manual

1. Synonym of handbook.

   a small handbook

2. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

   The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?

   Handbuch

   инстру́кцияinstrúkcija, руково́дствоrukovódstvo, посо́биеposóbije

   інстру́кціяinstrúkcija, підру́чникpidrúčnyk, посі́бникposíbnyk

3. A drill in the use of weapons, etc.

4. (historical)An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.

5. A keyboard on an organ.

6. A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.

   (countable, uncountable)A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.

   Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.

   Schaltgetriebe, Schaltwagen

   ручная коробка передачručnaja korobka peredač, ручная трансмиссияručnaja transmissija

7. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)A vehicle with a manual transmission.

   I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.

8. (countable, uncountable)A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.

   Manual

   клавиату́раklaviatúra

9. (countable, uncountable)A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).

10. A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.

    (colloquial, countable, uncountable)Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.

    do a manual

    give someone a quick manual

11. (countable, uncountable)A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.

12. (countable, uncountable)A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.

1. Can you drive a manual transmission?

   ruВы можете управлять автомобилем с механической коробкой передач?

   deKönnen Sie mit Schaltgetriebe fahren?

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2. Tom is reading the manual now.

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3. Why don't you read the manual?

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4. I'm unable to do manual labor.

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5. I'm not able to do manual labor.

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