chew the fat
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
carry the can
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
clear the air
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ dispel differences or negative emotions; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air"
come out of the closet
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"
Charles the Great
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
Charles the Bald
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
Catherine the Great
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
castle in the air
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ absentminded dreaming while awake
Cyrus the Elder
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
Cyrus the Great
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
chute-the-chute
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
Church of the Brethren
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
coronoid process of the mandible
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle
Carlos the Jackal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
chairman of the board
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
central artery of the retina
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve
cirrhosis of the liver
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
City of the Angels
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States