damp someone's enthusiasm

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• damp someone's ardor — v. lessen a person s enthusiasm …   English contemporary dictionary

• enthusiasm */*/ — UK [ɪnˈθjuːzɪˌæzəm] / US [ɪnˈθuzɪˌæzəm] noun Word forms enthusiasm : singular enthusiasm plural enthusiasms Metaphor: Enthusiasm and excitement are like heat and a lack of enthusiasm and excitement is like cold or wet. I haven t got any burning… …   English dictionary

• damp — 01. My mother always told me not to go to bed with [damp] hair, or I could catch a cold. 02. Benula s hair was [damp] from walking outside in the falling snow. 03. The clothes in the dryer are still [damp], so you d better turn it on for another… …   Grammatical examples in English

• охлаждать — ОХЛАЖДАТЬ, несов. (сов. охладить), кого что. Перен. Вызывать (вызвать) у кого л. состояние спокойствия, равнодушия к кому , чему л., умерив в ком л. силу чувств, переживаний; Син.: остужать; Ант.: возбуждать [impf. fig. to cool (down), damp… …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

• расхолаживать — РАСХОЛАЖИВАТЬ, несов. (сов. расхолодить), кого. Вызывать (вызвать) в ком л. чувство равнодушия, разочарования, заставляя кого л. отнестись более холодно, безучастно к кому , чему л.; Син.: разочаровывать [impf. to coll (down), damp (someone’s… …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

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• rubbed, rubbing — verb 1 (I, T) to move your hand, a cloth etc over a surface while pressing against it: Kolchinsky nodded and then rubbed his eyes wearily. | She began rubbing her hair with a towel. | You ll have to rub harder if you want to get it clean. 2 (T)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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