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1 ål
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2 tidak dapat dipercayai
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3 angilglata
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4 tiene más conchas que un galápago
Spanish-English dictionary > tiene más conchas que un galápago
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5 aalglatt
* * *suave; sleek; greasy* * *aal|glatt (pej)1. adjslippery ( as an eel), slick2. advslicklysich áálglatt herauswinden — to worm one's way out of it
* * *1) (trying to be too friendly or polite: The waiters in that restaurant are too oily.) oily2) (not trustworthy: He's rather a slippery character.) slippery* * *aal·glatt[ˈa:lˈglat]I. adj slipperyII. adv artfully* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv slippery2.aalglatt sein — be as slippery as an eel
adverbial smoothly* * *aalglatt adj fig (as) slippery as an eel;aalglatter Typ smoothie umg, a slippery customer* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv slippery2.adverbial smoothly* * *adj.slippery adj. -
6 Aal
m; -(e)s, -e; ZOOL. eel; winden1 II* * *der Aalmoray; eel* * *[aːl]m -(e)s, -eeelsich ( drehen und) winden wie ein Áál (aus Verlegenheit) — to wriggle like an eel; (aus Unaufrichtigkeit) to try and wriggle (one's way) out of it
* * *(a kind of fish with a long smooth cylindrical or ribbon-shaped body.) eel* * *<-[e]s, -e>[a:l]m eel▶ glatt wie ein \Aal as slippery as an eel▶ sich akk [drehen und] winden wie ein \Aal (aus Unaufrichtigkeit) to wriggle like a worm; (aus Verlegenheit) to squirm* * *der; Aal[e]s, Aale eelglatt wie ein Aal sein — be as slippery as an eel
sich [drehen und] winden od. krümmen wie ein Aal — twist and turn like an eel
* * ** * *der; Aal[e]s, Aale eelsich [drehen und] winden od. krümmen wie ein Aal — twist and turn like an eel
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7 anguilla
f eel* * *anguilla s.f.1 (zool.) eel: anguilla giovane, elver; anguilla marinata, soused eel // anguilla di mare, ( Conger conger) conger, conger-eel // anguilla elettrica, ( Electrophorus electricus) electric eel, (scient.) gymnotus // prendere l'anguilla per la coda, to get out of a difficult situation // che anguilla!, what a slippery eel!; è sfuggente come un'anguilla, she is as slippery as an eel* * *[an'gwilla]sostantivo femminile eel••* * *anguilla/an'gwilla/sostantivo f.eel\sgusciare o essere viscido come un'anguilla to be as slippery as an eel. -
8 anguila
f.1 eel.anguila de mar conger eel2 Anguilla Island.* * *1 eel\anguila de mar conger eel* * *noun f.* * *SF (=pez) eel* * *femenino eel* * *= eel.Ex. From the 1680s several large publishers formed a more permanent association which came to be known as the `conger' (the name being variously derived from congerere, `to bring together', and from the big eel which gobbles up the small fry).* * *femenino eel* * *= eel.Ex: From the 1680s several large publishers formed a more permanent association which came to be known as the `conger' (the name being variously derived from congerere, `to bring together', and from the big eel which gobbles up the small fry).
* * *eelser escurridizo como una anguila to be as slippery as an eel* * *
anguila sustantivo femenino
eel
anguila sustantivo femenino eel
' anguila' also found in these entries:
English:
eel
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* * *anguila nfeelanguila eléctrica electric eel;anguila de mar conger eel* * *f ZO eel* * *anguila nf: eel* * *anguila n eel -
9 anguille
anguille [ɑ̃gij]feminine noun* * *ɑ̃gijnom féminin Zoologie, Culinaire eel••* * *ɑ̃ɡij nf* * *anguille de mer conger eel; anguille des sables sand eel.il y a anguille sous roche there's something going on; se faufiler comme une anguille to slip in and out; filer or glisser comme une anguille to be as slippery as an eel.[ɑ̃gij] nom fémininanguille de mer/électrique conger/electric eel -
10 голыми руками не возьмёшь
General subject: slippery as an eel, as slippery as an eelУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > голыми руками не возьмёшь
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11 изворотливый
1) General subject: disingenuous, dodgy, elusive, nimble, quirky, shifting, shifty, slippery as an eel, as slippery as an eel, tricky2) American: shrewd3) Australian slang: cunning as a shithouse rat4) Makarov: shifting centre -
12 inconfiable
• as slippery as an eel• slippery as an eel• undependable• unreliable• untrustworthy -
13 que no es de fiar
• as slippery as an eel• slippery as an eel• undependable• untrustworthy -
14 inconfiable
adj.unreliable, as slippery as an eel, flaky, slippery as an eel. -
15 glat
гла́дкий, ро́вный; ско́льзкийder er glat på gáden — на у́лице ско́льзко
det går glat — дела́ иду́т гла́дко
* * *greasy, sleek, slippery, smooth, straight* * *adj smooth;( om hår) straight, sleek;( uden mønster) plain;( så at man glider) slippery;( om person) suave, smooth,( slesk) oily;adv smoothly;[ tro ham på hans glatte ansigt] trust his honest face;[ gå glat](fig) go without a hitch, go (off) smoothly;(fig) let him have it;[ glat som en ål] slippery as an eel;[ glat væk] without thinking twice about it, without batting an eyelid, just like that. -
16 увёртливый
1) General subject: lubricous, quibblesome, slippery, slippery as an eel, slippy2) Fishery: evasive -
17 он всегда сумеет вывернуться
General subject: as slippery as an eel, as slippy as an eelУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > он всегда сумеет вывернуться
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18 скользкий как угорь
General subject: as slippery as an eel, as slippy as an eelУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > скользкий как угорь
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19 Aal
eelWENDUNGEN:glatt wie ein \Aal as slippery as an eel;sich [drehen und] winden wie ein \Aal ( aus Unaufrichtigkeit) to wriggle like a worm;( aus Verlegenheit) to squirm -
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