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  • 51dark — See: in the dark, shot in the dark, whistle in the dark …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 52dark — [OE] Dark comes ultimately from a Germanic base *derk , *dark , which also produced Old High German tarchanjan ‘hide’ and Middle Low German dork ‘place where dirt collects’ (outside Germanic, Lithuanian dargus has been compared). In Old English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 53dark — tamsa statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Tamsioji paros dalis. atitikmenys: angl. dark; dark place; darkness vok. Dunkel, n; Dunkelheit, f; Finsternis, f rus. мрак, m; темнота, f; тьма, f …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 54dark — tamsa statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Šviesos stygius ar visiškas jos nebuvimas. atitikmenys: angl. dark; dark place; darkness vok. Dunkel, n; Dunkelheit, f; Finsternis, f rus. мрак, m; темнота, f; тьма, f …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 55dark —  1. keep it dark Keep it secret.  2. in the dark Uninformed. Uncomprehending …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 56dark — [OE] Dark comes ultimately from a Germanic base *derk , *dark , which also produced Old High German tarchanjan ‘hide’ and Middle Low German dork ‘place where dirt collects’ (outside Germanic, Lithuanian dargus has been compared). In Old English… …

    Word origins

  • 57dark —  blind. QUITE DARK, stone blind. North.  ALMOST DARK, nearly blind …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 58dark — I Cleveland Dialect List to listen insidiously, to eavesdrop: what are you darking at? II Las Vegas Lingo No show; as in Dark Sundays means no shows on Sunday …

    English dialects glossary

  • 59dark — adj 1. British behaving harshly, unfairly or unpleasantly (to another person). Used in this way the term is part of the slang code heard among London teenagers since the 1990s. It probably originated in the black Caribbean community, although the …

    Contemporary slang

  • 60Dark — /dak/ (say dahk) noun Eleanor, 1901–85, Australian author; her works include the historical trilogy The Timeless Land (1941), Storm of Time (1948), and No Barrier (1953). Eleanor Dark was the daughter of poet Dowell O Reilly. Her first novel,… …