lash

Wimper

Eines der kurzen Haare am Rand des Augenlids.

In einfachem Englisch: One of the short hairs along the edge of your eyelid.

• A lash fell onto her cheek.
• She brushed mascara onto her lashes.
• Are those your natural lashes?

Synonyme: eyelash

Häufige Wendungen: long lash, false lash, lash extensions

Peitschenhieb

Ein heftiger Schlag mit einer Peitsche oder einem Seil.

In einfachem Englisch: A sharp hit with a whip or rope.

• The lash struck his back.
• One lash was enough to leave a mark.
• He flinched at each lash of the rope.

So benutzt man es: lash of something (He felt the lash of the whip on his back.)

Synonyme: stroke, blow

Häufige Wendungen: a cruel lash, lash of something, receive a lash, a painful lash

Versuch

Eine Anstrengung, etwas zu tun oder zu erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: An attempt to do something.

• I will have a lash.
• Give the puzzle a lash before asking for help.
• She had a lash at repairing the old radio.

So benutzt man es: have a lash at something (I will have a lash at fixing the bike.)

Synonyme: try, go, attempt

Häufige Wendungen: have a lash, give something a lash

peitschen, schlagen

Jemanden oder etwas mit einer Peitsche oder etwas Ähnlichem treffen oder mit großer Kraft schlagen.

In einfachem Englisch: To hit someone or something with a whip or similar object; to strike forcefully.

• Rain lashed the windows.
• The guard lashed the prisoner with a whip.
• Huge waves were lashing the shore.

So benutzt man es: lash someone/something with something (He lashed the horse with a rope.)

Synonyme: whip, beat, strike

Häufige Wendungen: lash someone’s back, lash the coast, lash someone with

festbinden, verzurren

Dinge mit einem Seil oder ähnlichem Material fest miteinander verbinden oder sicher befestigen.

In einfachem Englisch: To tie things together or fasten something firmly using rope or similar material.

• Lash the poles together.
• They lashed the boxes to the deck.
• Have you lashed the load down securely?

So benutzt man es: lash something to something (They lashed the bags to the roof.); lash something together (We lashed the poles together with rope.)

Synonyme: tie, fasten, bind

Gegenteile: untie

Häufige Wendungen: lash something together, lash something down, lash something to

klasse, toll

In manchen regionalen Umgangssprachen: sehr gut oder angenehm.

In einfachem Englisch: Very good or enjoyable, in some local speech.

• That party was lash!
• We had a lash weekend by the sea.
• The music was absolutely lash.

Synonyme: great, excellent, brilliant

Gegenteile: awful

Häufige Wendungen: a lash night, absolutely lash