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• depend upon — (H) you can depend upon her to be there (D; intr.) to depend upon for (to depend upon smb. for advice) …   Combinatory dictionary

• depend on, depend upon — v. 1) (D; intr.) to depend on, depend upon for (to depend on, depend upon smb. for advice) 2) (H) you can depend on, depend upon her to be there …   Combinatory dictionary

• tell upon — (smb) reveal the activities or wrongdoings of someone by telling others She told on her brother for eating the cake. (from Idioms in Speech) to affect; to influence; to have a marked effect or a definite result (used mostly negatively) So severe… …   Idioms and examples

• have a matter out with smb — • to have a question out with someone • to have a matter out with someone (from Idioms in Speech) to talk about it and insist on an explanation He decided suddenly to call upon this officious Miss Barlow and have the matter out with her. (A.… …   Idioms and examples

• have a question out with smb — • to have a question out with someone • to have a matter out with someone (from Idioms in Speech) to talk about it and insist on an explanation He decided suddenly to call upon this officious Miss Barlow and have the matter out with her. (A.… …   Idioms and examples

• advice — n. 1) to give, offer advice 2) to act on, follow, take advice 3) to disregard, refuse, turn a deaf ear to advice 4) friendly; good, sage, sensible, sound; misleading; parting; professional; unsolicited advice 5) a bit, piece, word of advice 6)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• wrath — n. (formal) 1) to bring down, incur smb. s wrath 2) to visit one s wrath upon smb. 3) one s righteous wrath * * * [rɒθ] incur smb. s wrath (formal) to bring down one s righteous wrath to visit one s wrath upon smb …   Combinatory dictionary

• presume — v. (formal) 1) (d; intr.) to presume on, upon (to presume upon smb. s good nature) 2) (E) I will not presume to give you advice 3) (L) we can presume that she will return 4) (M) we must presume her to be innocent 5) (N; used with an adjective) we …   Combinatory dictionary

• curse — I n. 1) to pronounce, put a curse on, upon smb. 2) to utter a curse 3) to lift a curse 4) under a curse II v. (D; tr.) to curse for (she cursed him for his clumsiness) * * * [kɜːs] put a curse on upon smb. to lift a curse to pronounce …   Combinatory dictionary

• prevail — v. 1) (D; intr.) to prevail against, over (to prevail against overwhelming odds) 2) (d; intr.) to prevail on, upon smb. to do smt. (they prevailed on me to buy a new television set) * * * [prɪ veɪl] upon smb. to do smt. (they prevailed on me to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• wound — n. 1) to inflict a wound on/upon smb. 2) to receive a wound 3) to clean; dress; suture; swab a wound 4) a deep; fatal, mortal; festering; flesh; gaping; light, slight; self inflicted; serious, severe; superficial wound (to receive a slight wound) …   Combinatory dictionary