Stints - Английское значение и перевод слова Stints на Русский язык

noun

A length or portion of time.

Примеры использования:

He had long periods of depression

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of a past historical time, especially in style or design.

Примеры использования:

An attractive and beautifully modernized period house

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Примеры использования:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Примеры использования:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

noun

A meeting of an official body, especially a legislature, council, or court of law, to conduct its business.

Примеры использования:

The governor called this week's special session to reconsider the decision

noun

A formal meeting of an organization, esp. of a legislature or law court

Примеры использования:

[ c ] he wanted to introduce the bill before the present session of the state legislature adjourned…

noun

A period of time or meeting arranged for a particular activity

Примеры использования:

I'm having a session with her this afternoon for a briefing., there are regular training sessions a…

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Примеры использования:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Примеры использования:

A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

verb

Write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence.

Примеры использования:

Dolly spelled her name

noun

A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.

Примеры использования:

A spell is laid on the door to prevent entry

verb

Allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in an activity.

Примеры использования:

I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Примеры использования:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Примеры использования:

I got up and had a stretch

verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Примеры использования:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …

noun

A word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study.

Примеры использования:

The musical term ‘leitmotiv’

verb

Another term for terminus.

noun

A period of time during which something lasts

Примеры использования:

Watson’s term as chairman expired last month., he served a prison term for robbery., this budget pl…

noun

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Примеры использования:

Travel through space and time

verb

Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

Примеры использования:

The first track race is timed for 11.15

noun

The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., in which existence is measured, or the past, present, and future considered as a whole

Примеры использования:

I really don’t have time to call her today., the children spent most of their time outdoors., we’d …

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Примеры использования:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Примеры использования:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Look at or observe attentively over a period of time.

Примеры использования:

Lucy watched him go

noun

A small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist.

Примеры использования:

My watch had stopped

verb

Look attentively