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tr['liːrɪ]1 familiar receloso,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be leery of recelar de, desconfiar de, no fiarse deleery ['lɪri] adj: receloso'lɪri, 'lɪəriadjective -rier, -riest recelosoto be leery OF somebody/something: I'm very leery of them/their intentions — desconfío or recelo de ellos/de sus intenciones
['lɪǝrɪ]ADJ (=cautious) cauteloso; (=suspicious) recelosoto be leery of sth/sb — recelar de algo/algn
* * *['lɪri, 'lɪəri]adjective -rier, -riest recelosoto be leery OF somebody/something: I'm very leery of them/their intentions — desconfío or recelo de ellos/de sus intenciones
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[ˈlɪəri, AM ˈlɪri]▪ to be \leery of sb/sth jdm/etw misstrauisch gegenüberstehen* * *['lIərɪ]adj (inf)misstrauischI'm a bit leery of him — ich traue ihm nicht so recht
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хитрый имя прилагательное: -
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adj slHe was leery of how it would work out — У него были сомнения насчет того, как это все выйдет
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[ˈlɪərɪ]leery разг. подозрительный leery разг. хитрый -
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ˈlɪərɪ прил.;
разг.
1) хитрый, ловкий, пронырливый
2) подозрительный, сомнительный (of, about)
3) осторожный, осмотрительный хитрый, бывалый - * old bird стреляный воробей подозрительный, недоверчивый leery разг. подозрительный ~ разг. хитрый -
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[ʹlı(ə)rı] a разг.1) хитрый, бывалыйleery old bird - ≅ стреляный воробей
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идиом.подозрительный; скептический|| I am leery of his advice. — К его советам я отношусь скептически.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > leery
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adj. \/ˈlɪərɪ\/ eller leary1) mistenksom, mistroisk, tvilsom, usikker, på vakt2) fiffig, lur3) ( mest dialekt) slu, smart, sleipleery of tvilsom til, mistroisk mot, usikker på, på vakt mot -
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{'liəri}
a хитър
подозрителен (of)* * *{'liъri} а хитър; подозрителен (of).* * *1. a хитър 2. подозрителен (of)* * * -
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adj розм.1) хитрий, бувалий2) підозрілий* * *aхитрий, бувалий; підозріливий, недовірливий -
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adj. \leery (of sb/ sth) болгоомжтой, сэрэмжтэй, хашир. -
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leery — I adjective afraid, apprehensive, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, entertaining suspicion, frightened, guarded, heedful, hesitant, hesitating, in doubt, mistrustful, questioning, shy of, skeptical,… … Law dictionary
leery — untrusting, suspicious, alert, 1718, originally slang, with Y (Cf. y) (2), and perhaps from dialectal lere learning, knowledge (see LORE (Cf. lore)), or from LEER (Cf. leer) (v.) in some now obscure sense. OED suggests connection with archaic… … Etymology dictionary
leery — [adj] suspicious careful, cautious, chary, distrustful, doubting, dubious, on one’s guard*, shy, skeptical, uncertain, unsure, wary; concept 529 Ant. certain, sure, unwary … New thesaurus
leery — ► ADJECTIVE (leerier, leeriest) ▪ cautious or wary. DERIVATIVES leeriness noun. ORIGIN from obsolete leer «looking askance», from LEER(Cf. ↑leer) … English terms dictionary
leery — [lir′ē] adj. leerier, leeriest [prob. < ME lere (var. of lore, LORE1) + Y3: current sense infl. by LEER] 1. Obs. knowing ☆ 2. on one s guard; wary; suspicious … English World dictionary
leery — [[t]lɪ͟əri[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ of/about n If you are leery of something, you are cautious and suspicious about it and try to avoid it. [INFORMAL] Executives say they are leery of the proposed system... They were leery… … English dictionary
leery — UK [ˈlɪərɪ] / US [ˈlɪrɪ] adjective Word forms leery : adjective leery comparative leerier superlative leeriest informal if you are leery of someone, you do not trust them … English dictionary
leery — adj. leery of * * * [ lɪ(ə)rɪ] leery of … Combinatory dictionary
leery — leer|y [ˈlıəri US ˈlıri] adj informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from leer cheek ; LEER] careful in the way that you deal with something or someone because you do not trust them = ↑wary leery of ▪ I was very leery of him after I found out… … Dictionary of contemporary English
leery — I. /ˈlɪəri / (say learree) Colloquial –adjective 1. doubtful; suspicious: *Maybe she didn t like the new kid because she was so leery of his mother. –t.a.g. hungerford, 1983. 2. knowing; sly. –phrase 3. leery of the brush, (of a man) nervous… …
leery — also leary adjective Date: 1896 suspicious, wary often used with of < leery of strangers > … New Collegiate Dictionary