Pour Oil on Troubled Waters – English Idiom

Pour oil on troubled waters

Pour Oil on Troubled Waters Pour Oil on Troubled Waters to make peace among people or stop a quarrel, reconcile, put people back on friendly terms, end conflict between people, calm someone down, settle down, quiet down, conciliate, pacify, appease, mollify, placate, soothe, resolve: There was such hostility between the two political parties that no…

Perceive 1100 Words You Need Week 1 Day 4

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Perceive 1100 Words You Need Perceive 1100 Words You Need /pəˈsiːv/ US /pɚ-/ (verb) to see something or someone, or to become aware of something that is obvious, to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something, notice, observe, distinguish, take in, recognize, identify, sense, comprehend, become aware of, realize: Bill…

Interminable 1100 Words You need Week 1 Day 4

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Interminable 1100 Words You need Interminable 1100 Words You need /ɪnˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.bļ/ US /-ˈtɝː-/ (adj) continuing for too long and therefore boring or annoying, endless, ceaseless, incessant, everlasting, perpetual, never-ending: We had to listen to another of his interminable stories of his days as a soldier. Fre: interminable Fa: تمام نشدنی، بی پایان

Implore 1100 Words You Need Week 1 Day 4

Implore 110 Words You Need

Implore 1100 Words You Need Implore 1100 Words You Need /ɪmˈplɔːʳ/ US /-ˈplɔːr/ (verb) to beg someone earnestly to do something, request earnestly, plead with someone to do something, badger, beseech, entreat, pray, appeal: The poor employee implored his boss to give him another chance before firing him. Fre: implorer Fa: التماس کردن، اصرار کردن

Badger 1100 Words You Need Week 1 Day 4

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Badger 1100 Words You Need Badger 1100 Words You Need /ˈbædʒ.əʳ/ US /-ɚ/ (verb) to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly, pester, annoy, vex, press, hassle, harass: Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets. Fre: blaireau Fa: آزار دادن،…

A Flash in the Pan – English Idioms & Expressions

A Flash in the Pan - English Idioms & Expressions

A Flash in the Pan A Flash in the Pan a sudden success which is not lasting and ends quickly, a success that will never happen again, short-lived success: Mr. Anderson’s second book, which was a big failure, proved that his first book was just a flash in the pan. Fre: un feu de paille…

Tinge 1100 Words You Need Week 1 Day 3

Tinge 1100 Words You Need

Tinge 1100 Words You Need Tinge 1100 Words You Need /tɪndʒ/ (noun & verb) a small amount of something like color, feeling, etc., trace, slight added color or element, hint, touch, dash, bit, shade, tint, nuance, element, stain: I could detect a tinge of anxiety in her voice over the telephone.  Fre: teinte Fa: لکه…

Compound 1100 Words You Need Week 1 Day 3

Compound 1100 Words You Need

Compound 1100 Words You Need Compound 1100 Words You Need /kəmˈpaʊnd/ (adj, noun & verb) to increase the amount of something, add to, enlarge, augment, boost, amplify, swell, enhance, worsen, add insult to injury, undermine, multiply, improve, raise, mix, mixture, complex, amalgam, composite, combination, multifarious, multifaceted, multiple, multifactorial: His abject misery was compounded by his…

Annals 1100 Words You Need Week 1 Day 3

Annals 1100 Words You Need

Annals 1100 Words You Need Annals 1100 Words You Need /ˈæn.əlz/ (noun) the annual records of events organized chronologically, recorded history, records, archives, chronicles, accounts, logs, registers, history, historical records, history of events: Windows Vista from Microsoft was considered a debacle in the eyes of many users in the annals of Microsoft products. Fre: annales…