limb

1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

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   коне́чностьkonéčnostʹ, членčlen

   кінці́вкаkincívka

   one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper

2. A branch of a tree.

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   сукsuk, сучо́кsučók, ветвьvetvʹ

3. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

   either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

5. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

6. The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

   the solar limb

   (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

7. The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

   the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

8. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

1. Tom hung the lamp on a tree limb.

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2. I don't want to go out on a limb.

   deIch will mich nicht aus dem Fenster hängen.

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3. Tom hung the lamp on the limb of a tree.

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4. Tom was killed when a tree limb fell on him.

   ruТома убила упавшая на него ветка дерева.

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5. Tom went out on a limb to help Mary and she didn't even thank him.

   ruТом пошёл на риск, чтобы помочь Мэри, а она его даже не поблагодарила.

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