Fiddled - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Примеры использования:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Примеры использования:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Примеры использования:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.

Примеры использования:

Shall i cook dinner tonight?

noun

A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.

Примеры использования:

Susan was a school cook

noun

Transform by heating

idiom

To change numbers dishonestly in the accounts (= financial records) of an organization, especially in order to steal money from it

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something.

Примеры использования:

He thought he'd been diddled out of his change

verb

To get money from someone in a way that is not honest

Примеры использования:

He diddled me! he said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five., i checked the bill …

verb

To work with something in a way that is not serious, or to play with something

Примеры использования:

He diddled with the washing machine, but it still wouldn't work., i'm not much of a musician, i jus…

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Примеры использования:

A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

Примеры использования:

Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

Примеры использования:

Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Примеры использования:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Примеры использования:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Примеры использования:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Примеры использования:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Примеры использования:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

To change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people

Примеры использования:

The certificate had clearly been falsified.

verb

Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched.

Примеры использования:

She felt someone touch her shoulder

noun

An act of touching something to examine it.

Примеры использования:

I let him have a feel of my hair and kept saying ‘it's a bit of a shock, isn't it?’ (must have been…

verb

Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state

verb

Make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.

Примеры использования:

The audience began to fidget and whisper

noun

A person who fidgets.

Примеры использования:

He was also a bit of a fidget, i'd observed him earlier in the day spending a good 30 minutes clear…

verb

To make continuous small movements because you are uncomfortable or bored

Примеры использования:

Children can’t sit still for long without fidgeting.

verb

Obtain by dishonest or devious means.

Примеры использования:

Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for

verb

To get something by using an indirect method

Примеры использования:

[ t ] how can i finagle a place on the guest list for the big party?

verb

To use tricks and dishonest methods to get what you want

Примеры использования:

He somehow finagled his way into the army as a lieutenant.

noun

Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included).

Примеры использования:

She raked her hair back with her fingers

verb

Touch or feel with the fingers.

Примеры использования:

The thin man fingered his moustache

verb

Any of the terminal members of the hand

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Примеры использования:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Примеры использования:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

Nonsensical or insincere talk.

Примеры использования:

Pseudo-intellectual flimflam

verb

Swindle (someone) with a confidence trick.

Примеры использования:

The tribe was flimflammed out of its land

noun

Talk that is confusing and intended to deceive

noun

A display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest.

Примеры использования:

I don't know what all the fuss is about

verb

Show unnecessary or excessive concern about something.

Примеры использования:

She's always fussing about her food

noun

A show of anger, worry, or excitement that is unnecessary or greater than the situation deserves

Примеры использования:

Make such a fuss she made such a fuss when richard spilled a drop of wine on her blouse!, fuss abou…

verb

Feel or manipulate with the hands.

Примеры использования:

Heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle

noun

The part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled.

Примеры использования:

A holdall with two carrying handles

verb

Touch, lift, or hold

verb

Continuously toss into the air and catch (a number of objects) so as to keep at least one in the air while handling the others.

Примеры использования:

Charles juggled five tangerines, his hands a frantic blur

noun

An act of juggling.

Примеры использования:

Life's a juggle, and you make the choices that suit your life.

verb

To throw several objects into the air, catch them, and keep them moving so that at least one is always in the air

Примеры использования:

[ t ] fig. many women find it hard to juggle a family and a career (= to arrange their lives so tha…

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Примеры использования:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Примеры использования:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

noun

The rubbing and kneading of muscles and joints of the body with the hands, especially to relieve tension or pain.

Примеры использования:

Massage can ease tiredness

verb

Rub and knead (a person or part of the body) with the hands.

Примеры использования:

She massaged his tired muscles

verb

Kneading and rubbing parts of the body

phrasal verb

To treat someone badly

Примеры использования:

I'm tired of being messed around by my bank., don't mess me about!

verb

Give a false or misleading account of the nature of.

Примеры использования:

You are misrepresenting what i said

verb

To represent something or someone falsely, often in order to obtain an advantage

Примеры использования:

He misrepresented facts about his legal experience on his application.

verb

To give false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Примеры использования:

She believes that the defendant's lawyers misrepresented the situation., be misrepresented (by sb/i…

noun

An animal's foot having claws and pads.

Примеры использования:

The feet of the throne are modeled after large catlike paws without claws.

verb

(of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof.

Примеры использования:

The horse rose up, its forelegs pawing the air

verb

A clawed foot of an animal, especially a quadruped

verb

Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something).

Примеры использования:

He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

noun

A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

verb

To change something from its correct use or original purpose

Примеры использования:

These journalists are perverting the news., the will of the people is being perverted by their elec…

verb

Engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.

Примеры использования:

The children were playing by a pool

noun

Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children.

Примеры использования:

A child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane

verb

Engage in recreational activities rather than work

verb

Provide (a sailing boat) with sails and rigging.

Примеры использования:

The catamaran will be rigged as a ketch

noun

The particular way in which a sailing boat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged.

Примеры использования:

A ketch rig

noun

A trick or swindle.

noun

The short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them.

Примеры использования:

The most commonly affected digits are the thumb and index finger.

verb

Press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb.

Примеры использования:

As soon as she thumbed the button, the door slid open

noun

The short finger that is at an angle to the other fingers

Примеры использования:

How did you cut your thumb?

verb

Come into or be in contact with.

Примеры использования:

He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

noun

An act of touching someone or something.

Примеры использования:

Her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

verb

Make physical contact with, come in contact with

noun

An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.

Примеры использования:

A toy car

verb

Move or handle (an object) absent-mindedly or nervously.

Примеры использования:

Alan toyed with his glasses

noun

An object that children play with

Примеры использования:

A stuffed toy, a toy train/soldier, a toy poodle

noun

A thing of little value or importance.

Примеры использования:

We needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles

verb

Treat without seriousness or respect.

Примеры использования:

He is not a man to be trifled with

noun

A matter or item of little value or importance

Примеры использования:

He admits to being a trifle nervous before every show., it was such a trifling sum of money to argu…

verb

Twist, move, or fiddle with (something), typically in a purposeless or nervous way.

Примеры использования:

She twiddled the dials on the radio

noun

An act of twisting or fiddling with something.

Примеры использования:

One twiddle of a button

verb

To move something about between your fingers without giving it your attention

Примеры использования:

She kept twiddling her necklace.