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1 know by sight
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2 disappear
• paeta• hävitä• häipyä• hälvetä• hävitä näkyvistä• hälventyä• huveta• hukkua• karkota• kadota• kaikota• haipua• haihtua• mennä• peittyä• kulua• poistua näkyvistä* * *disə'piə1) (to vanish from sight: The sun disappeared slowly below the horizon.) kadota2) (to fade out of existence: This custom had disappeared by the end of the century.) hävitä3) (to go away so that other people do not know where one is: A search is being carried out for the boy who disappeared from his home on Monday.) kadota• -
3 wonder
• oudoksua• oudoksunta• oudoksuttaa• ihailu• ihmetys• ihmettely• ihme• ihmetellä• hämmästys• hämmästellä• ilmiö• siunailla• päivitellä• äimistellä• ällistellä• kummastus• kummailla• kumma• kummeksia• kummastella• kummaksua• kummeksua* * *1. noun1) (the state of mind produced by something unexpected or extraordinary: He was full of wonder at the amazing sight.) ihmetys2) (something strange, unexpected or extraordinary: the Seven Wonders of the World; You work late so often that it's a wonder you don't take a bed to the office!) ihme3) (the quality of being strange or unexpected: The wonder of the discovery is that it was only made ten years ago.) ihmeellisyys2. verb1) (to be surprised: Caroline is very fond of John - I shouldn't wonder if she married him.) hämmästyä2) (to feel curiosity or doubt: Have you ever wondered about his reasons for wanting this money?) ihmetellä3) (to feel a desire to know: I wonder what the news is.) olla utelias tietämään•- wonderfully
- wonderingly
- wonderland
- wondrous
- no wonder
См. также в других словарях:
know someone by sight — know (someone/something) by sight to recognize someone or something. I ve never spoken to him, but I know him by sight. Usage notes: usually used to suggest that you know what someone looks like but not what type of character someone has … New idioms dictionary
know something by sight — know (someone/something) by sight to recognize someone or something. I ve never spoken to him, but I know him by sight. Usage notes: usually used to suggest that you know what someone looks like but not what type of character someone has … New idioms dictionary
know somebody by sight — know sb by ˈsight idiom to recognize sb without knowing them well Main entry: ↑knowidiom … Useful english dictionary
know someone by sight — recognize someone without knowing their name or being well acquainted with them. → know … English new terms dictionary
know someone by sight — recognize someone by their appearance without knowing their name or being so well acquainted as to talk to them … Useful english dictionary
know by sight — know (someone/something) by sight to recognize someone or something. I ve never spoken to him, but I know him by sight. Usage notes: usually used to suggest that you know what someone looks like but not what type of character someone has … New idioms dictionary
sight — sight1 [ saıt ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the ability to see using your eyes: EYESIGHT, VISION: I m having laser treatment to improve my sight. Wolf spiders hunt mainly by sight. => SECOND SIGHT a ) the act of seeing something: sight of: I can t… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sight — I UK [saɪt] / US noun Word forms sight : singular sight plural sights *** 1) [uncountable] the ability to see using your eyes Wolf spiders hunt mainly by sight. I m having laser treatment to improve my sight. He has lost 75 per cent of his sight… … English dictionary
sight — sightable, adj. sighter, n. /suyt/, n. 1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision. 2. an act, fact, or instance of seeing. 3. one s range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight. 4. a view;… … Universalium
sight*/*/*/ — [saɪt] noun I 1) [U] the ability to see using your eyes Syn: eyesight, vision people with poor sight[/ex] 2) [U] the act of seeing someone or something I don t know him personally, but I know him by sight (= I know what he looks like).[/ex] The… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sight — sight1 W2S2 [saıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ability to see)¦ 2¦(act of seeing)¦ 3¦(thing you see)¦ 4 in/within sight 5 within/in sight of something 6 in your sights 7 out of sight 8 out of sight, out of mind 9 disappear/vanish from sight … Dictionary of contemporary English
