colon

1. The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

   Doppelpunkt, Kolon

   двоето́чиеdvojetóčije

   двокра́пкаdvokrápka

   a punctuation mark (‘:’) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

2. (rare)The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).

3. (rhetoric)A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.

4. A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.

5. Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

   Kolon, Grimmdarm

   ободо́чная кишка́obodóčnaja kišká, то́лстая кишка́tólstaja kišká

   the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

6. A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.

7. (obsolete)A husbandman.

1. Tom is drinking a diet cola.

   Том п'є дієтичну колу.

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2. This cola has gone flat and doesn't taste good.

   Із цієї коли вийшов увесь газ, і вона смакує недобре.

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3. I like cola better than coffee.

   ruМне больше нравится кола, чем кофе.

   deIch trinke lieber Cola als Kaffee.

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4. I'd like a hamburger and a cola.

   ruЯ хотел бы гамбургер и колу.

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5. Could I get a hamburger and a cola?

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