jack

1. A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

   jack of plate

   jack of mail

2. A man.

   (capitalized)A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.

3. (US, countable)A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.

4. (colloquial)A sailor.

   a man who serves as a sailor

5. (slang)A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.

6. (Canada, US, colloquial)A lumberjack.

7. (India, historical, slang)A sepoy.

8. A mechanical device or utensil used for lifting.

   A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.

9. Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.

10. A tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).

11. A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.

12. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.

    She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.

    Wagenheber

    домкра́тdomkrát

    домкра́тdomkrát

1. He is a jack-of-all-trades.

   Він майстер на всі руки.

   ruОн мастер на все руки.

   deEr ist ein Tausendsassa.

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2. Tom is a jack of all trades.

   Том — майстер на всі руки.

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3. Where do you keep your jack?

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4. I've got the jack of hearts.

   ruУ меня валет червей.

   deIch habe den Herzbuben.

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5. You'll have to jack up the car.

   ruВам придётся поднять машину домкратом.

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