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101 cropper
noun(coll.)come a cropper — einen Sturz bauen (ugs.); (fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)
* * *crop·per[ˈkrɒpəʳ, AM ˈkrɑ:pɚ]a heavy \cropper eine gut tragende Pflanze▶ to come a \cropper (sl: fail miserably) auf die Nase fallen fig; (fall from horse) [vom Pferd] stürzen; (have an accident) einen [schweren] Autounfall haben* * *['krɒpə(r)]n1) (= person) Anbauer mthese plants are poor croppers — diese Pflanzen bringen nicht viel Ertrag
2) (Brit inf)* * *1. Be-, Abschneider(in)2. Schnitter(in)b) US → academic.ru/66424/sharecropper">sharecropper4. Ertrag liefernde Pflanze, Träger m:a good cropper eine gut tragende Pflanze5. umg schwerer Sturz:come a cropper schwer stürzen ( → 6)6. umg Misserfolg m, Fehlschlag m:come a cropper Schiffbruch erleiden ( → 5)7. TECH Schermaschine f8. ORN Kropftaube f* * *noun(coll.)come a cropper — einen Sturz bauen (ugs.); (fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)
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102 bomb
bom 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bombe2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombe2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) mislykkes, bli fiasko•- bomber- bombshellbombeIsubst. \/bɒm\/1) bombe2) (amer. fotball) langpasning3) (austr., slang) vrak, rusthaug, forklaring: nedslitt bil som er lappet sammen og trimmet4) ( slang) formuedet kostet en formue \/ det kostet flesk5) ( slang) brøler, tabbego like a bomb ( hverdagslig) gå som et lyn\/skuddlook like a bomb's hit it (hverdagslig, om sted) se ut som et bombenedslagIIverb \/bɒm\/1) bombe, bombardere, kaste bomber (på), slippe bomber (over)2) gå i baret, gjøre fiaskobomb along\/down komme løpende, kjøre fortbombed (out of one's mind) sørpe full, døddrukken, pære fullbomb out bombe ut( slang) gå i baret, gjøre fiasko (amer., EDB, hverdagslig) gå ned, kræsje, bryte sammenbomb up forklaring: laste bomber i et fly -
103 miserable
'mizərəbl1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) elendig, bedrøvelig2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) elendig, ussel, ynkelig•elendig--------fattig--------stakkars--------ulykkelig--------ussel--------ynkeligadj. \/ˈmɪ(zə)r(ə)bl\/1) ulykkelig, fortvilt2) trist, elendig, sørgelig, bedrøvelig, trasig3) ynkelig, ussel, kummerlig, elendig4) (austr., skotsk) gjerrig, gnienmake life miserable for somebody gjøre livet surt for noen -
104 abatimiento
abatimiento m (desaliento) dejection, despondency: no te dejes caer en el abatimiento, don't let it get you down
2 (inclinación) crumbling down
3 (derrocamiento) overthrow (de una pieza de caza) killing ' abatimiento' also found in these entries: English: doldrums - glumly - depression - miserably -
105 decir
decir 1 sustantivo masculino:◊ ¿cientos de personas? — bueno, es un decir hundreds of people? — well, figuratively speaking
decir 2 ( conjugate decir) verbo transitivo 1 ‹mentira/verdad› to tell; para ejemplos con complemento indirecto ver división 2 ¿eso lo dices por mí? are you referring to me?; ¡no lo dirás en serio! you can't be serious!; dijo que sí con la cabeza he nodded; no se dice `andé', se dice `anduve' it isn't `andé', it's `anduve'; ¡eso no se dice! you mustn't say that!; ¿cómo se dice `amor' en ruso? how do you say `love' in Russian?; ¿lo encontró? — dice que sí/no did he find it? — he says he did/he didn'tb)2 decirle algo a algn to tell sb sth;◊ voy a decirle a papá que … I'm going to tell Dad …;¡ya te lo decía yo! I told you so! 3a) (expresando órdenes, deseos, advertencias):◊ ¡porque lo digo yo! because I say so!;harás lo que yo diga you'll do as I say; dice que llames cuando llegues she says (you are) to phone when you get there; dijo que tuviéramos cuidado she said to be careful; diles que empiecen tell them to start; le dije que no lo hiciera I told him not to do itb)4◊ ¿y los padres qué dicen? what do her parents think of it?, how do her parents feel about it?;¡quién lo hubiera dicho! who would have thought o believed it?; es muy fácil — si tú lo dices … it's very easy — if you say so …b) (sugerir, comunicar):¿te dice algo ese nombre? does that name mean anything to you? 5 ¿qué quieres decir con eso? what do you mean by that? 6 ( en locs) como quien dice so to speak; es decir that is; ¡he dicho! that's that o final!; ni que decir tiene que … it goes without saying that …; ¡no me digas! no!, you're kidding o joking! (colloq); por así decirlo so to speak; el qué dirán (fam) what other people (might) think; ver tb dicho 1
verbo intransitivoa) ( invitando a hablar):quería pedirle un favor — usted dirá I wanted to ask you a favor — certainly, go ahead decirse verbo pronominal
decir
I m (dicho, sentencia) saying: es sólo un decir, it's just a manner of speaking
II verbo transitivo
1 to say: está diciendo una mentira/la verdad, she's telling a lie/the truth
no dijo nada, he said nothing
2 (con complemento indirecto) to tell: no le dije mi opinión, I didn't tell him my opinion
les dijo que esperaran un rato, she told them to wait for a while
3 (opinar, afirmar, proponer) ¿qué me dices de mi nuevo corte de pelo?, what do you think of my new haircut?, te digo que es una extravagancia, I think it's quite weird
yo digo que vayamos a Cuenca, I suggest going to Cuenca
4 (suscitar interés, una idea) to mean, appeal: ese libro no me dice nada, that book doesn't appeal to me
¿le dice algo esta cara?, does this face mean anything to you?
5 (mostrar, indicar) to say, show: lo que hizo dice mucho en su favor, what he did says a lot for him
su cara de decepción lo dice todo, his long face says it all Locuciones: Tel Esp diga o dígame, hello?
digamos, let's say
digo yo, in my opinion
el qué dirán, what people will say
es decir, that is (to say)
ni que decir tiene, needless to say
no decir esta boca es mía, not to say a word
¡no me digas!, really!
por así decirlo, as it were o so to speak
querer decir, to mean
¡y que lo digas!, you bet! ➣ Ver nota en mean ¿To tell o to say?
Observa que to tell menciona a la persona a la cual va dirigida una frase: Dime tu nombre. Tell me your name. Les dijo que se fueran. He told them to go away.
Por el contrario, to say se centra en el contenido del mensaje, sin importarnos a quién va dirigido: ¿Qué has dicho? What did you say? Dijo que sí. He said yes. ➣ Ver nota en tell.
' decir' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - amén - amohinarse - año - apéndice - atinar - bala - barbaridad - bastante - burrada - callar - chorrada - colmo - comenzar - confiar - cosa - declarar - delirar - descargo - despedirse - dilucidar - disparate - entender - excusada - excusado - flexible - fluir - ir - haber - hablar - holgar - honestamente - hoy - lengua - maravilla - mu - nada - obviedad - pelagatos - pío - precisamente - puño - querer - rezar - restar - rey - saciedad - señor - significar - soltar English: ablaze - abuse - afraid - anything - bid - bite back - blurt out - buzz off - caller - clear off - dash off - devil - dinner - distinctly - drone - enjoy - eventual - ever - few - flatter - flounder - fortune - gasp out - get - get at - go - go on - hand - heart - hotly - i.e. - keep in - know - lip - loss - mean - mention - mildly - mind - miserably - mouth - move - need - needless - neither - no - nonsense - O - occasion - oops! -
106 examen
examen sustantivo masculino◊ examen de admisión entrance examination o test;examen parcial modular exam o test; hacer or (CS) dar un examen to take an exam; presentarse a un examen to take o (BrE) sit an exam; examen de ingreso entrance examination o test examen médico medical examination, medical
examen sustantivo masculino examination, exam
examen de conducir, LAm examen de manejar, driving test Med examen médico, checkup ➣ Ver nota en nota
¿Qué se puede hacer con un examen?
• poner un examen, to set an exam • presentarse a un examen, to sit an exam • hacer un examen, to do an exam • aprobar un examen, to pass an exam • suspender un examen, to fail an exam
' examen' also found in these entries: Spanish: ambas - ambos - blanca - blanco - bobada - calificar - copiar - dejar - detallada - detallado - ejercicio - escrutinio - fácil - floja - flojo - hacer - lengua - N. P. - oposición - opositor - opositora - parcial - pasar - presentarse - prueba - punto - superar - suspender - temario - vigilar - víspera - acordeón - admisión - bochar - comprobación - corregir - dar - difícil - eliminatorio - escrito - evaluación - fregado - ingreso - ir - machacar - matar - observación - perder - pobre - poner English: breeze - catch out - cheat - crib - driving test - ease - entrance examination - exam - examination - fail - flub - flunk - flying - frown - get through - giveaway - grammar school - heart-searching - mark - medical - miserably - miss - mock - oral - paper - pass - qualifying - resit - review - sail through - score - scrape through - script - scrutiny - set - sit - soul-searching - stand - stand up - stiff - study - take - test - tough - check - debar - discourage - driving - first - grammar -
107 fracasar
fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo to fail
fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail ' fracasar' also found in these entries: Spanish: venirse - sonar - tronar English: backfire - bomb - break down - fail - fall apart - fall through - flop - founder - miserably - unstuck - back - break - collapse - flat - grief -
108 manera
manera sustantivo femenino 1 (modo, forma) way; a manera de by way of; de todas maneras anyway; su manera de ser the way she is; se puede ir vestido de cualquier manera you can dress however you want; no lo pongas así, de cualquier manera don't just put it in any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how; de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir there's no way I'm going to allow it; de alguna manera tendré que conseguirlo I'll have to get it somehow (or other); no hay/hubo manera it is/it was impossible; de manera que so; de mala manera ‹ contestar› rudely; ‹ tratar› badly 2
manera
I sustantivo femenino
1 way, manner: hagámoslo a nuestra manera, let's do it our way
lo hace todo de cualquier manera, he does everything any old how
no hay manera de que me escuche, there is no way to make him listen to me
me disgusta su manera de ser, I don't like the way he behaves
II fpl maneras, manners: contestó con malas maneras, she answered rudely Locuciones: a manera de, as: se puso una cacerola a manera de casco, she used a cooking pot as a helmet
de cualquier manera/de todas maneras, anyway, at any rate, in any case
de manera que, so (that)
de ninguna manera, in no way, certainly not: no pienso disculparme de ninguna manera, there's no way that I'm going to apologise
de tal manera que, in such a way that
en cierta manera, in some sense: en cierta manera todos somos responsables de ella, to a certain degree we are all responsible for her ' manera' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - arrancar - categórica - categórico - como - como quiera - comoquiera - cortante - despatarrarse - despeluchar - encantar - enfocar - escritura - expiar - igual - inri - letra - mal - ninguna - ninguno - peculiar - perfectamente - precisamente - tal - tener - tuntún - bien - cómo - en - escándalo - forma - fórmula - habla - hacer - ilegal - inconsciente - índole - inesperado - interesado - medio - modo - norma - ordinariez - otro - plantear - seguir - temperamento - tirar - torpe - trato English: abrupt - abusive - accusingly - angrily - as - brittle - by - certainly - challenging - conciliatory - decidedly - definitive - differently - distant - dramatically - effective - elaborately - fashion - friendly - gait - impersonally - impossibly - in - intimidate - jabber - jangle - logical - manner - means - mimic - miserably - mismanage - naturally - nice - not - oddly - originally - other - otherwise - persuasively - pleasantly - practically - pretence - pretense - propose - radiantly - realistically - reception - remotely - should -
109 peor
peor adj/adv 1 ( uso comparativo) worse; y si vienen los dos, tanto peor and it'll be even worse if the two of them come; cada vez peor worse and worse; su situación es peor que la mía his situation is worse than mine; está peor que nunca it's worse than ever 2 ( uso superlativo) worst; lo peor que puede pasar the worst (thing) that can happen; en el peor de los casos if the worst comes to the worst; el lugar donde peor se come the worst place to eat in ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: ( de varios) the worst
peor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de malo) worse: esa marca es peor que esta otra, that brand is worse than this one
2 (superlativo de malo) worst: es la peor película que he visto, it's the worst film I've ever seen
II adverbio
1 (comparativo de mal) worse: con estas gafas veo peor, I see worse with these glasses
2 (superlativo de mal) worst: esa cama es donde peor se duerme, that is the worst bed to sleep in Locuciones: ir de mal en peor, to go from bad to worse
en el peor de los casos, if the worst comes to the worst
¡peor para mí o ti!, too bad! ' peor' also found in these entries: Spanish: cada - caso - desperdicio - deteriorarse - jamás - lo - nivel - tanta - tanto - temerse - última - último - vicio - cambiar - estar - ir - mal English: all - anything - arguably - at - booby prize - brunt - downhill - insomnia - mildly - miserably - part - pit - still - worse - worst - bad - booby - down - ever - far - history - in - memory - mercy - over - than - turn -
110 bomb
[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) sprengja2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) varpa sprengjum (á); gera sprengjuárás (á)2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) falla (misheppnað fyrirtæki)•- bomber- bombshell -
111 miserable
['mizərəbl]1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) vansæll2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) ömurlegur• -
112 bomb
bomba to bomb: bombáz, bombát vet* * *[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bomba2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombáz2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) megbukik•- bomber- bombshell -
113 miserable
szerencsétlen, nyomorúságos* * *['mizərəbl]1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) boldogtalan; siralmas; nyomorult2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) gyatra• -
114 cock-eyed
Adj1. टेढ़ाThe picture on the wall appeared cock-eyed to me.2. मूर्खतापूर्णTheir cock-eyed plan failed miserably. -
115 prevaricate
V1. छल कपट करनाShweta prevaicated about getting a high rank in class while she actuallyhad failed miserably. -
116 bomb
[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bomba2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombardear2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) fracassar•- bomber- bombshell* * *[bɔm] n 1 bomba, projétil. 2 acontecimento inesperado. 3 fracasso, fiasco. • vt+vi 1 atacar com bombas, bombardear, lançar bombas. 2 fracassar. 3 sl mover-se rapidamente. -
117 miserable
['mizərəbl]1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) infeliz2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) miserável•* * *mis.er.a.ble[m'izərəbəl] adj miserável, desgraçado, infeliz, desprezível, ruim. to feel miserable sentir-se infeliz, indisposto. -
118 bomb
n. bomba, fiyasko, başarısızlık————————v. bombalamak, bombardıman etmek; fiyasko ile sonuçlanmak, başarısızlığa uğramak,* * *1. bombala (v.) 2. bomba (n.)* * *[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bomba2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombalamak2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) başarısızlığa uğramak•- bomber- bombshell -
119 miserable
adj. sefil, perişan, zavallı, acınacak halde, berbat* * *zavallı* * *['mizərəbl]1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) çok mutsuz2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) kötü, berbat• -
120 bomb
[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bomba2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombardirati2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) spodleteti•- bomber- bombshell* * *[bɔm]1.nounbomba, ročna granata;2.transitive verbbombardirati
См. также в других словарях:
Miserably — Mis er*a*bly, adv. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. [1913 Webster] They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
miserably — (adv.) c.1400; see MISERABLE (Cf. miserable) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) … Etymology dictionary
miserably — adv. Miserably is used with these verbs: ↑fail, ↑mutter, ↑nod, ↑say, ↑shake, ↑think … Collocations dictionary
miserably — miserable ► ADJECTIVE 1) wretchedly unhappy or depressed. 2) causing unhappiness or discomfort. 3) morose and humourless. 4) pitiably small or inadequate. 5) Austral./NZ & Scottish miserly. DERIVATIVES miserableness noun … English terms dictionary
miserably — adverb in a miserable manner (Freq. 1) I bit my lip miserably and nodded • Derived from adjective: ↑miserable … Useful english dictionary
miserably — adverb see miserable … New Collegiate Dictionary
miserably — See miserableness. * * * … Universalium
miserably — adverb In a miserable manner … Wiktionary
miserably — Synonyms and related words: abjectly, abominably, agonizingly, arrantly, atrociously, awfully, baldly, balefully, basely, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, confoundedly, contemptibly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, despicably, deucedly,… … Moby Thesaurus
miserably — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. poorly, unsatisfactorily, imperfectly; see badly 1 , inadequately … English dictionary for students
miserably — mɪzrÉ™blɪ adv. without pleasure or happiness, wretchedly, poorly … English contemporary dictionary