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• headway — head|way [ hed,weı ] noun make headway 1. ) to make progress with something you are trying to achieve: They have made some headway toward resolving the dispute. 2. ) to move forward, especially when it is difficult …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• headway — [ˈhedˌweɪ] noun make headway to make progress with something that you are trying to achieve[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• make headway —    If you make headway, you make progress.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you make headway, you make progress in what you are trying to achieve.     Investigators have made little headway in their search for the causes of the… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• To fetch headway — Fetch Fetch (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fetched} 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fetching}.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. {Fet}, v. t.] 1. To bear… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• make headway — to achieve progress. We hope scientists are able to continue to make headway against cancer …   New idioms dictionary

• make headway — 1) to make progress with something that you are trying to achieve They have made some headway towards resolving the dispute. 2) to move forwards, especially when it is difficult …   English dictionary

• make headway — Synonyms and related words: achieve success, advance, ameliorate, amend, arrive, be a success, break through, come along, come on, come through, cover ground, cut a swath, develop, do well, enjoy prosperity, farewell, foot, gain, gain ground,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• make headway — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. progress, achieve, become better; see advance 1 , improve 2 …   English dictionary for students

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium