Revolver in english
pronunciation: stɜr part of speech: verb
revólver1 = revolver ; pistol ; gun.
Example: A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.Example: At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison.Example: A situation involving the dangerous or apparently dangerous person (perhaps someone reportedly carrying a gun or knife) requires the librarian to summon expert help.more:
» revolver el estómago = turn + Posesivo + stomach ; make + Posesivo + stomach turn .
Example: He turns my stomach at times, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Example: Most of us are not blessed with cast-iron stomachs -- personally, the very thought of blood makes my stomach turn.revolver2 = stir ; rummage (among/through) ; rifle through ; root around (for) ; mess up ; disturb ; rumple through ; jumble (up).
Example: The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.Example: But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.Example: We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.Example: Thieves do not like to root around for valuables, so they typically strike places where they know there are goods to be had.Example: I'm scared that somehow I will mess it up.Example: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Example: After rumping through her clothes hamper, she found her favorite tank top -- solid black with lace around the hem.Example: The lottery machine contains 99 identical black balls and 1 white ball, and after jumbling the balls, one is selected at random.more:
» estómago + revolverse = stomach + turn .
Example: The first time I saw my husband I went weak in the knees -- now when I see him, my stomach turns.» revolver buscando = scrabble .
Example: Shrouded bodies lined the streets as dazed survivors scrabbled in the debris for loved ones.» revolver el avispero = stir up + a hornet's nest .
Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly.» revolver el gallinero = set + the cat among the pigeons ; put + the cat among the pigeons ; stir up + a hornet's nest ; raise + Cain ; raise + hell .
Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene. Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control. Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly. Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding. Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.» revolver el palomar = set + the cat among the pigeons ; put + the cat among the pigeons ; stir up + a hornet's nest ; raise + Cain ; raise + hell .
Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene. Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control. Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly. Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding. Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.» revolver el pelo = tousle + Posesivo + hair ; tousle .
Example: She licked her upper lip, tasting to see if she needed more lipstick and then tousled her hair with her fingers. Example: Let the hair cool and then lightly tousle from the roots with your fingertips.» revolver las cosas = stir + things up .
Example: I think Pope Francis wants to stir things up and allow people to raise questions.» revolverlo todo = turn + everything upside down .
Example: The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.» revolverse en + Posesivo + tumba = turn in + Posesivo + grave ; spin in + Posesivo + grave ; roll over in + Posesivo + grave .
Example: She'd be turning in her grave, she would, if she knew what he did after she'd gone. Example: The rationale is that Renoir would probably spin wildly in his grave at the notion that a black and white photographic reproduction of one of his colored paintings was in any sense his responsibility. Example: Glo would be rolling over in her grave if she knew what we are doing to her house.» revolver toda la casa = turn + the house upside down .
Example: Summer holiday means that your kids are at home from school and also that they are turning the house upside down.