http://www.louigiverona.com ================ --------------- CBL Dictionary. --------------- ================ The Legend. (s)=single form (pl)=plural form (fig)=figurative (ex.)=example [...]=example phrases and sentences are put in braces A B C D drow - pronounced as 'row' with a 'd' in front verb: 1. to start a quarrel over an unworthy matter (ex.) [Steven drowed in the forums and was banned.] 2. to drow smth/someone - to make someone angry over an unworthy matter (ex.) [At first Uncle Fester did not pay attention that the chair was wobbly, but Jim drowed him so much that Fester broke it into small pieces and threw it away.] noun: a quarrel over an unworthy matter In many cases 'drow' is used to show that you personally consider the matter unworthy. This makes the word 'drow' a tool of irony. (ex.) [They didn't agree that the car should be of a green color and started a drow.] Maybe to those people the color of a car was important, but the speaker clearly expresses his attitude to the matter by using the word 'drow'. A substitute for 'drow' could have been a phrase like 'a childish quarrel', however 'drow' adds a shade that the matter over which the quarrel is happening is not worth so much attention at all from the speaker's point of view. (ex.) [-Mum, I am going to that party! -Oh, Bill, don't start a drow!] The usual mistake here is to understand 'drow' as a 'pointless discussion', because Mum is not going to let her son go to the party anyway. However, it is a mistake, since 'drow' emphasizes not the fact that the discussion is pointless, but that the subject of the discussion itself is not worth the discussion. adjective: something that will bring trouble but is not worth it (ex.) [-Let's not use this copyrighted mp3 in our show. It is drow.] It means that the usage of that mp3 will probably bring trouble and it is not good enough to take risks. It is even more natural to use 'drow' without additional explanation. [-Why won't you use this mp3? -It's drow.] It means that the usage of this mp3 may bring trouble and it's not worth it. If the additional explanation is used, it would probably sound like that: [-This mp3 is copyrighted, so it's drow and we won't use it.] That has a meaning that 'you see this mp3 is good to use if it was free, but because using it may cause trouble, we won't go for it because it is not that good'. E eldrad - with the accent on 'e' noun: a unit which figuratively characterizes the amount of mystery (ex.) [-Hey, how did they implement this into their website? -Dunno. I'd give it a 100 eldrads.] [-Are you sure -No eldrads, my friend!] In this example 'no eldrads' stands for 'no doubt'. F G gub - noun: 1. an animal or insect which is known to eat a lot of food, but which is not true 2. an activity or work which is known to take a lot of energy and/or time, but which is not really true (ex.) [-Writing news on this website is a gub. Each time I am reluctant to start, but then complete everything really fast and easy.] verb: to complete work, that is considered laborious, quickly and easily (ex.) [He gubbed those equations and went to bed at 9 o'clock.] Which would mean that he quickly solved the equations which are considered difficult by the speaker, and then went to bed. gulpdome - with the accent on 'u' noun: software which is grand-scale and takes a lot of time and effort to master and work with (ex.) [This WebPortal is a real gulpdome!] The word itself has neutral meaning and it depends on the situation whether it is used with a positive or negative shade. H I J K L loof - noun: a person who annoys everybody with a bad joke verb: to annoy everybody with a bad joke adjective: to be annoyed with a bad joke (ex.) [I am loofed by Steve.] M mrow - noun: (s) an insect which feels that it's current way of behaviour can lead it to be eaten by a bird (s) (fig) someone who is in a bad mood because he senses trouble coming (ex.) [-George, don't be such a mrow!] interjection: (pl) (fig) similar to 'damn!', but is used when a person is bothered by insects (ex.) [-Mrows! - What's the matter? -The gnats are angry around here!] N nafe - pronounced as 'safe' noun: a well ventilated kitchen verb: to ventilate a kitchen O P Q R S shide - 'i' pronounced as in 'hide' noun: 1. a dish that had been washed and put away into a cupboard, usually into a horizontal position 2. (fig) something or someone who had been completely taken care of verb: 1. to wash a dish and put it away into a cupboard into a horizontal position (ex.) [-Shide these, please, - he asked me, pointing to the dishes.] 2. (fig) to completely take care of something (someone) (ex.) [-Shide the dog, please.] If it is time to walk the dog, 'shide' would mean to take the dog out, bring it back, wash it if it's dirty and clean the floor after it if it left traces. In other words, not only walk the dog, but take care of everything that accompanies the action, yet concerned with the dog. For example, in this case 'shiding the dog' doesn't contain the meaning of you having dinner after the walk just because the walk made you feel hungry and it's sort of related to the dog. Relation has to be quite direct. However, in certain circumstances, there can be cases of including actions which are not directly linked to the 'shided' subject. These cases often include some everyday events and traditions. For example, if usually after you walk the dog, your Mum asks you to clean your shoes, it would be natural that this is included into 'shide the dog' request, as cleaning your shoes is something that is a 'tradition' in this case, something that happens everyday and is connected with 'walking the dog' action. shalf - 'a' pronounced as in 'half' verb: to bring half of something from the shelf or the place where it is usually kept and do it as fast as possible (ex.) [-Go shalf some biscuits!] It means to take half of the available biscuits from the shelf (or any other place where they are usually kept) and do it as fast as possible. adjective: 1. something that is capable of moving fast or is moving fast at the moment, being in it's proper place and being half of what it used to be (ex.) [There were shalf birds in his room.] It means that the birds were flying fast (or are capable of flying fast in question) and that they were in a proper place (in their cage, probably) and that if before there were 10 birds, now there's only 5 of them. It is appropriate to use 'shalf' even if you are not 100% accurate, but mean that it's 'about half'. (ex.) [Tim always had tonns of compact discs in that box. Now I saw only some shalf ones.] This would mean that the discs are still in that box and that there's about half of what Tim used to have. Note that using 'shalf' is appropriate to use with discs because discs are capable of moving fast (in a cd-rom drive), so all three parts of the definition fit. However, it is wrong to use 'shalf' with objects that are not moving fast at the moment or that are not usually capable of doing so. For instance, 'shalf cat' is a nonsense. Even if you depict a cat that is falling from somewhere, 'shalf' 2. (fig) something that is not available in the present and is even more unlikely to be available in any other period of time (ex.) [Tomorrow will be shalf rain.] If there was rain today, this phrase uses the normal meaning of 'shalf' - that tomorrow will be some rain, but half less heavy and/or long as today. If there was no rain today, in this case the phrase means that it is even more unlikely that it will rain tomorrow than it was today. In that figurative meaning 'shalf' can be used with any word. (ex.) [He had shalf HQ samples back then.] He didn't have any HQ samples at all and he doesn't have them now. (ex.) [Next week he will have a shalf motorbike.] He doesn't have a motorbike now and it is even more unlikely he'll have it next week. sulp - noun: a stubborn horse that has just arrived to a farm located in a swampy area (fig) a person with a difficult character, who's beginning change in lifestyle is believed to make him/her softer (ex.) [-Robert is a sulp - he has just adopted a daughter.] This means that Robert's character is difficult (usually what is meant is that a person is harsh, stubborn) and that the speaker believes that a new event will not only change Robert's lifestyle, but also positively affect his character. verb: to add/welcome something/someone to the existing enviroment, at the same time applying to it/him changes necessary for it/him to adapt to that new enviroment (ex.) [-Sulp that apple to the ones in the box!] If in this case tha apples in the box are washed and cut in halves, the sentence means to wash the apple, cut it in halves and put them into the box. In this case it is also appropriate to use the verb 'shide'. [-Hello, Mr. Weary John! Please, feel free to sulp to our small group! - said one of the travellers.] Here the sentence means that if a person decides to join the travellers, he has to buy all the equipment and clothe needed for travel. T U V W X Y Z Credits. Words in this dictionary were piped by various people, which are listed in no particular order: Kirill Alferov Frank Schreiber Leon Moorrees