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Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
| Käännös | Konteksti | |
|---|---|---|
| Substantiivit | ||
| 1. | idiomaattinen | |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (idiomatic) Something which or someone who takes the lives of men; a hazard that affects mostly men or is specific for some trade, occupied mostly by men.
Esimerkit
- O, it grieves my soul,
- That I must draw this metal from my side
- To be a widow-maker!
- What is a woman that you forsake her,
- And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,
- To go with the old grey Widow-maker?
- Finally, jobs that are 'widow-makers' should be rethought and restructured. In the heyday of the great sailing ships, around 1850, just before the coming of steam, every shipping company had a widow-maker on its hands once in a while. ... One typical 'widow-maker' has been the job of international vice-president in the large American company.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | widow-makers |