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Traditional English :: embarras de choix
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embarrassingly.html - n. (also embarras de richesse(s)) more choices than one needs or can deal with. [F, = embarrassment of choice, riches] |
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Traditional English :: embarrass
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embarrassingly.html - v.tr. 1 cause (a person) to feel awkward or self-conscious or ashamed. 2 (as embarrassed adj.) encumbered with debts. 3 encumber, impede. 4 complicate (a question etc.). 5 perplex. embarrassedly adv. embarrassingly adv. embarrassment n. [F embarrasser (orig. = hamper) f. Sp. embarazar f. It. imbarrare bar in (as IN-(2), BAR(1))] |
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Traditional English :: embargo
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embarrassingly.html - n. & v. --n. (pl. -oes) 1 an order of a State forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports. 2 an official suspension of commerce or other activity (be under an embargo). 3 an impediment. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) 1 place (ships, trade, etc.) under embargo. 2 seize (a ship, goods) for State service. [Sp. f. embargar arrest f. Rmc (as IN-(2), BAR(1))] |
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Traditional English :: embark
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embarrassingly.html - v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by for) put or go on board a ship or aircraft (to a destination). 2 intr. (foll. by on, upon) engage in an activity or undertaking. embarkation n. (in sense 1). [F embarquer (as IN-(2), BARK(3))] |
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Traditional English :: embarras de choix
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embarrassingly.html - n. (also embarras de richesse(s)) more choices than one needs or can deal with. [F, = embarrassment of choice, riches] |
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Traditional English :: embarrass
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embarrassingly.html - v.tr. 1 cause (a person) to feel awkward or self-conscious or ashamed. 2 (as embarrassed adj.) encumbered with debts. 3 encumber, impede. 4 complicate (a question etc.). 5 perplex. embarrassedly adv. embarrassingly adv. embarrassment n. [F embarrasser (orig. = hamper) f. Sp. embarazar f. It. imbarrare bar in (as IN-(2), BAR(1))] |
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