Meanings (ES + gloss)
vista
Something seen.
He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]
espectáculo • lugar de interés • panorama
Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume!
mira • visor
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Phrases
a damn sighta fuck sightat first sightat short sightat sightat the sight ofbarleycorn sightbill of sightbore sightby sightcan't stand the sight ofcatch sight ofday-sighteye sightfar sightfar-sightedforesightget out of my sightglobe sightheave in sightheave into sighthidden in plain sighthide in plain sighthindsightin one's sightin plain sightin sightinsightkeep sight ofleaf sightline of sightline-of-sightlong sightlong-sightedlose sight oflove at first sightmouse-sightnear sightnear-sightednot a pretty sight
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
apuntar
To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horro…
So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above…
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