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101 a nu înţelege o iotă din ceva
not to be able to make head of tail of smth.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu înţelege o iotă din ceva
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102 не можам да му го фатам крајот
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103 la sua risposta mi è sembrata senza capo né coda
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > la sua risposta mi è sembrata senza capo né coda
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104 non capisco un'acca
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105 non riesco a orientarmi in questa teoria
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > non riesco a orientarmi in questa teoria
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106 non riesco a raccapezzarmi in questa teoria
non riesco a raccapezzarmi in questa teoriaI can't make head or tail of this theory\Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > non riesco a raccapezzarmi in questa teoria
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107 raccapezzarsi vip
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108 Er wird daraus nicht klug.
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109 Ich kann nicht klug daraus werden.
ausdr.I cannot make head or tail of it. expr.Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ich kann nicht klug daraus werden.
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110 er geen touw aan vast kunnen knopen
can't make head or tail of itHolandés-inglés dicionario > er geen touw aan vast kunnen knopen
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111 durchblicken
durch|bli·cken [ʼdʊrçblɪkn̩]vi1) ( hindurchsehen)[durch etw] \durchblicken to look through [sth]4) ( andeuten)etw \durchblicken lassen to hint at [or intimate] sth;\durchblicken lassen, dass to intimate that -
112 schlau
1) ( clever) clever, shrewd;du bist ein \schlaues Bürschlein! what a clever clogs you are! ( Brit)2) ( gerissen) crafty, wily;ein \schlauer Fuchs a sly fox;ein \schlauer Plan/ Vorschlag an ingenious plan/suggestion;ich werde nicht \schlau aus der Bedienungsanleitung I can't make head nor tail of the operating instructions;ein ganz S\schlauer/eine ganz S\schlaue ( iron) ( fam) a clever clogs ( Brit) ( fam) ( iron) s. a. Kopfadv cleverly, shrewdly, craftily, ingeniously -
113 turec|ki
Ⅰ adj. [dywan, tytoń, armia] Turkish- „turecki” wzór paisley U- siedzieć po turecku to sit cross-leggedⅡ turecki m (język) Turkish, the Turkish language■ siedzieć jak na tureckim kazaniu to not make head or tail of thingsThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > turec|ki
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114 ugry|źć
pf (ugryzę, ugryziesz, ugryzł, ugryzła, ugryźli) Ⅰ vt 1. (ujeść) to bite, to take a bite of- ugryźć jabłko/bułkę to bite into an apple/a roll, to take a bite of an apple/a roll- ugryźć kawałek chleba/mięsa to take a bite of bread/meat ⇒ gryźć2. (skaleczyć) to bite- komar ugryzł ją w twarz a mosquito bit her (on the) cheek- pies ugryzł mnie w łydkę the dog bit my calf- myślałem, że go ugryzę przen. I almost let him have it pot., I wanted to strangle him pot.3. pot., przen. (poradzić sobie) nie móc czegoś ugryźć to not be able to make head nor tail of sth pot.- nie mogę ugryźć tego zadania I can’t work this problem out- bez artylerii takich murów nie ugryziemy we won’t get through those walls without artilleryⅡ ugryźć się to bite- ugryźć się w wargę to bite one’s lipThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > ugry|źć
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115 encre
n. f.1. Se faire un sang d'encre: To worry oneself sick about something.2. C'est la bouteille à l'encre! It's a hopeless muddle! — I can't make head nor tail of this'. -
116 nègre
n. m.1. Ghost-writer, one who does the literary donkey-work for a famous and otherwise busy author.2. Faire le nègre: To be landed with all the chores.3. Faire comme le nègre, continuer: To carry on with what one is doing. (The origin of what could loosely be called an ironical catch phrase is to be found in the seemingly pointless comment uttered by Marshal Mac-Mahon, President of the French Republic in the 1870s. When visiting a military academy he asked a junior recruit what his functions were and when told 'Je suis le nègre', i.e. one acting as a temporary batman, MacMahon, always lost for a word, simply said:'Eh bien, continuez!'. the French equivalent to the military: 'Carry on as you were!')4. Parler petit nègre: To speak broken French. ( Petit nègre is the French counterpart to pidgin English.)5. C'est comme un combat de nègres dans un tunnel (joc. & iron.): I defy anyone to make head or tail of all this! -
117 pouic
adv. Que pouic. 'Bugger-all', very little. Je n'y entrave que pouic! I can't make head nor tail of this! On n'y voit que pouic avec cette purée de pois: You can't see a thing with this fog. -
118 смыслить
несовер.; без доп.; разг.2) (в ком-л./чем-л.)••не смыслить ни уха, ни рыла в чем-л. разг. — not to make head or tail of smth.
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119 orientare
[orjen'tare]1. vt1) (disporre: antenna, ventilatore) to position, (carta, bussola) to orientate2) (fig : dirigere: ricerche, persona) to directhanno orientato la conversazione su un tema d'attualità — they steered the conversation round to a topical subject
2. vr (orientarsi)1) (viaggiatore) to find one's bearings, (fig : raccapezzarsi) to find one's way2)orientarsi per o verso — (fig : indirizzarsi) to take up, go in for, (propendere) to lean towards, tend towards
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120 raccapezzarsi
vip [rakkapet'tsarsi]
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