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1 Avoid
v. trans.P. and V. φεύγειν, ἐκφεύγειν, διαφεύγειν, ἀποφεύγειν, εὐλαβεῖσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), ἐξίστασθαι (acc. or gen.). Ar. and V. ἀποστρέφεσθαι (also Xen.), V. φυγγάνειν, ἐκφυγγάνειν, ἀλύσκειν, ἐξαλύσκειν.Desire to avoid: V. φευξείειν (acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Avoid
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2 avoid
[ë'void] vt 1. shmang, largoj; i shmangem; avoid meeting her i shmangem takimit me të2. drejt. anuloj, zhvlerësoj, shfuqizoj* * *shmang; mënjanoj -
3 avoid
تَحَاشَى \ avoid: to keep away from: He avoids (meeting) me because he owes me money. bypass: to avoid sth. by going round it. shun: to avoid purposely and usu. continually: After their quarrel, the two friends shunned each other. -
4 avoid
تَجَنَّبَ \ avoid: to keep away from: He avoids (meeting) me because he owes me money. escape: to avoid: We hid so as to escape being seen. save: to spend less (time, trouble, money, etc.): You’ll save yourself trouble if you use a good map. shun: to avoid purposely and usu. continually: After their quarrel, the two friends shunned each other. -
5 meeting
لِقَاء \ encounter: a meeting (often unwanted or unexpected): The thief tried to avoid an encounter with the police. meeting: a gathering: a business meeting; a political meeting. -
6 отбягвам
avoid, shun, keep away from. fight shy of; evade, elude, dodge, shirk, jinkотбягвам някого avoid s.o.отбягвам обществото на shun the society ofотбягвам допир с avoid contact withотбягвам да се срещам с avoid meeting s.o.отбягвам въпрос dodge a questionотбягвам отговорности/задължения evade/shirk o.'s responsibilities/obligations* * *отбя̀гвам,гл. avoid, shun, keep away from, fight shy of; evade, elude, dodge, shirk, jink; circumnavigate; eschew; fence off; ( серия удари) разг. duck and weave, duck and dive, ( някого) разг. give (s.o.) a wide berth, steer clear of; \отбягвам въпрос dodge a question; \отбягвам обществото на shun the society of; \отбягвам отговорности/задължения evade/shirk o.’s responsibilities/obligations.* * *avoid: He constantly отбягвамs me. - Той постоянно ме отбягва.; aback; dodge; elude; evade{i`veid}* * *1. avoid, shun, keep away from. fight shy of;evade, elude, dodge, shirk, jink 2. ОТБЯГВАМ въпрос dodge a question 3. ОТБЯГВАМ да се срещам с avoid meeting s. о. 4. ОТБЯГВАМ допир с avoid contact with 5. ОТБЯГВАМ някого avoid s. о. 6. ОТБЯГВАМ обществото на shun the society of 7. ОТБЯГВАМ отговорности/ задължения evade/shirk o.'s responsibilities/ obligations -
7 среща
1. meeting(уговорена) appointment, engagement, rendezvousразг. date(на противници) encounterне отивам на среща break an appointment/a date, ( и карам някого да чака напразно) разг. stand s.o. up2. (събиране) gathering, partyразг. get-together(на организация) conference(научна) symposium3. сп. event; match; race; meet* * *срѐща,ж., -и 1. meeting; ( уговорена) appointment, engagement, rendezvous; разг. date; (на противници) encounter; добра \срещаа! well met! избягвам \срещаа с някого avoid meeting s.o.; не отивам на \срещаа break an appointment/ a date, (и карам някого да чака напразно) разг. stand s.o. up; определям \срещаа fix/make an appointment/a date (за for); date (s.o.) up; отивам на \срещаа keep an appointment/a date;2. ( събиране) gathering, party; другарска \срещаа reunion; семейна \срещаа family reunion; разг. get-together; (на организация) conference; ( научна) symposium;3. спорт. event; match; race; meet; ( бокс) bout, match.* * *meeting ; appointment: make an среща - определям среща; date ; rendezvous ; event {i;vent} (сп.); match (сп.)* * *1. (на организация) conference 2. (на противници) encounter 3. (научна) symposium 4. (събиране) gathering, party 5. (уговорена) appointment, engagement, rendezvous 6. meeting 7. добра СРЕЩА! well met! 8. другарска СРЕЩА reunion 9. избягвам СРЕЩА с някого avoid meeting s. о. 10. не отивам на СРЕЩА break an appointment/ a date, (и карам някого да чака напразно) разг. stand s. о. up 11. огъвам на СРЕЩА keep an appointment/ adate 12. определям СРЕЩА fix/ make an appointment/a date (за for);date (s.o.) up 13. разг. date 14. разг. get-together 15. семейна СРЕЩА a family reunion 16. сп. event;match;race; meet -
8 esquivar
v.1 to avoid.2 to dodge, to evade, to duck, to fend off.Luis capeó el problema Louis dodged the problem.* * *1 (persona) to avoid, shun2 (golpe) to dodge, elude* * *verb1) to dodge2) avoid* * *1.VT (=evitar) to avoid, shun; (=evadir) to dodge, side-stepesquivar hacer algo — to avoid doing sth, be chary of doing sth
2.See:* * *verbo transitivo < persona> to avoid; <golpe/pregunta> to dodge, evade; <problema/dificultad> to avoid; < responsabilidad> to avoid, evade* * *= dodge, eschew, skate over, parry, skirt, fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex. I'm sorry; I didn't wish to skate over that.Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.----* esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.* esquivar la cuestión = sidestep + the issue.* esquivar la mirada de Alguien = avert + Posesivo + eyes.* esquivar una cuestión = dodge + issue.* esquivar un problema = duck + issue.* * *verbo transitivo < persona> to avoid; <golpe/pregunta> to dodge, evade; <problema/dificultad> to avoid; < responsabilidad> to avoid, evade* * *= dodge, eschew, skate over, parry, skirt, fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex: I'm sorry; I didn't wish to skate over that.Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.* esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.* esquivar la cuestión = sidestep + the issue.* esquivar la mirada de Alguien = avert + Posesivo + eyes.* esquivar una cuestión = dodge + issue.* esquivar un problema = duck + issue.* * *esquivar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to avoid2 ‹golpe› to dodge, evade; ‹pregunta› to avoid, dodge, sidestepintentaron esquivar el tema they tried to dodge o evade the issue3 ‹problema/dificultad› to avoid; ‹responsabilidad› to avoid, evade* * *
esquivar ( conjugate esquivar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/problema/dificultad› to avoid;
‹golpe/pregunta› to dodge, evade;
‹ responsabilidad› to avoid, evade
esquivar verbo transitivo
1 (un obstáculo, golpe) to dodge: menos mal que pudo esquivar el árbol que había caído en la carretera, luckily he was able to dodge the tree that had fallen across the road
2 (a una persona) to avoid, dodge: me está esquivando, he's avoiding me
' esquivar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burlar
- cuneta
- huir
- esquinazo
English:
dodge
- elude
- fend off
- sidestep
- way
- avoid
- divert
- duck
- fend
- fudge
- side
* * *esquivar vt1. [golpe] to dodge;[valla, obstáculo] to clear;trató de esquivar al perro para no atropellarlo he tried to avoid the dog so as not to knock it down2. [persona, discusión, tema] to avoid;[pregunta] to evade, to dodge; [compromiso, responsabilidad] to evade, to get out of; [problema, inconveniente] to avoid, to get round* * *v/t avoid, dodge fam* * *esquivar vt1) evadir: to dodge, to evade2) evitar: to avoid* * *esquivar vb1. (golpe) to dodge2. (persona) to avoid -
9 избегать
I избег`ать несовер. - избегать;
(кого-л./чего-л.) ;
совер. - избежать, избегнуть avoid, evade, elude;
keep off;
steer clear (of) разг.;
несовер. тж. shun;
escape (спасаться) избегать встречи с кем-л. ≈ to avoid meeting smb. избежать наказания ≈ to escape/evade penalty избегать повторения ≈ to refrain from repetition избегать крайностей ≈ to avoid extremes;
to steer a middle course II изб`егать совер.;
(что-л.) ;
разг. run about, run all over избегать весь город ≈ to run all over the town, избегнуть, избежать (рд.)
1. (уклоняться) avoid (smb., smth.), shun (smb., smth.) ;
~ чьего-л. взгляда avoid smb.`s eye;
~ общества кого-л. shun the society of smb. ;
~ простуды try not to catch cold;
~ встречи с кем-л. keep* out of smb.`s way;
избежать неприятного разговора avoid an unpleasant interview;
2. (спасаться, избавляться) escape (smth.), evade (smth.), elude (smth.) ;
избежать гибели be* saved;
(о людях тж.) escape death.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > избегать
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10 уклониться
несовер. - уклоняться;
совер. - уклониться возвр.;
(от кого-л./чего-л.) deviate( from) ;
(избегать) avoid;
shun;
(от удара и т.п.;
тж. перен.: от обязанностей, долга и т.п.) evade, elude;
dodge;
(от темы) digress( from), wander away( from) ;
swerve (отклоняться от прямого пути) ;
dally( off), sheer( away) ;
funk уклоняться от встречи с кем-л. ≈ to avoid meeting smb. уклоняться от ответа ≈ to evade a question, to parry a question уклоняться от удара ≈ to dodge a blow уклоняться от боя ≈ to avoid action уклоняться от ответственности ≈ to avoid/evade/dodge the responsibilityБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > уклониться
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11 уклоняться
несовер. - уклоняться;
совер. - уклониться возвр.;
(от кого-л./чего-л.) deviate( from) ;
(избегать) avoid;
shun;
(от удара и т.п.;
тж. перен.: от обязанностей, долга и т.п.) evade, elude;
dodge;
(от темы) digress( from), wander away( from) ;
swerve (отклоняться от прямого пути) ;
dally( off), sheer( away) ;
funk уклоняться от встречи с кем-л. ≈ to avoid meeting smb. уклоняться от ответа ≈ to evade a question, to parry a question уклоняться от удара ≈ to dodge a blow уклоняться от боя ≈ to avoid action уклоняться от ответственности ≈ to avoid/evade/dodge the responsibilityуклон|яться -, уклониться( от рд.)
1. (отстраняться) dodge (smth.), sidestep( smth.) ;
~ от удара dodge a blow;
2. (избегать) evade (smb., smth.), shirk( smth.) ;
он ~яется от встречи со мной he avoids me;
~ от ответственности, обязанностей evade/shirk one`s responsibilities, obligations;
~ от ответа evade a question;
3. (отклоняться от прежнего пути) deviate (from), veer (off) ;
крейсер уклонился от заданного курса the cruiser was off course;
4. (отвлекаться) digress (from) ;
~ от темы wander from the point/subject.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > уклоняться
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12 уклоняться
уклониться (от)deviate (from); ( избегать) avoid (d.); shun (d.); (от удара и т. п.; тж. перен.: от обязанностей, долга и т. п.) evade (d.), elude (d.); dodge (d.); ( от темы) digress (from), wander away (from)уклоняться от встречи с кем-л. — avoid meeting smb.
уклоняться от ответа — evade a question, parry a question
уклоняться от удара — dodge a blow
уклоняться от боя воен. — avoid action
уклоняться от ответственности — avoid / evade / dodge the responsibility
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13 уклоняться
несов. - уклоня́ться, сов. - уклони́ться; (от)1) (отстраняться, отодвигаться) turn aside (from), dodge (d)уклоня́ться от уда́ра — dodge a blow
2) ( отклоняться от прежнего направления) deviate (from)3) ( избегать) avoid (d); dodge (d); evade (d), elude (d)уклоня́ться от бо́я воен. — avoid action
уклоня́ться от встре́чи с кем-л — avoid meeting smb
уклоня́ться от отве́та — dodge the question / query
уклоня́ться от отве́тственности — avoid / evade / dodge the responsibility
уклоня́ться от нало́гов — evade taxes
уклоня́ться от рабо́ты — shirk work
уклоня́ться от слу́жбы в а́рмии — (try to) evade conscription брит. / draft амер.; beat the army разг. амер.
4) ( переставать придерживаться) digress (from), wander away (from)уклоня́ться от те́мы — wander away from the subject
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14 избегать
I избег`ать несовер. - избегать; (кого-л./чего-л.); совер. - избежать, избегнутьavoid, evade, elude; keep off; steer clear (of) разг.; несовер. тж. shun; escape ( спасаться)избегать встречи с кем-л. — to avoid meeting smb.
избегать крайностей — to avoid extremes; to steer a middle course
II изб`егать (что-л.)избежать наказания — to escape/evade penalty
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15 уклоняться
(от кого-л./чего-л.)несовер. - уклоняться; совер. - уклонитьсяdeviate (from); ( избегать) avoid; shun; (от удара и т.п.; тж. перен.: от обязанностей, долга и т.п.) evade, elude; dodge; ( от темы) digress (from), wander away (from); swerve (отклоняться от прямого пути); dally (off), sheer (away); funkуклоняться от встречи с кем-л. — to avoid meeting smb.
уклоняться от боя — воен. to avoid action, to refuse battle
уклоняться от ответа — to evade a question, to parry a question
уклоняться от ответственности — to avoid/evade/dodge the responsibility
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16 Zusammentreffen
v/i (unreg., trennb., ist -ge-)* * *das Zusammentreffenconcurrence; concourse; junction; coincidence* * *Zu|sạm|men|tref|fenntmeeting; (esp zufällig) encounter; (zeitlich) coincidence* * *1) (to occupy (often by accident) the same space or time: Her arrival coincided with his departure.) coincide2) concur* * *Zu·sam·men·tref·fennt1. (Treffen) meeting2. (gleichzeitiges Auftreten) coincidence* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) meet2) (zeitlich) coincide* * *1. meeting; (Begegnung) encounter;ich möchte ein Zusammentreffen mit ihm vermeiden I’d like to avoid meeting him, I’d prefer to keep out of his way;schon beim ersten Zusammentreffen … the very first time we met …durch ein Zusammentreffen verschiedener unglücklicher Umstände through a combination of unfortunate circumstances* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) meet2) (zeitlich) coincide* * *n.coincidence n.concourse n.liaison n. -
17 избегнуть
несовер. - избегать;
(кого-л./чего-л.) ;
совер. - избежать, избегнуть avoid, evade, elude;
keep off;
steer clear (of) разг.;
несовер. тж. shun;
escape (спасаться) избегнуть встречи с кем-л. ≈ to avoid meeting smb. избежать наказания ≈ to escape/evade penalty избегнуть повторения ≈ to refrain from repetition избегнуть крайностей ≈ to avoid extremes;
to steer a middle courseсов. см. избегать.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > избегнуть
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18 избежать
несовер. - избегать;
(кого-л./чего-л.) ;
совер. - избежать, избегнуть avoid, evade, elude;
keep off;
steer clear (of) разг.;
несовер. тж. shun;
escape (спасаться) избежать встречи с кем-л. ≈ to avoid meeting smb. избежать наказания ≈ to escape/evade penalty избежать повторения ≈ to refrain from repetition избежать крайностей ≈ to avoid extremes;
to steer a middle courseБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > избежать
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19 избегать
I избежать, избегнуть (рд.)avoid (d., + ger.), evade (d.), elude (d.); keep* off (d.); steer clear (of) разг.; несов. тж. shun (d.); ( спасаться) escape (d.)избегать встречи с кем-л. — avoid meeting smb.
избежать наказания, штрафа и т. п. — escape / evade penalty, etc.
II сов. (вн.) разг.избегать крайностей — avoid extremes; steer a middle course идиом.
run* about (d.), run* all over (d.)избегать весь город — run* all over the town
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20 miss
noun1) (title of unmarried woman)Miss Brown — Frau Brown; Fräulein Brown (veralt.); (girl) Fräulein Brown
* * *[mis]1) (a polite title given to an unmarried female, either in writing or in speech: Miss Wilson; the Misses Wilson; Could you ask Miss Smith to type this letter?; Excuse me, miss. Could you tell me how to get to Princess Road?) das Fräulein2) (a girl or young woman: She's a cheeky little miss!) junges Mädchen* * *miss1[mɪs]n3. (title)M\miss Smith Fräulein [o Miss] SmithM\miss America Miss Amerikamiss2[mɪs]I. n<pl -es>1. (failure) Fehlschlag m, Misserfolg m; SPORT (hit) Fehltreffer m; (shot) Fehlschuss m; (throw) Fehlwurf m; AUTO Fehlzündung f; MED ( fam) Fehlgeburt fI've never had a car accident, but I've had a few near \misses ich hatte noch nie einen Unfall, aber ein paar Beinahezusammenstöße3.II. vi\missed! daneben!, nicht getroffen!2. (be unsuccessful) missglücken, fehlschlagenIII. vt1. (not hit)▪ to \miss sb/sth jdn/etw verfehlen [o nicht treffen]2. (not meet)▪ to \miss sth bus, train etw versäumen [o verpassen]▪ to \miss sb jdn verpassento \miss a deadline einen Termin nicht [ein]halten3. (be absent)▪ to \miss sth etw versäumen [o verpassen]to \miss school in der Schule fehlen4. (not use)his new film is too good to \miss seinen neuen Film darf man sich einfach nicht entgehen lassenyou didn't \miss much du hast nicht viel verpasst5. (avoid)▪ to \miss sth etw vermeiden [o umgehen]6. (not see)▪ to \miss sb/sth jdn/etw übersehenhe's over there, you can't \miss him er ist da drüben, du kannst ihn gar nicht übersehen7. (not hear)sorry, I \missed that — could you say that again? Entschuldigung, das habe ich nicht mitbekommen — können Sie das noch einmal wiederholen?8. (not notice)Susan doesn't \miss much Susan entgeht einfach nichts9. (not have)▪ to \miss sth etw nicht haben/tunI decided to \miss breakfast ich beschloss, nicht zu frühstücken10. (long for)▪ to \miss sb/sth jdn/etw vermissenI \miss having you here to talk to du fehlst mir hier zum Reden11. (notice loss)▪ to \miss sb/sth jdn/etw vermissen12.▶ to \miss the boat ( fam: not use) den Anschluss verpassen fam; (not understand) etw nicht mitbekommen▶ to \miss the mark das Ziel [o den Zweck] verfehlen▶ to \miss the point nicht verstehen, worum es gehtshe never \misses a trick ihr entgeht nichts* * *I [mɪs]1. nit was a near miss — das war eine knappe Sache; (shot) das war knapp daneben
we had a near miss with that car —
the sales department voted it a miss a miss is as good as a mile (prov) — in der Verkaufsabteilung räumte man dem keine Chance ein knapp vorbei ist auch daneben
2)to give sth a miss (inf) — sich (dat) etw schenken
2. vt1) (= fail to hit, catch, reach, find, attend etc by accident) verpassen; chance, appointment, bus, concert verpassen, versäumen; (= deliberately not attend) nicht gehen zu or in (+acc); (= not hit, find) target, ball, way, step, vocation, place, house verfehlen; (shot, ball) verfehlen, vorbeigehen an (+dat)he missed school for a week — er hat eine Woche lang die Schule versäumt
have I missed my turn? —
if you miss a pill — wenn Sie vergessen, eine Pille zu nehmen
2) (= fail to experience) verpassen; (deliberately) sich (dat) entgehen lassen; (= fail to hear or perceive) nicht mitbekommen, verpassen; (deliberately) überhören/-sehenyou haven't missed much! — da hast du nicht viel verpasst or versäumt!
he narrowly missed being first/becoming president — er wäre beinahe auf den ersten Platz gekommen/Präsident geworden
the car just missed the tree —
5) (= leave out) auslassen; (= overlook, fail to deal with) übersehen6) (= notice or regret absence of) vermissenI miss him/my old car — er/mein altes Auto fehlt mir
he'll never miss it — er wird es nie merken(, dass es ihm fehlt)
3. vi1) (= not hit) nicht treffen; (punching) danebenschlagen; (shooting) danebenschießen; (= not catch) danebengreifen; (= not be present, not attend) fehlen; (ball, shot, punch) danebengehen2) (infII= fail)
you can't miss — da kann nichts schiefgehenn1)2)(= girl)
a proper little miss —* * *miss1 [mıs] sMiss Smith Fräulein Smith;Miss America Miss Amerika (die Schönheitskönigin von Amerika)2. oft hum oder pej Ding n, Dämchen n3. WIRTSCH junges Mädchen, Teenager m: → academic.ru/40291/junior_miss">junior missmiss2 [mıs]A v/t1. eine Gelegenheit, den Zug, eine Verabredung etc verpassen, -säumen, den Beruf, jemanden, das Tor, den Weg, das Ziel etc verfehlen, sich etwas entgehen lassen, SPORT einen Elfmeter etc vergeben, verschießen:miss doing sth (es) versäumen, etwas zu tun;you shouldn’t miss (seeing) that film den Film solltest du dir unbedingt ansehen;he didn’t miss mucha) er versäumte nicht viel,b) ihm entging so gut wie nichts;she missed her period ihre Periode blieb aus;3. nicht haben, nicht bekommen:I missed my breakfast ich habe kein Frühstück (mehr) bekommenb) übersehen, nicht bemerkenc) nicht begreifen5. vermissen:we miss her very much, we really miss her sie fehlt uns sehr;he is missing his wallet er vermisst seine Brieftasche;he won’t miss £100 100 Pfund tun ihm nicht weh umg6. entkommen (dat), entgehen (dat), vermeiden:B v/i1. nicht treffen:a) danebenschießen, -werfen, -schlagen etcb) fehlgehen, danebengehen (Schuss etc)2. missglücken, -lingen, fehlschlagen, danebengehen3. miss outa) zu kurz kommen,b) etwas versäumen:miss out on sth etwas verpassen; etwas weglassen oder nicht berücksichtigen;he’s missing out on his private life sein Privatleben kommt zu kurzC s1. Fehlschuss m, -wurf m, -schlag m, -stoß m:every shot a miss jeder Schuss ging daneben2. Verpassen n, -säumen n, -fehlen n:a miss is as good as a mile (Sprichwort) knapp daneben ist auch vorbei;3. besonders US umga) Fehlgeburt fb) AUTO Fehlzündung f* * *nounMiss Brown — Frau Brown; Fräulein Brown (veralt.); (girl) Fräulein Brown
3) (as form of address to teacher etc.) Frau Schmidt usw* * *n.Fehlschuss m.Fräulein -s n. v.fehlschlagen v.missen v.verfehlen v.vermissen v.verpassen v.versäumen v.übersehen v.
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