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angel

გამოთქმა: /ˈeɪndʒ(ə)l/

განმარტებულია angel სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები

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  • 1a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe:God sent an angel to talk to Gideon the Angel of Death
  • an attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one:there was an angel watching over meSee also guardian angel.
  • (in traditional Christian angelology) a being of the lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
  • (Angel)short for Hell's Angel.
  • 2a person of exemplary conduct or virtue:women were then seen as angels or whores I know I’m no angel
  • used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person’s outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities:you sang like an angel
  • used in approval to a person who is kind or helpful:be an angel and let us come in
  • used as a term of endearment:I miss you too, angel
  • 3 informal a financial backer of a theatrical or business enterprise: every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel thanks to the intervention of a financial angel, he was able to make the documentary
  • 4a former English coin minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon.
  • 5 (angels) aviation slang an aircraft’s altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet):we rendezvous at angels nine
  • 6 informal an unexplained radar echo.

the angel in the house

chiefly ironic a woman who is completely devoted to her husband and family: it’s a bit late to be coming on like the angel in the house now
[phrase from a poem by Coventry Patmore]

on the side of the angels

on the side of what is right:we’re not in the business of polluting the environment, we’re on the side of the angels

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