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9. Juli 2010 · Rake. A formation of coupled coaches or cars that makes up a train (minus the loco) is called a rake; the same as a 'consist' or 'cut' of cars in US terminology. (The word formation is also sometimes used in IR parlance for a freshly assembled rake.)
18. Dez. 2016 · American English. Dec 18, 2016. #2. While Marcus Mumford has always declined to elaborate on the personal situation that inspired this song, it is clearly about a man who regrets his past behavior. "Rake yourself" might thus be a variation of the idiom "rake over the coals" - revisiting or berating yourself over things that happened in the past ...
7. Feb. 2008 · The Rake and the other names mentioned are jockeys. The weight of the jockeys is being discussed. These are the nicknames for their fellow riders. The Rake is significant in weight terms are being "thin as a rake" you are very light in weight and that is good because the horse is carrying less weight. Hope this helps.
9. Aug. 2011 · Could someone explain to me the meaning of "heart a rake?" Context: a character in a novel simply says it, echoing Pope: "Men some to business, some to pleasure take But everywom a n is at heart a rake" Is it a stock expression? I don't need a translation into Spanish what I need is to understand the expression Thanks a lot!
7. Juli 2008 · Jul 7, 2008. #2. Yes, 'green' refers to money. Rake in means 'to gather or obtain easily'. I'll be very busy raking in the green...Estaré muy ocupado ganando mucho dinero. M.
26. März 2009 · Matching Mole said: "Rake someone over the coals" is a crossed idiom. There are two idioms involving "over the coals". One is "to rake over the coals". This means to go through coals as with a rake (the tool). The coals are cold, burnt ones; figuratively, it means to go over (usually) unpleasant things, memories, situations, from the past ...
16. Jan. 2006 · Rake The edge of a roof which intersects the gable part of a roof. Panel or Panel Length 1) The distance between two adjacent panel points of a joist or joist girder 2) A sheet of deck for a roof or floor.
17. Nov. 2015 · American English. Nov 17, 2015. #2. From our Collins Dictionary: rake v.3. to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern. In other words, the fin angles back towards the tail to some degree. N.
21. Feb. 2010 · US English. Feb 22, 2010. #2. A "trade" is an exchange of one thing for another. If I give you a pen and you give me a pencil, we have made a trade. One common example of the word is "That was a fair trade." "Trading" is the gerund form of the verb "to trade". So it can be used like other gerunds in examples like: "Trading is a good way to get ...
23. Okt. 2010 · But if you're " taillé comme une allumette ", you're both thin and small. Désolé mais pour moi, cette expression fait référence à la corpulence/musculature, et non à la taille. Et à en lire Google, on dirait que je ne suis pas le seul : Je fais 1m84 pour 70kg (je sais, je suis taillé comme une allumette !)
