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121 Achille
[a'kille]nome proprio maschile Achillestallone di Achille — fig. Achilles' heel
* * *Achille/a'kille/n.pr.m.Achilles; tallone di Achille fig. Achilles' heel. -
122 achillesowy
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123 achilleshiel
n. (Greek Mythology) Achilles' heel, only spot which is vulnerable (from the Greek legend of Achilles); (Anatomy) Achilles tendon, tendon which attaches the heel bone of the foot to the calf muscle -
124 akilleenkantapää
yks.nom. akilleenkantapää; yks.gen. akilleenkantapään; yks.part. akilleenkantapäätä; yks.ill. akilleenkantapäähän; mon.gen. akilleenkantapäiden akilleenkantapäitten; mon.part. akilleenkantapäitä; mon.ill. akilleenkantapäihinAchilles heel* * *• achilles' heel• achilles -
125 слабое место
1) General subject: Achilles' heel, blind side (у человека), bottleneck, easy (soft) touch, flaw, shortcoming, the blank side, the blind side, the heel of Achilles, the joint in (smb.'s) armour (чьё-л.), weak point, weak spot, weakness, soft spot (There were soft spots in the present set-up (Arthur Hailey)), gravest flow (someone's gravest flow), shatterpoint (из романа по вселенной Star Wars), vulnerability, the joint in one's armour2) Engineering: trouble spot (конструкции)3) Bookish: feeble4) Mathematics: the weak point in, weakening5) Economy: weak pocket6) Oil: soft spot (конструкции)7) Advertising: vulnerable spot9) Production: choke point10) Quality control: trouble spot (конструкция)11) Makarov: a chink in (smb.'s) armour, chink in ( smb.'s) armour, hole, sensible part, sensible spot, soft place, soft touch, weak pocket (напр. компании) -
126 actuar con cautela
(v.) = play it + safeEx. Barack Obama is playing it safe in the final week of the election, but his Achilles' heel might be taxes.* * *(v.) = play it + safeEx: Barack Obama is playing it safe in the final week of the election, but his Achilles' heel might be taxes.
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127 introducirse en
v.1 to get into, to get in, to worm oneself into.Una espina se introdujo en mi bosillo A thorn got into my pocket.Nos introdujimos en el problema We got into the problem.2 to get in, to slip in, to get into, to slip into.Una espina se introdujo en mi bosillo A thorn got into my pocket.* * *(v.) = insinuate + Posesivo + way through, insinuate + Reflexivo + (into), insinuate intoEx. As they insinuated their way through the stack area, the secretary responded that all she knew was that the director had just returned from a meeting.Ex. But self-concern can insinuate itself into every corner of the emotional life.Ex. While endorsing the thought that language is insinuated into brains, I also identify what I believe is the theory's Achilles heel.* * *(v.) = insinuate + Posesivo + way through, insinuate + Reflexivo + (into), insinuate intoEx: As they insinuated their way through the stack area, the secretary responded that all she knew was that the director had just returned from a meeting.
Ex: But self-concern can insinuate itself into every corner of the emotional life.Ex: While endorsing the thought that language is insinuated into brains, I also identify what I believe is the theory's Achilles heel. -
128 ir a lo seguro
(v.) = play it + safeEx. Barack Obama is playing it safe in the final week of the election, but his Achilles' heel might be taxes.* * *(v.) = play it + safeEx: Barack Obama is playing it safe in the final week of the election, but his Achilles' heel might be taxes.
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Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Achilles Heel — may refer to:* Achilles heel, a metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength * Achilles Heel (band), a band from New York state * Achilles Heel (album), an album by Pedro the Lion * Achilles tendon … Wikipedia
achilles' heel — A person s weak spot is their Achilles heel … The small dictionary of idiomes
Achilles heel — ► NOUN ▪ a weakness or vulnerable point. ORIGIN from the mythological Greek hero Achilles, whose mother plunged him into the River Styx when he was a baby, thus making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him … English terms dictionary
Achilles' heel — Achilles heel, Achilles tendon Use an apostrophe in both expressions for consistency, even though the connection with Achilles is remote in the second … Modern English usage
Achilles' heel — n. (one s) vulnerable or susceptible spot * * * … Universalium
Achilles’ heel — [n] vulnerability chink in the armor*, deficiency, frailty, handicap, soft underbelly*, susceptibility, weakness; concepts 101,230,411,580 … New thesaurus
Achilles' heel — n. (one s) vulnerable or susceptible spot … English World dictionary
Achilles' heel — This article deals with the phrase. For other uses, see Achilles Heel. An Achilles’ heel is a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength, actually or potentially leading to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical… … Wikipedia
Achilles' heel — n. a person s weak or vulnerable point. Etymology: L Achilles f. Gk Akhilleus, a hero in the Iliad, invulnerable except in the heel * * * noun a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness • Hypernyms: ↑weak part, ↑weak spot, ↑soft spot * * * n… … Useful english dictionary