-
1 send
[sɛnd]pt, pp sent, vtto send sth by post or (US) mail — wysyłać (wysłać perf) coś pocztą
to send sb for sth — wysyłać (wysłać perf) kogoś po coś
to send sb for a check-up — wysłać ( perf) kogoś na badania kontrolne
to send word that … — przysłać ( perf) wiadomość, że …
to send sb to Coventry ( BRIT) — bojkotować (zbojkotować perf) kogoś
to send sb to sleep — usypiać (uśpić perf) kogoś
to send sth flying — ciskać (cisnąć perf) czymś
Phrasal Verbs:- send for- send in- send off- send on- send out- send up* * *[send]past tense, past participle - sent; verb1) (to cause or order to go or be taken: The teacher sent the disobedient boy to the headmaster; She sent me this book.) wysyłać, przysyłać2) (to move rapidly or with force: He sent the ball right into the goal.) posłać, strzelić3) (to cause to go into a certain, usually bad, state: The news sent them into a panic.) wpędzać•- sender- send away for
- send down
- send for
- send in
- send off
- send off for
- send out
- send someone packing / send someone about his business
- send packing / send someone about his business
- send someone packing / send about his business
- send packing / send about his business -
2 Coventry
['kɔvəntrɪ]nto send sb to Coventry fig — bojkotować (zbojkotować perf) kogoś
См. также в других словарях:
send to Coventry — ► send to Coventry chiefly Brit. refuse to associate with or speak to. [ORIGIN: perhaps from the unpopularity of royalist soldiers or prisoners quartered in Coventry (sympathetic to parliament) during the English Civil war.] Main Entry: ↑send … English terms dictionary
send to Coventry — To ostracize, esp to refuse to talk to • • • Main Entry: ↑Coventry … Useful english dictionary
Send to Coventry — To send someone to Coventry is a British phrase meaning to ostracise somebody,specifically to not talk to them.It was sometimes used as a way of punishing people who,for example,would not join a strike in a factory for better pay and conditions.… … Wikipedia
send to Coventry — send (someone) to Coventry British, informal if a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to them, usually in order to punish them. The other workers sent him to Coventry for not supporting the strike … New idioms dictionary
send to Coventry — verb To ostracize, or systematically ignore someone. The group decided to send the unpopular members to Coventry … Wiktionary
To send to Coventry — Coventry Cov en*try (k?v en tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. [1913 Webster] {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
send to Coventry — seize, repossess, confiscate … English contemporary dictionary
send to Coventry — (smb) to refuse to speak to someone as a sign of disapproval or punishment. Source: (Arakin 4, 77) … Idioms and examples
send to Coventry — idi to ostracize … From formal English to slang
send — ► VERB (past and past part. sent) 1) cause to go or be taken to a destination. 2) cause to move sharply or quickly; propel. 3) cause to be in a specified state: it nearly sent me crazy. ● send down Cf. ↑send down ● … English terms dictionary
Coventry (disambiguation) — Coventry is a city in the West Midlands, England. It may also refer to: Contents 1 Engineering 2 Places 3 People 4 Objects 5 … Wikipedia