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1 prairie dogging
Общая лексика: звук в (This occurs when someone who works in an open office, which is divided into cubicles, drops something or shouts and everyone else pops their heads above the dividing walls to see what is happening.) -
2 prairie dogging
Gen Mgtin an office that is divided into cubicles, the sudden appearance of people’s heads over the top of the cubicle walls when something interesting or noisy happens (slang) -
3 prairie
['preərɪ]nome prateria f.* * *['preəri]((often in plural) in North America, an area of flat, treeless, grass-covered land.) prateria* * *prairie /ˈprɛərɪ/n. [cu]● (zool.) prairie chicken (o prairie hen) ( Tympanuchus cupido), tetraone delle praterie □ (zool.) prairie dog ( Cynomys ludovicianus), cinomio; cane delle praterie □ ( USA) prairie-dogging, improvviso spuntare di teste sopra le pareti divisorie di un ufficio □ ( cucina) prairie oyster, uovo all'ostrica □ (stor. USA) prairie schooner, carro coperto, usato dai pionieri nelle migrazioni verso l'Ovest □ (zool.) prairie wolf ( Canis latrans), coyote.* * *['preərɪ]nome prateria f.
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