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1 bugger this for a lark etc
expr excl BrE vulg slBugger this for a game of soldiers! — Как мне все это надоело, блин!
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2 lark
Lerche fPHRASES:for a \lark aus Jux ( fam)what a \lark! [or what \larks!] was für ein Spaß!2) ( Brit);I've had enough of this commuting \lark ich hab' genug von dieser ewigen Pendelei ( fam)PHRASES: -
3 lark
I noun(Ornith.) Lerche, dieII 1.(coll.)noundo something for a lark — etwas aus Jux machen (ugs.)
2. intransitive verbwhat a lark! — das ist/war spitze! (ugs.)
lark [about or around] — herumalbern (ugs.)
* * *I noun(a general name for several types of singing-bird, especially the skylark, which flies high into the air as it sings.) die LercheII noun(a piece of fun or mischief.) der Jux- academic.ru/117110/lark_about_around">lark about/around* * *lark1[lɑ:k, AM lɑ:rk]n Lerche flark2[lɑ:k, AM lɑ:rk]I. nfor a \lark aus Jux famwhat a \lark! [or what \larks!] was für ein Spaß!I've had enough of this commuting \lark ich hab' genug von dieser ewigen Pendelei fam3.▶ blow [or bugger] [or sod] [or stuff] this for a \lark! BRIT (fam!) ich hab' die Schnauze [o Nase] [gestrichen] voll! fam* * *I [lAːk]n (ORN)Lerche fIIto be up with the lark — mit den Hühnern aufstehen
n (inf)let's go to the party, it'll be a bit of a lark —
that's the best lark we've had for a long time! — so viel Spaß haben wir schon lange nicht mehr gehabt!
what a lark! — das ist (ja) zum Schreien or Schießen!
to do sth for a lark — etw ( nur) zum Spaß or aus Jux machen
2) (Brit inf= business, affair)
this whole agency lark is... — die ganze Geschichte mit der Agentur ist... (inf)I wouldn't get involved in that lark — auf so was or so 'ne Sache würde ich mich nicht einlassen (inf)
I don't believe in all this horoscopes lark — ich glaube nicht an diesen Blödsinn mit den Horoskopen (inf)
* * *lark1 [lɑː(r)k] s ORN Lerche f:lark2 [lɑː(r)k] umgA s Jux m, Ulk m, Spaß m:for a lark zum Spaß, aus Jux;what a lark! das ist (ja) zum Brüllen! umg* * *I noun(Ornith.) Lerche, dieII 1.be up with the lark — beim od. mit dem ersten Hahnenschrei aufstehen
(coll.)noun2. intransitive verbwhat a lark! — das ist/war spitze! (ugs.)
lark [about or around] — herumalbern (ugs.)
* * *n.Lerche -n f.
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