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1 hobbyhorse
hobbyhorse /ˈhɒbɪhɔ:s/n.3 (fig.) cavallo di battaglia (fig.); argomento preferito; chiodo, pallino (fig.); idea fissa: to be (o to get) on one's hobbyhorse, mettersi a battere sul solito chiodo; attaccare la solita musica. -
2 hobbyhorse
['hɒbɪhɔːs] Steckenpferd nt; (lit = rocking horse) Schaukelpferd nt* * *1. a) Steckenpferd nb) Schaukelpferd nc) Karussellpferd n2. figa) Lieblingsthema n:he is on ( oder riding) his hobbyhorse again er reitet schon wieder sein Steckenpferd, er ist schon wieder bei seinem Lieblingsthema;get on one’s hobbyhorse anfangen, sein Steckenpferd zu reitenb) fixe Idee3. Pferdekopfmaske f4. HIST Draisine f, Laufrad n* * *n.Steckenpferd n. -
3 cheval
1. masculine nouna. ( = animal) horse ; ( = viande) horsemeat• elle fait combien de chevaux ? what horsepower is it?2. compounds* * *
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pl - aux ʃ(ə)val, o nom masculin1) Zoologie horsemiser sur le bon cheval — fig to back the right horse
2) ( activité) horse-riding3) ( viande) horsemeat4) ( personne) real Trojan(vieux) cheval de retour — ( homme politique) war horse; ( récidiviste) habitual offender, old lag (colloq)
5) (colloq) ( femme masculine) pej
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à cheval sur locution prépositivePhrasal Verbs:••* * *ʃ(ə)val, ochevaux pl nm1) (= animal) horseà cheval sur [un mur, une branche] — astride, [domaines, territoires] straddling
être à cheval sur qch fig [discipline, sécurité, grammaire, convenances] — to be a stickler for sth
2) AUTOMOBILES (cheval vapeur) horsepower no pl10 chevaux — 10 horsepower (for tax purposes)
10 chevaux fiscaux — 10 horsepower (for tax purposes)
50 chevaux au frein — 50 brake horsepower, 50 b.h.p.
* * *A nm1 Zool horse; cheval sauvage wild horse; à (dos de) cheval on horseback; monter à cheval to ride a horse; à cheval! mount!; promenade à cheval (horse) ride; tenue de cheval riding clothes; remède/traitement de cheval strong medicine; fièvre de cheval raging fever; bon cheval fig right choice; miser sur le bon/mauvais cheval fig to back the right/wrong horse; ⇒ petit, sabot;2 ⇒ Les jeux et les sports ( activité) horse-riding; aimer le cheval to like horse-riding; faire du cheval to go horse-riding;3 ( viande) horsemeat; bifteck de cheval horsemeat steak;4 ( personne) real Trojan; (vieux) cheval de retour ( homme politique) war horse; ( récidiviste) habitual offender, old lag○;B à cheval sur loc prép1 ( à califourchon sur) astride; à cheval sur un mur astride a wall;2 ( s'étendant sur) spanning; à cheval sur deux pays/trois décennies spanning two countries/three decades;3 ( de part et d'autre de) le domaine est à cheval sur la route the estate straddles the road;4 ( entre) in between; à cheval sur le rouge et le violet in between red and purple;5 ( pointilleux sur) être à cheval sur les principes/bonnes manières/horaires to be a stickler for principles/good manners/schedules.cheval d'arçons pommel horse; cheval à bascule Jeux rocking horse; cheval de bataille hobbyhorse; enfourcher son cheval de bataille to get on one's hobbyhorse; cheval de course racehorse; cheval fiscal, CV Fisc unit for car tax assessment; cheval de labour carthorse GB, drafthorse US; cheval de manège riding school horse; cheval marin Zool sea horse; cheval pur sang thoroughbred horse; cheval reproducteur stud horse; cheval de saut Sport vaulting horse; cheval de selle saddle horse; cheval de trait = cheval de labour; cheval de Troie Trojan horse; chevaux de bois merry-go-round horses; chevaux de frise Mil chevaux-de-frise.à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents Prov don't look a gift horse in the mouth; ne pas être un mauvais cheval not to be such a bad sort; monter sur ses grands chevaux to get on one's high horse; ce n'est pas la mort du petit cheval it's not the end of the world.( pluriel masculin chevaux) [ʃ(ə)val, o] nom masculinça ne se trouve pas sous le pas ou sabot d'un cheval it doesn't grow on treesfaire du cheval to ride, to go riding3. LOISIRS4. AUTOMOBILE & FINANCE5. MILITAIRE6. ANTIQUITÉ7. [viande] horsemeat8. (familier & péjoratif) [femme]à cheval locution adverbiale2. [à califourchon]3. (familier) [pointilleux]de cheval locution adjectivale2. (familier) [fort] -
4 dada
dada [dada]masculine nouna. (baby talk) ( = cheval) horsey* * *dada
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adjectif Art, Littérature Dada
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nom masculin1) (colloq) ( cheval) baby talk horsie (colloq) lang enfantin2) (colloq) ( passe-temps) hobby; ( idée fixe) hobbyhorse* * *dada nm* * *B nm1 ○( cheval) baby talk horsie○, gee-gee○ GB lang enfantin; tu veux faire à dada avec Papa? do you want Daddy to bounce you up and down on his knee?; jeu de dada ≈ ludo GB, Parcheesi® US;3 ( mouvement artistique) Dada.[dada] adjectif————————[dada] nom masculin3. (familier) [passe-temps] hobby[idée] hobbyhorsele voilà reparti sur ou il a enfourché son dada he's on his hobbyhorse again -
5 enfourcher
enfourcher [ɑ̃fuʀ∫e]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb[+ cheval, bicyclette] to get on* * *ɑ̃fuʀʃeverbe transitif to mount [cheval]; to get on [moto]* * *ɑ̃fuʀʃe vt* * *[ɑ̃furʃe] verbe transitif[chaise] to straddle -
6 конёк
I м.2) разг. ( что-л излюбленное) favourite subject; (область уверенных знаний, навыков) forte [-teɪ], strong pointсесть на [оседла́ть] своего́ конька́ — pursue one's favourite subject, get on one's hobbyhorse
••II м.; ( для катания)морско́й конёк — hippocampus (pl -pi), seahorse
см. конькиIII м.( крыши) (roof) ridge; ( декоративное украшение) finial -
7 конёк
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8 konik
Ⅰ m pers. (N pl koniki) pot. (sprzedawca biletów) (ticket) tout GB; scalper US pot.- kupić bilety u konika to buy tickets from a toutⅡ m anim. 1. dim. small horse 2. dziec. gee-gee, horsie Ⅲ m inanim. (A konika) 1. pot. (ulubione zajęcie) hobby, favourite pastime; (ulubiony temat) hobby horse, pet subject- jego konik to zbieranie znaczków his hobby is stamp-collecting, he collects stamps as a hobby- każdy ma swojego konika every man has his hobby2. Gry (w szachach) knight 3. (w haftce) hook- □ konik morski Zool. sea horse- konik polny grasshopper■ wsiąść na swojego konika a. dosiąść swojego konika to get on one’s hobby horse- nie mogę tego słuchać – znów wsiadł na swojego konika I can’t listen to this – he’s off on his hobby horse again* * *1) ( figura szachowa) knight; ( zainteresowanie) hobby2) (pot) ( spekulant) scalper* * *ma(= mały koń)1. little horse; dziec. horsie, gee-gee.2. ( zabawka) hobbyhorse.3. szachy knight, horse.5. mech. tailstock.mppl. -i pot. (= spekulant) ticket tout, scalper.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > konik
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9 dosiadać
impf dosiąść* * *( konia) to mount* * *ipf.1. (konia, osła, wielbłąda) mount; dosiąść swego konika przen. be on one's hobbyhorse; dosiąść Pegaza przen. mount one's Pegasus.2. (do autobusu, pociągu) get on (a bus/train); na następnym przystanku dosiadło jeszcze kilka osób a few more passengers got on at the next stop.ipf.dosiąść się pf. join ( somebody seated); dosiąść się do czyjegoś stolika join a company at a table, sit down at sb's table; na następnej stacji dosiądą się nowi podróżni more passengers will get on at the next station.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dosiadać
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10 rozwodzić się
impf ⇒ rozwieść się* * ** * *ipf.1. (= mówić l. pisać szczegółowo) talk l. write at length, dwell, descant, expatiate (nad l. o czymś (up)on sth); linger ( nad czymś over l. on sth); rozwodzić się nad czymś labor the point, Br. labour the point; rozwodzić się nad swoim ulubionym tematem be on one's hobbyhorse.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > rozwodzić się
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11 explayarse
pron.v.1 to amuse oneself, to enjoy oneself.2 to talk at length (hablar mucho).3 to pour out one's heart.* * *1 (dilatarse al hablar) to dwell (en, on), talk at length (en, about)3 figurado (divertirse) to amuse oneself, enjoy oneself* * *VPR1) (=esparcirse) [gen] to relax, take it easy; [en discurso] to speak at lengthexplayarse a su gusto — to talk one's head off *, talk to one's heart's content
2) (=extenderse) to extend, spread* * *verbo pronominala) ( sobre un tema) to speak at lengthb) ( desahogarse) to unburden oneselfc) ( esparcirse) to relax* * *verbo pronominala) ( sobre un tema) to speak at lengthb) ( desahogarse) to unburden oneselfc) ( esparcirse) to relax* * *explayarse11 = dwell on/upon, expound (on).Ex: Annotations found in bibliographies may be less stylized and are more likely to dwell on the subject content.
Ex: The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.explayarse22 = get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + chest.Ex: It really feels good to get my dissatisfaction and frustrations off my chest by complaining.
* * *explayarse [A1 ]A «masa» to spread outB1 (sobre un tema) to speak at lengthmás tarde se explayó sobre ese punto he expounded on o spoke at length on o ( frml) expatiated on that point later2 (desahogarse) to unburden oneselfvino a verme porque necesitaba explayarse he came to see me because he needed to unburden himself o get things off his chestse explayó conmigo, contándome todos sus problemas she opened up to me and told me all her problems3 (esparcirse) to relax, unwind ( colloq)* * *
explayarse ( conjugate explayarse) verbo pronominal
explayarse verbo reflexivo to talk at length (about)
* * *explayarse vpr1. [hablar mucho] to talk at length;se explayó sobre su tema favorito he went off on his hobbyhorseexplayarse con alguien to open up to sb3. [divertirse] to amuse oneself, to enjoy oneself* * *v/r1 speak at length;explayarse sobre algo expound on sth2 ( desahogarse) unburden o.s.3 ( distraerse) relax, unwind* * *vr: to expound, to speak at length
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