a+room+to+oneself

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• room — I n reception room, reception hall, salon, parlor, living room, sitting room. II n 1. compartment, cubicle; parlor, living room, sitting room, chamber, bedroom, boudoir, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, playroom, recreation room, Inf. rec room. 2 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• room — {{11}}room (n.) O.E. rum space, from P.Gmc. *ruman (Cf. O.N., O.S., O.H.G., Goth. rum, Ger. Raum space, Du. ruim hold of a ship, nave ), nouns formed from Germanic adjective *ruma roomy, spacious, perhaps from a PIE root *rew wide, open (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• give oneself up to — {v. phr.} Not to hold yourself back from; let yourself enjoy. * /Uncle Willie gave himself up to a life of wandering./ * /John came inside from the cold and gave himself up to the pleasure of being in a warm room./ Compare: ENJOY ONESELF, LET… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• give oneself up to — {v. phr.} Not to hold yourself back from; let yourself enjoy. * /Uncle Willie gave himself up to a life of wandering./ * /John came inside from the cold and gave himself up to the pleasure of being in a warm room./ Compare: ENJOY ONESELF, LET… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• give\ oneself\ up\ to — v. phr. Not to hold yourself back from; let yourself enjoy. Uncle Willie gave himself up to a life of wandering. John came inside from the cold and gave himself up to the pleasure of being in a warm room. Compare: enjoy oneself, let oneself go at …   Словарь американских идиом

• squeeze oneself into a room — be squashed into a room, be pressed into a room …   English contemporary dictionary

• psych (oneself) up — vb to work oneself into a state of mental alertness, aggression, intensity. The phrase originated in the USA (probably in the context of self expression or ther apy groups) in the early 1970s. ► In fact his [the footballer Vinny Jones] disturbing …   Contemporary slang

• paint oneself into a corner — leave oneself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre. → paint …   English new terms dictionary

• paint oneself into a corner — leave oneself no means of escape or room to maneuver …   Useful english dictionary

• come to oneself — verb to gain consciousness or self control When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of which …   Wiktionary

• pull oneself together — verb To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused. Damn, damn, damnation! he murmured, together with such other words as he had learnt from older men. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and said, Oh, damn it all which meant… …   Wiktionary