also tantalise British
to tease or torment (a person etc) by making him want something he cannot have and by keeping it just beyond his reach: The expensive clothes in the shop window tantalized her.
az: acıq vermək, hirsləndirmək
ru: дразнить
a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.
az: taqqıltı, tappıltı
ru: лёгкий стук
♦ verb (past tense, past participle tapped)
to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.
az: taqqıldatmaq
ru: (по)стучать
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(especially British) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc; faucet (American): Turn the tap off/on!
az: kran
ru: кран
♦ verb (past tense, past participle tapped)
1 to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many natural resources that have not yet been tapped.
az: istifadə etmək
ru: использовать
2 to attach a device to (someone’s telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.
az: dinləmə cihazı yerləşdirmək, dinlə(nil)mək
ru: подслушивать(ся)
1 (a piece of) a narrow strip or band of cloth used for tying etc: bundles of letters tied with tape.
az: şərid, qaytan
ru: тесьма
2 a piece of this or something similar, eg a string, stretched above the finishing line on a race track: The two runners reached the tape together.
az: finiş xətti
ru: финишная ленточка
3 a narrow strip of paper, plastic, metal etc used for sticking materials together, recording sounds etc: adhesive tape; insulating tape; I recorded the concert on tape.
az: şərid, lent
ru: лента, плёнка
4 a tape-measure.
az: ruletka (ölçü lenti)
ru: рулетка
♦ verb
1 to fasten or seal with tape: She taped up the cardboard box.
az: lentlə bağlamaq
ru: связывать тесьмой
2 to record (the sound of something) on tape: He taped the concert.
az: kasetə yazmaq
ru: записывать на плёнку
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English-Azerbaijani dictionary