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4 riddles of the universe
Общая лексика: тайны вселенной, тайны мирозданияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > riddles of the universe
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5 riddles of universe
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6 to speak riddles
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7 he's good at solving riddles
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8 to talk in riddles, speak in riddles
Англо-русский современный словарь > to talk in riddles, speak in riddles
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9 talk in riddles
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10 you get different answers to such riddles
Макаров: у таких загадок много разных ответовУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > you get different answers to such riddles
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11 read riddles
לפתור חידות* * *◙ תודיח רותפל◄ -
12 factionalism riddles the party
Politics english-russian dictionary > factionalism riddles the party
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14 to speak in riddles
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16 talk in riddles
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17 speak\ in\ riddles
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18 to speak in riddles
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to speak in riddles
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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] ask a riddle[Swahili Word] -tega kitendawili[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -tega------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] pose riddles to each other[Swahili Word] -pigana mafambo[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] hatukuja kupigana mafumbo hapa [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] riddle[English Plural] riddles[Swahili Word] fumbo[Swahili Plural] mafumbo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] -fumba[English Example] put a riddle to a fool a clever person will solve it (proverb)[Swahili Example] fumbo mfumbe mjinga mwerevu huligangua (methali)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] riddle[English Plural] riddles[Swahili Word] kitendawili[Swahili Plural] vitendawili[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -tenda, wili[English Example] an example of a riddle is, "my house has no door." the answer is, "an egg"[Swahili Example] mfano wa kitendawili ni, "nyumba yangu haina mlango." jibu lake ni "yai"------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] riddle[English Plural] riddles[Swahili Word] tambo[Swahili Plural] matambo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -tambua------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] speak in riddles[Swahili Word] -fumba maneno[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] maneno------------------------------------------------------------ -
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I 'ridl noun(a puzzle usually in the form of a question, which describes an object, person etc in a mysterious or misleading way: Can you guess the answer to this riddle?; The answer to the riddle `What flies for ever, and never rests?' is `The wind'.) adivinanza, acertijo
II 'ridl verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) acribillar; cribarriddle n acertijo / adivinanzatr['rɪdəl]1 acertijo, adivinanza2 (sieve) criba1 cribar2 (with bullets) acribillarriddled with bullets: acribillado a balazosriddled with errors: lleno de erroresriddle n: acertijo m, adivinanza fn.• acertijo s.m.• adivinanza s.f.• criba gruesa s.f.• enigma s.m.• garbillo s.m.• logogrifo s.m.• mote s.m.• quisicosa s.f.• rompecabezas s.m.v.• acribillar v.• cribar v.• garbillar v.
I 'rɪdḷa) ( puzzle) adivinanza f, acertijo mb) ( mystery) enigma m, misterio m
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transitive verb ( perforate) (often pass)to be riddled WITH something: his body was riddled with bullets lo habían acribillado a balazos; she was riddled with cancer tenía cáncer por todo el cuerpo, estaba cundida de cáncer (Méx); the chairs are riddled with woodworm las sillas están llenas de carcoma or todas carcomidas; the organization is riddled with corruption — la corrupción ha llegado a todos los niveles de la organización
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['rɪdl]N (=word puzzle) acertijo m, adivinanza f ; (=mystery) enigma m, misterio m ; (=person etc) enigma m
II ['rɪdl]1.N (=sieve) criba f, criba f gruesa; (=potato sorter etc) escogedor m2. VT1) (=sieve) cribar; [+ potatoes etc] pasar por el escogedor2)to riddle with — [+ bullets etc] acribillar a
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I ['rɪdḷ]a) ( puzzle) adivinanza f, acertijo mb) ( mystery) enigma m, misterio m
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transitive verb ( perforate) (often pass)to be riddled WITH something: his body was riddled with bullets lo habían acribillado a balazos; she was riddled with cancer tenía cáncer por todo el cuerpo, estaba cundida de cáncer (Méx); the chairs are riddled with woodworm las sillas están llenas de carcoma or todas carcomidas; the organization is riddled with corruption — la corrupción ha llegado a todos los niveles de la organización
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