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121 hook
huk 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) krok2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) knagg, krok3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) hook2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) få på kroken, fange2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) hekte, henge (på/opp)3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) gi ballen skru (til høyre eller venstre)•- hooked- by hook or by crook
- off the hookhake--------hekte--------krokIsubst. \/hʊk\/1) krok2) hake3) krok, knagg4) hekte5) krumkniv6) sigd7) fiskekrok, angel8) snare, felle9) gaffel (på telefon)13) (sjøfart, slang) dregg, anker15) ( basketball) hook(skudd), enhåndsskudd19) stabel (på hengsel)be off the hook ( hverdagslig) slippe unna, være ute av knipenbuy clothes off the hook ( hverdagslig) kjøpe ferdigsydde klær, kjøpe konfeksjonssydde klærby hook or by crook eller by hook or crook på den ene eller den andre måten, uansett hvordanget the hook (amer. slang) få sparkengive somebody the hook (amer. slang) gi noen sparkenhook and eye hekte og maljehook, line and sinker fullt og helt• the little boy swallowed the story hook, line and sinkerden lille gutten slukte historien rått, den lille gutten bet på kroken med det sammelet somebody off the hook ( hverdagslig) hjelpe noen ut av en knipeoff the hook (hverdagslig, om telefonrør) avoff the hooks ( slang) på stående fot, uten videreon one's own hook ( hverdagslig) på egen hånd, på eget ansvar for egen regningbe on the hook ( hverdagslig) være i en knipe være involvert, ha bundet seg være utsatt for uthalingstaktikksling one's hook (britisk, hverdagslig) gå vekk, forsvinneIIverb \/hʊk\/1) hekte, feste2) hektes, festes3) fange fisk med fiskekrok4) ( også overført) fange, få på kroken, kapre5) slå en krok i6) ( hverdagslig) rappe, knabbe, ta7) krøke, bøye, krumme8) krøke seg, bøye seg, krumme seg9) (amer., om dyr) stange, spidde på hornene15) (gammeldags, hverdagslig) stjelehook it (slang, foreldet) stikke, stikke av, flyhook on (to) henge på, hekte fast på henge seg påhook up sette seg i forbindelse henge opp spenne for (hest) tilkoble forbinde hekte sammen -
122 fil
c black fil [fil]c black1. masculine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The l is pronounced.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = brin) [de coton, nylon] thread ; [de laine] yarn ; [de cuivre, acier] wire ; [de marionnette, haricot] string ; [d'araignée] silk ; [d'appareil électrique] cord• fil de trame/de chaîne weft/warp yarnb. ( = téléphone) j'ai ta mère au bout du fil I have your mother on the phone• donner or passer un coup de fil à qn to give sb a callc. ( = matière) linend. ( = tranchant) edgee. ( = cours) [de discours, pensée] thread• au fil des jours/des ans as the days/years go (or went) by2. compounds► fil conducteur [de récit] main theme* * *fil
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nom masculin1) ( brin) thread, cotton [U] GB2) ( fibre naturelle) yarn; ( fibre synthétique) filament3) (câble, corde) ( en fibre) string; ( métallique) wire; ( de pêche) line; Sport ( d'arrivée) tape4) Électrotechnique, Télécommunications ( ligne) wire; (de micro, combiné, d'appareil électrique) flex GB, cord US; ( de téléphone) leadsans fil — [micro, téléphone] cordless
coup de fil — (colloq) (phone) call
au bout du fil — (colloq) on the phone; inventer
5) ( lin) linen [U]6) (enchaînement de texte, conversation) thread7) Culinaire (de haricot, céleri) string8) ( d'araignée) thread9) ( de bois) grain10) ( tranchant) edge
2.
au fil de locution prépositiveau fil des kilomètres, le paysage change — the scenery changes as you travel along
aller au fil de l'eau — lit, fig to go with the flow
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *fil nm1) (= textile) threadne tenir qu'à un fil [vie, réussite] — to hang by a thread
2) (électrique) wire, [téléphone] wire3) (= déroulement, cours) [histoire] threadau fil de l'eau — with the stream, with the current
4) [couteau] (= tranchant) edgesur le fil [gagner, s'imposer] — by a hair's breadth
* * *A nm1 Cout thread, cotton ¢ GB; du fil et une aiguille a needle and thread; fil d'or/d'argent gold/silver thread; avoir des fils d'argent dans les cheveux fig to have silver strands in one's hair; ⇒ avril, coudre, retordre;2 ( fibre naturelle) yarn; (fibre artificielle, synthétique) filament; fil cordé/mercerisé/peigné corded/mercerized/combed yarn; fil de polyamide polyamide filament;4 Électrotech, Télécom ( ligne) wire; (de micro, d'appareil électrique) flex GB, cord US; ( de téléphone) lead; ( de combiné) flex GB, cord US; sans fil [micro, téléphone] cordless; coup de fil○ (phone) call; j'ai passé/reçu dix coups de fil I made/got ten phone calls; passe-moi un coup de fil○ give me a ring GB ou call; il y a eu des coups de fil○ toute la matinée the phone's been ringing all morning; au bout du fil○ on the phone; ⇒ coiffer, inventer, patte;5 ( lin) linen ¢;6 (enchaînement de texte, conversation) thread; perdre le fil to lose the thread; perdre le fil des événements to lose track of events; fil de la pensée train of thought;7 Culin (de haricot, céleri) string; haricots sans fils stringless beans; haricots pleins de fils stringy beans;8 ( d'araignée) thread;10 ( tranchant) edge;11 ( défaut dans la pierre) fissure.B au fil de loc prép au fil des ans/des siècles over the years/the centuries; une tendance qui s'est confirmée au fil des jours/mois a tendency which became established as the days/months went by; au fil des minutes qui ont suivi l'accident in the first few minutes following the accident; au fil de l'enquête/de la conversation/des réunions in the course of the investigation/of the conversation/of the meetings; au fil des kilomètres, le paysage change the scenery changes as you travel along; aller au fil de l'eau lit, fig to go with the flow.fil à âme Tex core yarn; fil d'Ariane Mythol Ariadne's thread; fig vital clue; fil à bâtir Cout tacking thread; fil chirurgical Méd surgical thread; fil conducteur Électrotech conductor; (de roman, intrigue) thread; ( d'enquête) lead; fil de contact Rail overhead cable; fil continu Tex filament yarn; fil à coudre Cout sewing thread; fil à couper le beurre Culin cheese wire; il n'a pas inventé le fil à couper le beurre fig he's not very bright; fil dentaire Dent dental floss; fil directeur guiding principle; fil discontinu Tex staple yarn; fil de discussion Ordinat thread; fil d'Écosse Tex lisle; fil électrique Électrotech electric wire; fil de fer wire; fil de fer barbelé barbed wire; fil à plomb plumb line; fil à repriser darning thread; fil de terre earth wire GB, ground wire US; fil à tricoter Cout knitting yarn; fil de la Vierge gossamer thread.ne tenir qu'à un fil to hang by a thread; être mince comme un fil to be as thin as a rake; être sur le fil du rasoir to be on a knife edge; ne plus avoir un fil de sec○ to be soaked to the skin○.[fil] nom masculin[brin - de coton, de soie] piece of thread ; [ - de laine] strandcachemire trois/quatre fils three-ply/four-ply cashmerefil à bâtir/à coudre basting/sewing threadfil de Nylon® nylon thread2. [lin] linen3. [filament - de haricot] stringharicots pleins de/sans fils stringy/stringless beansfil conducteur ou d'Arianea. [d'une enquête] (vital) leadb. [dans une histoire] main themedébrouiller ou démêler les fils d'une intrigue to unravel the threads ou strands of a plotavoir un fil à la patte to be tied down, to have one's hands tied5. [câble] wirefil de cuivre/d'acier copper/steel wirefil télégraphique/téléphonique telegraph/telephone wirea. [généralement] wire fenceb. [barbelé] barbed wire fencec'est un fil de fer, ce type! that guy's as thin as a rake!6. (familier) [téléphone]au bout du fil on the phone, on the line7. [tranchant] edge8. [sens - du bois, de la viande] graindans le sens contraire au fil, contre le fil against the grainperdre/reprendre le fil d'une histoire to lose/to pick up the thread of a story————————au fil de locution prépositionnelle1. [le long de]aller au fil de l'eau to go with the current ou stream2. [au fur et à mesure de]au fil des semaines as the weeks go by, with the passing weeksau fil de la discussion je m'aperçus que... as the discussion progressed I realized that...————————sans fil locution adjectivale[télégraphie, téléphonie] wireless (modificateur)[rasoir, téléphone] cordless -
123 af-lausn
f., Lat. absolutio.1. some small release, ransom, compensation, Sturl. iii. 142, 239; gjöra a. urn e-t, to relieve, release oneself in regard to a thing: Ólafr konungr mælti, ‘Framar hefir þú þá gert urn vígin á Grænlandi, en fiskimaðrinn kallar a. vera fiskinnar; því at hann kallast leysa sik, ef hann dregr fisk fyrir sik, enn annan fyrir skip sitt, þriðja fyrir öngul, fjórða fyrir vað,’ king Olaf said, ‘Thou hast done more then in the matter of manslayings in Greenland, than what the fisherman calls the ransom of his fishing; for he says that he has freed himself (of his fishing), if he draws (up) a fish for himself, but another for his boat, a third for his angle, a fourth for his line,’ (this way of reckoning their catch is still common with fishermen in many parts of England and Scotland), Fbr. 154: cp. a stanza in a Scottish ballad, ‘I launched my boat in Largo Bay, | And fishes caught I three; | One for wad and one for hook, | And one was left for me.’2. eccles. = absolution, K. Á. 226, Hom. 137, Grett. 162, Fms. x. 18. -
124 hook
[huk] 1. n(for coats, curtains) hak m; ( for fishing) haczyk m; ( on dress) haftka f ( jej haczykowata część)2. vtto be hooked on ( inf) — ( addicted) być uzależnionym od +gen; ( attracted) przepadać za +instr
Phrasal Verbs:- hook up* * *[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) haczyk2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) hak, haczyk3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) sierpowy2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) złapać na wędkę2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) zahaczyć, zaczepiać3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) podbić piłkę w lewo•- hooked- by hook or by crook
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125 linea
I.Lit.:B.nectere lineas, restes, funes,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:linia longinqua per os religata,
Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,
Col. 8, 11, 15:linea margaritarum triginta quinque,
Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:lineae duae ex margaritis,
ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),
Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—In partic.1.In a net, the threads which form the meshes:b.licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),
Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:2.si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—A fishing-line:3.tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,
Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—A plumbline of masons and carpenters:b.perpendiculo et lineā uti,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:ad regulam et lineam,
Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:4.solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23:(ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—A region, tract:5.linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,
that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—II.Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:2.Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:lineam cinere ducere,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:candida per medium folium transcurrens,
id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),
id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),
id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,
Gell. 1, 20, 7:locorum extremae lineae,
Quint. 1, 10, 39:lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,
Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:linea circumcurrens,
a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—In partic.(α).A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —(β).In gen., a way, path:b.dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,
Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:c.quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:lineas poscere,
Quint. 11, 3, 133.—A feature, lineament:B.adulti venustissimis lineis,
Arn. 5, 179 al. —Trop.1.A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:2.clara gentis Linea,
Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,
Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):3.quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,
Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,
to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:mors ultima linea rerum est,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:admoveri lineas sentio,
Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12. -
126 linia
I.Lit.:B.nectere lineas, restes, funes,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:linia longinqua per os religata,
Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,
Col. 8, 11, 15:linea margaritarum triginta quinque,
Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:lineae duae ex margaritis,
ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),
Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—In partic.1.In a net, the threads which form the meshes:b.licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),
Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:2.si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—A fishing-line:3.tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,
Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—A plumbline of masons and carpenters:b.perpendiculo et lineā uti,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:ad regulam et lineam,
Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:4.solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23:(ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—A region, tract:5.linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,
that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—II.Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:2.Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:lineam cinere ducere,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:candida per medium folium transcurrens,
id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),
id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),
id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,
Gell. 1, 20, 7:locorum extremae lineae,
Quint. 1, 10, 39:lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,
Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:linea circumcurrens,
a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—In partic.(α).A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —(β).In gen., a way, path:b.dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,
Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:c.quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:lineas poscere,
Quint. 11, 3, 133.—A feature, lineament:B.adulti venustissimis lineis,
Arn. 5, 179 al. —Trop.1.A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:2.clara gentis Linea,
Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,
Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):3.quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,
Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,
to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:mors ultima linea rerum est,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:admoveri lineas sentio,
Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12. -
127 rod
rod [rɒd](a) (of metal) tige f; (of wood) baguette f; (for curtains, carpet) tringle f; (for fishing) canne f; (for punishment → stiff) baguette f; (→ flexible) verge f; School (pointer) baguette f;∎ to be beaten with a rod recevoir des coups de baguette;∎ to fish with rod and line pêcher à la ligne;∎ rod fishing pêche f à la ligne;∎ rods (mechanism) tringlerie f, timonerie f;∎ figurative to rule with a rod of iron gouverner d'une main ou poigne de fer;∎ figurative to make a rod for one's own back s'attirer des ennuis;∎ figurative a rod to beat oneself with des verges pour se faire battre;∎ that would be giving them a rod to beat us with ce serait leur donner des bâtons pour nous faire battre(b) (of uranium) barre f(c) (symbol of office) verge f(d) (for surveying) mire f(f) (linear or square measure) ≃ perche f -
128 gangvad
subst. fishing line (A type of line specially developed for halibut fishing, with large hooks and a good distance betwe
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