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Gall
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~1 n 1 have the gall to do sth to do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do (Being a Tory politician, he still had the gall to be interviewed on TV and claim all the credit.) 2 old-fashioned anger and hate that will not go away 3 old use bile 4 a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection 5 a painful place on an animal's skin, caused by something rubbing against it ~2 v to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair (it galls sb (that)) (It really galls me they could blame my Vicky for their own screw-up.)
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(galls, galling, galled) 1. If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing. = nerve N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n, the N to-inf c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If someone’s action galls you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures... It was their serenity which galled her most. VERB: it V n that, V n, also it V n to-inf • galling It was especially galling to be criticised by this scoundrel. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 3. A gall is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gealla; akin to Greek chole, cholos ~, wrath, Old English geolu yellow — more at yellow Date: before 12th century 1. a. bile; especially bile obtained from an animal and used in the arts or medicine b. something bitter to endure c. bitterness of spirit ; rancor 2. brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence Synonyms: see temerity II. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English gealla, from Latin ~a ~nut Date: before 12th century 1. a. a skin sore caused by chronic irritation b. a cause or state of exasperation 2. archaic flaw III. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to fret and wear away by friction ; chafe the loose saddle ~ed the horse's back the ~ing of a metal bearing 2. irritate, vex sarcasm ~s her intransitive verb 1. to become sore or worn by rubbing 2. seize 2 IV. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~a Date: 14th century an abnormal outgrowth of plant tissue usually due to insect or mite parasites or fungi and sometimes forming an important source of tannin — see ~ wasp illustration ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 the gall-bladder and its contents. Phrases and idioms gall-bladder the vessel storing bile after its secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine. Etymology: ON, corresp. to OE gealla, f. Gmc 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a sore on the skin made by chafing. 2 a mental soreness or vexation. b a cause of this. 3 a place rubbed bare. --v.tr. 1 rub sore; injure by rubbing. 2 vex, annoy, humiliate. Derivatives gallingly adv. Etymology: ME f. LG or Du. galle, corresp. to OE gealla sore on a horse 3. n. 1 a growth produced by insects or fungus etc. on plants and trees, esp. on oak. 2 (attrib.) of insects producing galls (gall-fly). Etymology: ME f. OF galle f. L galla ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) жёлчь 2) фтп. галл 3) галлообразующее насекомое – aspen black gall – bacterial gall – crown gall – cup gall – excrescence gall – fungal gall – insect gall – monothalamous gall – polythalamous gall – root gall ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(1840?-1894) Желчный Пузырь Вождь общины хункпапа Hunkpapa, брат Сидящего Быка Sitting Bull, талантливый военачальник, участник битвы на р. Литл-Бигхорн Little Bighorn the. В 1881 прекратил военное сопротивление властям, с 1889 - судья по делам индейцев ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. физиол. желчь 2. анат. желчный пузырь (также gall bladder) 3. желчность, злоба a pen dipped in gall —- ядовитое (злое) перо to dip one's pen (to write) in gall —- писать желчно to vent one's gall on smb. —- изливать на кого-л. свою злобу 4. ам. разг. наглость, нахальство to have the gall to do smth. —- иметь наглость (нахальство) делать что-л. to be astonished at smb.'s gall —- поражаться чьему-л. нахальству Id: gall and wormwood —- нечто ненавистное (постылое) Id: it's gall and wormwood to me —- от этого меня с души воротит 5. ссадина, натертое место 6. вет. нагнет (у лошади) 7. раздражение, досада; чувство обиды it left a gall in his mind —- у него остался после этого неприятный осадок 8. причина раздражения, досады 9. больное место on the gall —- по больному месту 10. ссадить (кожу); натереть 11. покрыться ссадинами 12. раздражать, беспокоить to gall smb. with one's remarks —- раздражать (злить, доводить) кого-л. своими замечаниями discourtesy galls me —- невежливость выводит меня из себя 13. с-х. огрех, плешина 14. лес. лесосека, вырубка 15. бот. галл, чернильный или дубильный орешек ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) желчь 2) желчный пузырь 3) желчность, раздражение; злоба 4) coll. наглость, нахальство to have the gall to do smth. - иметь наглость сделать что-л. - gall and wormwood II 1. noun ссадина, натертое место; нагнет (у лошади) 2. v. 1) ссадить, натереть (кожу) 2) раздражать, беспокоить 3) уязвлять (гордость) III noun bot. галл, чернильный орешек GALL and wormwood нечто ненавистное, постылое ...Англо-русский словарь
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