grease
/ɡɹis/ sustantivo B2En español: grasa
- Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
- Any oily or fatty matter.
- Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
- Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
- Money.
- Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).
Plural greases
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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Anne promptly let go of her candle and plate in her surprise, and plate, candle, and apples crashed together down the cellar ladder and were found at the bottom embedded in melted grease, the next day, by Marilla, who gathered them up and thanked mercy the house hadn’t been set on fire.
Money’ll do it as slick as soap grease.
“He’s a fine looking fellow,” said another; “if he had only a comb and hair-grease, he’d take the shine off the gentlemen in white kids.”
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