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81 fanático de los caballos
• fan of horse-racing• turfmanDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fanático de los caballos
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82 miłośni|k
m 1. (amator) devotee (czegoś of sth); enthusiast (czegoś for sth); (wielbiciel) lover a. admirer (czegoś of sth)- wielki miłośnik koni/przyrody/ włoskiej kuchni a great lover of horses/nature/Italian cuisine- miłośnik wyścigów konnych a horse-racing enthusiast- miłośnik kina/teatru a cinema-/theatre-goer- miłośnik corridy/sztuki fotograficznej an afficionado of bullfighting/the art of photography2. przest. (kochanek) leman przest.; paramour pejor., przest.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > miłośni|k
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83 zaurocze|nie
Ⅰ sv ⇒ zauroczyć Ⅱ n sgt (zachwyt) fascination C/U; love affair przen.; (oczarowanie) infatuation C/U- zauroczenie muzyką/teatrem a fascination with music/the theatre- zauroczenie kimś an infatuation with sb- chwilowe zauroczenie a passing infatuation- zauroczenie górami/wyścigami konnymi a love affair with the mountains/with horse racingThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zaurocze|nie
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84 سباق الخيل
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85 ձիարշավ
gallop, horse racingՀայերեն - անգլերեն բառարան (Armenian-English dictionary) > ձիարշավ
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86 arriver
v. intrans.1. Arriver pile: To 'just make it', to arrive in the nick of time.2. Arriver dans un fauteuil (Horse-racing slang): To come in an easy winner, to win with practically no opposition. -
87 chou
I.n. m.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. Je vois lui rentrer dans le chou! I'm going to knock his block off! En avoir ras le chou: To be 'fed-up to here', to be 'fed-up to the back teeth', to be sick and tired of something. Se creuser le chou: To rack one's brains. Ne rien avoir dans le chou: To have nothing up-top. Ça m'est sorti du chou: I clean forgot! — It slipped my mind! Se monter le chou:a To 'kid oneself', to delude oneself.b To 'get into a lather', to work oneself into a frenzy.2. Feuilles de chou: 'Flappers', 'flaps', ears. Ouvre tes feuilles de chou! Pin back your lug-holes! — Now listen carefully!3. Aller planter ses choux: To opt out and retire from the rat-race.4. Planter un chou (of train): To break down in the middle of nowhere.5. Sauter sur le chou à quelqu'un: To pounce on someone.a To be 'in a fix', to be in a difficult situation. Ton projet, il est dans les choux: That idea of yours is up the spout! Grâce à toi, je suis dans les choux! A fine mess you've got me into!b (Horse racing): To be trailing with the tailenders, to be amongst the last past the post.7. Chou pour chou: Word for word, verbatim. J'ai eu droit à son histoire trois fois, chou pour chou! He inflicted three carbon-copy narrations of the story on me!8. C'est bête comme chou: It's as easy as pie—It couldn't be simpler.9. Faire chou blanc: To 'draw a blank', to be unsuccessful.10. En faire ses choux gras: To 'make a good thing of it', to do well out of something.11. Faites-en des choux raves! You do what you like with it, it's no skin off my nose!12. Mon chou (term of endearment): My lovey-dovey My pet—My darling.II.adj. 'Divine', absolutely marvellous. Son appartement est d'un chou! She's got the most gorgeous little flat! -
88 didite
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89 mouchoir
n. m.1. Arriver dans un mouchoir (Cycling and horse-racing slang): To make it a close finish, to arrive grouped at the tape.2. Mets ça dans ta poche avec ton mouchoir par-dessus! (joc. & iron.): Put that in your pipe and smoke it! — It's a case of take it or leave it! -
90 prix
n. m.1. Prix de Diane: 'Filly', pretty lass, beautiful young girl. (The prix de Diane is one of the classics where French race-meetings are concerned and this flat race is opcn to fillies only.)2. Prix à réclamer: Unattractive female, one that is unlikely to inspire the male population. (As with prix de Diane, prix à réclamer originates from the world of horse-racing; the original meaning is 'selling race', where less successful horses compete for a prize and hopefully a new owner.) -
91 train
n. m.1. 'Arse', 'bum', behind. Botter quelqu'un dans le train: To kick someone up the jacksey. Avoir le feu au train: To 'have ants in one's pants', to be itching to get moving, to be in a great hurry.2. Se magner le train: To 'get one's skates on', to hurry up.3. Filer le train à quelqu'un: To dog someone's footsteps, to follow someone closely. On lui a dit de filer le train au maljrat He was told to tail that suspect.4. Remettre quelqu'un au train (Underworld slang): To 'twist someone's arm', to compel someone to do something (literally to get someone to go along with one's wishes).5. Manquer le train (fig.): To 'miss the boat', to fail to get what one might be entitled to.6. N'être pas en train (also: ne pas se sentir en train): To 'feel out of sorts', to feel below par.7. Etre dans le train: To be 'on the ball', to be 'in the swing of things', to be right-up-to-date with trends, etc.8. Faux train (Cycling and horse-racing slang): Brisk but not exceedingly fast pace set by a group of riders to enable the champion to be in the running for the critical final furlong.9. Sauter du train en marche (joc.): To have coïtus interruptus. -
92 turf
n. m.1. Le turf: The world of horse-racing. Il ne loupe pas une reunion, le turf c'est sa vie! You'll find him at every race meeting; he's got gee-gees in the blood!2. Aller au turf:a (of prostitute): To go soliciting (whether she is a Prix de Diane or a réclamer!).b (joc.): To go to work. Si je vais pas au turf, on va devoir se serrer la ceinture! If I don't head for the old sweat-shop, we'll be on short rations! -
93 walk-over
n. m. 'Push-over', easy task. (The word stems from the languagc of horse-racing, a walk-over being a race where for one reason or another only one contender is left, who to win must complete the course unopposed.) -
94 yearling
n. m. Teenage girl. (This appellation, an obvious borrowing from the language of horse-racing has, like the word pouliche, the connotation of 'pretty filly'.) -
95 Arc de Triomphe, Prix de
l' the "Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe" is one of the four great events in the French horse racing calendar. It is a 2400 metre flat race, run each year at the racecourse at Longchamp, just outside Paris, on the first Sunday in October.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Arc de Triomphe, Prix de
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96 Longchamp, Hippodrome de
The main Paris racecourse (horse racing).Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Longchamp, Hippodrome de
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98 скачки
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99 μοναμπυκία
1 single-horse racingβωμοὺς ἐγέραρεν ἁμίλλαις, ἵπποις ἡμιόνοις τε μοναμπυκίᾳ τε O. 5.7
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100 the races
a meeting for horse-racing.لِقاء سِباق الخَيْل
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