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121 compass rose
kompasskiva, kompassros (runt kort som är fastsatt på sjökompassets nål och som visar riktningen: norr, söder, öst, väst)* * *(the circular drawing showing directions on a plan or map.) kompassros -
122 gather round
(to come together around a person, thing etc: Will everyone please gather round?) samlas runt -
123 go around
gå runt, cirkulera* * *((of stories, rumours etc) to be passed from one person to another: There's a rumour going around that you are leaving.) gå [] -
124 go places
resa världen runt; lyckas (slang)* * *(to be successful, especially in one's career: That young man is sure to go places.) komma någonstans, gå långt -
125 keel over
vända; kantra, slå runt; svimma* * *(to fall over usually suddenly or unexpectedly eg in a faint.) välta, kantra, tuppa av -
126 mill
n. kvarn; malare; slipsten; fabrik; en tusendels dollar; boxningstävling--------v. mala; tanda, räffla; springa omkring, gå runt; boxas* * *[mil] 1. noun1) (a machine, sometimes now electrical, for grinding coffee, pepper etc by crushing it between rough, hard surfaces: a coffee-mill; a pepper-mill.) kvarn2) (a building where grain is ground: The farmer took his corn to the mill.) kvarn3) (a building where certain types of things are manufactured: A woollen-mill; a steel-mill.) fabrik, -verk, -bruk2. verb1) (to grind or press: This flour was milled locally.) mala2) ((usually with about or around) (of crowds) to move about in a disorganized way: There's a huge crowd of people milling around outside.) gå (trampa, irra) omkring•- miller- millstone
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127 on all sides
på alla sidor* * *(all around: With enemies on all sides, we were trapped.) på alla sidor om, runt omkring -
128 reel
n. rulle, spole--------v. rulla, virvla; vackla* * *[ri:l] 1. noun1) (a round wheel-shaped or cylindrical object of wood, metal etc on which thread, film, fishing-lines etc can be wound: a reel of sewing-cotton; He changed the reel in the projector.) rulle, spole2) ((the music for) a type of lively Scottish, Irish or American dance: The fiddler played a reel; to dance a reel.) reel2. verb(to stagger; to sway; to move in an unsteady way: The drunk man reeled along the road; My brain was reeling with all the information that he gave me.) vackla, ragla, gunga, snurra, gå runt- reel in- reel off
См. также в других словарях:
runt — runt; runt·ed; runt·i·ness; runt·ish; se·de·runt; runt·ish·ly; runt·ish·ness; … English syllables
Runt — Runt, n. [Written also {rant}.] [Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf. {Rother}, a.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any animal which is unusually small, as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
runt — [rʌnt] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch rund cow, small ox ] 1.) the smallest and least developed baby animal of a group born at the same time runt of ▪ the runt of the litter 2.) informal a small, unpleasant, or unimportant person … Dictionary of contemporary English
runt|y — «RUHN tee», adjective, runt|i|er, runt|i|est. unusually small; undersized; stunted; dwarfish … Useful english dictionary
runt — c.1500, old or decayed tree stump, of unknown origin. Meaning extended to small ox or cow (1540s) and by 1610s to other animals and people. Specific Amer.Eng. sense of smallest of a litter (especially of pigs) is attested from 1841. Some see a… … Etymology dictionary
runt — [runt] n. [< ?] 1. a stunted, undersized, or dwarfish animal, plant, thing, or (usually in a contemptuous sense) person 2. the smallest animal of a litter runtiness n. runty adj. runtier, runtiest … English World dictionary
runt — [ rʌnt ] noun count 1. ) the smallest and weakest animal of a LITTER (=a group born at the same time) 2. ) OFFENSIVE someone who is small or weak … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
runt — • runt, cirka, omkring, ungefär, avrundat … Svensk synonymlexikon
runt — *dwarf, pygmy, midget, manikin, homunculus … New Dictionary of Synonyms
runt — [n] very small person half pint*, homunculus, Lilliputian, midget, peewee*, punk*, shrimp*; concept 424 … New thesaurus
runt — ► NOUN ▪ a small pig or other animal, especially the smallest in a litter. DERIVATIVES runtish adjective runty adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «old or decayed tree stump», later «small ox or cow»: of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
