Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Käännös | Konteksti | Ääninäyte |
|---|
| Verbit |
| 1. | | puhekieli | |
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive) To tighten or secure with screws.
- (transitive) To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.
- (transitive) To twist into a contorted state
- (transitive, dated) To squint.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To blunder; to make a mistake.
Esimerkit
- 1942: As far as was possible he kept his subjects as mindless fighting-cocks, troops that could be promised to one power if there was a chance of screwing up another power to a bugger subsidy. — Rebecca West. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1052)
- The baby screwed up his face and began to bawl.
- As they were finishing breakfast came the postman with a letter from Derby. Mrs. Morel screwed up her eyes to look at the address.
- [...] Hands deep in pockets, head aslant,
- And eyes screwed up against the light [...]
- To screw up one’s eyes.
- Plisser les yeux.
- Je pense que j’ai foiré. Et, vous savez, j’en prends la responsabilité et nous allons faire en sorte de corriger ça de telle sorte que ça ne se reproduise plus.
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