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2 тършувам
(в архиви) burrow (into)тършувам в джобовете си dig into/search o.'s pockets* * *тършу̀вам,гл. rummage (из about, in), ransack (из -), grub (about), fumble (after, for), ferret (about); (в архиви) burrow (into); \тършувам в джобовете си dig into/search/ferret o.’s pockets.* * *rummage (about - из); ransack ; ferret ; fumble* * *1. (в архиви) burrow (into) 2. rummage (из /about, in), ransack (из°1-), grub (about), fumble (after, for), ferret (about) 3. ТЪРШУВАМ в джобовете си dig into/search o.'s pockets -
3 рыться
1) General subject: burrow (в книгах, архивах; часто burrow into), burrow into (в книгах, архивах; часто burrow into), delve (в документах), dig, grub, nuzzle, quarry (в книгах и т. п.), rake (among, in), rake about for, rake around for, rake round for, ransack (в поисках чего-л.), root, rootle, scrabble, ferret, rummage, fumble (в карманах; в поисках чего-то - for smth)2) Biology: grub about3) Makarov: grub (в земле и т.п.), dig in, ferret about, ferret for -
4 искать
1) General subject: be on the lookout for (she's always on the lookout for smart reads), cast round, cast to cast about for smth., dig for (dig for information - откапывать сведения), fish (в воде for), forage, go after, grapple, grope, grub (обыкн. в архивах, книгах и т. п. тж. grub about), have a look for (что-л.), hunt after, hunt for, look, look for, look for (что-л.), look up (что-либо в справочнике), make a search for (кого-л., что-л.), pick, quest, ransack, reach (чего-л.), root, rootle, rummage, search, seek (seek dead! - ищи!), seek (часто for, after), seek out (чьего-либо общества), sue, to be in search of (что-л.), try, try for, woo (чего-л.), dig for, hunt up, look about, scrounge around for, look up (в справочнике), try for (работу, место), look for (кого-л., что-л.), have a look for (разыскивать, что-л.), (что-л.) scratch around, scrambling3) American: beat the bushes (обычно в отдалённых районах), beat the bushes (обычно в отдаленных районах)4) Poetical language: ensue5) Engineering: hunt (напр, зоны на магнитной ленте), investigate, trace6) Mathematics: find8) Australian slang: pull strings9) Jargon: buck, frisk (кого-то или что-то), pad down10) Information technology: browse, hunt (напр. зону на магнитной ленте)11) Oil: search for12) Fishery: fish for13) Network technologies: retrieval14) Robots: look-up15) Makarov: fish (for) (в воде), come after, cast round (предлог объяснение ответ) -
5 копаться
1) General subject: be long about (с чем-л.), be long doing (с чем-л.), delve (в книгах), dig, finick, fuck, grub (в архивах, книгах), loiter, rootle, saunter, scrabble, snail, dawdle, root, rummage, root around/about (в вещах и т.п.)2) Biology: grub about3) Colloquial: (в вещах) poke around4) Ironical: take time5) Makarov: muddle -
6 tonkia
• pry into• rummage• rout• rootle• root• snoop• root up• ransack• poke about• grub• grub about• dig• root about• root through -
7 рыться в библиотеке
1) General subject: grub about in a library2) Makarov: grub about in libraryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > рыться в библиотеке
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8 kopkati
vt impf scratch I fig to me -a I am intrigued by it, I am uneasy/curious about it, I can't get over it, I am disturbed/bothered by it; pitanja koja -aju intriguing/disturbing questions* * *• bother• grub about -
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10 рина
dig(сняг и пр.) shovelс лопата да ги ринеш вж. лопата* * *рѝна,* * *1. (сняг и пр.) shovel 2. dig 3. с лопата да ги ринеш вж. лопата -
11 рия
burrow(за кон) paw* * *рѝя,* * *burrow; mole{moul}; rout; scrape* * *1. (за кон) paw 2. burrow -
12 wühlen
I v/i1. dig; Tier: burrow (in + Dat into); Schwein, Vogel: root; in der Erde / im Schlamm wühlen Schwein: grub up soil / root about in the mud; im Schmutz wühlen mess about in the mud ( oder dirt), wallow in the mud (fig. mire); sich [Dat] in den Haaren wühlen rumple one’s hair2. suchend: root ( nach for); Person: auch rummage (around in); die Journalisten wühlten in i-r Vergangenheit fig. the journalists rummaged around in her past4. umg., fig. (schwer arbeiten) beaver away, Brit. auch graft5. POL., pej. (hetzen) agitateIII v/refl Tier: burrow (in + Akk into); sich wühlen durch burrow one’s way through; Panzer etc.: churn through; fig., durch Akten etc.: rummage through* * *to burrow; to rummage; to dig; to spade; to grub* * *wüh|len ['vyːlən]1. viim Bett wǘhlen im Schmutz or Dreck wǘhlen — to toss and turn
2) (= suchen) to rummage, to root (nach etw for sth)in den Schubladen wǘhlen — to rummage through the drawers
3) (fig) to gnaw (in +dat at)4) (inf = schwer arbeiten) to slog (inf)5) (= Untergrundarbeit leisten) to stir things up2. vtto dig, to burrow3. vrsich durch die Menge/das Gestrüpp/die Akten wǘhlen — to burrow one's way through the crowd/the undergrowth/the files
* * *1) (to search by digging: The pigs were grubbing around for roots.) grub2) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) root* * *wüh·len[ˈvy:lən]I. vi1. (kramen)wonach wühlst du denn in der alten Truhe? what are you rummaging for in that old chest?einen Schlüssel aus der Tasche \wühlen to root [or dig] a key out of a bag2. (graben, aufwühlen)bei uns im Garten \wühlen wieder Maulwürfe we've got moles in our garden againin jds Haaren \wühlen to tousle sb's hairin den Kissen \wühlen (fig) to bury oneself in the cushions [or pillowsgegen die Regierung \wühlen to stir things up against the governmentII. vrder Wurm wühlt sich durch das Erdreich the worm burrows its way through the soilich muss mich durch einen Stapel Akten \wühlen I have to wade through a pile of files* * *1.intransitives Verb1) dig; (mit der Schnauze) root ( nach for); < mole> tunnel, burrow2.transitives Verb burrow; tunnel out < burrow>3.reflexives Verbsich in etwas (Akk.) /durch etwas wühlen — burrow into/through something
* * *A. v/i1. dig; Tier: burrow (in +dat into); Schwein, Vogel: root;in der Erde/im Schlamm wühlen Schwein: grub up soil/root about in the mud;sich [dat]in den Haaren wühlen rumple one’s hair2. suchend: root (nach for); Person: auch rummage (around in);die Journalisten wühlten in i-r Vergangenheit fig the journalists rummaged around in her past3. fig, Hunger, Schmerz: gnaw;4. umg, fig (schwer arbeiten) beaver away, Br auch graft5. POL, pej (hetzen) agitateB. v/t (Loch etc) burrow;den Kopf ins Kissen wühlen burrow one’s head into the pillowC. v/r Tier: burrow (in +akk into);sich wühlen durch burrow one’s way through; Panzer etc: churn through; fig, durch Akten etc: rummage through* * *1.intransitives Verb1) dig; (mit der Schnauze) root ( nach for); < mole> tunnel, burrow2.transitives Verb burrow; tunnel out < burrow>3.reflexives Verbsich in etwas (Akk.) /durch etwas wühlen — burrow into/through something
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13 rebuscar
v.1 to search (around in).2 to search painstakingly for, to beat about for, to cast about for, to beat around for.3 to rummage, to forage.* * *1 to search carefully for* * *1. VT1) [+ objeto] to search carefully for; (Agr) to glean2) [+ lugar] to search carefully; [+ montón] to search through, rummage in2.VI (=buscar minuciosamente) to search carefully; (Agr) to gleanestuve rebuscando en los armarios y no lo encontré — I was looking in the cupboards and I couldn't find it
3.See:* * *verbo intransitivorebusqué en sus bolsillos — I went through o searched his pockets
* * *= comb trough, fumble through, rummage (among/through), grub around, root through, forage, comb, root, rifle through.Ex. By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.Ex. Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.Ex. But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.Ex. They are often looking for a call number so that they can go into the stacks and grub around in the materials near that call number.Ex. The library would send out squads of trained personnel to root through the piles looking for worthwhile items to be catalogued and shelved.Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex. All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.Ex. We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.Ex. We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.----* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.* rebuscar en = sift through.* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.* * *verbo intransitivorebusqué en sus bolsillos — I went through o searched his pockets
* * *= comb trough, fumble through, rummage (among/through), grub around, root through, forage, comb, root, rifle through.Ex: By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.
Ex: Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.Ex: But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.Ex: They are often looking for a call number so that they can go into the stacks and grub around in the materials near that call number.Ex: The library would send out squads of trained personnel to root through the piles looking for worthwhile items to be catalogued and shelved.Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex: All barnacles are filter feeders -- extending feathery legs into the water at high tide to comb plankton from the water.Ex: We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.Ex: We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.* rebuscar en = sift through.* rebuscar en la memoria = comb + Posesivo + memory.* * *rebuscar [A2 ]virebuscó entre los papeles de la mesa he searched through the papers on the deskrebusqué en sus bolsillos I went through o searched his pocketslos perros rebuscaban en la basura the dogs were rummaging about in the garbage* * *
rebuscar ( conjugate rebuscar) verbo intransitivo:
rebuscaba en la basura he was rummaging about in the garbage
rebuscar verbo intransitivo & vt to search throroughly: rebuscó entre las carpetas, she went through the files with a fine-tooth comb
el gato rebuscaba en la basura, the cat rummaged through the rubbish
' rebuscar' also found in these entries:
English:
forage
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* * *♦ vito search (around);no me gusta que rebusques en mis cajones I don't like you poking around in o going through my drawers;rebusqué por todas partes pero no lo encontré I searched everywhere but I couldn't find it* * *v/t AGR glean; figsearch for* * *rebuscar {72} vi: to search thoroughly -
14 ровя
1. dig(под земята) mine(с пръчка и под.) poke(за кокошка) scratch (for)(пепел) rake over(погребвам) buryровя дупка (за животно) burrowровя в сметта dig in the garbage2. (тършувам) hunt, rummage, ransack, rake, forage, scavenge(в джоб, торба) fumble, feel, gropeпрен. (раздухвам стари вражди и пр.) rake upровя из книжа rummage through/about among papersровя из дела rummage among filesровя из стая ransack a roomровя в паметта си search/ransack o.'s memory/mindровя в чекмедже rummage/feel in a drawerровя надълбоко прен. probe deepда не го ровим много best let well alone, the less said the betterда не ровим повече let it rest thereровя чужди работи poke o.'s nose into other people's affairs, be a busybody3. (заяждам се) badger, nagровя се dig, delveровя се в книги dig into books, pore over/browse among booksровя се из архивите rummage in the archivesровя се в миналото delve/dig into the pastровя се в историята probe into historyкакво се ровиш там? what are you rummaging for?* * *ро̀вя,гл., мин. св. деят. прич. ро̀вил 1. dig; ( под земята) mine; (с пръчка и под.) poke; (с муцуната си) nuzzle, rootle, (за свиня) root about (for); ( земята) grub (up/out); (за кокошка) scratch (for); ( пепел) rake over; ( погребвам) bury; \ровя в сметта dig in the garbage; \ровя дупка (за животно) burrow; \ровя ( изравям) земя dig up earth; \ровя земята с копито (за кон) paw the ground;2. ( тършувам) hunt, rummage, ransack, rake, ferret, forage, scavenge; grub (из in/among); (в джоб, торба) fumble, feel, grope; прен. ( раздухвам стари вражди и пр.) rake up; да не го ровим много best let well alone, the less said the better; да не ровим повече let it rest there; \ровя в паметта си search/ransack o.’s memory/mind; \ровя из дела rummage among files; \ровя из книжа rummage through/about/among papers; \ровя надълбоко прен. probe deep; \ровя чужди работи poke o.’s nose into other people’s affairs, be a busybody;\ровя се dig, delve; какво се ровиш там? what are you rummaging for? \ровя се в историята probe into history; \ровя се в книги dig into books, pore over/browse among books.* * *dig; grub; delve; grout (за свиня); nuzzle (с муцуна); poke (с пръчка); root; rootle; scratch{skrEtS} (за кокошка); rummage (тършувам): ровя among files - ровя из разни папки; ransack (тършувам); probe (се): ровя into the past - ровя се в миналото; dig (се): ровя into dictionaries - ровя се в речници* * *1. (в джоб, торба) fumble, feel, grope 2. (за кокошка) scratch (for) 3. (заяждам се) badger, nag 4. (пепел) rake over 5. (погребвам) bury 6. (под земята) mine 7. (с муцуната си) nuzzle, (за свиня) root about (for) 8. (с пръчка и под.) poke 9. (тършувам) hunt, rummage, ransack, rake, forage, scavenge 10. dig 11. РОВЯ (изравям) земя dig up earth 12. РОВЯ ce dig, delve 13. РОВЯ в кофите за смет forage in the dustbins, search the dustbins (for) 14. РОВЯ в паметта си search/ransack o.'s memory/ mind 15. РОВЯ в сметта dig in the garbage 16. РОВЯ в чекмедже rummage/feel in a drawer 17. РОВЯ дупка (за животно) burrow 18. РОВЯ земята с копито (за кон) paw the ground 19. РОВЯ из дела rummage among files 20. РОВЯ из книжа rummage through/ about among papers 21. РОВЯ из стая ransack a room 22. РОВЯ надълбоко прен. probe deep 23. РОВЯ се в историята probe into history 24. РОВЯ се в книги dig into books, pore over/browse among books 25. РОВЯ се в миналото delve/dig into the past 26. РОВЯ се из архивите rummage in the archives 27. РОВЯ чужди работи poke o.'s nose into other people's affairs, be a busybody 28. да не го ровим много best let well alone, the less said the better 29. да не ровим повече let it rest there 30. какво се ровиш там? what are you rummaging for? 31. прен. (раздухвам стари вражди и пр.) rake up -
15 tener suerte
v.to be lucky, to have good luck, to have luck, to get lucky.* * *to be lucky* * *(v.) = be lucky, count + Posesivo + blessings, get + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot, strike + lucky, be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing, be in luckEx. 'We were lucky you happened to be sitting in your dean's office when I called about the position, and that you could come over for an interview right away'.Ex. The article ' Count your blessings' evaluates the features and performance of 7 log-file analyzers designed to analyze the traffic using World Wide Web (WWW) Web sites.Ex. The article is entitled 'Sports get lucky with lotteries lolly'.Ex. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.Ex. It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.Ex. The value of shares were steadily rising and we began to hope that we might be in for a good thing at last.Ex. They are the kind who complain of their hard luck when some one else happens to come in for a good thing.Ex. They are plainly and simply greedy people who are into a good thing.Ex. We were in luck in that the cheese was both in season and in stock andwe bought a huge wheel for 11 euros.* * *(v.) = be lucky, count + Posesivo + blessings, get + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot, strike + lucky, be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing, be in luckEx: 'We were lucky you happened to be sitting in your dean's office when I called about the position, and that you could come over for an interview right away'.
Ex: The article ' Count your blessings' evaluates the features and performance of 7 log-file analyzers designed to analyze the traffic using World Wide Web (WWW) Web sites.Ex: The article is entitled 'Sports get lucky with lotteries lolly'.Ex: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.Ex: It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.Ex: The value of shares were steadily rising and we began to hope that we might be in for a good thing at last.Ex: They are the kind who complain of their hard luck when some one else happens to come in for a good thing.Ex: They are plainly and simply greedy people who are into a good thing.Ex: We were in luck in that the cheese was both in season and in stock and
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16 aparecerse la virgen
(v.) = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx. He thought he had landed on his feet when he got a job at a large and prestigious firm, but he soon discovered there was more to the job than he imagined.Ex. It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.Ex. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.* * *(v.) = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx: He thought he had landed on his feet when he got a job at a large and prestigious firm, but he soon discovered there was more to the job than he imagined.
Ex: It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.Ex: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot. -
17 descubrir una mina de oro
(v.) = strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.* * *(v.) = strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.
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18 hacer fortuna
(v.) = make + Posesivo + fortune, make + a fortune, strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx. Trading for cash, not credit, Lackington relied on the size of his turnover to make his fortune.Ex. Lester J. V. Halvorsen, a Swedish immigrant who made a fortune in lumber, built the mansion for his Italian bride.Ex. 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', ' striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold.Ex. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.* * *(v.) = make + Posesivo + fortune, make + a fortune, strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx: Trading for cash, not credit, Lackington relied on the size of his turnover to make his fortune.
Ex: Lester J. V. Halvorsen, a Swedish immigrant who made a fortune in lumber, built the mansion for his Italian bride.Ex: 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', ' striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold.Ex: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot. -
19 hacerse millonario
(v.) = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx. 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', ' striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold.Ex. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.* * *(v.) = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx: 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', ' striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold.
Ex: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot. -
20 hacerse rico
v.to become rich, to grow rich, to become wealthy, to get rich.* * *to get rich* * *(v.) = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx. 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', ' striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold.Ex. That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex. Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.* * *(v.) = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpotEx: 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', ' striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold.
Ex: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.Ex: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.
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