Stings - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

(of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something.

Примеры использования:

He bit off a piece of cheese

noun

An act of biting something in order to eat it.

Примеры использования:

Stephen ate a hot dog in three big bites

verb

To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Примеры использования:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Примеры использования:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

To act in a way that is dishonest, or to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get something for yourself

Примеры использования:

[ t ] the insurance companies were found to be cheating consumers., [ t ] they got cheated out of t…

noun

A long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge and a handle which is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.

Примеры использования:

Cut away the tiles with a broad-bladed steel chisel

verb

Cut or shape (something) with a chisel.

Примеры использования:

Chisel a hole through the brickwork

noun

A tool with a long metal blade that has a sharp edge for cutting wood, stone, etc.

noun

A flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place.

Примеры использования:

He undid two clips and lifted the lid

verb

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips.

Примеры использования:

She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings

noun

An act of clipping or trimming something.

Примеры использования:

I gave him a full clip

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Примеры использования:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Примеры использования:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Примеры использования:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

verb

Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.

Примеры использования:

He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds

verb

To take or keep something illegally from someone by deceiving the person

Примеры использования:

She is charged with defrauding the internal revenue service.

verb

To take money or goods illegally from someone by deceiving them

Примеры использования:

Defraud sb of sth an architect and two surveyors defrauded a charity trust of £3.5m by invoicing 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

Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).

Примеры использования:

Very little work has been done in this field

noun

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.

Примеры использования:

Do you have any pets?

noun

Variant spelling of doh1.

noun

A violin.

Примеры использования:

This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Примеры использования:

Lena fiddled with her cup

verb

To move things around or touch things without a particular purpose

Примеры использования:

He stood there fiddling with his keys.

noun

The woolly covering of a sheep or goat.

Примеры использования:

As the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces

verb

Obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them.

Примеры использования:

The city's cab drivers are notorious for fixing fares and fleecing tourists

noun

The thick covering of wool on an animal, especially a sheep, or this covering used to make a piece of clothing

Примеры использования:

Many farmers identify their sheep by painting their fleeces., the leicester longwool was bred to pr…

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Примеры использования:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Примеры использования:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

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Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

verb

Make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade.

Примеры использования:

The channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water

noun

A chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.

Примеры использования:

A chisel, two gouges, jewelers' shears, and the plane blade were made in sheffield.

verb

An impression in a surface, as made by a blow

noun

A long-winged web-footed seabird with a raucous call, typically having white plumage with a grey or black mantle.

Примеры использования:

I could go on and on about the many herons, egrets, gulls, terns, and various and sundry other spec…

verb

Fool or deceive (someone).

Примеры использования:

He had been gulled into believing that the documents were authentic

noun

A person who is fooled or deceived.

Примеры использования:

The title of this piece might seem to be no more than a comment on the ease with which the flats, m…

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone).

Примеры использования:

A young inventor gypped by greedy financiers

noun

An act of cheating someone; a swindle.

Примеры использования:

That also means i never actually turned into a four-foot dragon, which is kind of a gyp.

noun

Pain or discomfort.

Примеры использования:

One of her achilles tendons had begun giving her gyp

verb

Cause pain or injury to.

Примеры использования:

Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective

Physically injured.

Примеры использования:

He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun

Physical injury; harm.

Примеры использования:

Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Примеры использования:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Cause bodily harm to

verb

To hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal

Примеры использования:

A bomb exploded at the embassy, injuring several people., she fell and injured her shoulder., he wa…

verb

Bite or pinch sharply.

Примеры использования:

One of the dogs nipped him on the leg

noun

A sharp bite or pinch.

Примеры использования:

A strong beak which can deliver a serious nip

verb

Take a sip or sips of spirits.

Примеры использования:

The men nipped from the bottle

verb

Go into or through (something), especially with force or effort.

Примеры использования:

The shrapnel had penetrated his head

verb

Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

verb

To move into or through something

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the drill isn’t sharp enough to penetrate into the rock., [ t ] women have begun to penetrate…

noun

A substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.

Примеры использования:

He killed himself with poison

verb

Administer poison to (a person or animal), either deliberately or accidentally.

Примеры использования:

Someone had tried to poison me

noun

A substance that causes illness or death if swallowed, absorbed, or breathed into the body

Примеры использования:

[ u ] poison gas, [ c ] some cleaning products are poisons., [ u ] he sprayed the weeds with poison…

verb

Make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.

Примеры использования:

Prick the potatoes with a fork

noun

An act of piercing something with a sharp point.

Примеры использования:

The pin prick had produced a drop of blood

verb

To make a small hole or holes in the surface of something

Примеры использования:

The nurse pricked his finger to draw blood.

collocation

Deprive somebody of something by deceit

phrasal verb

Cheat someone, especially financially.

Примеры использования:

She thought he was ripping her off over her royalties

phrasal verb

Steal or plagiarize something.

Примеры использования:

They have ripped off £6.7 billion

noun

A gregarious eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops.

Примеры использования:

Birds - blackbirds and thrushes, robins, starlings, rooks and crows, jays, ducks, seagulls and owls…

verb

Defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone).

Примеры использования:

Police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked

noun

A chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank.

Примеры использования:

With the rise in use of exchange sacrifices, rook versus minor piece endgames are becoming more com…

verb

Move with urgent haste.

Примеры использования:

Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

Примеры использования:

There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

Примеры использования:

Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

noun

A short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running round it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place.

Примеры использования:

The logs, the wood flooring, the cabinets, all of the materials down to the nails and screws which …

verb

Fasten or tighten with a screw or screws.

Примеры использования:

Screw the hinge to your new door

verb

A simple machine with a threaded cylindrical rod and hole

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Примеры использования:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Примеры использования:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Примеры использования:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Примеры использования:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Примеры использования:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

To cheat or trick someone in order to get money from them

Примеры использования:

Swindle sb out of sth a web-based company swindled customers out of $15 million., victims of the sw…

idiom

To deceive or cheat someone

Примеры использования:

I think we've been taken for a ride.

noun

The practice of deception.

Примеры использования:

The dealer resorted to trickery

verb

Cause a stinging or prickling sensation like that given by a nettle.

Примеры использования:

The spines do not urticate, but look like they should

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Примеры использования:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Примеры использования:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.