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English Idioms :: seize on
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seial.html - {v.} To make use of (a happening or idea.) * /Bob seized on the rain as an excuse for missing school./ |
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English Idioms :: seize the opportunity
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seial.html - {v. phr.} To exploit a chance. * /His wealthy uncle offered to send him to Harvard and he wisely seized the opportunity./ |
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Traditional English :: sei
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seial.html - n.
a small rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis. [Norw. sejhval sei whale] |
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Traditional English :: seicento
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seial.html - n. the style of Italian art and literature of the 17th c. seicentist n. seicentoist n. [It., = 600, used with ref. to the years 1600-99] |
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Traditional English :: seiche
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seial.html - n.
a fluctuation in the water-level of a lake etc., usu. caused by changes in barometric pressure. [Swiss F] |
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Traditional English :: Seidlitz powder
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seial.html - n. (US Seidlitz powders) a laxative medicine of two powders mixed separately with water and then poured together to effervesce. [named with ref. to the mineral water of Seidlitz in Bohemia] |
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