B2adverb · common

bolt

жёстко

schlampig, schludrig, hopplahopp

Suddenly; straight; unbendinglySuddenly; straight; unbendingly.

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UK/bɒlt/US/boʊlt/

» It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.

После драки кулаками не машут. — marafon

Після бійки кулаками не махають. — Ahha

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Meaning

1 senses

(not comparable)Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.

More definitions

in a rigid manner
directly

Examples

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It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Після бійки кулаками не махають. — Ahha
ruПосле драки кулаками не машут. — marafon
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I tightened the bolts.
Я підтягнув болти. — deniko
ruЯ затянул болты. — odexed
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This bolt broke.
Цей болт зламався. — deniko
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The door bolts on the inside.
deDie Türe verriegelt die Innenseite. — Esperantostern
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You need to tighten that bolt.
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Origin

From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Prot

From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti.

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