chest

chest
noun
1) Kiste, die; (for clothes or money) Truhe, die
2) (part of body) Brust, die

get something off one's chest — (fig. coll.) sich (Dat.) etwas von der Seele reden

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I [ est] noun
(the part of the body between the neck and waist, containing the heart and the lungs: a severe pain in his chest.) der Brustkasten
- academic.ru/116337/get_something_off_one%27s_chest">get something off one's chest
II [ est] noun
(a large, strong wooden or metal box: The sheets were kept in a wooden chest.) die Kiste
- chest of drawers
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chest
[tʃest]
n
1. (torso) Brust f, Brustkorb m
to fold one's arms across one's \chest die Arme vor der Brust verschränken
\chest pains Schmerzen in der Brust
hairy \chest haarige [Männer]brust
2. (woman's breast) Brust f, Busen m
3. (trunk) Truhe f; (box) Kiste f
medicine \chest Arzneimittelschränkchen nt, Hausapotheke f
4. (treasury) Schatzkästchen nt
5.
to get sth off one's \chest sich dat etw von der Seele reden, etw loswerden fam
to keep [or play] one's cards close to one's \chest sich dat nicht in die Karten sehen lassen
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I [tʃest]
n
(for tea, tools etc) Kiste f; (= piece of furniture, for clothes, money etc) Truhe f

chest of drawers — Kommode f

II
n (ANAT)
Brust f, Brustkorb m (ESP MED)

the boxer's broad chest — der breite Brustkasten des Boxers

to measure sb's chest — jds Brustweite or Brustumfang messen

to get sth off one's chest (fig inf) — sich (dat) etw von der Seele reden, etw loswerden

to have a weak chest — schwach auf der Brust sein (inf)

a chest cold — Bronchialkatarr(h) m

chest pains — Schmerzen pl in der Brust

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chest [tʃest]
A s
1. Kiste f, Truhe f:
chest (of drawers) Kommode f;
chest-on-chest Doppelkommode f;
chest freezer Gefrier-, Tiefkühltruhe f
2. ANAT Brust(korb) f(m), Brustkasten m:
chest out, stomach in Brust raus, Bauch rein!;
have a chest cold eine Bronchitis haben, es auf der Brust haben umg;
chest expander SPORT Expander m;
chest hair Brusthaar n;
chest measurement Brustumfang m, -weite f;
chest note (oder tone) MUS Brustton m;
chest voice (oder register) MUS Bruststimme f;
beat its chest sich gegen die Brust trommeln (Affe);
get sth off one’s chest umg sich etwas von der Seele reden;
play it close to the chest umg auf Nummer sicher gehen
3. Kasse f (auch fig)
B v/t chest down the ball (Fußball) den Ball von der Brust abtropfen lassen
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noun
1) Kiste, die; (for clothes or money) Truhe, die
2) (part of body) Brust, die

get something off one's chest — (fig. coll.) sich (Dat.) etwas von der Seele reden

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(furniture) (luggage) n.
Truhe f. n.
Brust ¨-e m.
Brustkasten m.
Brustkorb m.
Kiste -n f.
Koffer - m.

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