twist someone's words

1  word

♦voorbeelden:

1   in woord en beeld • in pictures and text, with an illustrated description (of)

     een woord van dank • a word of thanks

     op mijn woord van eer • on my word of honour

     met andere woorden • in other words

     gevleugelde woorden • winged/famous words

     geen goed woord voor iets over hebben • not have a good word to say about something

     zij heeft maar een half woord nodig • she can take a hint

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoge woord moest eruit • the truth had to be told/come out, he 〈enz.〉 had to come out with it

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het hoogste woord voeren • do most of the talking

     hij moet altijd het laatste woord hebben • he always has to have the last word

     daarover is het laatste woord nog niet gesproken • 〈 daar horen we nog meer over〉 we haven't heard the last of that; 〈 dat is nog niet beslist〉 I haven't had my final say in the matter

     het verlossende woord spreken • save the situation (by saying something)

     vieze woorden • dirty words, four-letter words

     iemand aan zijn woord houden • keep/hold someone to his word/promise

     het woord doen • do the talking

     het woord geven aan • hand/give the floor over to

     zijn woord geven • give one's word

     iemand de woorden uit de mond halen • take the words right out of someone's mouth

     〈 pregnant〉 zij hebben woorden • they've had words

     zijn woord houden • keep/be as good as one's word

     〈 figuurlijk〉 hij moest zijn woorden weer inslikken • he had to eat his words

     het woord is aan u/u hebt het woord • the floor is yours/you have the floor

     iemand de woorden in de mond leggen • put words into someone's mouth

     het woord nemen • get up to speak, take the floor; 〈 interrumperen〉 cut in on

     het woord tot iemand richten • address/speak to someone

     iemands woorden verdraaien • twist someone's words

     het woord voeren • speak, be/act as spokesperson/spokesman

     laten we er geen woorden meer aan vuilmaken • we'll say no more about it

     niet veel/geen woorden aan/over iets vuilmaken • not waste words/one's breath on something

     zijn woorden (op een goudschaaltje) wegen • weigh/choose one's words (carefully)

     aan het woord zijn • be speaking; 〈 in vergadering ook〉 have the floor

     iemand aan het woord laten • allow someone to/let someone finish (speaking/talking)

     niet in woorden uit te drukken • beyond words, defying description

     in woord en geschrift • in speech and in writing/print

     met geen woord over iets reppen • not say/breathe a word about something

     met/in één woord • in a word, in sum/short

     iets onder woorden brengen • put something into words

     ik geloof u op uw woord • I take you at your word/your word for it

     op zijn woorden letten • be careful about what one says

     iemand te woord staan • speak to/see someone

     niet uit zijn woorden kunnen komen • not be able to express oneself, fumble for words

     iets woord voor woord navertellen • repeat something word for word/verbatim

     ergens geen woorden voor hebben • have no words for something

     dat is geen woord te veel gezegd • that's putting it/things mildly

     er geen woord tussen kunnen krijgen • not be able to get a word in (edgeways)

     geen woorden maar daden • it's time for action; it's time to quit talking and start doing something

     met twee woorden spreken • ±be polite

     ze heeft het niet met zoveel woorden gezegd, maar … • she didn't say it in so many words, but …

     woorden schieten te kort om … • words are not adequate to …; 〈 ook〉 words fail me!

twist someone's words

"1. finger. 2. toe. 3. spoke (of a wheel). 4. bar, rail (in a railing or grill); baluster. 5. inch (2.5 centimeters). 6. finger (measure used to determine the amount of liquid in a glass). 7. the amount of material that will stick to a finger: bir parmak bal a taste of honey. 8. the length of a finger (used in making rough measurements). -ı ağzında kalmak to be greatly astonished, be open-mouthed with amazement; to marvel at something wonderful. - atmak to make trouble, stir up a stink. - basmak 1. /a/ to draw attention to (a point). 2. to put one´s thumbprint on (a document) (in lieu of a signature). -ımı basarım. colloq. You mark my words! -ını bile oynatamamak/kıpırdatamamak not to be able to move a muscle (owing to fatigue). -ını bile oynatmamak/kıpırdatmamak not to lift so much as a finger (to help). - bozmak (for children) to be on the outs with each other. -ına dolamak/sarmak /ı/ to get (something) on the brain. -la gösterilmek 1. to be a person of distinction, be famous. 2. to be small in number, be so few one can count them on the fingers of one hand (as it were). - hesabı 1. (doing arithmetic by) counting on one´s fingers. 2. metrical system based on a count of syllables. - ısırmak to be greatly astonished, be open-mouthed with amazement; to marvel at something wonderful. - ısırtmak /a/ to leave (someone) open-mouthed with astonishment; to cause (someone) to marvel. - izi fingerprint, dactylogram. - kadar small, mere slip of a (child). - kaldı almost, very nearly. - kaldırmak 1. to raise one´s hand (with only the index finger extended) (done as a means of asking permission to speak). 2. to vote in favor of a motion. - kapı 1. gate made of vertical bars. 2. hinged window grate. -ı olmak /da/ to have a finger in (something), have something to do with (something). -ında oynatmak /ı/ to twist (someone) around one´s little finger, dominate (someone) completely. -ını oynatmak to give a bribe, grease someone´s palm. - parmak finger-shaped, fingerlike. -la sayılmak to be so few one can count them on the fingers of one hand (so to speak). -ını sokmak /a/ to interfere in, meddle in (something); to stick one´s oar in. - tatlısı a sweet, finger-shaped pastry. -ının ucunda/ucuyla çevirmek /ı/ to do (something) easily and skillfully. -ının ucunu göstermemek (for a woman) to cover herself so that a man may see no part of her body whatsoever. - usulü metrical system based on a count of syllables. - üzümü a grape whose fruit is somewhat elongated. -ını yaranın üzerine basmak to put one´s finger on the real problem. -larını (birlikte) yemek to find a food very much to one´s liking, relish every mouthful of a food."

f; -, -n

1. ANAT. tongue; belegte Zunge coated ( oder furred) tongue; mit der Zunge anstoßen lisp, have a lisp; sich (Dat) auf die Zunge beißen bite one’s tongue; er beißt sich eher die Zunge ab, als etwas zu sagen he’d bite out his tongue before he’d say anything, he’d rather die than say anything; die Zunge herausstrecken stick ( oder poke) one’s tongue out (+ Dat at); beim Arzt: put one’s tongue out; mit hängender Zunge umg. with one’s tongue hanging out; mir klebt die Zunge am Gaumen I’m parched

2. fig. (Sprache) tongue; böse / spitze oder scharfe Zunge malicious / sharp tongue; böse Zungen behaupten, dass... there’s some nasty gossip going (a)round that...; eine feine Zunge haben geh. have a fine palate; eine falsche / glatte / lose Zunge haben have a lying / smooth / loose tongue; in fremden Zungen sprechen BIBL. speak in tongues; mit gespaltener Zunge sprechen geh. speak with a forked tongue; eine schwere Zunge haben slur one’s speech ( oder words); sich (Dat) die Zunge abbrechen get one’s tongue in a twist; da bricht man sich ja die Zunge ab! how are you supposed to get your tongue (a)round that?; es brannte ihm auf der Zunge, es weiterzusagen he was bursting ( oder dying) to tell someone; Lügen gehen ihm leicht / schwer von der Zunge lying comes easy / hard to him; hüte deine Zunge oder halte deine Zunge im Zaum! geh. mind your tongue!; es lag mir oder ich hatte es auf der Zunge it was on the tip of my tongue; wir werden ihm noch die Zunge lockern oder lösen we’ll loosen his tongue ( oder get him to talk) yet; der Wein löste ihr die Zunge geh. the wine loosened her tongue; sich (Dat) die Zunge verbrennen open one’s big mouth, let one’s tongue run away with one; seine Zunge wetzen an (+ Dat) pej. say nasty things about; Herz1 8, zergehen

3. GASTR. tongue; gepökelte Zunge salted tongue; Zunge in Madeira tongue in Madeira sauce

4. einer Waage: pointer

5. am Schuh: tongue

6. MUS., Orgel: tongue; Akkordeon etc.: reed

7. ZOOL. (Seezunge) sole

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(Körperteil) tongue;

(Lasche) tongue;

(Sprache) tongue

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f -, -n

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1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) tongue

2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) tongue

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1. ANAT tongue

auf der \Zunge brennen to burn one's tongue

die \Zunge herausstrecken to stick out one's tongue

auf der \Zunge zergehen to melt in one's mouth

2. kein pl KOCHK (Rinderzunge) tongue no art, no pl

3. (geh: Sprache) tongue form liter

in fremden \Zungen sprechen to speak in foreign tongues form liter

die Menschen arabischer \Zunge Arabic-speaking people

▶ sich dat fast die \Zunge abbeißen to have trouble keeping quiet

▶ sich dat eher [o lieber] die \Zunge abbeißen[, als etw zu sagen] to do anything rather than say sth

▶ sich dat die \Zunge an etw dat abbrechen to tie one's tongue in knots [trying to say sth]

▶ böse \Zungen malicious gossip

▶ eine böse/lose \Zunge haben to have a malicious/loose tongue

▶ eine feine \Zunge haben to be a gourmet

▶ mit gespaltener \Zunge sprechen to be two-faced, to speak with a forked tongue

▶ jdm hängt die \Zunge zum Hals heraus (fam) sb's tongue is hanging out

▶ seine \Zunge hüten [o zügeln] to mind one's tongue, to watch one's language

▶ es lag mir auf der \Zunge zu sagen, dass... I was on the point of saying that...

▶ etw liegt jdm auf der \Zunge sth is on the tip of sb's tongue

▶ die \Zungen lösen sich people begin to relax and talk

▶ [jdm] die \Zunge lösen to loosen sb's tongue

▶ eine schwere \Zunge slurred speech

meine \Zunge wurde schwer my speech became slurred

▶ seine \Zunge im Zaum halten (geh) to mind one's tongue, to watch one's language

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1) tongue

2) (fig.)

3) (eines Blasinstruments) reed; (einer Orgel) tongue; (eines Schuhs) tongue

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Zunge f; -, -n

1. ANAT tongue;

belegte Zunge coated ( oder furred) tongue;

mit der Zunge anstoßen lisp, have a lisp;

sich (dat)

auf die Zunge beißen bite one’s tongue;

er beißt sich eher die Zunge ab, als etwas zu sagen he’d bite out his tongue before he’d say anything, he’d rather die than say anything;

die Zunge herausstrecken stick ( oder poke) one’s tongue out (+dat at); beim Arzt: put one’s tongue out;

mit hängender Zunge umg with one’s tongue hanging out;

mir klebt die Zunge am Gaumen I’m parched

2. fig (Sprache) tongue;

böse/spitze oder

scharfe Zunge malicious/sharp tongue;

böse Zungen behaupten, dass … there’s some nasty gossip going (a)round that …;

eine feine Zunge haben geh have a fine palate;

eine falsche/glatte/lose Zunge haben have a lying/smooth/loose tongue;

in fremden Zungen sprechen BIBEL speak in tongues;

mit gespaltener Zunge sprechen geh speak with a forked tongue;

eine schwere Zunge haben slur one’s speech ( oder words);

sich (dat)

die Zunge abbrechen get one’s tongue in a twist;

da bricht man sich ja die Zunge ab! how are you supposed to get your tongue (a)round that?;

es brannte ihm auf der Zunge, es weiterzusagen he was bursting ( oder dying) to tell someone;

Lügen gehen ihm leicht/schwer von der Zunge lying comes easy/hard to him;

hüte deine Zunge oder

halte deine Zunge im Zaum! geh mind your tongue!;

es lag mir oder

ich hatte es auf der Zunge it was on the tip of my tongue;

wir werden ihm noch die Zunge lockern oder

lösen we’ll loosen his tongue ( oder get him to talk) yet;

der Wein löste ihr die Zunge geh the wine loosened her tongue;

sich (dat)

die Zunge verbrennen open one’s big mouth, let one’s tongue run away with one;

seine Zunge wetzen an (+dat) pej say nasty things about; → Herz¹ 8, zergehen

3. GASTR tongue;

gepökelte Zunge salted tongue;

Zunge in Madeira tongue in Madeira sauce

4. einer Waage: pointer

5. am Schuh: tongue

6. MUS, Orgel: tongue; Akkordeon etc: reed

7. ZOOL (Seezunge) sole

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1) tongue

2) (fig.)

3) (eines Blasinstruments) reed; (einer Orgel) tongue; (eines Schuhs) tongue

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lingua n.

tongue n.

1 to bother.

perdone que le moleste… I'm sorry to bother you…

¿le molesta que fume? do you mind if I smoke?

Sus palabras acedaron a María His words Maryoyed Mary.

2 to upset.

me molestó que no me saludaras I was rather upset that you didn't say hello to me

3 to be bothered by.

Me molesta ese ruido I am bothered by that noise.

4 to ail.

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► verbo transitivo

1 (interrumpir) to disturb

■ no lo molestes, que está durmiendo don't disturb him, he's asleep

2 (perturbar) to bother, annoy, upset

■ me molestan los ruidos noise bothers me

■ todo le molesta everything upsets him

■ sus comentarios empiezan a molestarme his comments are starting to get on my nerves

3 (importunar) to pester

■ ¡deja de molestarme ya! stop pestering me!

4 (hacer daño - apretar) to hurt, be too tight; (- picar) to irritate

■ estos zapatos me molestan these shoes hurt my feet

5 (ofender) to upset

■ me molesta que no me lo dijeran I'm upset I wasn't told

► verbo pronominal molestarse

1 (tomarse la molestia) to bother

■ no se moleste en venir, ya se lo mandaremos a casa don't bother coming, we'll send it round to you

■ ni se molestó en decir adiós he didn't even bother to say goodbye

■ perdone que le moleste I'm sorry to bother you

2 (ofenderse) to take offence

■ se ha molestado con tu comentario he was offended by your comment

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1) to annoy, bother

2) disturb

3) trouble

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- molestarse en

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1. VT

1) (=importunar) to bother, annoy

2) (=interrumpir) to disturb

3) (=ofender) to upset

2. VI

1) (=importunar) to be a nuisance

2) (=incomodar) to feel uncomfortable, bother

3) (=ofender) to upset

4) (=importar)

molestarse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( importunar) to bother

b) ( interrumpir) to disturb

2) (ofender, disgustar) to upset

1) ( importunar) (+me/te/le etc)

2) ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance

molestarsev pron

1) ( disgustarse) to get upset

2) ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml)

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= bother, irk, pester, disrupt, irritate, trouble, hassle, bug, tread on + toes, spite, annoy, nag (at), disturb, upset, niggle, importune, gall, peeve.

Ex. Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.

Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.

Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.

Ex. This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.

Ex. Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.

Ex. I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.

Ex. For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.

Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.

Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.

Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.

Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.

Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.

Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.

Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.

Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.

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* molestarse = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique.

* molestarse por = be bothered by, bridle at.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( importunar) to bother

b) ( interrumpir) to disturb

2) (ofender, disgustar) to upset

1) ( importunar) (+me/te/le etc)

2) ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance

molestarsev pron

1) ( disgustarse) to get upset

2) ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml)

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molestar [A1 ]

1 (importunar) to bother

perdone que lo moleste, pero quisiera pedirle algo sorry to trouble o bother you, but I'd like to ask you something

¿este señor la está molestando, señorita? is this man bothering you, Miss?

2 (interrumpir) to disturb

no la molestes, está estudiando don't disturb her, she's studying

que no me moleste nadie, voy a dormir un rato don't let anybody disturb me, I'm going to take a nap

B (ofender, disgustar) to upset

perdona si te he molestado I'm sorry if I've upset you

(importunar): ¿no te molesta ese ruido? doesn't that noise bother you?

[ S ] se ruega no molestar please do not disturb

¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?

me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys me

ya sabes que me molesta que hables de él you know I don't like you to talk about him, you know I get upset o it upsets me when you talk about him

nunca uso pulseras, me molestan para trabajar I never wear bracelets, they get in the way when I'm working

no me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable o it bothers me

si le molesta mucho, puedo ponerle una inyección if it's very sore o painful, I could give you an injection

B (fastidiar) to be a nuisance

si vas a molestar, te vas de clase if you're going to be a nuisance, you can leave the classroom

vino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar he came to help, but he just got in the way o made a nuisance of himself

son unos niños encantadores, nunca molestan they're lovely children, they're never any trouble o they're no trouble at all

no quiero molestar I don't want to be a nuisance o to get in the way o to cause any trouble

A (disgustarse) to get upset

no debes molestarte, lo hizo sin querer don't get upset, he didn't mean to do it

se molestó por algo he got upset about something

espero que no se haya molestado por lo que le dije I hope you weren't upset o offended by what I said

molestarse CON algn to get annoyed WITH sb, get cross WITH sb ( BrE)

se molestó conmigo porque no lo invité he got annoyed o cross with me because I didn't invite him, he was put out o upset because I didn't invite him

B (tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself ( frml)

no se moleste, me voy enseguida it's all right o please, don't bother o don't worry, I'm just leaving

no se molesta por nadie, sólo piensa en él he doesn't bother o worry about anybody else, all he thinks about is himself

¿para qué vas a molestarte? why should you put yourself out?

ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call me

se molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come o she went to the trouble of coming all this way to tell us

yo no me voy a molestar en cocinar para ellos I'm not going to put myself out cooking for them

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a) ( importunar) to bother;

◊ perdone que lo moleste sorry to trouble o bother you

b) ( interrumpir) to disturb

◊ ¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;

◊ no quiero molestar I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble

◊ ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call me;

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♦ vt

1. [perturbar] to bother;

el calor no me molesta the heat doesn't bother me;

esa luz tan brillante me molesta that bright light is hurting my eyes;

deja ya de molestar al gato leave the cat alone;

¡deja de molestarme! stop annoying me!;

¿te están molestando los niños? are the children bothering you?;

las moscas no paraban de molestarnos the flies were a real nuisance;

¿le molesta que fume o [m5] si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;

¿te molesta la radio? is the radio bothering you?;

¿te molesta si abro la ventana? do you mind if I open the window?;

perdone que le moleste… I'm sorry to bother you…

2. [doler]

me molesta un poco la herida my wound is rather uncomfortable o a bit sore;

vuelva dentro de un mes si le sigue molestando come back in a month's time if it's still troubling you

3. [ofender] to upset;

me molestó que no me saludaras I was rather upset that you didn't say hello to me;

… todo esto dicho sin ánimo de molestar a nadie I don't want to cause anyone offence but…

♦ vi

vámonos, aquí no hacemos más que molestar let's go, we're in the way here;

deja ya de molestar con tantas preguntas stop being such a nuisance and asking all those questions;

¿molesto? – no, no, pasa am I interrupting? – no, not at all, come in;

no querría molestar, pero necesito hablar contigo un momento I don't want to interrupt, but I need to have a word with you;

puedes aparcar el camión allí, que no molesta you can park the truck over there where it won't be in the way;

no molestar [en letrero] do not disturb

♦ See also the pronominal verb molestarse

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1 bother, annoy

2 ( doler) trouble;

no molestar do not disturb

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molestar vt

1) fastidiar: to annoy, to bother

2) : to disturb, to disrupt

molestar vi

: to be a nuisance

♦ See also the reflexive verb molestarse

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molestar vb

1. (interrumpir) to disturb

2. (importunar) to bother

3. (disgustar) to upset [pt. & pp. upset]

4. (producir un dolor) to hurt [pt. & pp. hurt]

5. (importar) to mind