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Traditional English :: painstaking
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painstakngly.html - adj. careful, industrious, thorough. painstakingly adv. painstakingness n. |
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Traditional English :: painstaking
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painstakngly.html - adj. careful, industrious, thorough. painstakingly adv. painstakingness n. |
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English Idioms :: pain
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painstakngly.html - See: AT PAINS, FEEL NO PAIN, GIVE A PAIN, GROWING PAINS, ON PAIN OF, TAKE PAINS. |
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English Idioms :: pain in the neck
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painstakngly.html - {n.}, {slang}, {vulgar with ass} An obnoxious or bothersome person or event. * /Phoebe Hochrichter is a regular pain in the neck (ass)./ |
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English Idioms :: paint the lily
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painstakngly.html - {v. phr.} To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough. * /To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily./ * /For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily./ * /Frank's father is a millionaire, but Frank gilds the lily by saying he is a billionaire./ |
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English Idioms :: paint a gloomy picture
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painstakngly.html - {v. phr.} To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. * /We are sad because the weather forecast has painted a gloomy picture for all of next week when we go on vacation./ |
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