English-Azerbaijani dictionary

mispronounce [misprəˈnauns] verb

to pronounce (words etc) wrongly: For some reason I keep mispronouncing that word.
az: yanlış tələffüz etmək
ru: неправильно произносить

mispronunciation [-nansi-] noun

The teacher corrected her mispronounciation.

az: yanlış tələffüz
ru: неправильное произношение

miss [mis] verb

1 to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.

az: yayınmaq, hədəfə düşməmək
ru: промахнуться

2 to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o’clock train.
az: gecikmək, ötümək (qatarı)
ru: опоздать, не успеть

3 to fail to take advantage of: You’ve missed your opportunity.

az: əldən buraxmaq
ru: упустить

4 to feel sad because of the absence of: You’ll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.
az: darıxmaq
ru: скучать

5 to notice the absence of: I didn’t miss my purse till several hours after I’d dropped it

az: oxluğunu hiss etmək
ru: обнаружить отсутствие

6 to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn’t listening.
az: eşitməmək
ru: не услышать; не заметить

7 to fail to go to: I’ll have to miss my lesson next week, as I’m going to the dentist.
az: buraxmaq (dərsi)

ru: пропустить

8 to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.
az: görməmək
ru: пропустить, пройти мимо

9 to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.

az: canını qurtarmaq
ru: избежать

10 (of an engine) to misfire.
az: işə sala bilməmək
ru: выпадать
♦ noun

a failure to hit, catch etc: He scored two hits and two misses.
az: hədəfdən yayınma
ru: промах

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miss by a whisker

to manage only barely to miss etc: He had a lucky escape as the bullet missed him by a whisker.
az: qıl çəkmək
ru: чуть-чуть промахнуться

miss out phrasal verb

1 to omit or fail to include: I missed her out (of the list) because she was away on holiday.
az: buraxmaq, ötürmək
ru: упускат

2 (often with on) to be left out of something: George missed out (on all the fun) because of his broken leg.
az: əldən vermək
ru: пропускать

miss the boat

to be left behind, miss an opportunity etc: I meant to send her a birthday card, but I missed the boat – her birthday was last week.
az: fürsəti əldən vermək
ru: упустить возможность

misshapen [misˈʃeipən] adjective

badly formed: a misshapen tree.
az: eybəcər vəziyyətə düşmüş
ru: уродливый

missile [ˈmisail] noun

1 a weapon or object which is thrown or fired from a gun, bow etc.
az: reaktiv silah
ru: метательный снаряд/предмет

2 a rocket-powered weapon carrying an explosive charge: a ground-to-air missile.
az: raket
ru: ракета

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missing

missing adjective

not in the usual place or not able to be found: The child has been missing since Tuesday; I’ve found those missing papers.
az: itgin, itmiş
ru: потерявшийся

mission [ˈmiʃən] noun

1 a purpose for which a person or group of people is sent: His mission was to seek help.
az: tapşırıq, missiya
ru: задание

2 the purpose for which (one feels) one was born: He regards it as his mission to help the cause of world peace.
az: amal, vəzifə
ru: призвание
3 a group of people sent to have political and/or business discussions: a Chinese trade mission.
az: nümayəndə heyəti
ru: делегация

4 a place where missionaries live.
az: missionerlərin yaşadığı yer
ru: жилище миссионеров

5 a group of missionaries: a Catholic mission.
az: missioner qrupu
ru: миссия

missionary noun (plural ˈmissionaries)

a person who is sent to teach and spread a particular religion.
az: missioner
ru: миссионер

misspell [misˈspel] verb (past tense, past participlesˌmisˈspelt,ˌmisˈspelled)

to spell wrongly: People often misspell the word ‘accommodate’.
az: orfoqrafiq səhv
ru: делать орфографические ошибки

mist [mist] noun

a cloud of moisture in the air but very close to the ground, which makes it difficult to see any distance: The hills are covered in thick mist.
az: duman, çən
ru: туман

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mist over phrasal verb

also mist up 

to become covered (as if) with mist: The mirror misted over; The windscreen misted up.
az: tərləmək, dumanlanmaq
ru: запотевать