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# A '''heap''' is a big [[pile]] of things, usually thrown in the pile and not in any [[order]]. <> [[tari|Tarin]] abu. | # A '''heap''' is a big [[pile]] of things, usually thrown in the pile and not in any [[order]]. <> [[tari|Tarin]] abu. | ||
#: ''When we moved into our new house, the old owners had left a '''heap''' of [[garbage]] inside for us to deal with.'' | #: ''When we moved into our new house, the old owners had left a '''heap''' of [[garbage]] inside for us to deal with.'' | ||
#: ''I dumped all of my things into a '''heap''' on my bed so I could start | #: ''I dumped all of my things into a '''heap''' on my bed so I could start organizing them.'' | ||
# {{idiom}} A '''heap''' is a lot of something. <> [[tuli]]. | # {{idiom}} A '''heap''' is a lot of something. <> [[tuli]]. | ||
#: ''If that dog eats my [[shoe]]s again, he will be in a '''heap''' of trouble.'' | #: ''If that dog eats my [[shoe]]s again, he will be in a '''heap''' of trouble.'' | ||
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#: ''The [[police]] '''heaped''' the children with [[praise]] after they would not get in a car with someone they did not know.'' | #: ''The [[police]] '''heaped''' the children with [[praise]] after they would not get in a car with someone they did not know.'' | ||
#: ''Her [[boss]] [[surprise]]d her by '''heaping''' the [[blame]] for the [[project]] onto her, when really, the problems were his own [[fault]].'' | #: ''Her [[boss]] [[surprise]]d her by '''heaping''' the [[blame]] for the [[project]] onto her, when really, the problems were his own [[fault]].'' | ||
== Translation of [[heap]] (by [[:Category:Oxford|Oxford University Press]]) [[Category:Oxford]]== | |||
{{cx|noun}} | |||
# garbage, rubbish heap <> tārī̀, tulī̀, tsibī̀, jūjī | |||
#:''there was a heap of corn on the floor <> àkwai tārìn hatsī à dàɓīn | |||
# of tied bundles of grain in field <> būshiyā, bāgā̀ | |||
{{cx|verb}} | |||
# heap something on <> tulā̀ wà, labtā̀ wà | |||
#:''she '''[[heaped]]''' the food on his plate <> tā tulā̀ masà àbinci | |||
# heap abuse on someone <> danƙàrā wà X zāgī̀ | |||
# make a heap <> tārā̀ | |||
[[Category:English lemmas]] | [[Category:English lemmas]] |