impuku oor Engels

impuku

Vertalings in die woordeboek Xhosa - Engels

mouse

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a mouse (animal)

Impuku ngenene iyasazi apho sikhoyo isonka samanzi.
The mouse sure knows where the cheese is located.

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Zitya kwanto iphambi kwazo imisundululu, amacikilishe, izigcawu, impuku, iziqhamo nkqu namaqanda eentaka.
In fact, they will devour virtually anything they can find, including worms, lizards, spiders, mice, fruits, and even birds’ eggs.

Noko ke, kwintsasa elandelayo sothuka sakufumanisa ukuba kukho impuku enkulu eyayirhaxwe apho emphandeni yaye yayindanda ngaphezulu.”
The following morning, however, we discovered with horror that a big rat had drowned in the barrel and had come up to the surface.”

Impuku ngenene iyasazi apho sikhoyo isonka samanzi.
The mouse sure knows where the cheese is located.

Ukongezelela, impuku ibonakala isencinane, isempilweni yaye inamandla.
Moreover, the mice appeared younger, healthier, and more vigorous.

Impuku yema.
The mouse stopped.

Imbongi yaseSkotlani uRobert Burns ifanisa obu bugxwayiba sikubo nobukanomgcana, impuku yasemasimini awathi lo kaBurns elima wachitha indlu yayo ngekhuba engenanjongo zokwenjenjalo.
Scottish poet Robert Burns likened our plight to that of a tiny field mouse whose nest Burns inadvertently destroyed with the blade of his plow.

Yena noDavide baba yintlaka nexolo, ibe kusenokwenzeka ukuba xa behlinz’ impuku, yayikhe ivele into yokuba uDavide uthanjiselwe ukuba ngukumkani olandelayo kwaSirayeli.
He and David became very close friends, and it is likely that in their confidential talk, Jonathan learned about David’s anointing to be Israel’s next king.

Kanti ke impuku inokuphila iminyaka emithathu xa intliziyo yayo ibethe izihlandlo ezingama-550 ngomzuzu ngoxa wona umnenga iblue whale unokuphila iminyaka engaphezu kwama-50 xa intliziyo yawo ibetha izihlandlo ezingama-20 ngomzuzu.
Therefore, a mouse, with 550 heartbeats a minute, may live close to 3 years; whereas a blue whale, with roughly 20 beats a minute, may live more than 50 years.

Ngoko impuku yasendle neeprotea ziyasebenzisana ukuze ziphile.
Thus field mice and proteas form a partnership for survival.

Umhloli welizwe odumileyo waseAfrika uDavid Livingstone wabalisa ngokuhlaselwa kwakhe yingonyama eyayimdlakaza “njengengqeqe idlakaza impuku.
The famous African explorer David Livingstone told of being attacked by a lion that shook him “as a terrier does a rat.

* Kutheni ilulwane liphila iminyaka engama-20 okanye engama-30, kodwa yona impuku iphila nje iminyaka emi-3?
* Why can a bat live 20 or 30 years, but a mouse only 3?

Kanye ngelo xesha kwathi gqi impuku inqumla ethafeni, laze ixhegokazi layikhwaza lathi, “Mpuku, Mpuku, grenya le ntambo.
Just then a mouse ran across the field, and the old woman called, “Mouse, Mouse, please chew the rope.

Bazibulala ezi zilwanyana, bengaqondi ukuba ngokwenza loo nto babevulela ithuba esona silwanyana singunobangela wokunwenwa kwesi sifo—impuku.
They slaughtered these animals, little realizing that in doing so, they were giving free rein to a creature actually involved in spreading the contamination—the rat.

Ngesiquphe, le kati itsibela impuku ebidakasa nje ingaboni ukuba kuza ingozi.
Suddenly, the sand cat leaps upon its unwary prey —a gerbil.