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English Idioms :: to no avail(2)
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tojan.html - {adv. phr.}, {formal} Without result; unsuccessfully. * /John tried to pull the heavy cart, but to no avail./ * /Mary studied hard for the test but to no avail./ Compare: IN VAIN. |
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English Idioms :: to say nothing of
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tojan.html - Without ever needing to speak of; in addition to; besides. - Used to add something to what you have said or explained. * /Dave is handsome and smart not to mention being a good athlete./ * /They have three fine sons, not to speak of their two lovely daughters./ * /Sally takes singing and dancing lessons to say nothing of swimming and tennis lessons./ Compare: LET ALONE, TO SPEAK OF. |
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English Idioms :: to the queen's taste
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tojan.html - {adv. phr.} Perfectly; just as anyone could want it; very satisfactorily. * /The rooms in her new home were painted and decorated to the queen's taste./ * /The soldiers dressed and marched to the king's taste./ |
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English Idioms :: to a conclusion
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tojan.html - See: JUMP TO A CONCLUSION. |
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English Idioms :: to a crisp
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tojan.html - See: BURN TO A CRISP. |
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English Idioms :: to a degree
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tojan.html - {adv. phr.} 1. {Chiefly British} Very; to a large extent. * /In some things I am ignorant to a degree./ 2. Somewhat; slightly; in a small way; rather. * /His anger was, to a degree, a confession of defeat./ * /To a degree, Mary was to blame for Bob's failing mathematics, because he spent much time with her when he should have been studying./ |
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