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121 Licht werfen auf
(to help to solve or give information on (a mystery, puzzle, problem etc): Can anyone throw any light on the problem?) throw light on* * *ausdr.to throw light on expr. -
122 clue
klu:(anything that helps to solve a mystery, puzzle etc: The car number was a clue to the identity of the murderer; I can't answer the second clue in this crossword.) holdepunkt, spor, peiling- clueless- not to have a clue Isubst. \/kluː\/1) ( steg mot en løsning) ledetråd, holdepunkt, nøkkel, spor, tråd2) ( i kryssord) nøkkelordclues across\/down ( i kryssord) nøkkelord vannrett\/loddrettnot have a clue ( hverdagslig) ikke ha peiling, ikke ha noen anelseIIverb \/kluː\/ ( slang)bare i uttrykkclue somebody in\/up gi noen en ledetråd, sette noen på sporet, informere noen -
123 odgadnąć
( zagadkę) to solve; (prawdę, zamiary) to guess* * *pf.-ij, -dł l. - dnął -dła -dli, odgadywać ipf.1. (= rozwiązywać, zgadywać) make out, puzzle out.2. (= przewidywać) foretell, predict; odgadnąć czyjeś zamiary read sb's mind, second-guess sb.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > odgadnąć
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124 rebus
m (G rebusu) rebus- układać rebusy to make up rebuses- rozwiązywać rebusy to solve rebuses* * ** * *mirebus, puzzle.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > rebus
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125 opgave
assignment, business, duty, function, mission, place, ploy, problem, project, task, undertaking* * *(en -r)( hverv) task ( fx undertake (, set him) a difficult task),T job,( pålagt også, F) assignment ( fx the primary assignment of the troops was to protect the mines);( som man sendes ud på, mil., diplomatisk etc) mission ( fx send him on a dangerous mission);( pligt) duty ( fx one of her duties was to answer telephone calls); business ( fx it is the business of a teacher to help his pupils);( formål) object, purpose ( fx the main object (el. purpose) of the society is to...);( problem) problem ( fx a mathematical problem),( regneopgave) sum;( stil, eksamensopgave) paper,( besvarelse også) script ( fx mark ( rette) scripts);( gåde) puzzle;( bestilling på kunstnerisk arbejde) commission;[ mit livs opgave] my business (, F: mission) in life, the object of my life;[ regne en opgave] do a sum, solve a problem;[ skriftlig opgave] (written) exercise, paper;[ stille en opgave], se IV. stille;[ få til opgave at] be commissioned to,(am også) be assigned to;[ han har til opgave at] it is his business to. -
126 regne
count, rain, rank* * *I. vb( om regn) rain;[ det regner voldsomt] it is raining hard, it is pouring;[ det har regnet af] it has stopped raining;[ malingen er regnet af] the paint has come off in the rain;[ det regnede med indbydelser] there were streams of invitations;II. vbT do ( fx a sum et stykke);( tage hensyn til) take into account, consider;( bryde sig om) care ( fx I don't care what he says);( uden objekt) reckon ( fx the boy can't reckon yet),T do sums;[ lære at læse, skrive og regne] learn to read, write, and reckon; learn the three R's,(dvs reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic);[ med præp & adv:][ regne blandt] count (el. number) among, include among ( fx we include him among our friends);[` regne efter]( bedømme ud fra) judge by;( gøre overslag) make a calculation,( kontrollere) check (up);[ regne fejl] miscalculate, make a mistake (in reckoning);[ regne for] consider (to be) ( fx I consider him (to be) a fool; I consider it my duty to help him), regard as, count as,( fejlagtigt) take for ( fx I took him for a fool; what do you take me for? he is not the man I took him for);[ det er for intet at regne imod] it is nothing (compared) to;[ de er aldrig blevet regnet for noget] they have never counted for much,F they have never been held in any esteem;[ ikke regne det for noget at] think nothing of -ing;(= fradrage) subtract,F deduct;[ fra i dag at regne] counting from today, as from to day;[ regne godt] be good at figures;[ højt regnet] at (the) most, at the outside;[ regne i hovedet] do a sum in one's head;F make a mental calculation;( regne hovedregning) do mental arithmetic;[ regne det i hovedet] do it in one's head;[ lavt regnet] at least,F at a low estimate;[` regne med]( tage med i beregningen) allow for ( fx a delay, a fall in prices), provide for ( fx extra expenses);( tillægge betydning) reckon with ( fx he is a man to be reckoned with);( stole på) depend on ( fx him to do it),T count on ( fx him; his help; you can't always count on hispromises), reckon on;( forvente) expect ( fx we expect that he will come (, him to come)),T reckon on ( fx meeting him),( gå ud fra) take for granted ( fx I take it for granted that youwill be there),T count on,F calculate on;( medregne) include (in one's reckoning), count (in),T reckon in;[ regne med til] = regne blandt;[ regne pund om til kroner] convert pounds into kroner;[ rundt regnet] about, around, roughly, in round figures,T round about,F approximately;( gennemsnitlig) on an average;[ regne sammen] add up, sum up,T reckon up;[ han regnes til de mindre digtere] he is numbered among (el. classed withel. counted among) the minor poets;[ det blev regnet ham til last] it was laid to his charge;[ regne sig det til fortjeneste] take the credit for it (to oneself);[ regne ud]( beregne) work out ( fx the cost, one's income),F calculate, compute,(især am T) figure out;( finde ud af) make out ( fx as far as I can make out; I can't makeout how it happened),(især am T) figure out;( ved grundig eftertanke) puzzle out ( fx a solution, a code, how to do it), think out ( fx a solution, the best method);[ forstå at regne den ud] know a trick or two. -
127 desentrañar
v.1 to unravel, to dig out, to figure out, to dig up.El detective desentrañó el misterio The detective unraveled the mystery.2 to eviscerate, to disembowel.El carnicero desentrañó a la vaca The butcher eviscerated the cow.* * *1 (sacar las entrañas) to disembowel2 figurado to find out, solve, unravel1 figurado (darlo todo) to give one's all* * *VT1) (=resolver) [+ misterio] to get to the bottom of, unravel; [+ significado] to puzzle out2) (=destripar) to disembowel* * *verbo transitivo < misterio> to unravel, get to the bottom of; <significado/sentido> to decipher, work out* * *= untangle.Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.* * *verbo transitivo < misterio> to unravel, get to the bottom of; <significado/sentido> to decipher, work out* * *= untangle.Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
* * *desentrañar [A1 ]vt‹misterio› to unravel, get to the bottom of; ‹significado/sentido› to decipher, work out* * *
desentrañar vtr (un crimen, enigma) to unravel, get to the bottom of
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disentangle
- unravel
- untangle
* * *desentrañar vt1. [enigma] to unravel;[problema] to figure out, to get to the bottom of; [clave] to decipher, to break; [significado, sentido] to make out2. [destripar] [aves, reses, conejos] to disembowel;[pescado] to gut* * *v/t figunravel* * *desentrañar vt: to get to the bottom of, to unravel -
128 misterio1
1 = mystery, puzzle, riddle, mystique, uncanniness, eeriness.Ex. In some cases the real question that needs to be answered may indeed turn out to be, as Winston Churchill once said of Russia, 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'.Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.Ex. In some cases the real question that needs to be answered may indeed turn out to be, as Winston Churchill once said of Russia, 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'.Ex. Quite apart from a completely new vocabulary, the whole mystique of computers is still a source of bewilderment.Ex. The author shares with her readers her awareness of the dilemmas raised by the uncanniness of her subjects.Ex. The eeriness of the novel is increased by the everyday look of its characters.----* aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.* esclarecer un misterio = unravel + mystery, figure out + mystery.* escritor de novelas de misterio = mystery writer.* halo de misterio = mystique.* misterio fascinante = intriguing mystery.* no es un misterio = not (exactly) rocket science.* novela de misterio = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel.* resolver un misterio = solve + mystery, unravel + mystery.* rodear de misterio = shroud in + mystery, veil in + mystery.
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