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shrew Noun 1. a small mouselike animal with a long snout 2. a bad-tempered nagging woman [Old English scrēawa] shrewish adj
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shrew 1 Translationsshrew n shrew [ʃruː] 1 a type of small mouse-like animal with a long, pointed nose. skeerbekmuisالزّبابه: حيوان يُشْبِه الفِئْرانзоол. земеровкаrejsekspidsmusdie Spitzmausμυγαλή (είδος τρωκτικού)musarañakarihiirحشره خورpäästäinenmusaraigneחַדַףछछूंदरrovkacickánysejenis tikussnjáldra, snjáldurmústoporagnoとがりねずみ뒤쥐(식충 포유동물)kirstukascirslis; (amer.) kurmistikus kesturispitsmuisspissmusryjówkamusaranhoşoarece de câmpземлеройкаpiskorrovkarovčicanäbbmusสัตว์กินแมลงคล้ายหนูkır faresi鼩鼱землерийкаنکیلی تھوتنی کا ممیلیہchuột chù鼩鼱 2 an old word for an unpleasant woman with a violent temper and sharp tongue. helleveeg, feeksإمْرأه سَليطَة اللسان وشَرِسَة الطِّباعзла женаdračice, zlá, hubatá ženskárivejerndie Schruleστρίγκλαarpía, bruja, fieramõrdزن سليطهmégèreמִרשַעַתचण्डी, लड़ाकी स्त्रीzla žena, goropadnicahárpiawanita cerewetbisbeticaがみがみ女pasiutėlėspītniece; kašķa sievaperempuan bengisfeeks, heksrivjern (kvinne)jędza, złośnicaмегераdiablica, dračicazoprnica, furijazloćaargbigga, ragataผู้หญิงปากร้ายหรืออารมณ์ร้ายşirret, cadoloz潑婦сварлива жінкаجھگڑالو، بدزبان عورتngười đàn bà đanh đá泼妇 |
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The wicked shrew was determined to get rid of the girl by fair means or foul, and kept saying to her father: 'Send her away, old man; send her away--anywhere so that my eyes sha'n't be plagued any longer by the sight of her, or my ears tormented by the sound of her voice. But as the fly in his ointment of jovial irresponsibility was his wife, Lenerengo--the prize shrew of Somo, who was as lean about the middle and all the rest of her as her husband was rotund; who was as remarkably sharp-spoken as he was soft-spoken; who was as ceaselessly energetic as he was unceasingly idle; and who had been born with a taste for the world as sour in her mouth as it was sweet in his. " cried one, "here is an old dotard shrew to have so goodly a crutch |
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