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21 бабушкины сказки
General subject: old wives' tale, old wives' tales -
22 Ammenmärchen
n pej. fairytale allg., fable* * *Ạm|men|mär|chenntfairy tale or story* * *(an absurd, unbelievable story.) cock-and-bull story* * *Am·men·mär·chennt (fam) old wives' tale* * *das fairy tale or story* * ** * *das fairy tale or story -
23 бабьи сказки
1. old wives tale2. old wives' tales -
24 неправдоподобная история
1) General subject: an old wives' tale, cock-and-bull story, fishy story, fishy tale, unlikely tale2) Jargon: scuttle-butt, tall story3) Makarov: improbable storyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неправдоподобная история
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25 conseja
f.1 a fable, tale, story, legend.2 conspiracy, plot, scheme.* * *1 literal fable, legend* * ** * *tale, fable -
26 anīlis
anīlis e, adj. [anus], of an old woman: voltus, V.: passus, O.—Old-womanish, anile, silly: ineptiae: fabellae, H.* * *anilis, anile ADJold-womanish; of an old woman; inflicted by an old woman; old wives tale -
27 anicularis
anicularis, aniculare ADJold-womanish; of an old woman; inflicted by an old woman; old wives tale -
28 eski hikâye
n. old story, old hash, old wives' tale -
29 kocakarı
1. vulg. old woman, hag. 2. slang old lady, mother. - ilacı folk remedy. - masalı old wives´ tale, nonsense. - soğuğu a cold spell in mid-March. -
30 старое поверье
General subject: old wives' tale -
31 Altweibermärchen
n pej. fairytale* * *(a superstitious and misleading story.) old wives' tale* * *Altweibermärchen n pej fairytale -
32 zabobon
m (G zabobonu) pejor. superstition- wierzyć w zabobony to believe in superstitions* * ** * *misuperstition, old wives' tale.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zabobon
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33 kjerringprek
subst. old wives' tale -
34 kjerringsnakk
subst. old wives' tale(s) -
35 kurtmasalı
n. old wives' tale, cock-and-bull story, false excuses -
36 avia
avia ae, f [avus], a grandmother: anus, Cu.* * *Igrandmother; rooted prejudice, old wives taleIIunidentified plant; groundsel (L+S); (also called senecio, erigeron) -
37 ava
grandmother; rooted prejudice, old wives tale -
38 leggenda sf
[led'dʒɛnda]2) (iscrizione: di moneta) legend3) (chiave di lettura) key -
39 bakerpraatje
n. rumor, hearsay, unverified information spread by gossip; old wives tale -
40 oudewijvenpraat
n. old wives tale
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