grease

1. (transitive)To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

   schmieren

   смазатьsmazatʹ, смазыватьsmazyvatʹ

   зма́щуватиzmáščuvaty, змасти́тиzmastýty

   lubricate with grease

2. (informal, transitive)To bribe.

   schmieren, bestechen

   подма́затьpodmázatʹ, подма́зыватьpodmázyvatʹ, подма́слитьpodmáslitʹ

3. (informal, transitive)To cause to go easily; to facilitate.

4. (slang, transitive)To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

   To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

5. (slang, transitive)To kill.

   прикончитьprikončitʹ

6. (slang, transitive)To have sexual intercourse with.

7. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

8. To depart or slip away.

9. (obsolete)To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

1. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

   Під лежачий камінь вода не тече.

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2. Tom got burned by some hot grease.

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3. Don't use water to put out a grease fire.

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4. The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

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5. Unfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.

   deLeider wirst du in diesem Büro nichts gemacht bekommen, falls du nicht jemanden schmierst.

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