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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
To stint, withhold
To stint, withhold
Educated, trained (e.g. linguistically)
Of deviant character
Eccentric, extravagant
Eccentric, extravagant
Absent-minded, distracted
With a blank stare, gazing into the void
To share s.o.’s opinion
To share s.o.’s sorrow, offer s.o. condolences (on the death of s.o. else)
To share s.o.’s views, s.o.’s joy
To share s.o.’s joy
To spread, divulge, publicise, circulate s.th., make s.th. known, bring s.th. to the public notice
To be generally attributable, generally applicable to s.th.
To rebel against, mutiny
Plaintiff, complainant
Armed to the teeth, bristling with arms
He went away, departed, he died, he is dead
To the north and south
Northwards and southwards
Arrogant, haughty
After the manner of a foreigner, like a foreigner
To detract from s.o.’s good reputation
Please yourself! Do as you like!
Do as you please! Just as you wish!
As he used to do in . . .
In this matter he fares just as, he is in this respect, in the same situation as . . .
As he used to deal with people who . . .
Eyewitness
Eyewitness
Witness for the defence
The earth
They saw it with their own eyes
To take counsel with o.s., reflect, bethink o.s.
In general use, generally accepted
Widely known, widespread, common
It is rumoured that . . .
To be over initial stages
To flirt (with a woman)
War broke out
A foot of ground
To imitate s.o. or s.th. religiously, to follow s.th. literally
Inch by inch
He linked his arm with her arm
Cobweb, spider web
Barbed wire, entanglement
To be doubtful, dubious, uncertain, obscure to s.o.
To disperse or break up the gathering of people, dissolve their unity
What a difference between . . . and . . .! How different they are!
How different they are!
What a difference between the two of them! How different they are!
To stint, economise with or in s.th.
To stint, economise with or in s.th.
Tight-fisted, niggardly, miserly, avaricious, stingy
Stingy, tight-fisted, niggardly, miserly, avaricious
Person whose case is under consideration
To rise, ascend
To stare, gaze, to start out, leave, depart to see s.o., for a place, journey to s.o., to a place
To fix one’s eyes, one’s glance on
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