shoulder

Pronúncia: ˈʃəʊldəʳ
    noun
  1. muscle, espatlla.
  2. [of meat] espatlla.
  3. to carry something on one's shoulder portar una cosa a l'esquena.
  4. he was carried out on their shoulders el van portar sobre els muscles.
  5. to give someone the cold shoulder figurative girar l'esquena a algú.
  6. to give someone something straight from the shoulder figurative dir a algú una cosa sense embuts.
  7. to put one's shoulder to the wheel figurative posar-se a fer feina, treballar de valent.
  8. to rub shoulders with someone figurative tractar algú de tu a tu.
  9. to stand shoulder to shoulder figurative ajudar-se mútuament, ajudar-se els uns als altres.
  10. to bring the gun to the shoulder engaltar el fusell.
  11. to stand head and shoulder above the rest figurative ser millor que els altres, depassar els altres.
    12. transitive verb
  12. [carry] portar a l'esquena.
  13. [pick up] carregar-se a l'esquena.
  14. figurative [responsabilities] assumir, carregar.
  15. shoulder arms! armes al muscle!
  16. to shoulder someone aside apartar algú a cops de muscle.
  17. (idem) figurative deixar algú de banda.
  18. to shoulder one's way through obrir-se pas a cops de muscle.