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Moon  (mn), Sun Myung Born 1920.

Korean-born American religious leader and founder of the Unification Church (1954). He was found guilty in 1982 of conspiracy to evade taxes in the United States.

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moon  (mn)

n.

1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.

2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.

3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.

4. A month, especially a lunar month.

5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.

6. Moonlight.

7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.

8. Slang The bared buttocks.

v. mooned, moon·ing, moons

v.intr.

1. To wander about or pass time languidly and aimlessly.

2. To yearn or pine as if infatuated.

3. Slang To expose one's buttocks in public as a prank or disrespectful gesture.

v.tr.

Slang To expose one's buttocks to (others) as a prank or disrespectful gesture: "threatened to moon a passing . . . camera crew" (Vanity Fair).

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[Middle English moone, from Old English mna; see m-² in Indo-European roots.]

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moon [muːn]

n

1. (Astronomy) (sometimes capital) the natural satellite of the earth. Diameter: 3476 km; mass: 7.35 ✕ 10²² kg; mean distance from earth: 384 400 km; periods of rotation and revolution: 27.32 days Related adj lunar

2. (Astronomy) the face of the moon as it is seen during its revolution around the earth, esp at one of its phases new moon full moon

3. (Astronomy) any natural satellite of a planet

4. (Astronomy) moonlight; moonshine

5. something resembling a moon

6. (Astronomy) a month, esp a lunar one

once in a blue moon very seldom

over the moon Informal extremely happy; ecstatic

reach for the moon to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain

vb

1. (when tr, often foll by away; when intr, often foll by around) to be idle in a listless way, as if in love, or to idle (time) away

2. (intr) Slang to expose one's buttocks to passers-by

[Old English mōna; compare Old Frisian mōna, Old High German māno]

moonless  adj

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Moon [muːn]

n

(Linguistics) a system of embossed alphabetical signs for blind readers, the fourteen basic characters of which can, by rotation, mimic most of the letters of the Roman alphabet, thereby making learning easier for those who learned to read before going blind Compare Braille¹

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Moon²

n

(Biographies / Moon, William (1818-1894) M, British, TECHNOLOGY: inventor, WRITING: printer) William. 1818-94, British inventor of the Moon writing system in 1847, who, himself blind, taught blind children in Brighton and printed mainly religious works from stereotyped plates of his own designing

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moon  (mn) 1. Often Moon. The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and traveling around Earth in a slightly elliptical orbit at an average distance of about 381,600 km (237,000 mi). The Moon's average diameter is 3,480 km (2,160 mi), and its mass is about 1/80 that of Earth. See more at giant impact theory. 2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet. A Closer Look The Earth's Moon is a desolate and quiet place. The only natural satellite of Earth, it consists almost entirely of rock, shows no signs of ongoing geologic activity, has no water, and has a very thin atmosphere consisting primarily of sodium. But our Moon does not present a typical case for planetary satellites. Over the last 50 years, over a hundred more moons have been discovered in the solar system, so that they now total 138, nearly all of them orbiting the larger planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (Mercury, Venus, and Pluto have no moons, while Mars has two). Because they are so far from the Sun, these moons are for the most part extremely cold. Io, one of Jupiter's 63 known moons, is an exception. It is the most geologically active body in the solar system, with almost constant volcanic activity and a surface covered by cooling lava. Some scientists think that another moon of Jupiter, Europa, may have liquid water capable of supporting life underneath a thick layer of surface ice. Titan, one of Saturn's moons, may also be capable of supporting primitive life in the ocean of liquid methane on its frigid surface.

moon Half of the Moon is always in sunlight, as shown on the left. The relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun determine the Moon's phase as seen from the Earth, as shown on the right.

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Moon

See also astronomy; planets; sun.

selenography

the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon’s surface. — selenographer, selenographist, n. — selenographic, selenographical, adj.

selenolatry

the worship of the moon.

selenology

the branch of astronomy that studies the physical characteristics of the moon. — selenologist, n. — selenological, adj.

selenomancy

a form of divination involving observation of the moon.

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Moon 

1. A bright moon … like glistening silk —Amy Lowell
2. Curled moon … like a feather —Dante Gabriel Rossetti
3. Everything has in fact another side to it, like the moon —G. K. Chesterton
4. A full new-risen moon like a pale medallion —Hayden Carruth
5. The moon had lost all its brilliance and looked like a little cloud in the sky —Leo Tolstoy
6. A half moon sailing like a moth up the drained blue sky —Jilly Cooper
7. It looked like a ball of paper from the back pocket of jeans that have just come out of the washing machine, which only time and ironing would tell if it was an old shopping list or a five pound note —Douglas Adams
8. Bright moonlight lay against its [house] wall like a fresh coat of paint —Raymond Chandler
9. A little slice of moon, curved like a canoe —Helen Hudson
10. The moon as beautiful as a great camellia —Max Beerbohm
11. A moonbeam … shimmers bright as a needle —W. P. Kinsella
12. Moon, bright as a lemon —Tom Robbins
13. The moon burned like metal —Pat Conroy
14. The moon, but half disclosed, was cut off as by a shutter —Joyce Cary
15. Moon curved like a rocker —Helen Hudson
16. The moon floats belly up like a dead goldfish —Marge Piercy
17. The moon follows the sun like a French translation of a Russian poet —Wallace Stevens
18. The moon hangs like a neon scythe over the countryside —W. P. Kinsella
19. The moon hung above the yard like a cheap earring —Isaac Babel
20. The moon hung like a pale lamp above the rim of the bay —William Styron
21. The moon is hidden by a silver cloud, fair as a halo —Christina Rossetti
22. The moon … is like a cake of white soap —John Phillips
23. The moon leaned low against the sky like a white-faced clown lolling against a circus wall —W. Somerset Maugham
24. Moonlight drilling in through the window like a bit into coal —Richard Wertime
25. Moonlight … dripped down like oil —Bernard Malamud
26. The moonlight invaded the courtyard, until it looked like a field of untrodden snow —Stefan Zweig
27. Moonlight so white that it looked like snow —Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
28. A moon like a fallen fruit reversing gravity was hoisting itself above the rooftop —Ross Macdonald
29. The moon like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night —William Blake
30. Moon like a monstrous crystal —G. K. Chesterton
31. The moon, like an eye turned up in a trance, filmed over and seemed to turn loose from its track and to float sightless —Eudora Welty
32. Moon … like a red-faced farmer —T. E. Hulme

    The complete line as it appears in a poem entitled Autumn: “I walked abroad and saw the ruddy moon lean over the hedge like a red-faced farmer.”

33. The moon like a white rose shone —W. B. Yeats
34. Moon like the moving dot on sing-along lyrics —Sharon Sheehe Stark
35. The moon looked like the head of a golden bollard in a Venice lagoon —John Gunther
36. The moon, narrow and pale like a paring snipped from a snowman’s toenail —Tom Robbins
37. The moon overhead tore through fierce cloud-wrack like a battered ship —Phyllis Bottome
38. Moon … pale, full-blown as a flower —Elizabeth Spencer
39. Moon pitted with holes, like an old brass coin —Erich Maria Remarque
40. The moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy —E. E. Cummings
41. The moon rises like a fat white god —Diane Ackerman
42. The moon … rode bonily in the sky, looking stark and abandoned like a decoration kids had put up for Halloween and forgotten to take down —William Dieter
43. The moon sails up out of the ocean dripping like a just washed apple —Marge Piercy
44. The moon shines like a lost button —Derek Walcott
45. The moon shone out like day —Nathanial Hawthorne
46. Moon slightly more than half full, like a tipped bowl —Patricia Henley
47. The moon stood like an arc lamp over the roofs of the houses —Erich Maria Remarque
48. The moon stuck like a wafer in the evening sky —Anon
49. The moon swelled like a plum —Philip Levine
50. Moon … waning, like silver that is polished so thin that it has begun to wear away —Mary Stewart
51. The moon … was like a slender shaving thrown up from a bar of gold —Joseph Conrad
52. The moon was like a chip of ice —Wallace Stegner
53. The moon was like a sickle —Edward Hoagland
54. The moon was out, cold and faraway as an owl’s hoot —John Braine
55. The moon … was slowly drifting into an immense, dark and transparent hole like a lake with its depth full of stars —Andre Malraux
56. A pale crescent moon shaped like a woman’s earring —Katharine Haake
57. A pale moon, like a claw (looked down through the claw-like branches of dead trees) —Jean Rhys
58. Quiet moonlight lay like the smile upon a dreaming face —John Hall Wheelock
59. The rising moon … winding like a silver thread until it was lost in the stars —Bret Harte
60. Sometimes in the afternoon sky a white moon would creep up like a little cloud, without display, suggesting an actress who does not have to “Come on” for a while and so goes “In front” in her ordinary clothes —Marcel Proust
61. The sphere hanging in the not yet darkened sky seemed like a lamp they had forgotten to turn off in the morning (a lamp that had burned all day in the room of the dead) —Milan Kundera
62. A stream of moonlight cut through the mist and hit the black water, like ink —Paige Mitchell
63. A thin moon … gray and marbled like a worn shell —Alice McDermott
64. A yellow moon rose like a flower blooming —Bernard Malamud

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	moon - the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
	2.	moon - any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases" object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
	3.	moon - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) lunar month, lunation, synodic month lunar year - a period of 12 lunar months month - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
	4.	Moon - the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by" moonlight, moonshine light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" moon ray, moon-ray, moonbeam - a ray of moonlight
	5.	Moon - United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920) Sun Myung Moon
	6.	moon - any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons" satellite - any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
Verb	1.	moon - have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" daydream laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
	2.	moon - be idle in a listless or dreamy way moon around, moon on laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
	3.	moon - expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience" display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

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moon

noun

satellite Neptune's large moon

verb

idle, drift, loaf, languish, waste time, daydream, mope, mooch (Brit. slang), doss (Brit. slang) She was mooning around all morning, doing nothing.

many moons ago a long time ago, years ago, ages ago, donkey's years ago (Brit. informal), yonks ago (Brit. informal) I saw her once, many moons ago, in a dreadful movie.

once in a blue moon rarely, almost never, very seldom, hardly ever, scarcely ever Once in a blue moon you get some problems.

over the moon ecstatic, transported, delighted, thrilled, jubilant, elated, overjoyed, delirious, euphoric, on top of the world (informal), exultant, enraptured, jumping for joy, on cloud nine, cock-a-hoop, in raptures, tickled pink (informal), walking on air, in seventh heaven, as pleased as Punch, beside yourself with joy We were both over the moon to hear the news.

Related words
adjective lunar

Quotations
"Swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon" [William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet]

Translations

moon [muːn]

A. N → luna f
full moon → luna f llena
there's a full moon tonight → esta noche hay luna llena
new moon → luna f nueva
there was no moon → no había luna
by the light of the moon → a la luz de la luna
many moons ago (liter or hum) → hace mucho tiempo
to ask for the moon → pedir la luna
once in a blue moon → de Pascuas a Ramos
to be over the moon → estar loco de contento, estar en el séptimo cielo
to promise the moon → prometer la luna or el oro y el moro
see also phase A2

B. VI → enseñar el culo

C. CPD moon buggy N → vehículo m lunar
moon landing N → alunizaje m

moon about moon around VI + ADV → mirar a las musarañas

moon over VI + PREP she was mooning over the photo → miraba amorosamente la foto, contemplaba extasiada la foto

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moon [ˈmuːn] n → lune f
There's a full moon tonight → Il y a pleine lune ce soir.
on the moon → sur la Lune
to be over the moon → être aux anges
once in a blue moon (= very occasionally) → une fois tous les trente-six du mois

moon around

vi → musarder

vt fus [+ place] → flâner dans
She mooned around the grounds of the castle → Elle flânait dans le parc du château.

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moon

n → Mond m; is there a moon tonight? → scheint heute der Mond?; when the moon is full → bei Vollmond; the man in the moon → der Mann im Mond; you’re asking for the moon! → du verlangst Unmögliches!; to promise somebody the moon → jdm das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen; to be over the moon (inf) → überglücklich sein

vi

(= mope) (→ vor sich acc → hin) → träumen

(inf, with backside) → seinen nackten Hintern herausstrecken

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moon in cpds → Mond-;

moonbeam

n → Mondstrahl m

moon blindness

n

(Vet) → Mondblindheit f

(Med) → Nachtblindheit f

moonboots

pl → Moonboots pl

moonbuggy

n → Mondauto or -fahrzeug nt

mooncalf

n (dated) → Schwachsinnige(r) mf; (inf) → Mondkalb nt

moon-faced

adj → mit einem Mondgesicht, mondgesichtig

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moon:

moon landing

n → Mondlandung f

moonless

adj night → mondlos

moonlight

n → Mondlicht nt → or -schein m; it was moon → der Mond schien; a moon walk → ein Mondscheinspaziergang m ? flit

vi (inf) → schwarzarbeiten

moonlighter

n (inf) → Schwarzarbeiter(in) m(f)

moonlighting

n (inf) → Schwarzarbeit f

moonlit

adj object → mondbeschienen; night, landscape, lawn → mondhell

moonscape

n → Mondlandschaft f

moonshine

n

(= moonlight) → Mondschein m

(inf: = nonsense) → Unsinn m

(inf: = illegal whisky) illegal gebrannter Whisky

moonshiner

n (inf) → Schwarzbrenner(in) m(f)

moonshot

n → Mondflug m

moonstone

n → Mondstein m

moonstruck

adj (= mad) → mondsüchtig; (fig) → vernarrt

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moon [muːn] n → luna
full/new moon → luna piena/nuova
by the light of the moon → al chiaro di luna
once in a blue moon → a ogni morte di papa
to be over the moon (fam) → essere al settimo cielo

moon about moon around vi + adv → aggirarsi con aria trasognata

moon over vi + prep to moon over sb → sospirare per qn

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moon

n moon [muːn]

1 the heavenly body that moves once round the earth in a month and reflects light from the sun The moon was shining brightly; Spacemen landed on the moon. maan قَمَر Луна měsíc måne der Mond φεγγάρι luna kuu ماه kuu lune יָרֵח चन्द्रमा Mjesec hold bulan tungl, máni luna 月 달 mėnulis mēness bulan maan måne księżyc lua lună луна mesiac Mesec mesec måne แสงจันทร์ Ay 月亮 місяць; Місяць چاند mặt trăng 月亮

2 any of the similar bodies moving round the other planets the moons of Jupiter. maan قَمَر يَدور حَوْلَ كَوْكَب спътник měsíc måne der Mond δορυφόρος luna kuu قمر kuu lune יָרֵח दुसरे ग्रहों के गिर्द घूमने वाले आकाशीय पिंड prirodni satelit hold bulan tungl, fylgihnöttur luna 衛星 (행성의) 위성 palydovas (planētas) pavadonis bulan maan måne księżyc lua lună спутник mesiac luna mesec måne พระจันทร์ uydu 月狀物 супутник دوسرے ستاروں کے دیگر طفیلی سیارے vệ tinh 月状物

adj moonless

(of a night) dark and having no moonlight. maanlose مُعْتِمه، لا يَظْهَر القَمَرُ فيها липсваща луна bezměsíčný måneløs mondlos αφέγγαρος sin luna kuupaisteta ظلمانی kuuton sans lune חֲסַר יָרֵח अंधेरा bez mjesečine koromsötét gelap ekki tunglbjartur senza luna 月のない 캄캄한 tamsus, be mėnulio bezmēness- tidak berbulan maanloos uten måneskinn bezksiężycowy sem lua fără lună безлунный bezmesačný brez mesečine bez mesečine utan måne, mörk ซึ่งไม่มีแสงจันทร์ aysız, mehtapsız 無月光的 безмісячний بغیر چاند کی رات không trăng 无月光的

n moonbeam

a beam of light reflected from the moon. maanlig شُعاع من أشِعَّةِ القَمَر лунен лъч měsíční paprsek månestråle der Mondstrahl αχτίδα του φεγγαριού rayo de luna kuukiir مهتاب kuunsäde rayon de lune קֶרֶן יָרֵח चन्द्र किरण mjesečeva zraka holdfény sinar bulan tunglgeisli raggio di luna 月光 달의 광선 mėnulio spindulys mēnesstars sinaran bulan manestraal månestråle promień księżyca raio de lua rază de lună луч луны mesačný lúč lunin žarek mesečev zrak månstråle แสงจันทร์ ay ışını 月光 місячний промінь چاند کی روشنی tia sáng trăng 月光

n / adj moonlight

(made with the help of) the light reflected by the moon The sea looked silver in the moonlight; a moonlight raid. maanlig ضَوء القَمَر лунна светлина měsíční svit måneskin; måneskins- das Mondlicht φεγγαρόφωτο luz de la luna kuuvalgus مهتاب kuutamo (au) clair de lune אוֹר יָרֵח चांदनी mjesečina holdfény sinar bulan tunglsljós (al) chiaro di luna 月光 (の) 달빛 mėnesiena mēnesnīca cahaya bulan maanlicht måneskinn światło księżyca luar lumina lunii лунный свет mesačný svit mesečina mesečina månsken แสงจันทร์ ay ışığı, mehtap 月光（的） місячне сяйво چاندنی ánh trăng 月光（的）

v

to work at a second job, often at night, in addition to one's regular job He earns so little that he has to moonlight. skelm werk, 'n tweede beroep hê يَعْمَلُ في وَظيفَةٍ ثانِيَه работя и нощна работа mít druhé zaměstnání (často v noci) arbejde sort einen Neben-/Zweitjob machen είμαι διπλοθεσίτης,δουλεύω σε δύο δουλειές estar pluriempleado öötööd tegema شبانه travailler au noir עָבוֹדָה נוֹסֶפֶת नियमित काम के अलावा दूसरा काम भी करना dodatno raditi másodállást vállal bekerja sambilan (avere un secondo lavoro) （本職のほかに）内職する (야간의) 아르바이트를 하다, 겹치기로 일하다 papildomai uždarbiauti piepelnīties, strādājot vakaros/pa nakti kerja sambilan een bijbaan hebben; zwart bijwerken jobbe svart dorabiać подрабатывать robiť fušky, pracovať v druhom zamestnaní delati na črno raditi na crno jobba extra, extraknäcka, svartjobba ทำงานแห่งที่สอง (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) gece ikinci bir iş yapmak 從事第二職業 підробляти; працювати за сумісництвом بیک وقت دو روزگار رکھنا خصوصا رات میں làm thêm ban đêm 从事第二职业

n moonlighting

skelm werk العَمَل في وَظيفَةٍ ثانِيَه работене на две места měsíční svit arbejde sort eine Nacht und Nebelaktion το να κάνει κπ. δύο δουλειές pluriempleo öötöö تابیدن ماه לַעֲבוֹד בְּעָבוֹדָה נוֹסֶפֶת चांदनी tajni (noćni) napad másodállás pekerjaan sambilan (secondo lavoro) （本職のほかに）内職すること 부업 papildomas uždarbiavimas piepelnīšanās pekerjaan sambilan bijbaan; zwart werken svart arbeid dorabianie побочный приработок fuškárenie delo na črno tezgarenje extraknäck, svartjobb ความสว่างที่เปล่งออกมาจากดวงจันทร์ gece ikinci bir işte çalışma 兼職，第二職業 праця за сумісництвом رات میں اضافی روزگار کرنا ánh sáng trăng 兼职，第二职业

adj moonlit

lit by the moon a moonlit hillside. maanverlig مُضاء بِنور القَمَر осветен от луната osvětlený měsícem månebelyst mondhell φεγγαροφωτισμένος iluminado por la luna kuuvalge روشن kuutamoinen éclairé par la lune מוּאָר בְּאוֹר יָרֵח चांदनी में रोशन mjesečinom obasjan holdsütötte disinari bulan tunglbjartur illuminato dalla luna 月に照らされた 달에 비친 mėnulio apšviestas, mėnesėtas mēness apspīdēts disinari cahaya bulan door de maan verlicht månelys oświetlony światłem Księżyca enluarado luminat de lună залитый лунным светом osvetlený mesiacom obsijan z mesečino obasjan mesečinom månbelyst ที่สว่างด้วยแสงจันทร์ ay ışığıyla aydınlanmış, mehtaplı 月照的 освітлений місяцем چاندنی سے روشن có ánh trăng soi 月照的

moon about/around

to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love. draal يَهيمُ على وَجْهِه обикалям като замаян chodit jako ve snách dagdrømme verträumen ονειροβατώ (π.χ. από έρωτα) ir de aquí para allá, merodear pilvedes hõljuma اوارگی kulkea pää pilvissä flâner לְהֶזוֹת इधर-उधर चकराना kretati se mlitavo kóvályog berkeliaran ráfa um (eins og í leiðslu) girare ぼんやりうろつく (사랑에 빠져) 멍하니 돌아다니다 vaikščioti lyg apspangus bezmērķīgi klīst berkeliaran rondhangen svime rundt, være i sin egen verden chodzić jak we śnie vaguear a merge de colo-colo (ca un somnambul) бродить как во сне chodiť ako vo sne tavati lutati okolo zanesen gå omkring och tråna (drömma) ดูเหมือนไม่มีความสุข (มักจากเรื่องความรัก) (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) dalgın dalgın dolaşmak 出神 блукати поглядом محبت میں دیوانہ وار پھرنا luẩn quẩn 出神

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Moon → قمر Měsíc måne Mond φεγγάρι luna kuu lune mjesec luna 月 달 maan måne księżyc lua луна måne พระจันทร์ ay mặt trăng 月亮