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1 drop a brick / drop a clanger
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2 drop
[drɔp] 1. n( of liquid) kropla f; (reduction, distance) spadek m; ( by parachute etc) zrzut ma drop of 10% — spadek o 10%
- drops2. vtobject upuszczać (upuścić perf); voice zniżać (zniżyć perf); eyes spuszczać (spuścić perf); price zniżać (zniżyć perf), opuszczać (opuścić perf); ( set down from car) person wysadzać (wysadzić perf), wyrzucać (wyrzucić perf) (inf); object podrzucać (podrzucić perf) (inf); ( omit) opuszczać (opuścić perf)3. vito drop anchor — rzucać (rzucić perf) kotwicę
to drop sb a line — skrobnąć ( perf) do kogoś parę słów (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:- drop in- drop off- drop out* * *[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kropla2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) odrobina, kapka3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) spadek4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spad, uskok2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) upuścić2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) upadać, spadać3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) zrezygnować z4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) wysadzić5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) skreślić•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out
См. также в других словарях:
clanger — n. A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as, he dropped a clanger. [British] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clanger — is a colloquial term for mistake . It may also refer to: Clangers, a television series by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin Traditional nickname for a person local to Bedfordshire, England Bedfordshire clanger, a traditional dumpling containing… … Wikipedia
clanger — ► NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ a mistake … English terms dictionary
clanger — [klaŋ′ər] n. [see CLANG] [Brit. Informal] a mistake or blunder … English World dictionary
clanger — UK [ˈklæŋə(r)] / US [ˈklæŋər] noun [countable] Word forms clanger : singular clanger plural clangers British informal an embarrassing mistake, especially while you are talking. To drop a clanger means to make an embarrassing mistake like this … English dictionary
clanger — n. (colloq.) (BE) ( blunder ) to drop a clanger * * * [ klæŋə] (colloq.) (BE) ( blunder ) to drop a clanger … Combinatory dictionary
clanger — clang|er [ˈklæŋə US ər] n [C usually singular] BrE informal a silly or embarrassing mistake ▪ I can t help noticing the occasional clanger in war films. ▪ He s being blamed for dropping a massive political clanger (=making a silly or embarrassing … Dictionary of contemporary English
clanger — [[t]klæ̱ŋə(r)[/t]] clangers N COUNT You can refer to something stupid or embarrassing that someone does or says as a clanger. [BRIT, INFORMAL] ● PHRASE: V and N inflect If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or… … English dictionary
clanger — noun Date: 1948 British a conspicuous blunder often used in the phrase drop a clanger … New Collegiate Dictionary
clanger — /klang euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that clangs. 2. Brit. Slang. a. a blunder; faux pas. b. drop a clanger, to blunder. [1945 50; CLANG + ER] * * * … Universalium
clanger — noun /ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/ a) a very visible mistake (with reverberating consequences); an attention getting faux pas; a jarring error. He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing. b) A mistake made by a player, counted in … Wiktionary