| Английский > Русский |
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| cough |
| 1. кашель |
| Английский > Английский |
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| cough |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. |
| I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough. |
| 2. v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing. |
| Sometimes she coughed (up) blood. |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough. |
| The engine coughed and sputtered. |
| 4. n. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary. |
| Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough. |
| 5. n. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough. |
| Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough. |
| 6. n. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame |
| He was – cough – indisposed. |
| Русский > Английский |
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| кашлять |
| 1. v. to cough |
