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1) ( different) andere(r, s);there's no \other way es gibt keine Alternative, anders geht es nicht;\other people andere [Leute];some \other time ein anderes Mal;in \other words mit anderen Worten2) ( not long ago)the \other day neulich, vor kurzem;the \other week ( last week) letzte Woche;( some weeks ago) vor einigen Wochen3) ( additional) andere(r, s), weitere(r, s);are there any \other questions? gibt es noch [weitere] Fragen?4) ( alternative) andere(r, s);one's \other half ( euph) meine bessere Hälfte;on the \other hand andererseits;a member of the \other sex ein Vertreter m /eine Vertreterin des anderen Geschlechts;every \other jede(r, s) zweite;one or \other eine(r, s) von beiden5) ( not being exact)some company or \other irgendeine Firma;some man or \other irgendein Mann m;some time or \other irgendwann [einmal];somehow or \other irgendwie;someone or \other irgendwer;something or \other irgend[et]wasI've never told this to any person \other than you außer dir habe ich das noch nie jemandem erzählt;there was no choice \other than to walk home es blieb uns nichts anderes übrig, als nach Hause zu laufen;don't you do anything \other than complain? kannst du dich eigentlich nur beschweren? pron1) ( the remaining)the \other der/die/das andere;hold the racquet in one hand and the ball in the \other halte den Schläger in einer Hand und den Ball in der anderen;one from the \other voneinander;it's often difficult to distinguish one from the \other es ist oft schwierig, sie voneinander zu unterscheiden;one without the \other eine ohne die andere, einer ohne den anderen, eines ohne das andere;one or the \other eines davon;you may have one or the \other but not both du kannst eines haben, nicht beide2) + sing vb (either, or)one or [the] \other of sth eine(r, s) von etw dat;one or the \other of us will be home when you call einer von uns wird zu Hause sein, wenn du anrufst;take that car to one or \other of the mechanics - they're both good bringe das Auto zu einem der Mechaniker - sie sind beide gut3) ( being vague)someone or \other irgendwer;something or \other irgendwas;I was just doing something or \other - what was it? ich machte gerade was - was war das?PHRASES:a bit of the \other;(euph fam: sex) ein bisschen Vergnügen;time for bed and a bit of the \other Zeit für das Bett und ein bisschen Vergnügen
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take a bit of doing — informal phrase to need a lot of effort, skill, or determination to do That’s going to take a bit of explaining. Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym Main entry: bit * * * take a bit of doing see … Useful english dictionary
take a bit of doing — informal to need a lot of effort, skill, or determination to do That s going to take a bit of explaining … English dictionary
take the bit between your teeth — get/take/the bit between your teeth british phrase to start doing something with a determined attitude and a lot of energy Once he’s got the bit between his teeth, there’s no stopping him. Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
take the bit between your teeth — get/take the bit between (your) teeth British, American & Australian, American to start doing something in a very keen way. When the team really gets the bit between their teeth, they are almost impossible to beat … New idioms dictionary
take the bit between teeth — get/take the bit between (your) teeth British, American & Australian, American to start doing something in a very keen way. When the team really gets the bit between their teeth, they are almost impossible to beat … New idioms dictionary
get/take the bit between your teeth — to start doing something in a very enthusiastic and determined way He can be lazy about doing his work, but when he gets the bit between his teeth there s no stopping him. • • • Main Entry: ↑bit get/take the bit between your teeth see ↑bit, 2 • … Useful english dictionary
bit — bit1 W1S1 [bıt] adv, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(only slightly)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3¦(quite a lot)¦ 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5 a bit of a something 6 not a bit/not one bit 7 every bit as important/bad/good etc 8 bit by bit 9 a/one bit at a time … Dictionary of contemporary English
bit — 1 /bIt/ noun (C) 1 SLIGHTLY/FAIRLY a bit informal, especially BrE a) slightly, but not very; a little: Could you turn the radio down a bit, please? | Stay a bit longer it s still early. | I think you re a bit young to be watching this. | a bit… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bit — I UK [bɪt] / US noun Word forms bit : singular bit plural bits ** 1) a piece or part of something a) [countable] a small piece of something I m having some cake. Do you want a bit? bit of: He had bits of food stuck in between his teeth. bits and… … English dictionary
bit — bit1 function word *** A bit can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: We waited a bit, and then decided to go. (before an adjective or adverb): It s a bit cold in here, isn t it? as a pronoun: She d only eaten a bit before she started… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bit of doing, take a — Be difficult to accomplish … A concise dictionary of English slang
