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1 fifty-five
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2 fifty-five
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3 fifty-five plus benefit
гос. фин., эк. тр., новозел., устар. = 55-plus benefitАнгло-русский экономический словарь > fifty-five plus benefit
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4 eleven fives are fifty-five
Общая лексика: одиннадцать, помноженное на пять, - пятьдесят пятьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > eleven fives are fifty-five
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5 fifty
ˈfɪftɪ
1. числ. колич. пятьдесят fifty-one ≈ пятьдесят один fifty-two ≈ пятьдесят два и т. д. he is over fifty ≈ ему за пятьдесят
2. сущ. пятьдесят (единиц, штук) группа из пятидесяти человек или предметов - in /by/ fifties по пятидесяти пятьдесят лет( о возрасте) - he is * ему пятьдесят - he must be under * ему, должно быть, еще нет пятидесяти - at * в пятьдесят лет, в пятидесятилетнем возрасте - a man of * пятидесятилетний человек (число) пятьдесят - * books пятьдесят книг - * people пятьдесят человек - * tens are five hundred пятьдесят, помноженное на десять, - пятьсот - * times as much в пятьдесят раз больше (номер) пятьдесят, (номер) пятидесятый - Chapter * пятидесятая глава - Room * комната( номер) патьдесят - *-one, *-two, etc. пятьдесят один, пятьдесят два и т.д. - *-first, *-second etc. пятьдесят первый, пятьдесят второй и т.д. > I have * things to tell you мне очень много нужно рассказать вам fifty пятьдесят (единиц, штук) ~ num. card. пятьдесят;
fifty-one пятьдесят один;
fifty-two пятьдесят два;
he is over fifty ему за пятьдесят ~ num. card. пятьдесят;
fifty-one пятьдесят один;
fifty-two пятьдесят два;
he is over fifty ему за пятьдесят ~ num. card. пятьдесят;
fifty-one пятьдесят один;
fifty-two пятьдесят два;
he is over fifty ему за пятьдесят ~ num. card. пятьдесят;
fifty-one пятьдесят один;
fifty-two пятьдесят два;
he is over fifty ему за пятьдесят -
6 fifty
1. [ʹfıftı] n1) группа из пятидесяти человек или предметовin /by/ fifties - по пятидесяти
2) пятьдесят лет ( о возрасте)he must be under [about, over] fifty - ему, должно быть, ещё нет [около, больше] пятидесяти
2. [ʹfıftı] numat fifty - в пятьдесят лет, в пятидесятилетнем возрасте
1) (число) пятьдесятfifty tens are five hundred - пятьдесят, помноженное на десять, - пятьсот
2) (номер) пятьдесят, (номер) пятидесятый|| fifty-one, fifty-two, etc пятьдесят один, пятьдесят два и т. д.fifty-first, fifty-second etc - пятьдесят первый, пятьдесят второй и т. д.
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I have fifty things to tell you - мне очень много нужно рассказать вам -
7 fifty tens are five hundred
Общая лексика: пятьдесят, помноженное на десять, - пятьсотУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > fifty tens are five hundred
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8 Ford, Henry
[br]b. 30 July 1863 Dearborn, Michigan, USAd. 7 April 1947 Dearborn, Michigan, USA[br]American pioneer motor-car maker and developer of mass-production methods.[br]He was the son of an Irish immigrant farmer, William Ford, and the oldest son to survive of Mary Litogot; his mother died in 1876 with the birth of her sixth child. He went to the village school, and at the age of 16 he was apprenticed to Flower brothers' machine shop and then at the Drydock \& Engineering Works in Detroit. In 1882 he left to return to the family farm and spent some time working with a 1 1/2 hp steam engine doing odd jobs for the farming community at $3 per day. He was then employed as a demonstrator for Westinghouse steam engines. He met Clara Jane Bryant at New Year 1885 and they were married on 11 April 1888. Their only child, Edsel Bryant Ford, was born on 6 November 1893.At that time Henry worked on steam engine repairs for the Edison Illuminating Company, where he became Chief Engineer. He became one of a group working to develop a "horseless carriage" in 1896 and in June completed his first vehicle, a "quadri cycle" with a two-cylinder engine. It was built in a brick shed, which had to be partially demolished to get the carriage out.Ford became involved in motor racing, at which he was more successful than he was in starting a car-manufacturing company. Several early ventures failed, until the Ford Motor Company of 1903. By October 1908 they had started with production of the Model T. The first, of which over 15 million were built up to the end of its production in May 1927, came out with bought-out steel stampings and a planetary gearbox, and had a one-piece four-cylinder block with a bolt-on head. This was one of the most successful models built by Ford or any other motor manufacturer in the life of the motor car.Interchangeability of components was an important element in Ford's philosophy. Ford was a pioneer in the use of vanadium steel for engine components. He adopted the principles of Frederick Taylor, the pioneer of time-and-motion study, and installed the world's first moving assembly line for the production of magnetos, started in 1913. He installed blast furnaces at the factory to make his own steel, and he also promoted research and the cultivation of the soya bean, from which a plastic was derived.In October 1913 he introduced the "Five Dollar Day", almost doubling the normal rate of pay. This was a profit-sharing scheme for his employees and contained an element of a reward for good behaviour. About this time he initiated work on an agricultural tractor, the "Fordson" made by a separate company, the directors of which were Henry and his son Edsel.In 1915 he chartered the Oscar II, a "peace ship", and with fifty-five delegates sailed for Europe a week before Christmas, docking at Oslo. Their objective was to appeal to all European Heads of State to stop the war. He had hoped to persuade manufacturers to replace armaments with tractors in their production programmes. In the event, Ford took to his bed in the hotel with a chill, stayed there for five days and then sailed for New York and home. He did, however, continue to finance the peace activists who remained in Europe. Back in America, he stood for election to the US Senate but was defeated. He was probably the father of John Dahlinger, illegitimate son of Evangeline Dahlinger, a stenographer employed by the firm and on whom he lavished gifts of cars, clothes and properties. He became the owner of a weekly newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, which became the medium for the expression of many of his more unorthodox ideas. He was involved in a lawsuit with the Chicago Tribune in 1919, during which he was cross-examined on his knowledge of American history: he is reputed to have said "History is bunk". What he actually said was, "History is bunk as it is taught in schools", a very different comment. The lawyers who thus made a fool of him would have been surprised if they could have foreseen the force and energy that their actions were to release. For years Ford employed a team of specialists to scour America and Europe for furniture, artefacts and relics of all kinds, illustrating various aspects of history. Starting with the Wayside Inn from South Sudbury, Massachusetts, buildings were bought, dismantled and moved, to be reconstructed in Greenfield Village, near Dearborn. The courthouse where Abraham Lincoln had practised law and the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers built their first primitive aeroplane were added to the farmhouse where the proprietor, Henry Ford, had been born. Replicas were made of Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the old City Hall in Philadelphia, and even a reconstruction of Edison's Menlo Park laboratory was installed. The Henry Ford museum was officially opened on 21 October 1929, on the fiftieth anniversary of Edison's invention of the incandescent bulb, but it continued to be a primary preoccupation of the great American car maker until his death.Henry Ford was also responsible for a number of aeronautical developments at the Ford Airport at Dearborn. He introduced the first use of radio to guide a commercial aircraft, the first regular airmail service in the United States. He also manufactured the country's first all-metal multi-engined plane, the Ford Tri-Motor.Edsel became President of the Ford Motor Company on his father's resignation from that position on 30 December 1918. Following the end of production in May 1927 of the Model T, the replacement Model A was not in production for another six months. During this period Henry Ford, though officially retired from the presidency of the company, repeatedly interfered and countermanded the orders of his son, ostensibly the man in charge. Edsel, who died of stomach cancer at his home at Grosse Point, Detroit, on 26 May 1943, was the father of Henry Ford II. Henry Ford died at his home, "Fair Lane", four years after his son's death.[br]Bibliography1922, with S.Crowther, My Life and Work, London: Heinemann.Further ReadingR.Lacey, 1986, Ford, the Men and the Machine, London: Heinemann. W.C.Richards, 1948, The Last Billionaire, Henry Ford, New York: Charles Scribner.IMcN -
9 eleven
ɪˈlevn одиннадцать (цифра;
тж. figure of *) группа из одиннадцати человек, преим. команда из одиннадцати игроков (футбол, крикет) - there were * of them их было одиннадцать - in *s по одиннадцати (в каждом) одиннадцать лет( о возрасте) - he is * ему одиннадцать лет - at * в одиннадцать лет, в одиннадцатилетнем возрасте - a girl of * одиннадцатилетняя девочка одиннадцать часов - she will come at * она придет в одиннадцать (число) одиннадцать - * and * make twenty-two одиннадцать плюс /и/ одиннадцать - двадцать два - * books одиннадцать книг - * fives are fifty-five одиннадцать, помноженное на пять, - пятьдесят пять - * times as much в одиннадцать раз больше (номер) одиннадцать, (номер) одиннадцатый - chapter * одиннадцатая глава - Room * комната( номер) одиннадцать eleven команда из одиннадцати человек (в футболе или крикете) ~ num. card. одиннадцать -
10 eleven
1. [ıʹlev(ə)n] n1) одиннадцать ( цифра; тж. figure of eleven)2) группа из одиннадцати человек, преим. команда из одиннадцати игроков (футбол, крикет)3) одиннадцать лет ( о возрасте)at eleven - в одиннадцать лет, в одиннадцатилетнем возрасте
4) одиннадцать часов2. [ıʹlev(ə)n] num1) (число) одиннадцатьeleven and eleven make twenty-two - одиннадцать плюс /и/ одиннадцать - двадцать два
eleven fives are fifty-five - одиннадцать, помноженное на пять, - пятьдесят пять
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11 55-plus benefit
гос. фин., эк. тр., новозел., устар. пособие для лиц старше 55 лет* (специальное пособие, которое выплачивалось вместо обычного пособия по безработице неработающим лицам в возрасте старше 55 лет, но младше пенсионного возраста; в отличие от обычного пособия по безработице, для получения этого пособия лицо не обязано было регистрироваться в службе занятости в качестве безработного и активно искать работу)Syn:See: -
12 benefit
1. сущ.1) общ. выгода, прибыль, польза, благо; полезность; преимущество; привилегия, льготаATTRIBUTES:
nonmaterial benefits — нематериальные [духовные\] блага
distinct benefit — явная [ясная\] выгода
COMBS:
1to mutual benefit — с выгодой для обеих сторон, к взаимной выгоде
1for the benefit of smb., for smb.'s benefit — на благо кого-л., с выгодой для кого-л., в пользу кого-л.
1to get [to derive\] benefit from (smth.) — извлекать пользу [выгоду\] из (чего-л.)
to reap the benefit of smth. — пожинать плоды чего-л., извлекать выгоду из чего-л.
to be of benefit to (smth./smb.) — быть полезным [выгодным\] для (чего-л./кого-л.)
Organisations that exist primarily to provide a benefit to owners or members are not regarded as charitable. — Организации которые существует прежде всего для того, чтобы приносить выгоду своим владельцам или членам, не считаются благотворительными.
In the long term, a competitive market can provide benefits to customers. — В долгосрочном периоде конкурентный рынок может принести пользу [выгоды\] потребителям.
Syn:See:after-tax benefit, consumer benefit, customer benefit, external benefit, fringe benefits 2), health benefit 1), product benefit, public benefit 1), social benefit 1), tax benefit, benefit segment, benefit segmentation, cost-benefit analysis2)а) страх. пособие, выплата (сумма, выплачиваемая государством, страховым фондом или работодателем в качестве финансовой поддержки или компенсации лицам определенной категории, напр., пособие по безработице, по болезни и т. п.)ATTRIBUTES:
insurance benefit — страховая выплата, страховое пособие
COMBS:
to be on benefit — жить на пособие, получать пособие
to be entitled to [to be eligible for, to be qualify for\] a benefit — иметь право на пособие, иметь право на получение пособия
This insurance will provide a benefit to your beneficiary( ies) upon your death. — Это страхование предоставит пособие вашему бенефициару/бенефициарам после вашей смерти.
See:accelerated benefits, accident benefit, accident death benefit, accidental death benefit, additional benefit, annuity benefit, apprenticeship benefits, bed reservation benefit, benefit in cash, benefit in kind, bereavement benefit, burial benefit, cafeteria benefit, cafeteria-style benefit, Canada Child Tax Benefit, car benefit, car fuel benefit, carer's benefit, cash benefit, child benefit, child care benefit, child disability benefit, company car benefit, compassionate care benefit, contribution-based benefit, cost-of-living benefit, covered benefit, critical illness benefit, death benefit, death-in-service benefit, disability benefit, disablement benefit, dismemberment benefit, domestic purposes benefit, dread disease benefit, drug benefit, educational benefit, elective benefits, employee benefits, employment benefits, employment insurance benefit, fringe benefits 1), fuel benefit, funeral benefit, health benefit 2), health care benefit, hospice benefit, housing benefit, incapacity benefit, income-related benefit, income-tested benefit, independent youth benefit, industrial death benefit, injury benefit, in-kind benefit, in-network benefits, in-plan benefits, insurance benefit, invalidity benefit, invalids benefit, lifetime benefit, lifetime maximum benefit, living benefits, long-term care benefit, loss of income benefit, loss of time benefit, lump sum benefit, maternity benefit, maternity leave benefit, means-tested benefit, medical benefits, medical expense benefits, medical expenses benefits, Medicare benefits, national insurance benefit, network benefits, noncash benefit, non-contributory benefit, nonforfeiture benefit, non-means-tested benefit, non-network benefits, non-wage benefits, occupational death benefit, optional benefits, out-of-area benefits, out-of-network benefits, out-of-plan benefits, parental benefit, parental leave benefit, pension benefit, periodic benefit, pharmaceutical benefit, pharmacy benefit, post-retirement death benefit, pre-retirement death benefit, public assistance benefit, public benefit 2), rehabilitation benefit, repatriation benefit, retirement benefit, serious illness benefit, sick benefit, sick leave benefit, sickness benefit, social benefit 2), Social Security benefit, social service benefits, strike benefit, supplementary benefit, survivor benefit, survivor's benefit, survivors' benefit, survivorship benefit, terminal illness benefit, termination benefit, trauma benefit, underinsured motorist benefit, unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, uninsured motorist benefit, universal child care benefit, vacation benefit, welfare benefit, widows benefit, benefit consultant, benefit recipient, benefits advisor, benefits consultant, benefits manager, lifetime benefit maximum, Employee Benefits Security Administration, aid 1. 1), employee benefit planб) страх., эк. тр. пенсия, пенсионное пособиеSyn:See:55-plus benefit, accrued benefits, deferred retirement benefit, disability retirement benefit, early retirement benefit, fifty-five plus benefit, future service benefit, late retirement benefit, nonforfeitable benefits, non-vested benefits, normal retirement benefit, old age benefit, past service benefit, prior service benefit, projected benefits, service retirement benefit, unvested benefits, vested benefits, veterans benefits, defined benefit pension plan, vesting 2), accumulated benefit obligation, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation3) театр. бенефис (представление, сборы с которого поступают в пользу одного из актеров либо направляются на определенную цель, напр., на благотворительное мероприятие)2. гл.1) общ. помогать, приносить пользу оказывать благотворное воздействиеExtra few minutes of sleep won’t benefit you as much as a good breakfast. — Лишняя пара минут сна не принесет вам столько пользы, как полноценный завтрак.
2) общ. извлекать пользу, выгоду1to benefit by/from (smth.) — извлекать пользу [выгоду\] из (чего-л.)
I think the student will benefit by further study. — Я думаю, что дальнейшие занятия благотворно скажутся на этом студенте.
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право, привилегия, польза, преимущество: 1) право, которое дает владельцу акция (права на дивиденд, на участие в новом займе, на получение бесплатных акций); 2) налоговые скидка, исключение, зачет; 3) дополнительное - обычно неденежное - вознаграждение при найме сотрудника (медицинская страховка, пенсионная схема, транспорт, обучение детей, компенсация в случае смерти); см. compensation;fringe benefit;4) преимущество, которое получит клиент при покупке данного товара (на это обращается внимание в рекламе).* * *Выгода, польза, выплата. . Словарь экономических терминов .* * *страховое пособие по безработице, по болезни и т. д. -
13 Double Nickle
1) Жаргон: To drive at fifty-five miles per hour. (Came from CB jargon. Пример: "To conserve gasoline, I always drive at a double nickle. Yeah, I love it!")2) Современное выражение: Another name for the 55mph speed limit. (Прмер: "I conserve gasoline by running the double nickle.") -
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сущ. скороговорка ("язык сломаешь")"She sells sea shells by the seashore" is a popular American tongue twister.
He rattled off something that sounded like a tongue twister: "Nole Renadu-fifty-five-years-old-homeowner-member-of-the-city council."Примеры скороговорок:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. (Питер Пайпер поднял стручок маринованного перца.)Tie twine to three tree twigs.Red leather, yellow leather.She sells sea shells by the seashore.Leaping lizards like to lick lovely lemon lollipops for lunch.Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry…Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > tongue twister
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15 tongue-twister
сущ. скороговорка ("язык сломаешь")"She sells sea shells by the seashore" is a popular American tongue twister.
He rattled off something that sounded like a tongue twister: "Nole Renadu-fifty-five-years-old-homeowner-member-of-the-city council."Примеры скороговорок:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. (Питер Пайпер поднял стручок маринованного перца.)Tie twine to three tree twigs.Red leather, yellow leather.She sells sea shells by the seashore.Leaping lizards like to lick lovely lemon lollipops for lunch.Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry…Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > tongue-twister
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16 पञ्चपञ्ञासति
පඤ්චපඤ්ඤාසති paपञ्चपञ्ञासतिncapaपञ्चपञ्ञासतिnपञ्चपञ्ञासतिnaasati pañcapaññāsati ffifty-five. -
17 be out of it
1) не принимать участия; не быть включённым, не входить в составAmongst so many distinguished people, she felt quite out of it. (ECI) — Среди стольких знаменитостей она чувствовала себя потерянной.
2) не быть в числе первых, отстать ( в соревнованиях)A: "Where did you come in, in the cross-country race?" B: "Oh, I was absolutely out of it. There were fifty-five runners, and I was forty-eighth!" (SPI) — А: "Какой у вас результат в беге по пересеченной местности? Б. Я безнадежно отстал. Участвовало пятьдесят пять бегунов. Я пришел сорок восьмым."
3) быть совершенно не в курсе дела; ошибаться, заблуждаться; быть плохо информированнымA: "D'you know who it was who told me?" B: "It must have been my brother; because no one else knows." A: "You're absolutely out of it; it was some one who doesn't know you at all." (SPI) — А: "Как вы думаете, кто рассказал мне об этом? Б. Должно быть, мой брат; он ведь один в курсе дела. А. Вы сильно ошибаетесь. Мне рассказал человек, который вас совершенно не знает."
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18 bring smth. home to smb.
1) втолковать что-л. кому-л., довести что-л. до чьего-л. сознания, заставить кого-л. осознать что-лNever in my life... was the vast gap which divides the rich from the poor in America so vividly and forcefully brought home to me. (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Book about Myself’, ch. LX) — Никогда в жизни... пропасть, отделяющая богатых от бедных в Америке, не представала передо мной с такой очевидностью.
The growth of national consciousness in the more than fifty-five differently administered African states and islands, expecially since 1945, has stimulated political thinking and brought home even more to the African people how precarious could be the independence of a single African State standing in isolation from the rest of Africa. (J. Woddis, ‘Africa. The Way Ahead’, ch. VI) — Рост национального сознания на пятидесяти с лишним африканских территориях и островах, управлявшихся различными странами, особенно усилился после 1945 года; он стимулировал развитие политической мысли: африканцы еще острее почувствовали, насколько непрочной может оказаться независимость какого-нибудь отдельного африканского государства, если оно будет держаться изолированно от остальной Африки.
2) уличить кого-л. в чём-л. (особ. в преступлении)...although we suspected Davis it was not easy to bring the crime home to him as he always seemed to have an unimpeachable alibi. (A. Christie, ‘The Thirteen Problems’, ch. 2) —...хотя мы и подозревали Дэвиса, уличить его в совершении преступления было нелегко, так как у него всегда находилось безупречное алиби.
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19 old as the hills
очень старый, древний; ≈ старо как мир [этим. предположительно библ. Job XV, 7: art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?]‘There's very little to be had out of that,’ he said; ‘Regular country little place, old as the hills.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part I, ch. I) — - Ничего особенного там нет, - сказал Джемс, - настоящий деревенский уголок, от которого так и веет стариной.
That little affair of your father-in-law and your Aunt Irene, Val - it's old as the hills, of course, Fleur need know nothing about it... (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part I, ch. V) — Эта история с твоим тестем и твоей тетей Ирэн, Вэл... Все это, конечно, давно поросло быльем, не нужно, чтобы Флер что-нибудь узнала...
...she saw that he was practically toothless. As old as the hills. While Rhett was stealing a horse, why couldn't he have stolen a good one? (M. Mitchell, ‘Gone with the Wind’, ch. XXIV) —...Скарлетт увидела, что у лошади почти не было зубов и она от старости еле передвигала ноги. Уж если Рэтт решил украсть лошадь, то почему он украл эту старую клячу?
The reader will notice that many of my stories are written in the first person singular. That is a literary convention which is as old as the hills. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Preface’) — читатель, вероятно, заметил, что многие из моих рассказов написаны от первого лица. Это литературный прием, старый как мир.
Fifty-five must seem as old as the hills to a girl like you. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part I, ch. I) — Такой молоденькой девушке, как вы, мужчина пятидесяти пяти лет кажется древним стариком.
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20 time flies
время летит [этим. лат. tempus fugit]‘Why, I am fifty-five.’ ‘Doesn't time fly?’ cried Betty... (J. B. Priestley, ‘Let the People Sing’, ch. VII) — - Мне уже пятьдесят пять. - Как бежит время! - воскликнула Бетти.
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fifty-five — adjective being five more than fifty • Syn: ↑55, ↑lv • Similar to: ↑cardinal * * * I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : being one more than 54 in number fifty five years see … Useful english dictionary
fifty-five — /fif tee fuyv /, n. 1. a cardinal number, 50 plus 5. 2. a symbol for this number, as 55 or LV. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adj. 4. amounting to 55 in number. * * * … Universalium
fifty-five — Kanalima kūmālima, kanalima kumamālima … English-Hawaiian dictionary
55 Fifty Five — ist eine 12 köpfige Musikgruppe aus Berlin, die sich im Jahr 2008/2009 gründete. Sie spielt selbst geschriebene Musik im Bereich Rock – Blues – Jazz. Der erste Live Auftritt in der Kulturbrauerei in Berlin wurde von den 500 Zuschauer positiv… … Deutsch Wikipedia
one hundred fifty-five — adjective being five more than one hundred fifty • Syn: ↑155, ↑clv • Similar to: ↑cardinal … Useful english dictionary
fifty-fifth — adjective the ordinal number of fifty five in counting order • Syn: ↑55th • Similar to: ↑ordinal * * * I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : being number 55 in a countable series the fifty fifth day … Useful english dictionary
fifty-fifth — noun One of fifty five equal parts of a whole. A fifty fifth of 1100 is 20 … Wiktionary
fifty — O.E. fiftig, from fif five (see FIVE (Cf. five)) + tig group of ten (see TY (Cf. ty) (1)). Cf. O.Fris. fiftich, O.N. fimm tigir, Du. vijftig, O.H.G. fimfzug, Ger. fünfzig, Goth … Etymology dictionary
Fifty Mission Cap — is a song by Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip. The song was released in 1992 off of the band s third full length album, Fully Completely . LyricsThe song s lyrics describe the mysterious disappearance of deceased Toronto Maple Leafs hockey… … Wikipedia
fifty — [fif′tē] adj. [ME fifti < OE fiftig: see FIVE & TY2] five times ten n. pl. fifties the cardinal number between forty nine and fifty one; 50; L the fifties the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty nine … English World dictionary
Fifty — Fif ty, a. [AS. f[=i]ftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. f[ u]nfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See {Five}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Fifteen}.] Five times ten; as, fifty men. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English