THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Meaning of THE BIRDS AND THE BEES in English

( humorous ) the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES — informal basic facts about sex and reproduction, as told to a child. → bird
Concise Oxford English vocab
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES — n pl infml Didn't your father tell you about the birds and the bees when you were a boy? — Когда …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES — n pl infml Didn't your father tell you about the birds and the bees when you were a boy? — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES — birds and the bees, the n pl infml Didn't your father tell you about the birds and the bees when …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES — Didn't your father tell you about the birds and the bees when you were a boy? — Когда ты был …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
AND — conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a correlation exists between sth and sth ▪ A strong correlation exists between social class …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRDS — Mut'imut-tayr: Feeder of the birds.
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
BIRDS — plural of bird present third singular of bird
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEES — plural of bee
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEES — Have the bees - To be rich
Slang English vocab
BIRDS — Classification: Village Located in: Illinois (IL) Total Population (2000): 51 Total Housing Units (2000): 22 Land Area (square meters): 560562 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
BIRDS — See: Sparrow
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
BIRDS — Птицы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEES — прил. пчелиный Syn : bee, apian Пчелы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIRDS — Птицы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BEES — Пчела
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BEES — прил.пчелиный Syn:bee, apian
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEES — прил. пчелиный Syn: bee , apian
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEES — прил. пчелиный Syn: bee, apian
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEES — виолина– доски, закреплённые по обеим сторонам бушприта позади эзельгофта, которые по внешнему краю были оформлены в виде двойной буквы В …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
BEES — сущ. виолина – доски, закреплённые по обеим сторонам бушприта позади эзельгофта, которые по внешнему краю были оформлены в виде двойной …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
BEES — Have the bees - To be rich
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
BEES — Have the bees - To be rich
English Russian slang dictionary
BIRDS — женская грудь
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
BIRDS — Птицы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEES — прил. пчелиный Syn : bee, apian Пчелы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITH — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a break with the past (= when something is done in a completely different way …
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DO — I. auxiliary verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a done deal informal (= something that has been completely agreed ) ▪ …
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YOUR — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck from …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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UP — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a band strikes up (= starts playing ) ▪ We were on the dance …
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TAKE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ceremony takes place ▪ The ceremony took place on 13th June at 2:30. …
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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S — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ …
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OUT — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bell rings out (= it rings loudly ) ▪ The bells rang out …
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OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
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ON — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb falls on sth ▪ A bomb fell on the cathedral during the …
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OFF — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb explodes/goes off ▪ Forty people were injured when the bomb exploded. ▪ …
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NO — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES absolutely no ▪ He has absolutely no experience of marketing. at no extra cost …
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MAKE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a factory produces/makes sth ▪ The factory produces an incredible 100 cars per hour. …
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LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
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IT — I. pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES and you know it ▪ ‘That’s not what I mean, and you know it …
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HAVE — I. auxiliary verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES As we have seen ▪ As we have seen in chapter four, women’s …
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GOOD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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GO — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill goes through parliament (= it goes through the process of being made …
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GIVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a witness gives evidence ▪ Child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras. …
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GET — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a situation worsens/deteriorates/gets worse ▪ Reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened. be …
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FOR — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a constitution provides for sth (= it says something must be done ) ▪ …
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DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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COME — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill comes to sth (= is for that amount ) ▪ The bill …
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BE — I. auxiliary verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby …
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BACK — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a back window ▪ The burglar had got in through one of the back …
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AT — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird pecks (at) sth (= makes small movements with its head ) ▪ Some …
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WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
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RIGHT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a civil rights lawyer ▪ He has worked as a civil rights lawyer for …
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CLOSE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a careful/close analysis ▪ Students learn to make a close analysis of the texts. …
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AN — indefinite article COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 5 minutes/an hour/20 years etc ago ▪ Her husband died 14 years ago. a …
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BEE — Any of some 20,000 insect species belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera), including the familiar bumblebee . Adults range …
Английский словарь Британика
HIVE — I. ˈhīv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hive, heve, from Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APIDAE — ˈapəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Apis, type genus + -idae : a family of social bees …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD — — birdless , adj. /berrd/ , n. 1. any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICIFORM — order of birds (Piciformes) consisting of six families of arboreal birds: the familiar woodpeckers, their relatives the piculets and wrynecks …
Britannica English vocabulary
PELECANIFORM — order (Pelecaniformes) of relatively large, aquatic birds that share the common characteristic of webbing between all four toes. The three …
Britannica English vocabulary
PASSERIFORM — also called passerine, or perching bird any member of the order Passeriformes, the largest order of birds and the dominant …
Britannica English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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