Beat My Wheels

1) Военный термин: bomber wing

2) Шутливое выражение: Babbling Mechanical Wench, Bad Men Wave, Barely Moving Wreck, Basic Marin Wheels, Be My Wife, Be My Woman, Beastly Monstrous Wonder, Beat My Wheels, Beautiful Masterpieces on Wheels, Beautiful Mechanical Wonder, Beer Music and Women, Behold My Wealth, Big Man Walking, Big Metallic Wang, Big Money Wasted, Big Money Waster, Big Money Works, Big Money. Why?, Blasphemous Motorized Wreck, Bob Marley and the Whalers, Born Moderately Wealthy, Bought My Wife, Boy Meets World, Break My Wallet, Break My Windows, Break My Windshield, Breaks Most Wrenches, Bring Many Wrenches, Bring Me a Wrecker, Bring Money With, Bring My Wallet, Bringing More Weight, British MINI Works, Broke man walking, Broken Money Waster, Broken Monstrous Wonder, Broken Motor Works, Brutal Money Waster, Bubba Makes Wheels, Bumbling Mechanical Wretch, Bunch of Money Wasted

3) Автомобильный термин: БМВ (Bayerische Motoren Werke), Баварский Моторный Завод (Аббревиатура. Bavarian Motor Workshop.)

4) Грубое выражение: Beautiful Mature Women, Big Man's Willy, Bitch Moan And Whine, Bitching Moaning Whining, Bite My Waffle, Bite My Weenie, Brains Must Wander

5) Сокращение: Bavarian Motor Works, Bombardment Wing, IEEE Bandwidth Management Workshop, beamwidth, Bersten Mal Wieder, Big-up My Willy, Bitch, Moan and Whinge, Bought Mainly by Wankers, Built by Migrant Workers

6) Физиология: Bone Marrow Wanted

7) Транспорт: Built My Way

8) Фирменный знак: Brigham Mead And Wilder

9) Чат: Belongs To My Wife

10) НАСА: Beyond The Milky Way

м. knocking;
(один удар) knock;
(лёгкий) tap;
~ в дверь knock(ing) at the door;
войти без ~а come* in without knocking;
~ колёс clatter of wheels;
~ копыт beat of hoofs;
~ пишущих машинок tapping of typewriters;
~ посуды, ножей rattle of plates, cutlery;
~ сердца throbbing/beating of the heart.

1) ((of) any of a group of substances, usually shiny, that can conduct heat and electricity and can be hammered into shape, or drawn out in sheets, bars etc: Gold, silver and iron are all metals.) metal

2) ((of) a combination of more than one of such substances: Brass is a metal made from copper and zinc.) metal

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- metallic

metal¹ adj metálico / de metal

metal² n metal

a) (material, elemento) metal;

b) tb

◊ metales (Mús) brass (section)

tr['metəl]

noun

1 metal nombre masculino

adjective

1 metálico,-a, de metal

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metal detector detector nombre masculino de metales

metal worker metalario,-a

metal ['mɛt̬əl] n

: metal m

• metálico, -a adj.

• grava s.f.

• metal (Química) s.m.

• metálico s.m.

• engravar v.

1. N

1) (Chem, Phys) metal m

2) (Brit) (on road) grava f

3) (Brit)

4) (fig) = mettle

ADJ metálico, de metal

VT (Brit) [+ road] engravar

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- all gone to hell

- as hell

- beat hell out of smb.

- be hell bent

- be hell for smth.

- be hell on

- better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven

- catch hell

- come hell or high water

- for the hell of it

- frighten hell out of smb.

- get the hell out of here

- give smb. hell

- go through hell

- go to hell in a hand-basket

- hell and high water

- hell broke loose

- hell for leather

- hell has no fury like a woman scorned

- hell is paved with good intentions

- a hell of a...

- a hell of a lot

- a hell on earth

- hell on wheels

- hope to hell

- in hell

- like hell

- merry hell

- move hell

- smell hell

- there will be hell to pay

- till hell freezes

- to hell and gone

- when hell freezes

black [blæk]

1 adjective

(a) (colour) noir;

∎ as black as ink noir comme du jais ou de l'encre;

∎ black and blue (bruised) couvert de bleus;

∎ they beat him black and blue ils l'ont roué de coups;

∎ to be black and blue all over être couvert de bleus, être tuméfié;

∎ Australian familiar beyond the Black Stump en pleine brousse, au diable vauvert

(b) (race) noir;

∎ the black area of New York le quartier noir de New York;

∎ he won the black vote il a gagné les voix de l'électorat noir;

∎ black man Noir m;

∎ black woman Noire f;

∎ British familiar black man's wheels (BMW) BM f

(c) (coffee) noir; (tea) nature (inv)

(d) (dark) noir, sans lumière;

∎ the room was as black as British pitch or American tar dans la pièce il faisait noir comme dans un four

(e) (gloomy → future, mood) noir; (→ despair) sombre;

∎ they painted a black picture of our prospects ils ont peint un sombre tableau de notre avenir;

∎ the situation is not as black as it looks la situation n'est pas aussi désespérée qu'on pourrait le croire;

∎ the situation looks black les choses se présentent très mal;

∎ in a fit of black despair dans un moment d'extrême désespoir;

∎ it's a black day for the UN c'est un jour noir pour l'ONU

(f) (angry) furieux, menaçant;

∎ he gave her a black look il lui a jeté ou lancé un regard noir

(g) (wicked) noir, mauvais;

∎ a black deed un crime, un forfait;

∎ he's not as black as he's painted il n'est pas aussi mauvais qu'on le dit

(h) (dirty) noir, sale;

∎ her hands were black with ink elle avait les mains pleines d'encre

(i) British Industry (factory, goods) boycotté

2 noun

(a) (colour) noir m;

∎ to be dressed in black (gen) être habillé de ou en noir; (in mourning) porter le deuil;

∎ he'd swear black is white il refuse d'admettre l'évidence

(b) (darkness) obscurité f, noir m

(c) the black (in roulette) le noir; (in snooker) la bille ou boule noire

(d) (idioms)

∎ to be in the black (person) être solvable; (account) être créditeur;

∎ to get back into the black sortir du rouge;

∎ I want the agreement in black and white (written down) je veux voir l'accord écrit noir sur blanc;

∎ to put sth down in black and white écrire qch noir sur blanc;

∎ things aren't that black and white les choses ne sont pas si simples

3 transitive verb

(a) (make black) noircir; (shoes) cirer (avec du cirage noir);

∎ he blacked his attacker's eye il a poché l'œil de son agresseur;

∎ Theatre the actors blacked their faces les acteurs se sont noirci le visage

(b) British Industry boycotter

4 Black noun

(a) (person) Noir(e) m,f

(b) Chess noir m

►► black Africa l'Afrique f noire;

black American Afro-Américain(e) m,f;

the black art, the black arts la magie noire;

American familiar black bag caisse f noire;

black bear ours m noir;

Black Beauty = pur-sang dans un célèbre roman pour enfants écrit par Anna Sewell en 1877;

Entomology black beetle cafard m, blatte f;

black belt Sport ceinture f noire; American familiar = zone habitée par des Noirs;

∎ she's a black belt in judo elle est ceinture noire de judo;

Finance black book plan m de défense contre une OPA ou anti-OPA;

Accountancy & Finance black bottom line solde m créditeur;

black box boîte f noire;

Cookery black bread pain m de seigle;

Scottish Cookery black bun = sorte de pain au raisin consommé au nouvel an;

black cab taxi m londonien, taxi m anglais;

black cherry Botany (fruit) guigne f noire; (tree) merisier m américain, French Canadian cerisier m tardif;

black comedy comédie f noire;

Politics black consciousness négritude f;

the Black Country le Pays noir;

History Black Death peste f noire;

Ornithology black duck canard m noir;

Commerce black economy économie f noire;

black eye œil m poché ou au beurre noir;

∎ I'll give him a black eye! je vais lui faire un œil au beurre noir!;

the Black Forest la Forêt noire;

Black Forest gateau forêt-noire f;

Petroleum industry black gold or m noir;

Ornithology black grouse tétras-lyre m, coq m des bouleaux;

Ornithology black guillemot guillemot m à miroir blanc;

Astronomy black hole trou m noir;

History the Black Hole of Calcutta = célèbre prison à Calcutta au XVIIIème siècle;

∎ familiar it's like the Black Hole of Calcutta in there! il fait horriblement sombre là-dedans!;

black humour humour m noir;

black ice verglas m;

Ornithology black kite milan m noir;

Stock Exchange black knight chevalier m noir;

Ornithology black lark calandre m nègre;

Chemistry & Metallurgy black lead graphite m;

black magic magie f noire;

Zoology black mamba mamba m noir;

familiar Black Maria panier m à salade (fourgon);

black mark mauvais point m;

∎ it's a black mark against her ça joue contre elle;

1 noun

Commerce marché m noir;

∎ on the black market au marché noir

2 compound-forming noun

(cigarettes, whisky) au marché noir;

Commerce black marketeer vendeur(euse) m,f au marché noir;

Black Mass messe f noire;

Botany black medick luzerne f lupuline, minette f;

Stock Exchange Black Monday lundi m noir, jour m du krach (boursier) (le lundi 19 octobre 1987);

black money (earned on black market) argent m du marché noir; (undeclared) argent non déclaré au fisc;

Religion Black Muslim Black Muslim mf (membre d'un mouvement séparatiste noir se réclamant de l'Islam);

Politics Black Nationalism = mouvement nationaliste noir américain;

American Politics Black Panther Panthère f noire;

black pepper poivre m gris;

Politics Black Power Black Power m (mouvement séparatiste noir né dans les années 60 aux États-Unis);

History the Black Prince le Prince Noir (fils du roi Édouard III d'Angleterre et duc d'Aquitaine);

Cookery black pudding boudin m (noir);

Botany black radish radis m noir;

Ornithology black redstart rouge-queue m noir;

Parliament Black Rod = huissier chargé par la Chambre des lords britannique de convoquer les Communes;

Black Russian (cocktail) black russian m;

the Black Sea la mer Noire;

black sheep brebis f galeuse;

British figurative black spot point m noir;

Ornithology black stork cigogne f noire;

University Black Studies = études afro-américaines;

History the Black and Tans = forces armées britanniques envoyées en Irlande en 1920 pour lutter contre le Sinn Fein;

Ornithology black tern guifette f épouvantail, guifette f noire;

Black Thursday Jeudi noir (jour du krach de Wall Street qui déclencha la crise de 1929);

black tie = nœud papillon noir porté avec une tenue de soirée;

∎ black tie (on invitation card) tenue de soirée exigée;

black velvet (cocktail) = cocktail de champagne et de stout;

British Military Black Watch = nom populaire d'un régiment de l'armée britannique, le Royal Highland Regiment;

Ornithology black wheatear traquet m rieur ou noir;

black widow (spider) latrodecte m, veuve f noire;

Ornithology black woodpecker pic m noir

➲ black out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (extinguish lights) plonger dans l'obscurité; Military (in wartime) faire le black-out dans

(b) Radio & Television (programme) interdire la diffusion de

(c) (memory) effacer (de son esprit), oublier

2 intransitive verb

s'évanouir

➲ black up intransitive verb

Theatre se maquiller la peau en noir, se noircir le visage

✾ Book 'Black Like Me' Griffin 'Dans la peau d'un Noir'

ⓘ BLACK AMERICAN ENGLISH Beaucoup d'Afro-Américains parlent un anglais particulier dont la syntaxe et le vocabulaire portent encore l'empreinte de certaines langues africaines. De nos jours certains spécialistes rejettent le terme "Black American English", se fondant sur le fait que cette langue - aujourd'hui communément appelée "ebonics" - est plus proche des structures des langues africaines parlées par les premiers esclaves que de l'anglais standard, alors que d'autres la considèrent comme un simple dialecte. Récemment, et ce particulièrement grâce à la popularité du rap, l'anglais parlé par les Afro-Américains est devenu à la mode chez les jeunes des deux côtés de l'Atlantique.

ⓘ THE BLACK COUNTRY Le Pays noir désigne, en Grande-Bretagne, la région des West Midlands, riche en aciéries et en mines de charbon.

SUBJECT AREA: Domestic appliances and interiors

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Hoover was descended from a Swiss farming family called Hofer who emigrated from Basle and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the early eighteenth century. By 1832 the family had become tanners and lived near North Berlin in Ohio. In 1870 William Henry Hoover, who had studied at Mount Union College, bought the tannery with his brothers and soon expanded the business to make horse collars and saddlery. The firm expanded to become W.H.Hoover \& Co. In the early years of the first decade of the twentieth century, horses were beginning to be replaced by the internal combustion engine, so Hoover needed a new direction for his firm. This he found in the suction vacuum cleaner devised in 1907 by J.Murray Spangler, a cousin of Hoover's wife. The first successful cleaner of this type had been operating in England since 1901 (see Booth), but was not a portable model. Attracted by the development of the small electric motor, Spangler produced a vertical cleaner with such a motor that sucked the dust through the machine and blew it into a bag attached to the handle. Spangler applied for a patent for his invention on 14 September in the same year; it was granted for a carpet sweeper and cleaner on 2 June 1908, but Spangler was unable to market it himself and sold the rights to Hoover. The Model O machine, which ran on small wheels, was immediately manufactured and marketed. Hoover's model was the first electric, one-person-operated, domestic vacuum cleaner and was instantly successful, although the main expansion of the business was delayed for some time until the greater proportion of houses were wired for electricity. The Hoover slogan, "it beats as it sweeps as it cleans", came to be true in 1926 with the introduction of the Model 700, which was the first cleaner to offer triple-action cleaning, a process which beat, swept and sucked at the carpet. Further advances in the 1930s included the use of magnesium and the early plastics.

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SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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The son of the millwright James Meikle, who is credited with the introduction of the winnowing machine into Britain, Andrew Meikle followed in his father's footsteps. His inventive inclinations were first turned to developing his father's idea, and together with his own son George he built and patented a double-fan winnowing machine.

However, in the history of agricultural development Andrew Meikle is most famous for his invention of the threshing machine, patented in 1784. He had been presented with a model of a threshing mill designed by a Mr Ilderton of Northumberland, but after failing to make a full-scale machine work, he developed the concept further. He eventually built the first working threshing machine for a farmer called Stein at Kilbagio. The patent revolutionized farming practice because it displaced the back-breaking and soul-destroying labour of flailing the grain from the straw. The invention was of great value in Scotland and in northern England when the land was becoming underpopulated as a result of heavy industrialization, but it was bitterly opposed in the south of England until well into the nineteenth century. Although the introduction of the threshing machine led to the "Captain Swing" riots of the 1830s, in opposition to it, it shortly became universal.

Meikle's provisional patent in 1785 was a natural progression of earlier attempts by other millwrights to produce such a machine. The published patent is based on power provided by a horse engine, but these threshing machines were often driven by water-wheels or even by windmills. The corn stalks were introduced into the machine where they were fed between cast-iron rollers moving quite fast against each other to beat the grain out of the ears. The power source, whether animal, water or wind, had to cause the rollers to rotate at high speed to knock the grain out of the ears. While Meikle's machine was at first designed as a fixed barn machine powered by a water-wheel or by a horse wheel, later threshing machines became mobile and were part of the rig of an agricultural contractor.

In 1788 Meikle was awarded a patent for the invention of shuttered sails for windmills. This patent is part of the general description of the threshing machine, and whilst it was a practical application, it was superseded by the work of Thomas Cubitt.

At the turn of the century Meikle became a manufacturer of threshing machines, building appliances that combined the threshing and winnowing principles as well as the reciprocating "straw walkers" found in subsequent threshing machines and in conventional combine harvesters to the present day. However, he made little financial gain from his invention, and a public subscription organized by the President of the Board of Agriculture, Sir John Sinclair, raised £1,500 to support him towards the end of his life.

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