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1. majka, mati (i fig); časna majka (u samostanu) / artificial # # =inkubator the # country = domovina; matična zemlja; # tongue = materinski jezik; # carth = majka zemlja; [coll] to kiss # earth = pasti; [mar] # ship = brod koji opskrbljuje druge brodove; Mother Superior = časna majka (nadstojnica samostana); # wit = zdrav razum, prirođena inteligencija; [ornith] Mother Carey's chicken = burnica; necessity is the # of invention = u nuždi se čovjek svačemu dovine; every #'s son = svatko, svaki čovjek 2. [chem] (#of vinegar) octeni kvasac, matica* * *
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s 1. jezik 2. čovječji govor, jezik; vještina (umijeće) govora, okretnost, način izražavanja 3. (o kopnu) rt, rat, šilo; (o plamenu) jezik, jezičak; (o čizmi, cipeli) jezik; (o vagi) jezičac; (o zvonu) klatno, bat / on the #s of men = govorka se; furred # = obložen jezik (u bolesnika); a ready # = spreman na odgovor; a fluent # = spretan u govoru; a sharp # = oštar jezik; long # = dug jezik, brbljavac; to put (speak) with one's # in one's cheek = govoriti posprdno, šaljivo; neiskreno; to keep a civil # in one's head = govoriti pristojno, izražavati se fino; mother # = materinski jezik; to find one's # = progovoriti; [hunt] to give #, to throw # = zalajati, zaštektati; to hold one's # = šutjeti, mučati; on the tip of one's # = navrh jezika; to wag one's # = neprestano brbljati; his # failed him = jezik ga je iznevjerio; his # is too long for his teeth = previše je jezičav; to have too much # = što na srcu, to i na jeziku; he is all # = neprestano brblja; hold your #! = jezik za zube!; it was a slip of the # = zarekao sam se, izmaklo mi je* * *
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См. также в других словарях:
Mother tongue — Mother Moth er, a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. [1913 Webster] It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mother tongue — n especially BrE your mother tongue is the first and main language that you learnt when you were a child = ↑native language/tongue ▪ children for whom English is not their mother tongue … Dictionary of contemporary English
Mother Tongue — bezeichnet: Mother Tongue (Journal), eine linguistische Fachzeitschrift Mother Tongue (Band), eine kalifornische Alternative Rockband Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort … Deutsch Wikipedia
mother tongue — mother tongues also mother tongue N COUNT: oft poss N Your mother tongue is the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby. Syn: native tongue … English dictionary
mother tongue — mother ,tongue noun count usually singular the main language you learn as a child … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mother tongue — ► NOUN ▪ a person s native language … English terms dictionary
mother tongue — n. 1. one s native language 2. a language in its relation to another derived from it … English World dictionary
mother tongue — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms mother tongue : singular mother tongue plural mother tongues the main language that you learn as a child … English dictionary
mother tongue — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Native language; I live in Delhi but my mother tongue is Oriya … English dialects glossary
mother-tongue — see mother tongue … English dictionary
mother tongue — noun (C) the first and main language that you learn as a child: Her mother tongue is French … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
