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| Language | Translations for "A WIDE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shmangem (circumvent, deflect, depart, deviate, diverge, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, fight shy of, forbear, funk, give a wide berth, glance, jink, jump, keep one's distance, leapfrog, Miss, Parry, refrain, shirk, shun, sidestep, steer clear of, tergiversate, wander). (various references) | |
Arabic | تجنب (avert, avoid, avoidance, bypass, ditch, duck, eschew, eschewal, evade, evasion, fence, fight shy of, flee, get round, give a wide berth, hide, miss, obviate, outrun, parry, put off, save, shirk, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, steer clear of, waive), تبرأ من (deny, disown, give smb. a wide berth), إبتعد عن (drive out, forswear, give a wide berth to, keep away, keep off, steer clear of, wear off), إبتعد (distance, feel one's way, give a wide berth, go away, keep away, pull away, recede, roll away, stand, subside, sweep). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отбягвам (avoid, dodge, elude, eschew, evade, fence, give a wide berth, put by, sheer, shrink back, shrink from, shun, sidestep, taboo), държа се на разстояние от (give a wide berth). (various references) | |
Danish | kamera med vidvinkelobjektiv (camera with a wide angle lens), evne til at bearbejde forskellige emner (capacity to machine a wide variety of workpieces). (various references) | |
Dutch | vermogen tot het bewerken van vele typen werkstukken (capacity to machine a wide variety of workpieces), camera met groothoekobjectief (camera with a wide angle lens). (various references) | |
French | appareil photographique avec lentille à angle de vision très large (camera with a wide angle lens), se tenir à une distance (give smb. a wide berth), s'éloigner (give a wide berth), création d'un important institut polytechnique dans le monde arabe ayant pour objectif de donner une formation de niveau moyen dans une vaste gamme de spécialités techniques (the creation of a major polytechnic institute in the Arab world with the objective of providing middle level training in a wide range of technical specialities), capacité à usiner une grande variété de pièces (capacity to machine a wide variety of workpieces), éviter (give a wide berth, give smb. a wide berth). (various references) | |
German | Photoapparat mit Objektiven von sehr weitem Blickwinkel (camera with a wide angle lens), Kapazität,eine Vielzahl Werkstücke zu bearbeiten (capacity to machine a wide variety of workpieces), Errichtung eines groesseren polytechnischen Instituts in der arabischen Welt mit dem Ziel der Schaffung von Ausbildungsmoeglichkeiten auf mittlerer Ebene in einer Vielzahl technischer Faecher (the creation of a major polytechnic institute in the Arab world with the objective of providing middle level training in a wide range of technical specialities), eine grosse Auswahl von (a wide range of), ein großer Unterschied (a wide difference). (various references) | |
Greek | φωτογραφική μηχανή με φακό πολύ μεγάλης οπτικής φωνίας (camera with a wide angle lens), φωτογραφική μηχανή με ευρυγώνιο φακό (camera with a wide angle lens), ευρύ φάσμα (a wide range of, wide range of, wider range), δίνω μεγάλη κλίνη (give a wide berth). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשמור מרחק (give a wide berth), להתרחק מן- (give a wide berth, have nothing to do with, steer clear of). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajónak jól kitér (to give a ship a wide berth). (various references) | |
Italian | macchina fotografica con lenti a grande angolare (camera with a wide angle lens), capacità di lavorare una grande varietà di pezzi (capacity to machine a wide variety of workpieces). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 遍く捜す (to make a wide search). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひろそで (a wide sleeve, wide-sleeved), ひろくち (a wide mouth, wide-mouthed), ひとむれ (a crowd, a flock, a group, a herd, a wide expanse), さきわたる (to bloom over a wide area), いちぐん (a crowd, a flock, a group, a herd, a wide expanse, an army, first string players, the whole army), こうげん (a wide plain or field, antigen, boasting, bragging, declaration, flattery, light source, plateau, profession, protest, tableland, talking big, wilderness), あまねくさがす (to make a wide search). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay ideway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aparelho fotográfico com lente de ângulo de visão muito largo (camera with a wide angle lens). (various references) | |
Romanian | se ţine departe de (give a wide berth to, keep clear of). (various references) | |
Russian | обходить кого-л. (give a wide berth). (various references) | |
Scottish | craos (gaping mouth, maw). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izbegavati (avoid, elude, give a wide berth, shun, steer, steer clear of). (various references) | |
Spanish | aparato fotografico con lente de gran angulo de vision (camera with a wide angle lens), alejarse de (give a wide berth to), muchas relaciones (a wide acquaintance), mantenerse a distancia de (give a wide berth). (various references) | |
Turkish | yanına sokulmamak (give a wide berth to), uzak durmak (avoid, avoid smb., dissociate oneself from, give a wide berth to, keep aloof, keep away, keep away from, keep off, keep one's distance, keep out, keep out of, short circuit, shrink away, shun, stand aloof, stand apart, stand off, stay away from), derin bilgiye sahip olmak (have a wide acquaintance with), çok iyi bilmek (have a wide acquaintance with, have pat). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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