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1 cudgelled
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2 cudgel
cudgel ['kʌdʒəl] ( British pt & pp cudgelled, cont cudgelling, American pt & pp cudgeled, cont cudgeling)1 noungourdin m, trique f;∎ figurative to take up or to carry the cudgels for sb/sth prendre fait et cause pour qn/qchbattre à coups de gourdin;∎ to cudgel sb to death tuer qn à coups de gourdin; -
3 cudgel
1. noun(a heavy stick or club.) porra
2. verb(to beat with a cudgel.) aporrear, dar golpes de porratr['kʌʤəl]1 porra, garrote nombre masculino1 aporrear\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto cudgel one's brains devanarse los sesosto take up the cudgels for behalf of somebody/something salir en defensa de alguien/algo, romper una lanza por alguien/algo | cudgeling))1 aporrear\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto cudgel one's brains devanarse los sesosto take up the cudgels on behalf of somebody/something salir en defensa de alguien/algo, romper una lanza por alguien/algocudgel n: garrote m, porra fn.• cachiporra s.f.• clava s.f.• estaca s.f.• garrote s.m.• garrote corto s.m.• porra s.f.v.• apalear v.• aporrear v.'kʌdʒəlnoun garrote m, porra f['kʌdʒǝl]1.N porra f- take up the cudgels for sth/sb2.VT aporrear* * *['kʌdʒəl]noun garrote m, porra f -
4 cudgel
n. knuppel--------v. neerknuppelencudgel1[ kudzjl] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉1 knuppel♦voorbeelden:¶ take up the cudgels (for) • in/op de bres springen/staan (voor)————————cudgel2〈werkwoord; Brits-Engels cudgelled〉1 (neer)knuppelen ⇒ slaan met een knuppel, afrossen -
5 beat one's brains about smth.
(beat one's brains about (или with) smth. (тж. beat one's brains out; busy, cudgel, drag, puzzle, rack, амер. ransack one's brains about или with smth.))ломать себе голову над чем-л. [cudgel one's brains about smth. шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]First Clown: "Cudgel thy brains no more about it." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act V, sc. 1) — Первый могильщик: "Не надсаживай себе этим мозгов." (перевод Б. Пастернака)
Two weeks had passed since Martin had seen him, and he vainly cudgelled his brains for some cause of offence. (J. London, ‘Martin Eden’, ch. XXXIII) — Уже две недели Бриссенден не появлялся в комнате Мартина, и тот тщетно ломал себе голову над тем, куда он мог деваться.
She had a bad memory for names, and it irritated her not to be able to think of them, so that she would pause in the middle of some story to rack her brains. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 94) — У нее была плохая память на имена, и это ее раздражало: она часто останавливалась посреди разговора и мучилась, вспоминая какое-нибудь имя.
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