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sho'shë I§ nf 1 screen used for grading/separating: sieve, winnowing screen, winnow; riddle 2 [Fig] screening/filtering device 3 sprinkler 4 [Fig] small place, patch, little bit 5 (Bot) carline thistle (Carlina acaulis) II§ adj riddled with holes • të jep ujë me shoshë "gives you water with a winnowing screen" {} is extraordinarily skillful • të nis me shoshë për ujë "sends you off for water with a screen" {} lures you with false hopes • ësh·të shoshë pa rreth "be a screen without a frame" to be useless because of an essential defect • shoshë e prishur "broken sieve" very talkative person • Shosha shosh, sita sit. [Prov] "The screen screens, the sieve sifts." What one does the other cannot do. • ësh·të shoshë e shpuar [Impol] to be good for nothing, be useless shoshë|l|i'm nm ger < shoshëlo'·n shoshë|l|o'·n vt 1 to sift through [a matter] carefully, examine [a topic] thoroughly 2 to gossip about [ ]