private dick

(sl.): (detective) Schnüffler, der (ugs. abwertend)

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1. BRIT (sl: chap) Kerl m fam, Typ m sl

2. (pej!: stupid man) Idiot m pej, Schwachkopf m pej

3. AM ( pej sl: detective) Schnüffler m pej fam

4. ( vulg: penis) Schwanz m vulg

5. AM ( fam)

\dick all (nothing) einen [feuchten] Dreck sl

he doesn't know \dick all einen Dreck weiß er sl

6. CAN (sl)

\dick all (nothing) überhaupt nichts

last night I did \dick all gestern Abend habe ich überhaupt nichts gemacht

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1) (inf: detective) Schnüffler(in) m(f) (inf)

2) (sl: bastard) Wichser m (sl)

3) (sl: penis) Schwanz m (sl)

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dick [dık] s

1. Br sl Kerl m: → clever 1

2. besonders US sl Schnüffler m, Kriminaler m (beide pej):

private dick Privatschnüffler m

3. vulg Schwanz m (Penis)

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(sl.): (detective) Schnüffler, der (ugs. abwertend)

1)

2) vulg

3) taboo

1) (outside State system) privat; Privat[unterricht, -schule, -industrie, -klinik, -patient, -station usw.]

2) (belonging to individual, not public, not business) persönlich [Dinge]; nichtöffentlich [Versammlung, Sitzung]; privat [Telefongespräch, Schriftverkehr]; Privat[eigentum, -wagen, -flugzeug, -strand, -parkplatz, -leben, -konto]

3) (personal, affecting individual) persönlich [Meinung, Interesse, Überzeugung, Rache]; privat [Vereinbarung, Zweck]

4) (not for public disclosure) geheim [Verhandlung, Geschäft, Tränen]; still [Gebet, Nachdenken, Grübeln]; persönlich [Gründe]; (confidential) vertraulich

5) (secluded) still [Ort]; (undisturbed) ungestört

6) (not in public office)

1) (Brit. Mil.) einfacher Soldat

2)

3) in pl. (coll.): (genitals) Geschlechtsteile Pl.

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1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) privat

2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) Privat-...

- academic.ru/58044/privacy">privacy

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[ˈpraɪvɪt, AM -vət]

I. adj

1. inv (personal) privat, Privat-

\private initiative/life Privatinitiative f/-leben nt

\private joke Insiderwitz m fam

to speak in some \private language in seiner eigenen Sprache reden

sb's \private opinion jds persönliche Meinung

\private papers persönliche Papiere

2. (not open to public) privat, Privat-; discussion, meeting nicht öffentlich

\private beach/club/collection Privatstrand m/-klub m/-sammlung f

\private function Privatveranstaltung f, private Feier

\private funeral Beerdigung f in aller Stille

\private land Privatgrund m

\private wedding ceremony Hochzeitsfeier f im engsten Familienkreis

3. (confidential) vertraulich

to keep sth \private etw für sich akk behalten

4. (not social) zurückhaltend, introvertiert

to be a very \private sort of person ein sehr verschlossener [o in sich akk gekehrter] Mensch sein

5. (secluded) abgelegen; (undisturbed) ungestört

6. inv (not governmental) privat, Privat-

\private business Privatwirtschaft f

\private financing Privatfinanzierung f

\private funds private Gelder

\private hospital Privatklinik f

7. (not as official)

as a \private person als Privatperson

II. n

1. no pl (not in public)

▪ in \private privat, im Privatleben; LAW unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

to speak [or talk] to sb in \private jdn [o mit jdm] unter vier Augen sprechen

2. ( fam: genitals)

▪ \privates pl Geschlechtsteile pl

3. (soldier) Gefreiter m, einfacher Soldat

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1. adj

1) privat; (= personal) letter, reasons persönlich, privat; (= confidential) matter, affair vertraulich; conversation, meeting, interview privat, vertraulich; (= secluded) place abgelegen; dining room separat; (= not public) funeral, wedding im engsten Kreis; hearing, sitting nicht öffentlich, nichtöffentlich

2)

3) (= withdrawn, reserved) person reserviert, zurückhaltend

2. n

1) (MIL) Gefreite(r) mf

2) pl (= genitals) Geschlechtsteile pl

3)

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private [ˈpraıvıt]

A adj (adv → privately)

1. privat, Privat…, eigen(er, e, es), Eigen…, persönlich:

private account Privatkonto n;

private address Privatadresse f, -anschrift f;

private affair ( oder concern, matter) Privatsache f, -angelegenheit f;

private army Privatarmee f;

private audience Privataudienz f;

private bill PARL Gesetzesvorlage in privatem od lokalem Interesse;

private citizen Privatperson f;

private collection Privatsammlung f;

private consumer Privatverbraucher(in);

private consumption Eigenverbrauch m;

private gentleman Privatier m;

private health insurance private Krankenversicherung;

have private health insurance privat versichert sein;

private law JUR Privatrecht n;

private liability persönliche Haftung;

private life Privatleben n;

private patient MED Br Privatpatient(in);

private person Privatperson f;

private property Privateigentum n, -besitz m;

private secretary Privatsekretär(in);

private treatment MED Br Behandlung f als Privatpatient(in)

2. privat, nicht öffentlich:

sell by private bargain ( oder contract) unter der Hand verkaufen;

at private sale unter der Hand (verkauft etc);

private beach eigener Strand (eines Hotels);

private (limited) company WIRTSCH Br Gesellschaft f mit beschränkter Haftung;

a) JUR privatrechtliche Körperschaft,

b) WIRTSCH US Gesellschaft f mit beschränkter Haftung;

private enterprise privates Unternehmertum, Privatwirtschaft f;

private eye bes US umg, private investigator ( oder detective) Privatdetektiv(in);

private firm Einzelfirma f;

private industry Privatindustrie f, -wirtschaft f;

private instruction ( oder lessons pl) Privatunterricht m;

private performance THEAT etc geschlossene Vorstellung;

private road Privatweg m;

private school Privatschule f;

private sector WIRTSCH Privatsektor m;

private theater (bes Br theatre) Liebhabertheater n;

private view → preview A 2; → dick 2, hand A 6, nuisance 3

3. be a very private person sehr zurückgezogen leben;

wish to be private den Wunsch haben, (für sich) allein zu sein oder nicht gestört zu werden;

private prayer stilles Gebet

4. privat, der Öffentlichkeit nicht bekannt, nicht für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmt:

a) private Gründe,

b) Hintergründe

5. geheim:

keep sth private etwas geheim halten oder vertraulich behandeln;

private negotiations geheime Verhandlungen;

private parts → B 2

6. vertraulich (Informationen etc):

this is for your private ear dies sage ich Ihnen ganz im Vertrauen;

be private to sth in etwas eingeweiht sein, über etwas Bescheid wissen

7. nicht amtlich oder öffentlich, außeramtlich (Angelegenheit)

8. PARL besonders Br private member nicht der Regierung angehörende(r) Abgeordnete(r);

private member’s bill von einem private member eingebrachte Gesetzesvorlage

9. JUR außergerichtlich:

private arrangement gütlicher Vergleich

10. private soldier → B 1

B s

1. MIL (einfacher) Soldat:

private 1st class US Gefreite(r) m

2. pl Geschlechtsteile pl

3. in private

a) im Privatleben, privat,

b) insgeheim,

c) unter vier Augen,

d) in privatem Kreis,

e) unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

priv. abk

1. private priv.

2. LING privative

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1) (outside State system) privat; Privat[unterricht, -schule, -industrie, -klinik, -patient, -station usw.]

2) (belonging to individual, not public, not business) persönlich [Dinge]; nichtöffentlich [Versammlung, Sitzung]; privat [Telefongespräch, Schriftverkehr]; Privat[eigentum, -wagen, -flugzeug, -strand, -parkplatz, -leben, -konto]

3) (personal, affecting individual) persönlich [Meinung, Interesse, Überzeugung, Rache]; privat [Vereinbarung, Zweck]

4) (not for public disclosure) geheim [Verhandlung, Geschäft, Tränen]; still [Gebet, Nachdenken, Grübeln]; persönlich [Gründe]; (confidential) vertraulich

5) (secluded) still [Ort]; (undisturbed) ungestört

6) (not in public office)

1) (Brit. Mil.) einfacher Soldat

2)

3) in pl. (coll.): (genitals) Geschlechtsteile Pl.

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Gefreite -n (Soldat) m. adj.

nicht öffentlich adj.

persönlich adj.

privat adj.

1) General subject: enquiry agent, operant, operative

2) Law: private detective

3) Jargon: fink, private eye, snooper, tin star, sharmus, private dick, eye, peek, peeker

4) American English: shommus

5) Makarov: inquiry agent

6) Security: private investigator

1 cock, prick (vulgar). (peninsular Spanish)

¡una polla! no fucking way! (no)

2 young hen, pullet.

3 penis, chopper, phallus, dong.

4 national lottery.

5 horse race.

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► nombre femenino

1 ZOOLOGÍA young hen

2 tabú (órgano sexual) prick, cock

\

polla de agua moorhen

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1) (Orn) pullet; (=polluelo) chick

2) *** (=pene) prick ***

- ¡una polla!

- ¡ni qué pollas!

- ¿qué pollas quieres?

- ¡qué duquesa ni que pollas en vinagre!

- dejarse de pollas

3) LAm (Naipes) stakes pl, pool

4) Cono Sur (=lotería) lottery

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1) (Esp vulg) ( pene) cock (vulg), prick (vulg)

2)

a) (AmL) ( apuesta) bet

b) (Per) ( quiniela) ≈sports lottery ( in US), ≈ pools ( in UK)

c) (Chi) ( lotería) lottery; ver tb pollo

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= cock, dick, knocker, pecker.

Ex. She loves taking a cock in the twat and another in the ass.

Ex. I did what she wished obediently and touched the electrified fence with the head of my dick.

Ex. And as soon as he whipped out his knocker, Rose's rosy lips was already all over it in seconds!.

Ex. No matter how much I shake my pecker after a piddle, I still end up with yellow stains on my Y-fronts.

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* la polla = the dog's bollocks, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers.

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1) (Esp vulg) ( pene) cock (vulg), prick (vulg)

2)

a) (AmL) ( apuesta) bet

b) (Per) ( quiniela) ≈sports lottery ( in US), ≈ pools ( in UK)

c) (Chi) ( lotería) lottery; ver tb pollo

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polla (↑ polla a1)

A ( Esp vulg) (pene) cock ( vulg), prick ( vulg)

1 ( AmL) (apuesta) bet

2 ( Per) (quiniela) ≈ sports lottery ( in US), ≈ (football) pools ( in UK)

3 ( Chi) (lotería) national lottery ver tb pollo

In Chile and Peru a word for an official lottery, whose proceeds go to charity. In some Latin American countries, a polla is a private bet on soccer games, horse races etc.

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a) (AmL) ( apuesta) bet

b) (Per) ( quiniela) ≈ sports lottery ( in US), ≈ pools ( in UK)

c) (Chi) ( lotería) lottery;

◊ pollo

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polla nf

1. Esp Vulg [pene] cock, prick;

comer la polla a alguien to suck sb's cock;

¡una polla! [no] no fucking way!;

¡qué sopa ni qué pollas! to hell with soup!;

ser la polla to be the absolute end;

porque me sale de la polla because I Br bloody o US goddamn well want to;

¡me suda la polla! I couldn't give a fuck o Br toss!;

pollas en vinagre: ¡ni excusas ni pollas en vinagre! no excuses or that kind of shit!

2. polla de agua [ave] moorhen

3. Arg [carrera] horse race

4. Chile [lotería] state lottery

5. ver pollo

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f vulg

prick vulg, cock vulg

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polla nf

apuesta: bet

m; -s, -e (private) detective; ( den) Detektiv spielen fig. play the sleuth ( oder detective)

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spotter; detective; dick

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1. m -s, -e

2. f -, -nen

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[detɛkˈti:f, pl detɛkˈti:və]

1. (Privatdetektiv) private investigator [or detective] [or fam eye], AM a. gumshoe fam

2. (Zivilfahnder) plain-clothes policeman

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Detektiv m; -s, -e (private) detective;

(den) Detektiv spielen fig play the sleuth ( oder detective)

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detective n.

spotter n.

1 to censor.

El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information

2 to criticize severely, to censure.

El público censuró la película The public censured the film.

La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.

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► verbo transitivo

1 to censor

■ el libro fue censurado the book was censored

2 (criticar) to censure, criticize

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1) to censor

2) censure, criticize

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1) (Pol) to censor

2) [+ obra, película] to censor

3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize

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verbo transitivo

a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn

b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut

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= censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.

Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.

Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.

Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.

Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.

Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.

Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.

Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.

Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.

Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.

Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.

Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.

Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.

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* censurar material = challenge + materials.

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verbo transitivo

a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn

b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut

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censurar [A1 ]

1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize

2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor

3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

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a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn

b) ‹libro/película› to censor, ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

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censurar vt

1. [prohibir] to censor;

censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored

2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;

siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour

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1 censor

2 tratamiento condemn

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censurar vt

1) : to censor

2) : to censure, to criticize

1) General subject: (половой) cock, penis

2) Biology: phallus

3) Colloquial: wand, gentleman's sausage

4) Australian slang: old teller

5) Euphemism: Uncle Sam

6) Jargon: peen (short for penis), choad, braun

7) Invective: bicho, jang, middle leg, piccolo (при оральном половом акте), pinga, tool, wag (обычно маленького мальчика), wang, ying-yang, Johnson, arm, cock, jing-jang, joy knob, joy-stick, pecker, pencil, peter, pole, prick, pud, pudding (особенно используемый при мастурбации), rod, whang, yang

8) Taboo: Anglican length, Athenaeum, Cyclops, Fagan, Irish root, Jezebel, John, John Thomas, Little Willie, Long Dong Silver, Mister Tom, Mr Jones, Mr. Happy, Mr. Sausage, Oscar, Perce, Percy, Randy Rupert, Rumple Foreskin, Rupert, Spam javelin, Spurt Reynolds (игра слов на spurt и имени актера Burt Reynolds), Wolver, Zab (из арабского), ace poker, almond, arbor vitae, baby-maker, bacon bazooka, bald-headed hermit, banana, bat, baton, bazooka, bean, bean-tosser, beard-jammer, beaver cleaver, bed flute (см. pink oboe; особ. как объект орального секса), bell-rope, best leg of three, big bamboo, big daddy, bingey, bit of hard (см. hard-on), bit of snug, blade, blow stick, blowtorch, blue veined steak, bog bamboo, bolt, bone phone, bowel trowel, boy, boymeat, bozak, brush, business, button worker (см. button), cannon, captain, chanticleer, cheesepipe (см. cheese), cheesy wheelbarrow, chopper, chum, clam ram, cock-opener, cocklet, copper stick, corey, corker, corn beef cudgel, cory, crab ladder, crack-haunter, cracksman, crank, cranny-hunter, cream-stick, crimson crowbar, cuckoo, cucumber, custard cannon (см. lamb cannon, mutton musket), dagger, dang, dangle, dangler, dearest member, derrick, dick, diddle, dildo, ding dong, dingle-dangle, dinosaur, dipstick, dirk, dolly, dong, donger, doob, doodle (обыч. у ребенка), doover, dork, driving post, drumstick, dummy, (от еврейского 80+90, означающего буквы pay и tzadik, являющиеся эвфемизмом слова putz q.v.) eighty-ninety, eleventh finger, enob, eye opener, fallos, fanny battering ram, fanny rat, ferret (см. exercise the ferret), fiddle-bow (см. fiddle), fishing-rod, flapjack, flapper, fleshy fugelhorn, flip-flap, flute, fool-maker, fornicating engine, fornicator, four-eleven-forty-four (4-11-44), (4-9-3-11, по номерам букв в алфавите) four-nine-three-eleven, fuck stick, fuckstick, gap-stopper, gardener, generating tool, gibbon gristle, giggle-stick, girl-catcher, girlometer, goo gun, goober, goose's neck, gooser, gravy-giver, grinding tool, gristle, guided muscle (см. meat seeking pissile), gully raker, gun, gut-stick, hair-divider, ham howitzer, hambone, hammer, hampton (см. Hampton Wick), handstaff, hang down, hanging johnny (особ. у импотента или мужчины, зараженного венерическим заболеванием), happy lamp, hermit, hickey, hicky, high pressure vein cane, hissing Sid, holy iron, holy poker, honker, hood, hoop stretcher, hootchee, horn, horse, hot dog, hot rod, ice cream machine, inch, incher, instrument, jack, jack in the box, jammy, jerking iron, jigger, jiggling bore, jimmy, jing-jang (см. jang), jock, joint, jojo, jones, junior (обычно мужчина называет так свой собственный), key, kidney-scraper, kirp (перевертыш от prick q.v.), knob, knock, knocker, labia lard, ladies' delight, ladies' lollipop, lamb cannon, lamp of life, lance, langer, langolee, large lad, leather-stretcher, leg, lemon, length (см. yardage), lingam (из санскрита), lipstick (по аналогии с тем, как помада появляется из тюбика), little Davy, little brother (см. little sister), little finger, little friend, live rabbit, live sausage (см. sausage), liver tickler (см. lung disturber), living flute, lizard, lollipop, long John (об. большого размера), love muscle, love sausage, love torpedo, lucky Pierre, lullaby, luncheon truncheon, lung-disturber (см. kidney-wiper), mac, mack, mad mick, maggot, magic wand (особ. эрегированный), main cable, man Thomas, man-root, manhood, marrowbone, matrimonial peacemaker, meat, meat flute, meat seeking pissile, meat whistle, member, mickey, middle finger, milkman, mole, mouse, mouth-muscle, mulligan, mutton dagger (см. meat), mutton musket (см. lamb cannon), needle, nightstick, nimrod, nippy, nob, noodle, old Adam, old blind Bob, old fella, old horney, old man, old root, one eyed zipper fish, one-eyed milkman, one-eyed trouser-snake, one-holed flute, organ, pax-wax, peacemaker, pecnoster, pee-pee, peeny, peewee, peg, pen, pendulum (см. dingle dangle), perch, pestle (см. mortar), pickle, piece, pike staff, pile-driver, pillock, pin, pink Darth Vader (по имени одного из героев "Звездных войн" в каске специфической формы), pink cigar (особ. как объект фелляции), pink oboe (см. blue veined trumpet), pintle, pipe, pirate of men's pants, piss-maker, pisser, pisslit, pistol, piston, pizzle, plonker, plunger, pocket rocket, pointer, poker, poo pipe pirate, pood, poontanger, pork prescription, pork sword, porridge gun, power, pricklet, pride and joy, private property, prong, pulse, pump, pump action mottgun, pump-handle, pup, purple pearler, putter, putz, quim-stake, quim-wedge, rammer, ranger, rat, raw meat, reamer, rector of the females, red cap, red-hot poker, rhythm stick, rising main, roger, rolling pin, roly-poly, rooster, root, rotoplooker (произносится ro-to-ploo-ka), salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, screwdriver (см. screw), sexing piece, shaft, she, shit-disturber, shlong, shotgun, silent flute, skin boat, skin flute, skinflute (особ. как объект орального секса), sky-scraper, slug, snack (особ. как объект фелляции), snake, snorker, sperm worm, spindle, spout, staff, stalk, stem, stern-post, stick, sting, stormy dick, strap, strap-on, string, sucker, sugar-stick, swack, sweet meat, swipe, tadger, tail, tail-end, tail-pike, tallywag, tallywhacker, that thing, thing, thingumbob, third leg, tickler, timothy, tinkler, todger, tommy, tonge, tonk, toot meat, tosh, tossle, touch-trap, trouser snake, trouser trout, trumpet (см. blue veined trumpet, pink oboe), truncheon, tube, tummy banana, turkey neck, umbrella, unemployed, veiny bang stick, wab, weapon, wedge, wee-poh, whacker, whammer, whistle, wick, wiener, wigga-wagga, willie, willy, winkie, winkle, wire, wong, wriggling pole, yard, yosh, yutz, zipperfish, zubrick, zucchini, Baby spanner

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- academic.ru/84068/agonized">agonized

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1. no pl (pain) Todesqualen pl, unerträgliche Leiden pl, heftiger Schmerz

they lay screaming in \agony sie lagen da und schrien vor Schmerzen

oh, the \agony of defeat! ( fig) was für eine schmachvolle Niederlage!

▪ to be in \agony große Schmerzen [o Qualen] leiden

sb is in an \agony of doubt jdn quälen schlimme Zweifel

to be in an \agony of indecision/suspense von qualvoller Unentschlossenheit/Ungewissheit geplagt werden

to prolong the \agony [of sth] sich akk noch länger [mit etw dat] [herum]quälen

to put sb/an animal out if his/her/its \agony jdn/ein Tier von seinen Qualen erlösen

to suffer agonies of sth sich akk mit etw dat [herum]quälen, von etw dat geplagt werden

2. (struggle before death) Agonie f geh, Todeskampf m

▶ to pile [or put] on the \agony dick auftragen fam

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1) Qual f

2) (= death agony) Todeskampf m, Agonie f; (of Christ) Todesangst f

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agony [ˈæɡənı] s

1. unerträgliche Schmerzen pl, ( auch Seelen)Qualen pl:

be in agony ( oder agonies), suffer agony ( oder agonies) → agonize B 1, B 2;

be in an agony ( oder in agonies) of doubt (remorse) von Zweifeln (Gewissensbissen) gequält werden;

pile ( oder put, turn) on the agony Br umg dick auftragen;

agony aunt Briefkastentante f;

a) Kummerkasten m,

b) Spalte für private Mitteilungen;

agony uncle Briefkastenonkel m

2. Agony Christi Durchleiden n seiner Todesangst im Garten Gethsemane

3. Agonie f, Todeskampf m

4. (Gefühls)Ausbruch m:

agony of joy Freudenausbruch

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Qual -en f.

Todeskampf m.

1 person (individuo).

vinieron varias personas several people came

cien personas a hundred people

en persona in person

por persona per head

ser buena persona to be a good person o sort

persona mayor adult, grown-up

persona non grata persona non grata

2 party (law).

persona física private individual

persona jurídica legal entity o person

3 person (grammar).

la segunda persona del singular the second person singular

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► nombre femenino

1 person

■ tu tío es muy buena persona your uncle is a nice man

■ faltan dos personas there are two people missing

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en persona in person

persona física individual

persona jurídica legal entity

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1) (=individuo) person

2) (Jur)

3) (Ling) person

4) (Rel)

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1)

a) ( ser humano) person

b) (en locs)

- persona física

- persona jurídica

- persona no or non grata

2) (Ling) person

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= fellow, figure, hand, individual, man [men, -pl.], party, person, character, chap, self.

Ex. From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.

Ex. Much potentially valuable historical material is lost to posterity because of the attitude to the collection of primary sources which always gives pride of place to the ephemeral as long as it is compiled by a well-known figure.

Ex. Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.

Ex. Note that these provisions do not include research reports which have been prepared within a government agency but specifically authored by an individual = Nótese que estas disposiciones no afectan a informes de investigaciones procedentes de una agencia gubernamental aunque realizados concretamente por un individuo.

Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex. Enter a brief, plea, or other formal record of one party to a case under the heading for that party.

Ex. Apart from the names of subjects, the names of corporate bodies, persons, chemicals, trade products, and trade names are some other possibilities.

Ex. All the same, I think the incident improbable because he has been represented up till then as a cold, careful character.

Ex. In practice, however, such democratic attitudes among the mighty seem to have as little effect on the behaviour of those who serve them as did the remark made by King George V at his Jubilee in 1935, 'I'm really quite an ordinary sort of chap'.

Ex. Education should relate more effectively to personal development, to individual coping and to the development of the free self.

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* a cargo de una sola persona = one-man band.

* Algo a cargo de una sola persona = one-person operation.

* algunas personas = some people.

* atendido por varias personas = multi-staffed.

* biografía de personas célebres = celebrity biography.

* círculo de personas afines e influyentes = network.

* como persona que = as one who.

* conjunto de personas que reciben un servicio = constituency.

* contra toda persona = all comers.

* crucial para la vida de una persona = lifesaving.

* cualquier otra persona = anybody else.

* cualquier persona = anyone, any Tom, Dick or Harry.

* cuidados para personas de la tercera edad = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].

* cuidados para personas mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].

* de persona = personal.

* de personas con autoridad moral = authoritative.

* de primera persona = first-person.

* de una sola persona = one-man.

* dirigido a las personas = people-centred, people-oriented.

* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.

* el consejo de otra persona = a second opinion.

* el sueño de toda persona = the stuff dreams are made of.

* en persona = in person, walk-in, in the flesh, face-to-face [face to face].

* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.

* inicial del segundo nombre de pila de una persona = middle initial.

* la mayoría de las personas = most people, the majority of the people.

* la misma persona = one and the same person.

* la opinión de otra persona = a second opinion.

* lista de personas de contacto = contact list.

* lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* ninguna otra persona = no one else.

* oír por segundas personas = hear + second-hand.

* orientado a la persona = human-oriented.

* orientado al servicio de las personas = people-centred.

* otra persona = somebody else, someone else, somebody else, not me.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* pasar de una persona a otra = pass around.

* pérdida de persona querida = emotional loss.

* persona a cargo = dependent.

* persona aprensiva = apprehensive.

* persona atrevida = risk taker.

* persona audaz = risk taker.

* persona aún por determinar = nomen nominandum [N.N.].

* persona becada = fundee.

* persona civil = civilian.

* persona competente = a good sport.

* persona común = ordinary person.

* persona con ahorros = saver.

* persona con ambición = high flyer [high flier, -USA], go-getter.

* persona con doble personalidad = Jekyll and Hyde.

* persona con éxito = successful person.

* persona con iniciativa = go-getter.

* persona con la mejor nota = top scorer, top scorer.

* persona con llave = keyholder.

* persona con mala ortografía = speller.

* persona con mucha ambición = social climber.

* persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].

* persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.

* persona de acción = doer.

* persona de adentro = insider.

* persona de altos vuelos = high flyer [high flier, -USA].

* persona de color = non-white [nonwhite], coloured man, coloured woman, coloured [colored, -USA].

* persona de conducta desviada = deviant.

* persona de confianza = good old boy, sounding board.

* persona de contacto = contact, correspondent, contact person, named contact.

* persona de edad avanzada = elderly person.

* persona de éxito = successful person.

* persona de fuera = outsider.

* persona dejada = slob.

* persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.

* persona de la propia empresa = insider.

* persona de la tercera edad = elder.

* persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].

* persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].

* persona de raza blanca = white.

* persona de raza negra = black.

* persona designada = nominee, designate.

* persona designada para un cargo = appointee.

* persona destacada = standout.

* persona divorciada = divorcee.

* persona emprendedora = go-getter.

* persona encargada de actualizar = maintainer.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* persona encargada de las relaciones públicas = PR man [PR men, -pl.].

* persona encargada de recabar fondos = fundraiser [fund-raiser].

* persona en prácticas = trainee, intern.

* persona entusiasta y trabajadora = eager beaver.

* persona estúpida = no-brainer.

* persona famosa = famous person.

* persona ilusa = daydreamer.

* persona influyente = influencer, mover and shaker, heavy weight [heavyweight].

* persona informada = insider.

* persona innovadora = innovator.

* persona inquieta = fidget.

* persona inscrita = registrant.

* persona interesada = taker.

* persona joven = youth.

* persona mañosa = handyman [handymen, pl.].

* persona más destacada = top person [top people, -pl.].

* persona más relevante = top person [top people, -pl.].

* persona mayor = elder.

* persona medianamente cultivada = middlebrow [middle-brow].

* persona muy ocupada = busy beaver, busy bee.

* persona muy trabajadora = hard-working person.

* persona nacida después del baby boom = baby buster.

* persona nacida durante el baby boom = baby boomer.

* persona nacida en el fin del milenio = Millennial.

* persona nerviosa = fidget.

* persona no experta = non-scholar.

* persona no grata = persona non grata.

* persona no muy lista pero trabajadora = plodder.

* persona normal = ordinary person.

* persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.

* persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.

* persona opuesta a = resister (of/against).

* persona problemática = troublemaker.

* persona que abandona Algo = quitter.

* persona que apoya una moción o propuesta = seconder.

* persona que asigna el trabajo = assigner.

* persona que busca y vive de lo que encuentra en las playas = beachcomber.

* persona que cambia de trabajo con demasiada frecuencia = job-hopper.

* persona que concede una franquicia = franchiser [franchisor].

* persona que contempla o mira algo = beholder.

* persona que convoca una reunión = convener [convenor].

* persona que cruza la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalker.

* persona que da consuelo = comforter.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persona que desfigura Algo = defacer.

* persona que desprecia u odia = despiser.

* persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.

* persona que duerme bien = good sleeper.

* persona que elabora el plan de estudios = syllabus maker.

* persona que escucha a escondidas = eavesdropper.

* persona que escucha en secreto = eavesdropper.

* persona que está a dieta = dieter.

* persona que está aprendiendo a conducir = learner driver.

* persona que está de picnic = picnicker.

* persona que hace encajes = tatter.

* persona que hace striptease = stripper.

* persona que hace una cita bibliográfica = citator.

* persona que hace un comentario = commenter.

* persona que hace un préstamo = loaner.

* persona que ha llegado donde está por su propio esfuerzo = self-made-man, the.

* persona que ha viajado mucho = seasoned traveller.

* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.

* persona que le desea suerte a otra = well-wisher.

* persona que le gusta flirtear = flirt.

* persona que llama = caller.

* persona que no le gusta leer = aliterate.

* persona que no pertenece a la familia = nonrelative [non-relative].

* persona que no se sale del lugar donde vive = stay-at-home.

* persona que nunca se deshace de nada = packrat, hoarder, magpie.

* persona que obtiene una franquicia = franchisee.

* persona que paga impuestos = taxpayer [tax-payer].

* persona que permanece en un puesto de trabajo = stayer.

* persona que pide asilo = asylum seeker.

* persona que pone en práctica Algo = adopter.

* persona que practica el sillonball = couch potato.

* persona que recibe asesoramiento = counselee.

* persona que recoge algo = picker.

* persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.

* persona que rinde más de lo esperado = overachiever.

* persona que rinde por debajo de su capacidad = underachiever.

* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.

* persona que se cree Algo = biter.

* persona que se cuida la línea = weight watcher.

* persona que se dedica a una tarea monótona = harmless drudge.

* persona que se dedica a una terea monótona = harmless drudge.

* persona que se desarrolla tarde = late bloomer.

* persona que se opone a Algo = opponent.

* persona que se promociona a sí misma = self-promoter.

* persona que se queja = complainant, complainer.

* persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.

* persona que sufre de insomio = insomniac.

* persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.

* persona que toma la última decisión = decider.

* persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.

* persona que va al cine = moviegoer [movie-goer].

* persona que va por libre = outsider.

* persona que ve = sighted person.

* persona que ve/observa = watcher.

* persona que visita un servicio voluntariamente en sus ratos libres = drop-in.

* persona que viste a la antigua = frump.

* persona reacia a la lectura = aliterate.

* persona recta = mensch.

* personas = humans, party, people, public.

* personas como = the likes of.

* personas con ceguera parcial = partially-sighted.

* personas con deficiencias auditivas, las = hearing impaired, the.

* personas con deficiencias mentales corregibles = educably mentally handicapped (EMH).

* personas con discapacidades mentales, las = intellectually disabled, the.

* personas con discapacidades mentales = intellectually disabled people.

* personas con éxito, las = successful, the.

* personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.

* personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.

* personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.

* personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.

* personas con trastornos emocionales = disturbed people.

* personas de color = coloured people.

* personas de la tercera edad, las = elderly, the.

* personas de piel blanca, las = fair skinned, the.

* personas en desventaja = disadvantaged, the.

* personas faltas de servicios, las = underserved, the.

* personas famosas = those held up for praise.

* personas importantes = those held up for praise.

* persona sin hogar = waif, homeless man [homeless people, -pl.].

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* persona sin techo = homeless man [homeless people, -pl.].

* personas mayores = older people, elderly people.

* personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.

* personas muy activas, las = those on the go.

* personas muy ocupadas, las = those on the go.

* personas no invitadas, las = uninvited, the.

* persona solitaria = lone wolf.

* personas que no pueden salir de casa = homebound, the.

* personas que siempre están viajando, las = those on the go.

* personas que son duras de oído, las = hard of hearing, the.

* personas relevantes = those held up for praise.

* personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.

* personas sin hogar = homelessness.

* personas sin hogar, las = homeless, the.

* personas sin techo = homelessness.

* personas sin trabajo remunerado, los = unwaged, the.

* persona subvencionada = fundee.

* persona temerosa = risk taker.

* persona típica, la = average man, the.

* persona u organismo que recorta presupuestos o ayuda a reducir gastos = cost-cutter.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* por persona = per person.

* préstamo para otra persona = proxy borrowing.

* primera persona = first person.

* representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.

* ser la persona ideal para = be the best placed to.

* ser la persona más indicada para = be in a position to.

* ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.

* tipo de persona = public.

* todas las personas implicadas = all concerned.

* trabajar como persona en prácticas = intern.

* tráfico de personas = foot fall.

* tropezar una persona con otra = fall over + each other's feet.

* usuario en persona = walk-in user.

* visión contada por una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.

* visión de una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.

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1)

a) ( ser humano) person

b) (en locs)

- persona física

- persona jurídica

- persona no or non grata

2) (Ling) person

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1 (ser humano) person

es una persona muy educada/simpática he's/she's a very polite/likable person

había tres personas esperando there were three people waiting

en el coche caben cinco personas the car can take five people

[ S ] carga máxima: ocho personas o 500 kilos maximum capacity: eight persons or 500 kilos

como persona no me gusta I don't like him as a person

¿cuántas personas tiene a su cargo? how many people do you have reporting to you?

en la persona del Rey se concentra el poder civil y militar civil and military power resides in the King himself

se rindió homenaje a los ex-combatientes en la persona de … tribute was paid to the war veterans who were represented by …

las personas interesadas pueden presentarse mañana a las diez all those interested may come along tomorrow at ten o'clock

es una persona de recursos she's a resourceful person, she's resourceful

2 ( en locs):

de persona a persona person to person

conferencia telefónica de persona a persona person-to-person call

en persona in person

vino en persona a traerme la carta she brought me the letter in person

conozco su obra, pero no lo conozco en persona I know his work, but I don't know him personally

deberán presentarse en persona you must come personally o in person

es el orden/la estupidez en persona he is orderliness/stupidity personified

por persona: la comida salió a 20 dólares por persona the meal came to 20 dollars a head

sólo se venden dos entradas por persona you can only get two tickets per person o per head

hay dos trozos por persona there are two pieces each

displaced person

individual

legal entity

individual

persona non grata

B ( Ling) person

la primera persona del singular/plural the first person singular/plural

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3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

a) ( ser humano) person;

◊ una persona muy educada a very polite person;

b) ( en locs)

◊ en persona ‹ir/presentarse› in person;

c) (Ling) person

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persona nf

1. [individuo] person;

vinieron varias personas several people came;

cien personas a hundred people;

la persona responsable the person in charge;

las personas adultas adults;

necesitan la mediación de una tercera persona they need the mediation of a third party;

ser buena persona to be nice;

ha venido el obispo en persona the bishop came in person;

este niño es el demonio en persona this child is the very devil;

de persona a persona person to person, one to one;

por persona per head

persona mayor adult, grown-up;

persona non grata persona non grata

2. Der party

persona jurídica legal entity o person

3. Gram person;

la segunda persona del singular the second person singular

4. Rel person

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f person;

quince personas fifteen people;

persona (humana) human being;

persona mayor elderly person buena/mala persona nice/nasty person;

en persona in person

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persona nf

: person

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persona n person person se usa sobre todo en singular. Para el plural se dice people

"1. father. 2. title applied to a holy man or to a respected elderly man: İsmet baba, Hakkı baba, Telli baba. 3. the leader of a group of dervishes; the head of a tekke (among the Bektashi dervishes). 4. bollard; bitt. 5. newel-post, newel (large post at the foot or landing of a stairway). 6. king post; crown post; queen post (in the truss of a roof). 7. head (of a walking stick). 8. colloq. mafia chief, mafia boss. 9. slang penis, *dick, *cock, *pecker. -m colloq. 1. a vocative expression used after an imperative when addressing an intimate friend: Anlat babam, ne oldu? Now tell me what happened man! 2. used before and after an imperative to emphasize that an action was prolonged: Oku babam oku! Read, read, read! - adam elderly man who is wise and kind. - bucağı family home, homeplace. -sının/-larının çiftliği a place which one can exploit at will, one´s private preserve: Orası babasının çiftliği mi? Is that a place which he can just exploit at will? - değil, tırabzan babası man who is a poor excuse for a father. - dostu an old friend of one´s father. - evi 1. home, the place on which one´s familial affections are centered. 2. family home, homeplace. -sının hayrına for the sheer love of it, without thinking of getting something out of it: Demirhan, o heyette babasının hayrına mı çalışıyor sanki? Mutlaka bir menfaat peşindedir! Do you think Demirhan´s serving on that committee for the sheer love of it? He´s most certainly hoping to reap some benefit for himself! Ona babasının hayrına iş vermezler elbet. You can be sure they aren´t going to give him a job just to show they´re nice guys. - hindi turkey-cock, gobbler. - hindi gibi kabarmak to become swelled up with self-importance, swell up with pride and arrogance, puff oneself up. -dan kalma inherited from one´s father: Babadan kalma bir evi var. He has a house which he inherited from his father. - ocağı see - evi. -dan oğula from father to son. -sının oğlu. colloq. Like father, like son. -na rahmet! colloq. You are very kind indeed! -sına rahmet okumak /ın/ (for someone) to be so wonderful he/she makes you want to bless the father that begot him/her. -sına rahmet okutmak /ın/ 1. (for someone, something) to be so bad that he/she/it makes one yearn for (someone or something else who/which is in himself/herself/itself undesirable): Fecri bir felaketti, fakat Feyman, Fecri´nin babasına rahmet okutuyor. Fecri was a disaster, but Feyman is so awful he makes us yearn to have Fecri back again. 2. (for someone) to be so wonderful he/she makes you want to bless the father that begot him/her. - tarafından paternally. - torik 1. bonito which has reached a large size. 2. slang penis, *dick, *cock, *pecker. -ları/-sı tutmak 1. to become enraged, have a conniption, have a conniption fit. 2. to shake or move about convulsively (as if one is having a fit). -ları üstünde olmak to be ready to explode (with rage). - yurdu see - evi."

1) General subject: cock

2) Medicine: coles, penis, phallus, priapus, tentum

3) Dialect: pizzle (животного)

4) Australian slang: old teller

5) Rude: prick, donga (новозеландский сленг)

6) Jargon: meat puppet, restless dragon (Дословно - неустающий дракон. Примечание - кто-то сильно льстит сам себе.), (ср. "пуденциал" в романе "Кысь" Т.Толстой) endowment, private, peen, braun, bulge, hilt

7) Taboo: Anglican length (особ. большого размера), Athenaeum, Cyclops, Irish root, Jezebel, John, John Thomas, Johnson, Little Willie (особ. маленького мальчика), Perce, Percy, Randy Rupert, Rupert, Wolver, almond, arbor vitae (от лат. "древо жизни"), arm, baby-maker, bacon bazooka, bald-headed hermit, banana, bat, bean, bean-tosser, beard-jammer, beaver cleaver, beaver leaver, beef, beef bayonet, bell-rope, best leg of three, bicho (из испанского), big bamboo, big daddy, bingey, bit of hard (см. hard-on; эрегированный), bit of snug, blow stick, blowtorch, bog bamboo, business, button worker (см. button), captain, chanticleer, cheesy wheelbarrow, chopper, cock (особ. эрегированный), cock-opener, copper stick, corey, corn beef cudgel, crack-haunter, cracksman, crank, cranny-hunter, cream-stick, cuckoo, cucumber, dang, dearest member, derrick, dick, diddle, dik, dildo, dingle-dangle, dink, dipstick, dirk, dolly, dong, doob, dork, drumstick, dummy, eighty-ninety, enob (перевертыш от bone q.v), eye opener, fallos, fiddle-bow (см. fiddle), fishing-rod, flip-flap, flute, fool-maker, fornicating engine, fornicator, four-nine-three-eleven, fuckmeat, fuckpole, fuckstick, gap-stopper, gardener, generating tool, giggle-stick, girl-catcher, girlometer, goose's neck, gooser, gravy-giver, grinding tool, gristle, gully raker, gun, gut-stick, hair-divider, hambone, hammer, handstaff, hang down, hermit, holy iron (игра слов на hole q.v.), holy poker (игра слов на hole, poker и poke somebody), honker, hootchee, horn (особ. эрегированный), hot dog, instrument, jack, jack in the box, jak, jang, jerking iron, jigger, jiggling bore, jing-jang (см. jang), joint, jones, joy knob, joy-stick, key, kidney-scraper, knock, knocker, ladies' delight, ladies' lollipop, lamp of life, lance, langolee, leather-stretcher, little Davy, little brother (см. little sister), little finger, live rabbit, live sausage (см. sausage), living flute, lollipop, lullaby, lung-disturber (см. kidney-wiper), man Thomas, man-root, marrowbone, matrimonial peacemaker, meat, meaty flesh, member, (лат.) membrum virile, mickey, middle finger, mole, mouse, mutton dagger (см. meat), needle, nimrod, nippy, old Adam, old blind Bob, old horney, old man, old root, one-eyed milkman, one-holed flute, organ, pax-wax, pecker (в Великобритании обозначает нос), pecnoster (игра слов на pecker и pater noster), pee-pee, peg, pen, pencil, pendulum (см. dingle dangle), pestle (см. mortar), peter, pickle, piece, pike staff, pile-driver, pin, pinga (из испанского), pintle, piss-maker, pisser, pistol, piston, pizzle (обыч. животного), plonker, pointer, poker, pole, poontanger, pork sword, power, private property, pudding (особ. в связи с мастурбацией), pulse, pump, pump-handle, putz, quim-stake, quim-wedge, rammer, ranger, raw meat, reamer, rector, rector of the females, red cap, red-hot poker, rod, roger, rolling pin, roly-poly, rooster, root, sausage, schlong (из идиш), schmuck, sexing piece, shaft, she, shit-disturber, shotgun, silent flute, sky-scraper, snorker, spindle, spout, staff, stem, stern-post, stick, sting, sucker, sugar-stick, sweet meat, tadger, tail, tail-end, tail-pike, tallywag, tallywhacker, thing, thingumbob, tickler, timothy (особ. у ребенка), todger, tommy, tonge, tool, tosh, tossle, touch-trap, trouser trout, truncheon, tube, turkey neck, wag (особ. ребенка), wang, wanger, weapon, wee-poh, weiner, whammer, whang, whanger, whistle (особ. у ребенка), wiener (особ. в расслабленном состоянии), wigga-wagga, willie (особ. детский), winkie, winkle, wire, wriggling pole, yang (от китайского ying-yang инь и ян), yutz, zubrick (из арабского), zucchini, lunch box, ramrod

8) Scuba diving: crotch

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n. m. (pej.):

1. Council workman who empties cesspits.

2. 'Muck- raker', scandalmonger.

3. 'Dick', 'private-eye', private investigator.

n. m.

1. Avoir quelqu'un a l'œil: To keep a close eye on someone. Je veux que vous m'ayez ce lascar à l'œil! Don't let that bugger out of your sight!

2. Avoir quelqu'un dans l'œil (Racing and cycling slang): To see a fellow competitor forge ahead.

3. L'avoir dans l'œil (fig.): To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been duped.

4. Risquer un œil: To 'take a peep', to glance furtively at something.

5. Se rincer l'œil: To 'feast one's eyes', to get a salacious eyeful.

6. Pisser de l'œil (often of woman): To 'have the weepies', to 'turn on the waterworks', to cry.

7. Ne dormir que d'un œil: To take a wary 'forty winks', to drift into a state of superficial sleep because danger is lurking.

8. Ouvrir l'œil et le bon: To 'keep one's weather eye open', to keep a sharp lookout.

9. Monter un œil à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a shiner', a black eye.

10. Avoir un œil qui dit merde à l'autre (joc.): To have a pronounced squint (also: avoir les yeux qui se croisent les bras).

11. Tourner de l'œil: To 'pass out', to faint.

12. Etre frais comme l'œil (of person): To be (and look) as fresh as a daisy.

13. Obéir au doigt et à l'œil'. To be hyperobedient (literally to jump to attention at the quiver of an eyebrow).

14. Faire un œil de crapaud mort d'amour. To look 'spoony', to have a lovesick expression on one's face.

15. Taper dans l'œil à quelqu'un:

  a To make a deep impression on someone.

  b To 'click' with someone, to take someone's fancy.

16. S'en battre l'œil: 'Not to care a rap about something', to be totally unconcerned.

17. Mon œil! You must be joking! (This ironical interjection is usually accompanied by the pulling down with the index finger of the lower eyelid. This 'bodyspeak' gesture emphasizes the 'I'm not as gullible as you think' quality of the remark.)

18. L'œil du bidet ( pol): 'Dick', private eye. (This pejorative appellation for a private detective reflects explicitly the snooping that constitutes a fair proportion of his business.)

19. L'œil de bronze: The anus, the anal sphincter (where sodomous intercourse is concerned).

m; -s, -, Schnüfflerin f; -, -nen; umg.

1. pej. snooper; (Spion) spy

2. von Klebstoff etc.: (solvent-, meist glue-)sniffer

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snuffler (ugs.); snooper (ugs.); bloodhound (ugs.); dick (ugs.)

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1. m -s, -, Schnüff|le|rin

2. f -, -nen (inf) (fig)

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1. (fam: Detektiv) detective, snooper BRIT fam

2. (sl: Süchtiger) glue-sniffer

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1) (ugs. abwertend) Nosey Parker; (Spion) snooper (coll.)

2) (Drogenjargon) [glue-, paint-, etc.]sniffer

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Schnüffler m; -s, -, Schnüfflerin f; -, -nen; umg

1. pej snooper; (Spion) spy

2. von Klebstoff etc: (solvent-, meist glue-)sniffer

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1) (ugs. abwertend) Nosey Parker; (Spion) snooper (coll.)

2) (Drogenjargon) [glue-, paint-, etc.]sniffer

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snuffler n.

n; -s, -

1. übernatürlich: miracle; erstaunlich: auch wonder; bewundernswert: marvel; ein Wunder der Natur / Technik a miracle of nature / engineering; Wunder wirken oder tun perform miracles; fig. work wonders; es grenzt an ein Wunder it’s a near-miracle; auf ein Wunder hoffen be hoping for a miracle; wenn nicht ein Wunder geschieht barring a miracle; wie durch ein Wunder miraculously; ( es ist) kein Wunder(, dass...) (it’s) no wonder (that...); ist es ein Wunder, dass... oder was Wunder, wenn...? is it any wonder that...?; er ist ein Wunder an Ausdauer he’s got amazing stamina; er wird sein blaues Wunder erleben umg. he’s got a surprise coming, he’s in for a (big) surprise; oh Wunder oder Wunder über Wunder! iro. wonders will never cease!

2. umg.: Wunder was / wer etc. something / someone absolutely fantastic, the greatest thing since sliced bread; sie glaubt Wunder was sie getan hat she thinks what she’s done is absolutely fantastic; er glaubt, er sei Wunder wer auch he thinks he’s the bee’s knees; Wunder wie klug / schön etc. ever so clever (Am. smart)/ beautiful etc., as clever (Am. smart)/ beautiful etc. as anything; das stellte sie sich Wunder wie einfach vor she thought it was going to be ever so easy ( oder as easy as anything oder as easy as pie)

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portent; wonder; miracle

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nt -s, -

1) (=übernatürliches Ereignis AUCH REL) miracle; (= wunderbare Erscheinung) wonder; (= Leistung) marvel, miracle; (= erstaunlicher Mensch) marvel

2)

3)

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1) (something or someone astonishing or wonderful: the marvels of the circus; She's a marvel at producing delicious meals.) marvel

2) (something which man is not normally capable of making happen and which is therefore thought to be done by a god or God: Christ's turning of water into wine was a miracle.) miracle

3) (a fortunate happening that has no obvious natural cause or explanation: It's a miracle he wasn't killed in the plane crash.) miracle

4) (something strange and wonderful: A very clever child is sometimes called a child prodigy; prodigies of nature.) prodigy

5) (the quality of being strange or unexpected: The wonder of the discovery is that it was only made ten years ago.) wonder

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nt (übernatürliches Ereignis) miracle

\Wunder was/wer/wie (fam) who knows what/who/how

er möchte \Wunder was erreichen goodness knows what he wants to achieve

das hat er sich \Wunder wie einfach vorgestellt he imagined it would be ever so easy

\Wunder tun [o wirken] to work [or perform] a miracle sing

an ein \Wunder grenzen to be almost a miracle

ein/kein \Wunder sein, dass... (fam) to be a/no wonder, that...

ist es ein \Wunder, dass ich mich so aufrege? (fig fam) is it any wonder that I'm so upset?

es ist kein \Wunder, dass... (fam) it's no [or little] [or small] wonder that...

wie durch ein \Wunder miraculously

\Wunder über \Wunder (fam) wonders will never cease

er kann nur durch ein \Wunder gerettet werden only a miracle can save him

was \Wunder[, dass] no wonder

was \Wunder, dass sie jetzt eingeschnappt ist no wonder she's in a huff; (Phänomen) wonder

das \Wunder des Lebens the miracle of life

die \Wunder der Natur the wonders of nature

▪ ein \Wunder an etw dat sein to be a miracle of sth

diese Uhr ist ein \Wunder an Präzision this watch is a miracle of precision

▶ sein blaues \Wunder erleben (fam) to be in for a nasty surprise

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1) miracle

2) (etwas Erstaunliches) wonder

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Wunder n; -s, -

1. übernatürlich: miracle; erstaunlich: auch wonder; bewundernswert: marvel;