BE SHARP

  

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BE SHARP

Modern Translation: BE SHARP

Language Translations for "BE SHARP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏شحذ (edge, grind, hone, quicken, sharp, sharpen, sharpening, stone, strop, whet, whetting). (various references)

   

French

  

aiguiser, être tranchant, être âpre. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להתחדד (be witty, become sharp, taper). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

角立つ (to be rough, to be sharp), 角立てる (to be pointed, to be sharp), 角目立つ (to be rough, to be sharp), 切れる (to be disconnected, to be injured, to be out of, to be sharp, to be shrewd, to break, to burst, to collapse, to cut well, to expire, to have a sharp mind, to severwith, to snap, to wear out). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きれる (to be disconnected, to be injured, to be out of, to be sharp, to be shrewd, to break, to burst, to collapse, to cut well, to expire, to have a sharp mind, to severwith, to snap, to wear out), つのめだつ (to be rough, to be sharp), かどだつ (to be rough, to be sharp), かどだてる (to be pointed, to be sharp). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ebay arpshay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

ser astuto. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

karnı zil çalmak (be sharp-set, feel peckish), çok aç olmak (be sharp-set). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

суворо судити (be sharp upon). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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