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1 sheer
csellengés, átlátszó, fedélzetívelés, fedélzetív to sheer: útiránytól jobbra-balra kileng, cselleng* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) puszta erő, abszolút2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) meredek3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) áttetsző2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) függőlegesenII [ʃiə] -
2 sheer
fedélzet hajlat -
3 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) iránytól eltér -
4 sheer\ away
irányától elfordul, irányától eltér -
5 sheer\ impossibility
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6 sheer\ nonsense
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7 sheer\ off
elkotródik, elódalog, elhordja magát -
8 sheer\ off\ from\ a\ ship
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9 sheer\ up\ alongside
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10 by\ sheer\ accident
tiszta véletlenségből, puszta véletlenségből -
11 by\ sheer\ force
nyers erőszakkal, puszta erőből, puszta erővel -
12 for\ the\ sheer\ sake\ of\ sg
tisztára csak vmi kedvéért, tisztára csak vmiértEnglish-Hungarian dictionary > for\ the\ sheer\ sake\ of\ sg
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13 in\ sheer\ desperation
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14 out\ of\ sheer\ habit
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15 application
[æpli-]1) (a formal request; an act of applying: several applications for the new job; The syllabus can be obtained on application to the headmaster.) kérvény, pályázat2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) igyekezet3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) "külsőleg" (kenőcs) -
16 by dint of
(by means of: He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.) vmi segítségével -
17 drop
leesés, hanyatlás, felvonásvégi függöny, csapóajtó to drop: összeesik, elesik, borjazik, ellik, cseppent, ejt* * *[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) csepp v. csöpp2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) csepp v. csöpp3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) csökkenés4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) esés2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (le)ejt2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) leesik3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) felad (vmit), elejt (vkit, vmit)4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) letesz5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) ír (pár sort)•- droplet- droppings
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- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
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18 greed
sóvárság, pénzvágy, pénzsóvárság, sóvárgás* * *[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) mohóság; kapzsiság- greedy- greedily
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19 slavery
rabszolgaság, rabszolgamunka, lélekölő munka* * *1) (the state of being a slave.) rabszolgaság2) (the system of ownership of slaves.) rabszolgaság3) (very hard and badly-paid work: Her job is sheer slavery.) rabszolgamunka
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Sheer — Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. [1913 Webster] 2. A turn or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheer — Sheer, a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk?rr; akin to sk[=i]rr, AS. sc[=i]r, OS. sk[=i]ri, MHG. sch[=i]r, G. schier, Dan. sk?r, Sw. sk[ a]r, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.] 1. Bright; clear; pure;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheer — may refer to: *Sheer Music, a record label *Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation *Sheer (textile), for sheer textiles and fabrics *Sheer is a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture.ee also*Shear *Shere… … Wikipedia
Sheer — Sheer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sheered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheering}.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See {Shear}.] To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheer — sheer; sheer·ly; sheer·ness; tab·a·sheer; … English syllables
sheer — sheer1 [shir] vi. [var. of SHEAR, prob. infl. by Du or LowG scheren, to cut, deviate, warp away] to turn aside sharply from a course; swerve vt. to cause to sheer n. 1. a sudden change of course; abrupt turn; swerve 2. the oblique heading or… … English World dictionary
Sheer — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gordy Sheer (* 1971), US amerikanischer Rennrodler Ireen Sheer (* 1949), deutsch britische Schlagersängerin Siehe auch: Scheer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsk … Deutsch Wikipedia
sheer — c.1200, exempt, free from guilt, later schiere thin, sparse (c.1400), from O.E. scir bright, clear, influenced by O.N. cognate scær bright, clean, pure, from P.Gmc. *skairijaz (Cf. O.S. skiri, O.Fris. skire, Ger. schier, Goth. skeirs clean, pure… … Etymology dictionary
sheer — [adj1] abrupt, steep arduous, erect, headlong, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, sideling, upright; concepts 490,581 Ant. moderate, slow sheer [adj2] utter, absolute altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright,… … New thesaurus
sheer — Ⅰ. sheer [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) nothing but; absolute: sheer hard work. 2) (of a cliff, wall, etc.) perpendicular or nearly so. 3) (of a fabric) very thin. ► ADVERB ▪ perpendicularly. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
Sheer — Sheer, adv. Clean; quite; at once. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English