Слово англійською: hill

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Переклад hill українською: пагорб

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hill

noun
/hɪl/
  1. [countable] an area of land that is higher than the land around it, but not as high as a mountain
    • a region of gently rolling hills
    • a hill farm/town/fort
    • on a hill The church is perched on a hill.
    • The house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
    • up a hill They make their way up the hill.
    • down a hill We started to walk back down the hill.
    • in the hills I love walking in the hills (= in the area where there are hills).
    • They stopped at the top of the hill to admire the view.
    • A spring emerges at the bottom of the hill.
    see also anthill, foothill, molehill
  2. [countable] a slope on a road
    • up a hill The motorcade made its way up the hill.
    • down a hill Always take care when driving down steep hills.
    • a hill start (= the act of starting a vehicle on a slope)
    see also downhill, uphill
  3. the Hill
     [singular] (North American English, informal) Capitol Hill (= used to refer to the US Capitol and the activities that take place there)
    4. Word OriginOld English hyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos ‘hill’.
Idioms
as old as the hills
  1. very old; ancient
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    • (as) bald as a coot
    • (as) blind as a bat
    • (as) bright as a button
    • (as) bold as brass
    • as busy as a bee
    • as clean as a whistle
    • (as) dead as a/​the dodo
    • (as) deaf as a post
    • (as) dull as ditchwater
    • (as) fit as a fiddle
    • as flat as a pancake
    • (as) good as gold
    • (as) mad as a hatter/​a March hare
    • (as) miserable/​ugly as sin
    • as old as the hills
    • (as) pleased/​proud as Punch
    • as pretty as a picture
    • (as) regular as clockwork
    • (as) quick as a flash
    • (as) safe as houses
    • (as) sound as a bell
    • (as) steady as a rock
    • (as) thick as two short planks
    • (as) tough as old boots
a hill of beans
  1. (North American English, old-fashioned, informal) something that is not worth much
over the hill
  1. (informal) (of a person) old and therefore no longer useful or attractive
    • Youngsters seem to think you're over the hill at 40!
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