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1 cut one's teeth
(to grow one's first teeth: The baby's cutting his first tooth.) taka tennur -
2 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
3 wisdom tooth
['wizdəm-] (any one of the four back teeth cut after childhood, usually about the age of twenty.) vísdómstönn, endajaxl
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cut one's teeth — ( ● cut * * * acquire initial practice or experience of a particular sphere of activity or with a particular organization the brothers cut their professional teeth at Lusardi s before starting their own restaurant … Useful english dictionary
cut one's teeth — ► cut one s teeth acquire initial experience of an activity. Main Entry: ↑cut … English terms dictionary
cut one's teeth on — phrasal or cut one s eyeteeth on : to learn, do, or perform as a beginning or at the start of one s career : start with : do while young and inexperienced he cut his eyeteeth on algebra at the age of eight … Useful english dictionary
cut one's teeth — phrasal to learn, do, or perform as a beginning or at the start of one s career < an actress who cut her teeth on television > … New Collegiate Dictionary
cut one's teeth on — See: CUT TEETH(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
cut one's teeth on — See: CUT TEETH(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
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cut\ one's\ teeth\ on — See: cut teeth(2) … Словарь американских идиом
cut one's teeth — acquire initial experience of a sphere of activity. → cut … English new terms dictionary
cut one's eyeteeth on — phrasal see cut one s teeth on … Useful english dictionary
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