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1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) vedere2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) câmp vizual3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) atracţie turistică4) (a view or glimpse.) viziune, vedenie5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) arătare6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) lunetă2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) a zări2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) a ochi•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
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rifle through — ˈrifle ˌthrough [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rifle through he/she/it rifles through present participle rifling through past ten … Useful english dictionary
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rifle through — phr verb Rifle through is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belongings … Collocations dictionary
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rifle — ri|fle1 [ raıfl ] noun count * a large gun with a long BARREL that you hold against your shoulder to fire rifle ri|fle 2 [ raıfl ] verb transitive 1. ) rifle or rifle through to search quickly through something such as a container or a group of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rifle — ri|fle1 [ˈraıfəl] n ↑barrel, ↑sight, ↑trigger [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: rifle to cut grooves on the inside of something, especially a gun barrel (17 21 centuries), from Old French rifler to cut into a surface, steal ] a long gun which you hold up … Dictionary of contemporary English
rifle — [ˈraɪf(ə)l] noun [C] I a large gun with a long BARREL II verb [T] rifle [ˈraɪf(ə)l]; ˌrifle ˈthrough sth to search quickly through something in order to find something … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
rifle — 1 noun (C) a gun with a long barrel (=tube shaped part) which you hold up to your shoulder 2 verb (T) 1 also rifle through to search quickly through a cupboard, drawer etc: He rifled through his pockets for a coin. 2 to steal things from a place … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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