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1 lousy
adjective1) (infested) verlaustfeel lousy — sich mies (ugs.) od. miserabel fühlen
* * *1) (having lice.) verlaust2) (really terrible: I'm a lousy cook.) miserabel* * *[ˈlaʊzi]\lousy weather Hundewetter nt fama \lousy £10! lausige 10 Pfund!4. (infested with lice) verlaust▪ to be \lousy with sth etw bis zum Abwinken haben slthis office is \lousy with idiots in diesem Büro wimmelt es nur so von Idioten fam* * *['laʊzɪ]adj1) verlausthe is lousy with money (inf) — er ist stinkreich (inf)
this place is lousy with cops (inf) — hier wimmelt es nur so von Polizei (inf)
I'm lousy at arithmetic — in Mathe bin ich mies or miserabel (inf)
he is lousy at ( playing) golf or a lousy golfer — er spielt miserabel Golf (inf)
you've done a lousy job — du hast saumäßig gearbeitet (sl)
to feel lousy — sich mies fühlen (inf)
I feel lousy about it — mir ist gar nicht wohl bei dem Gedanken daran
a lousy £3 — popelige or lausige drei Pfund (inf)
* * *lousy adj (adv lousily)1. verlaust, voller Läuse2. sla) fies, hundsgemein (beide umg):that was a lousy thing to do das war ganz schön fiesb) lausig, mies (beide umg) (Film etc):a) wimmeln von:the streets were lousy with people auf den Straßen wimmelte es von Menschenb) strotzen vor (dat) oder von:he’s lousy with money umg er stinkt vor Geld* * *adjective1) (infested) verlaustfeel lousy — sich mies (ugs.) od. miserabel fühlen
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2 lousy
[ʼlaʊzi] adja \lousy £10! lausige 10 Pfund!4) ( infested with lice) verlaustto be \lousy with sth etw bis zum Abwinken haben (sl)this office is \lousy with idiots in diesem Büro wimmelt es nur so von Idioten ( fam) -
3 lousy
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4 lousy
['laʊzɪ] UK / USadjfam lausig -
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6 lousy job
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7 louse
noun* * *I plural - lice; noun(a type of wingless, blood-sucking insect, sometimes found on the bodies of animals and people.)- academic.ru/43916/lousy">lousy- lousiness II verb((with up) (slang) to spoil or waste something; to make a mess of thing: It's your last chance; don't louse it up; He loused up again.)* * *I. n[laʊs]1.<pl lice>(parasite) Laus f2.<pl -s>II. vt[laʊz, AM laʊs]( fam)* * *[laʊs]1. n pl lice2) (inf) fieser Kerl (inf)he behaved like a real louse to her — er war richtig fies zu ihr (inf), er hat sich richtig fies benommen (inf)
2. vt (sl)to louse sth up — etw vermasseln (inf); friendship etw kaputt machen (inf)
* * *louse [laʊs]A s1. pl lice [laıs] ZOOL Laus f2. pl louses sl Scheißkerl m, Schwein nB v/t [laʊz; laʊs]1. (ent)lausen* * *noun* * *n.Laus ¨-e f. -
8 grim
adjective(stern) streng; grimmig [Lächeln, Gesicht, Blick, Schweigen, Humor, Entschlossenheit]; (unrelenting, merciless, severe) erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf, Schlacht]; (sinister, ghastly) grauenvoll [Aufgabe, Anblick, Nachricht]; trostlos [Winter, Tag, Landschaft, Aussichten]hold or hang or cling on [to something] like grim death — sich mit aller Kraft [an etwas (Dat.)] festklammern
* * *[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) schrecklich3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) eisern•- academic.ru/32493/grimness">grimness- grimly
- like grim death* * *[grɪm]1. (forbidding) expression, face grimmig, verbissenhe was \grim-faced as he stared into the camera mit finsterem Blick starrte er in die Kamera\grim determination eiserne Entschlossenheit2. (very unpleasant) situation schlimm; (horrible) news entsetzlich, grauenhaft; (inhospitable) landscape unwirtlichthey lived in a \grim flat in a high-rise building sie wohnten in einer trostlosen Wohnung in einem Hochhauswe were running out of money and things were looking \grim unser Geld wurde knapp und die Lage sah langsam düster ausa \grim outlook düstere Aussichtena \grim picture ein trostloses Bilda \grim reminder eine bittere [o schmerzliche] Erinnerung3.▶ to hang [or hold] on like \grim death dog sich akk festbeißen; person verbissen an etw dat festhalten* * *[grɪm]adj (+er)1) (= terrible) discovery, scene, task, news, story grauenvoll; joke, warning, reminder grauenhaft; situation ernst, trostlos; necessity, truth bitter; (= depressing) building, place, news, story trostlos; prospect trübe, düster; (= stern) person, face, smile, humour, silence, determination grimmig; voice ernst; battle, struggle verbissen, unerbittlichthe grim reality of hospital work —
to look grim (situation, future) — trostlos aussehen; (person) ein grimmiges Gesicht machen
or humor (US) — Galgenhumor m
to cling or hang on to sth like grim death — sich verzweifelt an etw (dat) festklammern
you're looking pretty grim — du siehst ziemlich elend or schlecht aus
* * *grim [ɡrım] adj (adv grimly)1. grimmig (Gesicht, Lachen etc)2. erbittert, verbissen (Kampf, Widerstand etc)3. grausam, hart, bitter (Wahrheit etc)5. grausig (Geschichte, Unfall etc)6. umg schlimm:I’ve had a grim day* * *adjective(stern) streng; grimmig [Lächeln, Gesicht, Blick, Schweigen, Humor, Entschlossenheit]; (unrelenting, merciless, severe) erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf, Schlacht]; (sinister, ghastly) grauenvoll [Aufgabe, Anblick, Nachricht]; trostlos [Winter, Tag, Landschaft, Aussichten]hold or hang or cling on [to something] like grim death — sich mit aller Kraft [an etwas (Dat.)] festklammern
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9 grotty
adjective(Brit. coll.) mies (ugs.)* * *grot·ty[ˈgrɒti]\grotty souvenirs billige Souvenirs\grotty jeans abgewetzte Jeansto feel \grotty sich akk mies fühlen* * *['grɒtɪ]to feel grotty — sich mies fühlen (inf)
* * *grotty [ˈɡrɒtı] adj Br sl1. mies, miserabel2. hässlich* * *adjective(Brit. coll.) mies (ugs.) -
10 kisser
kiss·er[ˈkɪsəʳ, AM -ɚ]n1. (person)to be a lousy \kisser miserabel küssento give sb one in the \kisser jdm eine aufs Maul geben derb* * *['kɪsə(r)]n1)to be a good kisser — gut küssen (können)
* * *kisser s1. be a good kisser gut küssen2. sla) Fresse f vulgb) Visage f pej -
11 navigation
nounNavigation, die; (sailing on river etc.) Befahren, das; (assisting driver) Dirigieren, das; Lotsen, das; Franzen, das (Rallyesport)* * *noun (the art or skill of navigating.) die Nautik* * *navi·ga·tion[ˌnævɪˈgeɪʃən]n no pl3. SCI, ART Navigationskunde f* * *["nvI'geISən]n1) (= act of navigating) Navigation f2) (= shipping) Schiffsverkehr m3) (= skill in ship, plane) Navigation fhow's your navigation? (in car) —
his navigation was lousy, we got lost (in car) — er hat mich so schlecht dirigiert, dass wir uns verirrt haben
* * *navigation [ˌnævıˈɡeıʃn] s1. SCHIFF Schifffahrt f, Seefahrt f2. Navigation f:a) SCHIFF Nautik f, Schifffahrtskunde fb) FLUG Flugzeugführung f, engS. Navigationskunde fc) FLUG, SCHIFF Ortung f3. obsa) Schiffe plb) (künstlicher) Wasserwegnav. abk1. naval2. navigable3. navigation4. navigator* * *nounNavigation, die; (sailing on river etc.) Befahren, das; (assisting driver) Dirigieren, das; Lotsen, das; Franzen, das (Rallyesport)* * *n.Navigation f.Schiffahrt (alt.Rechtschreibung) f.Schifffahrt f. -
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14 song and dance
the court didn't swallow his \song and dance about having lousy parents das Gericht nahm ihm seine Story vom schrecklichen Elternhaus nicht ab ( fam)PHRASES:
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Lousy — Lous y, a. 1. Infested with lice. [1913 Webster] 2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [informal] [1913 Webster] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale. 3. Very bad; as, to feel lousy; to do a lousy job. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lousy — ► ADJECTIVE (lousier, lousiest) 1) informal very poor or bad. 2) infested with lice. 3) (lousy with) informal teeming with (something undesirable). DERIVATIVES lousily adverb lousiness … English terms dictionary
lousy — mid 14c., lousi, infested with lice, from LOUSE (Cf. louse) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Figurative use as a generic adjective of abuse dates from late 14c.; sense of swarming with (money, etc.) is Amer.Eng. slang from 1843. Related: Lousiness … Etymology dictionary
lousy — [adj] very bad awful, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disliked, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, horrible, inferior, low, mean, miserable, no good*, outrageous, poor, rotten, second rate*, shoddy, slovenly, terrible, unpopular,… … New thesaurus
lousy — [lou′zē] adj. lousier, lousiest 1. infested with lice 2. covered with specks: said of silk 3. Slang dirty, disgusting, or contemptible ☆ 4. Slang poor; inferior: a generalized epithet of disapproval ☆ 5. Slang well supplied or oversupplied (… … English World dictionary
lousy — lou|sy [ˈlauzi] adj comparative lousier superlative lousiest 1.) especially spoken of very bad quality = ↑awful, terrible ↑terrible ▪ What lousy weather! ▪ The food was lousy. ▪ a lousy film 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
lousy — [[t]la͟ʊzi[/t]] lousier, lousiest 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as lousy, you mean that it is of very bad quality or that you do not like it. [INFORMAL] He blamed Fiona for a lousy weekend... At Billy s Cafe, the menu is limited and the … English dictionary
lousy — adjective lousier, lousiest 1 especially spoken very bad, unpleasant etc: What lousy weather! | I feel lousy. 2 spoken small, useless, or unimportant: Harry wouldn t lend me ten lousy quid! 3 lousy with sth AmE spoken a) a place that is lousy… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lousy — /ˈlaʊzi / (say lowzee) adjective (lousier, lousiest) 1. infested with lice. 2. Colloquial infested with other vermin or dangerous animals: the bay is lousy with sharks. 3. Originally US, Colloquial well supplied: he s lousy with money; the area… …
lousy — adj. (slang) lousy to + inf. (it s lousy to be without work = it s lousy being without work) * * * [ laʊzɪ] (slang) lousy to + inf. (it s lousy to be without work = it s lousy being without work) … Combinatory dictionary
lousy — UK [ˈlaʊzɪ] / US adjective Word forms lousy : adjective lousy comparative lousier superlative lousiest informal 1) bad, or unpleasant I m a lousy singer. lousy weather a) used about an unpleasant or dishonest person You lousy cheat! b) used for… … English dictionary