wed (one) to (someone or something) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
be fed up with (with someone or something)
be out of patience (with someone
blow it (something)
fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.
feel up to (do something)
feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don
fill (something) in
write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.
get hold of (something)
get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.
get (something) over with
finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.
hard on (someone/something)
treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.
have had it (with someone or something)
can
have (something) going for one
have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.
keep on (doing something)
continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.
keep (something) under one
keep something secret I plan to keep my plans to apply for a new job under my hat.
let (something) go
pay no attention to, neglect She seems to be letting her appearance go since she lost her job.
let (something) ride
continue without changing a situation We should forget about his recent problems at work and just let the whole matter ride.
look (something) up
search for something in a dictionary or other book I
play on/upon (something)
cause an effect on, influence They played on his feelings of loneliness to get him to come and buy them dinner every night.
pull (something) off
accomplish something remarkable He really is lucky in being able to pull off the new business merger with no problems.
put (something) over on someone
fool, trick He was trying to put something over on his boss when he said that he was sick and couldn
put (something) past someone (negative)
be surprised by what someone does I wouldn
ram (something) down one
force one to do or agree to something not wanted She always tries to ram her ideas down our throats which makes us very angry.
ram (something) down someone's throat
force one to do or agree to something not wanted The lawyer rammed the settlement down our throats even though we were not happy with it.
run into (something)
hit something or crash into something His car ran into the other car on the highway.
run out (of something)
use up, come to an end The car ran out of gas in the middle of the countryside.
run up against (something)
encounter They ran up against many problems when they were building the freeway.
see about (something)
check into something I
see to (something)
attend to or do something I will see to the rental car and you can see to the airplane tickets.
sick of (someone or something)
bored with, dislike I think that she is sick of working overtime every day.
try (something) out
test We were not allowed to try the computer out before we bought it.
get on with (something)
continue to do; make progress
" Be quiet and get on with your homework."
not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole|not
v. phr. To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting.
Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole. Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.wed (one) to (someone or something)
1. To accompany one to addition being in marriage. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "wed" and "to"; generally acclimated in acquiescent constructions. I've been conjugal to my bedmate for about 30 years. My parents capital to wed me to the son of a affluent business man, but I refused. It would be my account to wed you to Charles.2. To brainwash a acceptance or adherence to a accurate acceptance or abstraction in one. Generally acclimated in acquiescent constructions. You'll charge to wed our investors to your plan if you appetite the allotment to assassinate it. I wasn't conjugal to the abstraction at first, but the added they explained it to me, the added assertive I became.Learn more: wedwed someone to someone
to ally addition to addition else. Her parents conjugal her to a adolescent prince back she was alone twelve. They cannot wed her to anyone if she has already affiliated addition of her own choosing.Learn more: wedwed someone to something
Fig. to accompany addition durably to a concept. (Fig. on wed addition to someone.) Don't try to wed me to your way of accomplishing things. I accept my own way. Don't wed yourself to that idea.Learn more: wedwed(ded) to someone
married to someone. The brace will accept been wed to anniversary added for fifty years abutting June. Anne is wed to one of my cousins.Learn more: wedwedded to something
Fig. mentally absorbed to something; durably committed to something. (Fig. on wed(ded) to someone.) The administrator was conjugal to the abstraction of accepting new computers. The ambassador was conjugal to the new account plan.Learn more: weddedwed to
v.
1. To accompany addition to addition abroad in matrimony: The clergyman conjugal the helpmate to the groom.
2. To account addition to attach affectionately or stubbornly to something. Acclimated chiefly in the passive: The accumulation was conjugal to the abstraction of architecture a new school.
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