Mortal in english
pronunciation: mɔrtəl part of speech: adjective
mortal1 = mortal.
Example: I think of someone like Zuckerberg to be more in the realm of Einstein than of mere mortals like most.more:
» simple mortal = lesser mortal .
Example: The range and depth of Gesner's talents are disconcerting for lesser mortals to contemplate for his bibliographic endeavours were but one small aspect of his work.mortal2 = lethal ; mortal ; life threatening ; fatal ; deadly ; deathly .
Example: The lethal effect of displacement of oxygen by an inert gas, such as nitrogen, on insect populations was investigated.Example: Individuals are mortal, but an organization can continue indefinitely.Example: The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses.Example: Quite apart from the great toll of unasked questions, any hint of mutual antipathy between enquirer and librarian is fatal to the reference interview.Example: Sin City is a bustling, violent metropolis where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly.Example: As we all know, arsenic is deathly poisonous.more:
» accidente mortal = fatal crash ; fatal accident ; fatal collision .
Example: Although teenagers accounted for only 5 percent of the total number of licensed drivers in the county, they were involved in 13 percent of the fatal crashes. Example: A man is dead and a woman may be charged after a fatal accident in Bethel, Ohio. Example: A stretch of the M1 motorway remains closed tonight after a fatal collision earlier on today.» accidente mortal automovilístico = fatal car accident .
Example: One woman is dead and a man is in jail, after a fatal car accident late Friday night.» accidente mortal de carretera = fatal road accident .
Example: Driver error was responsible for 86% of all fatal road accidents in Ireland last year.» accidente mortal de coche = fatal car accident .
Example: One woman is dead and a man is in jail, after a fatal car accident late Friday night.» accidente mortal de tráfico = fatal car accident ; fatal road accident ; fatal traffic accident .
Example: One woman is dead and a man is in jail, after a fatal car accident late Friday night. Example: Driver error was responsible for 86% of all fatal road accidents in Ireland last year. Example: Bumper to bumper everywhere and fatal traffic accidents happening daily, this tiny country needs more cars like a hole in the head.» asestar un golpe mortal = deal + a death blow ; strike + a death blow ; deal + a killer blow ; deliver + a killer blow ; deliver + a death blow ; strike + a killer blow .
Example: It has been said that Cutter in developing his method of alphabetic subject indexing 'dealt the death blow' to ninenteenth-century title-term indexing. Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint. Example: Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists. Example: Some of these remedies would undoubtedly have delivered a killer blow to the parasites in a horse's gut, but unfortunately harmed the horse in the process. Example: Lebanon is in such turmoil that war at the present time would deliver a death blow to the economy. Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» casi mortal = near-fatal .
Example: Much of the verve and shimmer of her lyrics can be connected to the near-fatal liver abscess she suffered in 1996.» dar un salto mortal = somersault [También escrito summersault] ; do + a somersault ; summersault [También escrito somersault] .
Example: They somersaulted and looped the loop. Example: She died after injuring herself while trying to do somersaults. Example: But when his rear wheel clipped the last bus he summersaulted through the air and broke his pelvis -- ending his career.» echar una mirada mortal = look + daggers at ; glare at .
Example: We stood in our driveway looking daggers at each other -- the tension was like the air before lightning, even the cat ran for her life. Example: Wren glared at her for a second, then shut the door in her face.» enemigo mortal = mortal foe .
Example: Dead men have no friends; consequently, Israel must abandon its love affair with its putative, feckless friends and kill, once for all, its mortal foes.» enemistad mortal = blood feud ; vendetta .
Example: Modernity & vendetta are contradictory social phenomena, & yet globalization brings to light the existence of blood feud in a modernized world. Example: Modernity & vendetta are contradictory social phenomena, & yet globalization brings to light the existence of blood feud in a modernized world.» espasmos mortales = death rattle .
Example: One could then ask: Does this represent the death rattle of their belief system?.» golpe mortal = mortal blow ; death blow ; killer blow .
Example: This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a 'mortal blow' to its livelihood. Example: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region. Example: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.» herida mortal = fatal injury .
Example: When a car hits a pedestrian, the pedestrian takes the full brunt of the severe and sometimes fatal injuries.» inmortal = immortal [Nombre y adjetivo] .
Example: This article describes Ranganathan as a good samaritan and considers him among the immortals of the country.» miedo mortal = mortal fear .
Example: As I have a mortal fear of dentists this would have put me in a cold sweat.» pecado mortal = mortal sin ; deadly sin .
Example: According to Shakespeare's age, if she had agreed, she would have committed a mortal sin and been in danger of hell. Example: Two of the 'deadly sins' of a contemporary librarian would be a preference to work 'in silence', i.e. no contact with users and no advertising, and put on blinkers, i.e. no research and no analysis of the librarian's work.» peligro mortal = mortal danger .
Example: In the face of resistance, public ridicule, or even mortal danger, these women listened to their hearts and their unshakeable faith.» persona mortal = mortal .
Example: I think of someone like Zuckerberg to be more in the realm of Einstein than of mere mortals like most.» salto mortal = somersault [También escrito summersault] ; summersault [También escrito somersault] .
Example: He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'. Example: He ended up biting his lip and drawing some blood after doing a few summersaults and landing on his face.» salto mortal hacia atrás = backflip .
Example: Then he did several backflips and wailed aloud in his misery and woe, his yelps of distress quite filling the empyrean.» siete pecados mortales, los = seven deadly sins, the .
Example: The seven deadly sins are 'pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia'.» trampa mortal = death trap .
Example: The highways across the country have virtually become death traps as there are apparently no authorities to control reckless driving.» víctima mortal = fatality .
Example: A summary is then presented of the number and percentage of snowmobile fatalities in these three states during winter 2002-03.