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Meaning: corner, angle

Pronunciation: [OO-guhl]

Part of speech: noun (masculine noun)

Rank: #452 (see frequency list)

My house is at the corner.
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• Мой дом - на углу́.
• My house is at the corner.
• Вéник стои́т в углу́.
• The broom is in the corner.
•  literal  The broom is standing in the corner.
• Дéвочка вы́глянула из-за углá.
• The girl looked out from behind the corner.
• Не удáрься об у́гол столá.
• Be careful with the table corner.
•  literal  Don't strike yourself against the table corner.
• Я не слу́шался, и мáма постáвила меня́ в у́гол.
• I didn't listen to my mum, and she made me stand in the corner.
•  literal  I didn't obey; and Mum put me into the corner.
• Здесь у нас тупóй у́гол, а здесь - ócтрый.
• We have a blunt angle there, and here there's a sharp one.
• Cлáва Бóгу, что у них есть свой сóбственный у́гол.
• Thanks God they have their own place to live in.
•  literal  Thanks God, they have their own corner.
• Банди́т вы́стрелил из-за углá.
• The criminal shot underhandedly.
•  literal  The criminal shot from around the corner.
• Углы́ ну́жно срéзать.
• You have to cut the corners off.
•  literal  It's necessary to cut the corners off.
• Начáльник ходи́л из углá в у́гол.
• The boss was pacing up and down.
•  literal  The boss was walking from corner to corner.
• Маши́на заверну́ла зá угол.
• The car turned around the corner.

• под прямы́м углóм = at right angles
    literal  below a right angle
• иметь свой (сóбственный) у́гол = have a place of one's own
    literal  to have your own corner
• у́гол зрения = point of view
    literal  angle of vision
• глухóй у́гол = godforsaken place
    literal  deaf corner
• медвéжий у́гол = godforsaken place
    literal  bear corner
• загнáть в у́гол = drive into a corner
• зáгнутые углы́ = dog-eared pages
    literal  bent corners
• из-за углá = on the sly
    literal  from round the corner
• ходи́ть из углá в у́гол = pace back and forth; pace up and down
    literal  go from corner to corner
• шептáться по углáм = talk in whispers
    literal  whisper in the corners
• тупóй угол = blunt angle
• прямóй угол = right angle
• óстрый угол = sharp angle
• углы́ губ = mouth corners
    literal  lip corners
• кричáть на всех углáх = boast
    literal  shout at all the corners
• из-за углá = from round the corner, from behind the corner
    literal  from corner

• треугóльник = triangle
• пяти́угóльник = pentagon
• уголóк = small corner

• Без дéла сиди́т да в пустóй у́гол гляди́т.
• One is an idler.
•  literal  One has nothing to do and is staring at an empty corner.
• Говори́т с у́ха нá ухо, а слы́шно с углá нá угол.
• One speaks to one's ear, but it can be heard everywhere.

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