη συρμού (reclassifying of a set, reclassifying of a train set), αρμονική (overtone), ανασύσταση βιώσιμης αστυνομικής δύναμης (reestablishment of a viable police force), αναμίσθωση (renewal of a lease), αναφέρω τη διόπτευση ηχητικού σήματος (to report the bearing of a sound signal), αναλαμβάνω το βάρος συντήρησης ενός παιδιού (to undertake the care of a child), αίτηση για ελεύθερη γραμμή (offering of a train, train offering), ανάπτυξη σε στάδια ενός έργου (staged development of a project), Στους χώρους και στις λωρίδες στάσης των λεωφορείων η επένδυση πρέπει να διακρίνεται από εκείνη του οδοστρώματος που προορίζεται για την κ (the road surface in bus bays/bus lay-bus/ and bus stopping lanes should be of a different material or colour to distinguish it from the carriageway carrying the traffic flow(in UK no distinction is made between bus stopping lane and bus bay-the latter exp), άνδρας που φαίνεται ωραίος (a fine figure of a man), άφεση χρέους (debt forgiveness, remission of a debt), Τα μικρής κλίσης πρανή εκχωμάτων με ανοικτές τάφρους είναι λιγότερο επικίνδυνα για τα αυτοκίνητα που εκτρέπονται από το οδόστρωμα απ'ό,τι (cuttings which have gentle slopes and shallow channels pressent less of a hazard to vehicles which leave the carriageway than do those with steep slopes), Το ρεύμα της λυχνίας,στη μέγιστη τιμή της υψηλής τάσης που ρυθμίζεται μέσω ενός ποτενσιομέτρου,μπορεί να μεταβληθεί σαν συνάρτηση της ελά- (the tube current at a high voltage set at maximum value by means of a potentiometer is to be varied as a function of minimum and maximum brightness and contrast), Το οδόστρωμα από ασφαλτικό σκυρόδεμα αποτελείται από την επιφανειακή στρώση κυκλοφορίας και από αρκετές ενδιάμεσες στρώσεις,που ονομάζον (bituminous surfacing consists of a wearing course and several intermediate courses), Το δυναμικό επιτάχυνσης των καθοδικών ακτίνων σε μια λυχνία εικόνας μπορεί να φτάσει τα 20 kV για ένα ρεύμα δέσμης 0,2 mA. (the accelerating potential of a cathode ray in the picture tube may be up to 2O kV at a beam current of O), ασύμμετρο στοιχείο (asymmetric characteristic circuit element, asymmetric circuit element, asymmetric element, asymmetric element of a circuit, asymmetric-characteristic circuit element), Συμφωνία-πλαίσιο για τη συνεργασία με τελικό στόχο την προετοιμασία σύνδεσης πολιτικού και οικονομικού χαρακτήρα μεταξύ της Ευρωπαïκής Κ (framework cooperation agreement in preparation for the eventual establishment of a political and economic association between the European Community and its Member States), αρθρωτό κλαπέτο (disk of a swing check valve, swing-type check mechanism, valve clack of a check valve, valve flap of a check valve), λύση συνάφειας (stall of a turbocompressor, stalling), λιθεπένδυση του πρανούς (facing of a bank, paving, pitching), λίγη βοήθεια (a bit of a help), ακίδα κεντραρίσματος (center of a machine tool, centre), αριθμός περιελίξεων του DNA (twisting number, twisting number of a DNA), αναίμακτη αφαίρεση ξένου σώματος (bloodless extraction of a foreign body), Το δυναμικό των λυχνικών ακτίνων Χ προσδιοριζόταν μέσω ενός μιλλιαμπε-ρομέτρου και μιας αντίστασης τύπου Taylor των 125 megohm. (the x-ray tube potential was determined by means of a milliammeter and a 125-megohm Taylor-type resistor), αυτόματος ρεοστάτης (rheostat connected in the existing circuit of a main generator or its exiter and automatically controlled by the heat engine for regulating purposes(BTB)), απαιτούμενη στρατιωτική θητεία για αντιρρησία συνείδησης (any national service required of a conscientious objector), αποστολή με πλήρη φορτηγά οχήματα (consignment consisting of a complete wagon-load), αποστολή με πλήρες φορτίο (consignment consisting of a complete wagon-load), αποπεριέλιξη αδελφωτικής και στριπτικής μηχανής με δακτυλίδι (unrolling of a ring doubling and twisting frame), αποτύπωση διεύθυνσης (or of the plummet base, to take the bearing of a line out of a map), ανατύπωση του κοινοτικού σήματος σε λεξικά (reproduction of a Community trade mark in dictionaries), αποδοτικότητα του κεφαλαίου (capital turnover, earning capacity, profit-capital ratio, return from capital, return on invested capital, yield of a capital, yield on capital), απλοποίηση (simplification), αφού χρειάζεται το στέλεχος τετραγωνικής διατομής να μείνει στεγανό,χρησιμοποιούμε ένα περιστροφικό "PREVENTER",το οποίο τοποθετείται πάνω στ (use is made of a rotary preventer placed on the well-head(water drilling)), αφού φθάσουν με επίπλευση στη θέση εγκαταστάσεώς τους οι αυτο ανυψούμενες εξέδρες ή JACK-UP ανυψώνονται πάνω από τα κύματα,χάρη σε ένα σύστημα (are raised above wave height by means of a system enabling them to climb up piles driven in the sea bed), αλκοολικός βαθμός (alcoholic percentage, alcoholic strength, strength of a spirituous liquor), αλεξικέραυνο με κεραίες (arrester consisting of a horned spark gap), αλεξικέραυνο με δακτύλιους προφύλαξης (arrester consisting of a guard shield), Η επιφανειακή επάλειψη συνίσταται στη διαβροχή του οδοστρώματος με ένα ασφαλτικό συνδετικό,το οποίο καλύπτεται αμέσως από θραυστές ψηφίδ (a surface dressing consists of a layer of crushed rock chippings or gravel chippings, spead on a thin layer of bituminous binder), αποδοχή ενός επιτυχούς μηνυμάτος (acceptance of a successful message), αντικανονική λειτουργία ενός ηλεκτρονόμου (incorrect operation of a relay), αντεστραμμένος διαχωρισμός (hive-off of a reverted kind), αντίστροφο μητρώο (inverse matrix, inverse of a matrix). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חריר (eye of a needle, eyelet, small hole), רביעיה (four of a kind, quadruplet, quartette, tetrad), טירז' (circulation of a newspaper), ברנש (creature, fellow, guy, human being, son of a gun, specimen), בית נורה (socket of a bulb), בית אחיזה (ear of a vessel, handle), בין הפטיש והסדן (between hammer and anvil, on the horns of a dilemma), בן כלבה (s.o.b.), בן אבות (of good family, son of a good family), גדה (bank of a river, brim of a glass, shore, strand), גפה (bank of a river, hedge, squadron, wing), גלדה (sole of a shoe), סגר (bolt, closing, closure, lock, occlusion, tongue of a lock), כמעט זהה (much of a muchness), מסגור (framing of a picture), אברה (pinion, plumes, wing of a bird), אדן (base, footplate, foundation, pedestal, plinth, sleeper, socket of a column), אשדה (declivity, slope of a mountain, waterfall), אוגן (brim of a vessel, ear, flange, handle of a tool, limb), חוף (beach, shore), אמום (dressmaker's dummy, last of a shoe, mannikin, model, shape, shoe tree), עגינות (desertion of a wife), פתאום (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, sharp, short, sudden, suddenly), שרטון (bank of a river, reef, sand bar, sandbank, shoal), לפתע (all of a sudden, sharp, suddenly), לפתע פתאום (all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, suddenly), כתתי (factional, of a school class, sectarian). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dilemmában (on the horns of a dilemma), görög szerző magyarázása (construing of a greek author), hajszálnyira (to the turn of a hair), doboz fedelét leszögezi (to nail down the lid of a box), egész testében reszket (to be all of a tremble, to shake in every limb), egy betegség karmai között (in the grip of a disease), egy kissé hazug (to be sg of a liar), egy tett dicséretét zengi (to ring the praises of a deed), egy véleményen van (to be of a mind, to hold with), egyesület elnökségének tagjai (officers of a society), egyik kutya (much of a muchness), elvágja a hajó útját (to cross the bows of a ship), fő épület (body of a building), dobot megfeszít (to brace a drum, to brace the skin of a drum), fiút szül (to be brought to bed of a boy), görbe meredeksége (rise of a curve), gyújtószerkezet élesítése (arming of a fuse), gyermek világrahozatala (bearing of a child), gyutacs élesítése (arming of a fuse), hídív magassága (depth of a bridge arch), hajó biztosítási kategóriája (class of a ship), hajó elsüllyedése (loss of a ship), hajó legnagyobb szélessége (breadth of beam of a ship), hajót elfog (to make prize of a ship), hajót elfoglal (to make prize of a ship), hajót zsákmányul ejt (to make prize of a ship), összeillik vmivel (to be all of a piece with sg), félkör ívű ablakfelsőrész (circular head of a window), bekezdés (paragraph, first line of a paragraph), üzletkör eszmei értéke (goodwill value of a business), óraketyegés (ticking of a watch), afféle (of a kind), alaposan ismer egy kérdést (have a good grip of a subject), alaposan ismer egy tárgyat (have a good grip of a subject), alaposan ismer egy témát (have a good grip of a subject), alig észrevehető mosoly (ghost of a smile), új bekezdés (first line of a paragraph), újrafelállás vívóállásba (recovery, recovery of a sword), útlevél tulajdonosa (bearer of a passport), bánatában hal meg (to die of a broken heart), doboz fedelét beszegezi (to nail down the lid of a box), barátja elvesztésén kesereg (to mourn the loss of a friend), hajszálra (to the turn of a hair), beszéd lényege (body of a speech), beszéd magva (body of a speech), beszéd mondása (deliverance of a speech), betűtörzs (body of a letter), betűtest (body of a letter), cég eszmei értéke (goodwill value of a business), csók cuppanása (smack of a kiss), csapnivaló orvos (to be no end of a quack). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tatakan (base of a tray, something underneath, underlayer), tampang (appearance of a person, put on, show off), sejenis (of a kind), pentolan (bulb, leader of a gang, prominent figure), pelunasan (amortization, paying of of a debt), murahan (of a cheap sort), maung (disgusting, roar of a tiger, stinking, tiger), landaian (hilt of a kris), kapok (cured of a habit, get a fright, kapok (utk kasur)), gedebok (trunk of a banana plant), drat (thread of a screw, wire thread), datang-datang (all of a sudden, suddenly, upon arrival), dadakan (all of a sudden), berwajah (have a face of a certain kind), berketurunan (for generations, of a certatin ethnic heritage). (various references) | |
Italian | improvvisamente (suddenly, abruptly, all of a sudden). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 迎える (to accept as a member of a group or family, to go out to meet), 突如 (all of a sudden, suddenly), 締約 (conclusion of a treaty), 磨滅 (abrasion, crushing of a nerve, wear and tear), 振鈴 (hand bell, ringing of a bell), 棄権 (abstain from voting, renunciation of a right), 死霊 (ghost, spirit of a dead person), 樹齢 (age of a tree), 契印 (impression of a seal over the joint of two papers, tally), 中旬 (second third of a month), 丘辺 (vicinity of a hill), 堀端 (side of a moat). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こけらおとし (opening of a new theater), いえがまえ (appearance or style of a house), こうしょ (broad view, elevation, facing the heat, government office, heights, high altitude, interpretation of a book, neglecting, purchased books, purchasing books, slighting, trifling), こうひいえん (name of a coffee shop), こうのうがき (statement of the efficacy of a medicine), こうじょう (advancement, bank of a large river, code of morals, colloid, compromise, concession, constancy, elevation, factory, favour, friendship, hospitality, improvement, intimacy, kindness, mill, moral principles, plant, progress, rise, ruined castle, siege, speech, vocal message, workshop), こうじん (appreciative, artisan, cloud of dust, craftsman, dust, future generations, god of a cooking stove, laborer, mundane world, obliged, passer-by, pleased, posterity, public character, rear guard, reserve troops, second class, second fiddle, straw figure, tracked powder, traveler, workman), こうじく (axis of a lens, focal aim, optical axis), こうちょう (bird of passage, blush, favourable, flood tide, flush, hard tone, headmaster, high spirits, high tide, in good shape, migratory bird, nightingale, offices of a public or governmental organization, principal, promising, satisfactory, surge), こづか (knife attached to the sheath of a sword), こうがいびょうかんじゃ (victim of a pollution-caused illness), ここ (cry of a baby at its birth, each house, every house, here, individual, one by one, separate, this place), こうず (cadastral map, composition, curious, fortune, good deed, likes and dislikes, map of a harbor), ことじ (bridge of a koto), こてい (bottom of a lake, fixation, fixing), こだま (echo, the spirit of a tree), りびょう (contraction of a disease), りっこく (founding of a nation), りゃくたい (simplified form of a kanji), りゃくひつ (outline, simplified form of a kanji, synopsis), りゅうかい (adjournment of a meeting, cancelling a meeting, grain boundary), りょうしゅうしょのひかえ (counterfoil of a receipt), りょうせん (lines of a ridge), こかげ (bower, shade of a tree, shade of tree), ごろ (about, approximately, euphony, grounder, the sound, the sound or euphony of a sentence, time, toward), やまいこうこうにいる (to become a slave of a habit), いえもと (head family of a school, head of a school), いえもち (head of a household, homeowner), ごぎ (meaning of a word), ごおん (the sound of a word, Wu-dynasty reading of Chinese characters), ごしゃく (interpretation of a word), ごび (end of a word), ごまつ (end of a word, suffix), ごのいみ (meaning of a word), こうしゅ (a good move, A-grade, batting and fielding, expert, expertise, first class, folding one's arms, good fielding, good move, hanging, offense and defense, person engaged in public engineering works, proprietor of a school, skill, strangling to death, tilling and sowing), ごい (glossary, meaning of a word, vocabulary), りょうじ (command of a prince, consul, cure, prince's message, therapy, treatment), ごとう (Chinese parasol, first part of a word, mistaken answer or response, phoenix tree), ごし (across, beyond, commerce, over, the evolution of the usage of a word, the five fingers, trade), こしひも (cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied), こくごう (name of a country), こしゅけん (rights accruing to the head of a household), こしゅ (clinging, drummer, employer, head of a household, last year's sake, old sake, one's former master, well-cured sake), こしん (center of a lake), こくじょう (conditions of a country), こくし (abuse, beauty spot, dark mole, distinguished citizen, envoy, face mole, history of a nation, Japanese history, mite, overuse of a pitcher, patriot, provincial governor), こうぞくじかん (duration of a cruise, endurance), ごかん (extreme cold, interchangeable, root of a word, sense of language, stem, the five sense organs, the five senses), やくがい (harmful side effects of a medicine or drug), むかえる (to accept as a member of a group or family, to go out to meet), らくだい (dropping out of a class, failure). (various references) | |
Malagasy | antsahavola (name of a place in Madagascar). (various references) | |
Manx | faasaagey (growing a beard, of a beard), aail (clutch, of a brood), carrickey (of a rock), chibbyragh (of a well, spring), cooib (inside of a bend, inside of curve), cooyrtey (of a court), corneilagh (angular, cornered, of a corner), bunnee (inaugural, of a sheaf), dorrysh (of a door), brooie (of a bank), foawir (giants, of a giant), giattey (of a gate), glionney (of a glen), goayrey (of a goat), gounee (of a stripper-cow), ingney (claw, of a claw, scratch), creggey (of a rock), beinney (of a peak), anmey (agony of mind, of a soul, spiritual), awiney (freshwater, of a river), ayrey (of a father), baa (buss, cows, of a cow, playful kiss, smack), banshey (of a wedding), bassey (applause, clap, clapping, of a palm), cainley (of a candle), beayney (of a reaper, reaper), keyljey (of a wood), bingey (of a jury), bleeaney (anniversary, of a year), braagey (of a shoe), braarey (of a brother), breagey (of a lie), bree y skeeal (point of a story), bayrey (of a road), roostey (bare, debunk, deprive, exposure, hull, peel, peeling, rifle, rind, rob, strip, strip of a girl, stripping, unbark), mic (of a son), mreih (of a woman), muickey (of a pig, pig, porcine), muigey (of a pig, pig), mwyljey (of a mill), niart (abundance, cogency, drastic, force, much, power, strength, validity, vehemence, weight of a blow), jeeillaght cheerey (production of a country), rinn (foreland, hook, point of a weapon, ridge, rinn), mac eeasteyragh (son of a fisherman), ruillickey (of a churchyard), shayrey (of a sister), shooyl cabbil (paces of a horse), snaidey (knit, of a needle), sooisht (of a flail), sooishtey (of a flail), purtey (of a port). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vegkant (shoulder, verge, verge of a road). (various references) | |
Papiamen | direpientemente (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly), direpiente (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ofay aay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | duma, dum (from a). (various references) | |
Quechua | wawqe (brother of a male), tura (brother of a female). (various references) | |
Romanian | oameni de aceeaşi categorie (birds of a feather), om arogant (man of a domineering spirit), ieşi dintr-o încurcãturã (get out of a mess), de acord cu (agreeable to, consentient into, consonant into, of a piece with), dezvãţa pe cineva de un obicei (break smb. of a habit), directorul unei şcoli (the head of a school), dosul unei rochii (the back of a dress), e pericol de ploaie (there is a threat of a rain), esenţialul unei cãrţi (the meat of a book), este o chestiune de câteva zile (it is a matter of a few days), este un pic cam snob (he is a bit of a snob), executa grosul unei lucrãri (break the back of a job), fãrã urmã de îndoialã (not the shadow of a doubt), ţine la bunã sã reputaţie (be jealous of a good name), grozavã poveste (a whale of a story), cu certitudine (of a surety), faţa unei ţesãturi (right side of a fabric), face cea mai mare parte dintr-o lucrare (break the back of a job), face din ţânţar armãsar (make a mountain out of a molehill), face haz de necaz (make the best of a bad bargain), fi în pragul unei vieţi noi (be on the threshold of a new life), fi bolnav la pat de friguri (lay sick of a fever), flacãra unui foc de puşcã (the flash of a gun), foarte aproape cã mãrime (very much of a size), fãrã slujbã (out of a berth, out of place, without a job), avea cunoştinţã de un lucru (have knowledge of a thing), în subsolul unei pagini (at the foot of a page), în vârful unui copac (at the top of a tree), încãlcare a unui brevet (infringement of a patent), aşa-zis restaurant (parody of a restaurant), aceasta mândreţe de pãlãrie (that love of a hat), a-i face cuiva viaţã imposibilã (lead smb. the devil of a life), alimentul de bazã într-o ţarã (staple food of a country), alunecare a unui piston (the slide of a piston), ancie (reed of a bassoon), ausculta un pacient (sound the lungs of a patient), da în antreprizã construirea unui pod (let the building of a bridge), avea comanda unei companii (have the command of a company), cu un curaj demn de o cauzã mai bunã (with a courage worthy of a better cause), şeful unui serviciu (the head of a department), bãiat de zahãr (a brick of a boy), capota unei maşini (the head of a car), carâmbul unei cizme (the leg of a boot), caracteristicile unui cal (the points of a horse), cine se aseamãnã se adunã (birds of a feather flock together), cioplit într-un bloc de marmurã (carved out of a block of marble), contrafacere a unui brevet (infringement of a patent), copia dintr-o carte (copy out of a book), corpul didactic al unei şcoli (staff of a school), la fel cu (of a piece with, on a par with), aval (lower part of a stream). (various references) | |
Russian | вдруг (all of a sudden, suddenly), сукин сын (sonovabitch, whoreson), внезапно (all at once, all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references) | |
Scottish | geuban , giaban (the craw or crop of a bird), lùib (angular turning as of a, corner, fold), dearg (red), dlùth (close, close; confined, nigh, the warp of a web, tight, warp of a web), duille (a leaf, leaf, leaf of a book), durrghail (cooing of a dove), easaraich (boiling of a pool), easriach (boiling of a pool), eileir (a deer's walk, sequestered region, the notch on the staves of a cask where the bottom is fixed.), eilgheadh (levelling of a field for sowing), fàradh (ladder, the shrouds of a ship), fardorus (lintel of a door. Also), gadair (tie the fore feet of a horse), creachann (hard rocky surface, summit of a rock), gas (bough, gas, stalk, stem of a herb, twig), creachan, creachann (bare summit of a hill wanting foliage), geum (a low, low of a cow), geumnaich (nf. lowing of a cow), giùran (barnacle goose, gills of a fish), giblion (entrails of a goose), gloc (as of a hen, clucking, swallow greedily, the clucking of a hen), gnòsd, gnòsad, gnùsd (low noise of a cow), gnomh (grunt of a pig), gob (beak), goc (a tap, cock of a vessel), groban (top or point of a rock), inbhir (a confluence of waters, confluence of waters, mouth of a river;), ite (feather), ùrlar (a floor, floor, floor of a house), garbhan (the gills of a fish. See giùran), caisteal-deiridh (nm. poop of a ship; inflected on the first element), òs (mouth of a river), abhsadh (the slackening of a sail), anainn (eaves, the top of a house wall), aoir (a satire, lampoon, satire, sheet or bolt-rope of a sail), bachoid (the boss of a shield), baircinn (side timbers of a house), beinneal (binding of a sheaf of corn), bior-snaois (bowsprit of a sailing boat), boin (and <A NAME="boine">boine</A> of a cow.), bràighe (the upper part of a thing, upper part: this is the nom. case of bràghad), brang (a slip of wood in the head-stall of a horse's halter), cìr (comb), cuifein (the wadding of a gun), cairb (the bent ridge of a cart saddle srathair. Shaw gives further the meanings "plank), laom-chrann (main beam of a house), caisteal-toisich (nm. forecastle of a ship; inflected on the first), ceaba, ceibe (the iron part of a spade or other delving instrument), cealaich (eat, the fire-place of a kiln), ceann-fine (head of a clan; inflected on the first), ceann-uidhe (destiny, end of a journey, fate). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odviknuti (break of a habit), uz malo pomoći (bit: a bit of a help), u velikoj nedoumici (dilemma: on the horns of a dilemma), slično (much of a muchness, similarly, uniformly), sadržaj mape (body of a map or chart), ptičije krilo (wing of a bird), prednji deo karte (face of a map or chart), naravoučenije basne (moral of a fable), malo pomoći (bit: a bit of a help), kurvin sin (son of a gun), iznenada (abruptly, all of a sudden, blue: out of the blue, bump, short, suddenly, surprise: by surprise, unawares), istog kova (much of a muchness), imati puno neprilika (have a hell of a lot of trouble). (various references) | |
Spanish | de repente (suddenly, all of a sudden), lisera (shoulder, verge, verge of a road), de sopetón (all of a sudden, suddenly), de golpe (all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references) | |
Swahili | ghafula (all of a sudden, suddenly). (various references) | |
Swedish | urverk (clockwork, works of a watch), backkrön (brow of a hill). (various references) | |
Thai | เพื่อนเก่า (ใช้ระหว่างเพื่อนสนิทผู้ชาย), ไม่แตกต่างกันมาก (much of a muchness), ไม่ต้องสงสัย (beyond the shadow of a doubt), คนแบบเดียวกันต้องอยู่ด้วยกัน (Birds of a feather flock together), คำด่าหยาบ, มีโอกาสน้อยมาก (ghost of a chance). (various references) | |
Turkish | oldukça (a bit of a), orospu çocuğu, bire bin katmak (make a mountain of a molehill, pile on the agony), böyle (so, such, thus), bankanın iflâsı (of a collapse), bírden (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly), bírdenbíre (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly), belli belirsiz gülümseme (a suspicion of a smile), benzer (alike, analogic, analogical, analogous, analogue, approximate, closely, conformable, congener, congenerous, connate, correlative, counterpart, double, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, homologous, image, in common, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look alike, match, of a piece, parallel, same, similar, simulant, stand in, vicinal), bir parça (a bit, a bit of a, a little, a piece of, dollop, dosage, dose, element, faint, ounce, piece, some, something of, somewhat, soupcon), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), birdenbire (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, at once, in a flash, on a sudden, out of clear sky, suddenly), aynı tür (all of a piece, fellow, same kind of), delişmen kız (a chit of a girl), delikanlı (a slip of a boy, adolescent, boy, conceited pup, gossoon, juvenescent, killer, lad, laddie, palikar, pup, puppy, sapling, sprig, stripling, teen, teenager, teeny, whelp, young man, youngster, youth), dik alâsı (a bit of a), doğrusu (actually, as a matter of fact, frankly, frankly speaking, honest, honestly, in all conscience, in fact, in sooth to say, indeed, of a verity, strictly, strictly speaking, the straight of it, to tell the truth, verily), doktorluk (doctoral, medicine, physic, profession of a doctor), durumunda (in case of, in the event of, in the form of a), eş (better half, coequal, companion, compeer, consort, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, doublet, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, mate, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, partner, placenta, spousal, spouse, the missis, the old woman, wife), fıstık gibi kız (a peach of a girl), filmin özel gösterimi (private view of a film), birden (all of a sudden, at a stroke, at once, at one heat, instantaneous, per saltum, plump, pop, sharp, short, slap, slap bang, snap, suddenly), alacağın haczi (attachment of a debt), çakı gibi genç (a slip of a boy), çam yarması (a hulk of man, a whale of a fellow, dry stick, dull stick, stick), çeyrek yüzyıl (quarter of a century), çoğunu bitirmek (break the neck of a task), çok (a lot, very), çok aptal (a bit of a fool), çok şık (as if came out of a bandbox, spick and span), çok güzel kız (a peach of a girl, peach, very beautiful girl), aynısı olmak (be all of a piece with), alışkanlıktan vazgeçmek (break oneself of a habit, drop a habit), güzel kız (a smasher of a girl, beautiful girl, beauty, dish, doll, eyefull, juicy girl, nymph, pretty girl, rose, smasher, sylph), aníden (abruptly, all of a sudden, at once, immediately, just, promptly, right away, right now, suddenly), aniden (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, at a stroke, at once, Bob, in a flash, on a sudden, out of clear sky, sharp, short, slap, slap bang, suddenly), ansızın (abruptly, all of a sudden, at unawares, on a sudden, out of the blue, pop, slap, suddenly), ansizin (abruptly, all of a sudden, suddenly), ayıkla pirincin taşını (here is a pretty mess, pretty kettle of fish, we are in the deuce of a mess), aybaşı (first days of a month, flow, menses, menstrual, menstruation, menstruous, period, the curse), aynı (alike, all of a piece, equal, facsimile, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, idem, identic, identical, in rem, like, look alike, no change, of a piece, same, self, selfsame, similarly, the same, to a hair, uniform, very), habbeyi kubbe yapmak (make a mountain of a molehill), aynı türden olmak (be all of a piece with), açmazda (on the horns of a dilemma), sarsılmış (affected, afflicted, all of a doodah, shaken, shocked), gerçekten (actually, by my troth, for real, forsooth, genuinely, honest, honest injun, honestly, in fact, in point of fact, in sooth, in troth, in very deed, indeed, it's no joke, of a verity, quite, real, really, regularly, sure enough, true, truly, yea, yes indeed), kurtulmak (be freed, be recovered from, be rid of, be saved, break away, break loose, break oneself of a habit, defecate, discard, disengage, dispose of, ditch, elude, escape, evade, extricate oneself, free oneself, get away, get clear of, get out of, get rid of, make a bonfire of, make away with, pull through, put off, quit oneself, recover, shake off, smooth away, throw off), kutu gibi oda (a slip of a room), pek çok (a great many, a whale of a lot, immensely, mighty, most, numberless, oodles, oodles of, out and away, overmuch, plenty, plenty of, very much), piç kurusu. (various references) | |
Turkmen | oяnatgy (butt of a joke), oltaс (sole of a shoe), tiraЈ (circulation, drawing of a lottery), tapba (all of a sudden, suddenly), sagry (back of a horse/donkey), dor (bay (color of a horse)), birdenka (all of a sudden). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwladol (civil, of a country, state), cymhares (one of a pair), brych (afterbirth of a caw, brindled, freckled, mottled), arfod (armor, battle, fight, guard, occasion, opportunity, stroke of a weapon), apostol (apostle, leader of a reform), aneliad (aim, drawing of a bow, perplexity). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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