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1 arremeter contra
v.to come against, to charge against, to charge at, to charge into.Los soldados acometieron el fuerte The soldiers rushed against the fort.* * *(v.) = lambast [lambaste], flail away at, hit out (at/against), take + a swipe at, swipe, lam, lam into, lay into, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at, go to + town on, lash out (on), take + a swat atEx. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.Ex. His novels flailed away at ignorance and indecency and his editorials were partisan, personal, fervent, and emotional.Ex. She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.Ex. Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.Ex. This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.Ex. Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex. The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Ex. McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex. He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.Ex. The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.* * *(v.) = lambast [lambaste], flail away at, hit out (at/against), take + a swipe at, swipe, lam, lam into, lay into, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at, go to + town on, lash out (on), take + a swat atEx: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.
Ex: His novels flailed away at ignorance and indecency and his editorials were partisan, personal, fervent, and emotional.Ex: She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.Ex: Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.Ex: This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.Ex: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex: The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Ex: McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex: He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.Ex: The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'. -
2 darse a la fuga
to take flight* * *(v.) = flee, lam (it), go into + hiding, make + a quick getaway, take to + Posesivo + heels, run offEx. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.Ex. Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.Ex. The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.Ex. Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.Ex. When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.Ex. She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.* * *(v.) = flee, lam (it), go into + hiding, make + a quick getaway, take to + Posesivo + heels, run offEx: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
Ex: Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.Ex: The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.Ex: Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.Ex: When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.Ex: She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her. -
3 escapar
v.1 to get away, to escape.El preso escapó por el arroyo The prisoner escaped through the stream.2 to break away.3 to leak, to leak out, to escape.El gas escapa del tanque The gas leaks from the tank.4 to elope, to run away with a lover, to run off secretly to be married.Los enamorados escaparon The lovers eloped.* * *1 (huir) to escape, get away, run away2 (librarse) to escape3 (quedar fuera del alcance) to be beyond1 (huir) to escape, run away, get away2 (librarse) to escape, avoid3 (gas etc) to leak4 (autobús etc) to miss\dejar escapar un suspiro to let out a sighdejar escapar una oportunidad to let an opportunity slipescapar a alguien to run away from somebodyescapar con vida to get out aliveescapar de las manos to slip out of one's handsescaparse con algo to make off with somethingescaparse por un pelo familiar to have a narrow escape, have a close shave* * *verbto escape, run away* * *1. VI1) (=huir) to escape•
escapar a algo, no pude escapar a sus encantos — I could not escape her charms•
escapar de — [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ jaula] to get out of; [+ situación opresiva] to escape from, get away fromnecesitaba escapar de todo aquello — I needed to escape from o get away from all that
2) (Dep) [en carreras] to break away2.VT [+ caballo] to drive hard3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( huir) to escapeescapar de algo — de cárcel/rutina/peligro to escape from something
b) ( librarse)escapar de algo — de castigo/muerte to escape something
c)escapar a algo — a influencia/castigo to escape something
2)2.dejar escapar — <carcajada/suspiro> to let out, give; < oportunidad> to pass up; <persona/animal> to let... get away
escaparse v pron1)a) ( huir) prisionero to escape; animal/niño to run awaysiempre te escapas cuando hay trabajo — you always disappear o vanish when there's work to be done
escaparse de algo — de cárcel/jaula to escape from something
escaparse de casa — to run away from home; (+ me/te/le etc)
escaparse de alguien — de policía/perseguidor to escape (from) somebody
b) ( librarse)escaparse de algo — de situación/castigo to escape something
2) (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( involuntariamente)se le escapó un grito — he cried out, he let out a cry
b) ( pasar inadvertido)c) ( en tejido)3) gas/aire/agua to leak* * *= escape, bail out, get away, abscond, lam (it).Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.Ex. In the article ' Bailing out' 9 of the 10 librarians interviewed admitted that they were trying to get out of librarianship partly due to unrealistic expectations learned in library school.Ex. Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.Ex. Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.Ex. Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.----* dejar escapar a Alguien = let + Nombre + escape.* escapar de la justicia = escape + justice.* escapar de la realidad = escape + reality.* escapar por los pelos = have + a close call, have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close shave.* escapar saltando en paracaídas = bale out.* escaparse = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out.* escaparse a = run off to.* escaparse de = wriggle out, break out of, break + free of.* escaparse de la cárcel = break out of + prison.* escaparse de la prisión = break out of + prison.* escaparse de la red = fall through + the net.* escaparse de las manos de = slip beyond + the grasp of.* escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.* ingeniárselas para escapar = contrive + an escape.* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( huir) to escapeescapar de algo — de cárcel/rutina/peligro to escape from something
b) ( librarse)escapar de algo — de castigo/muerte to escape something
c)escapar a algo — a influencia/castigo to escape something
2)2.dejar escapar — <carcajada/suspiro> to let out, give; < oportunidad> to pass up; <persona/animal> to let... get away
escaparse v pron1)a) ( huir) prisionero to escape; animal/niño to run awaysiempre te escapas cuando hay trabajo — you always disappear o vanish when there's work to be done
escaparse de algo — de cárcel/jaula to escape from something
escaparse de casa — to run away from home; (+ me/te/le etc)
escaparse de alguien — de policía/perseguidor to escape (from) somebody
b) ( librarse)escaparse de algo — de situación/castigo to escape something
2) (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( involuntariamente)se le escapó un grito — he cried out, he let out a cry
b) ( pasar inadvertido)c) ( en tejido)3) gas/aire/agua to leak* * *= escape, bail out, get away, abscond, lam (it).Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
Ex: In the article ' Bailing out' 9 of the 10 librarians interviewed admitted that they were trying to get out of librarianship partly due to unrealistic expectations learned in library school.Ex: Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.Ex: Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.Ex: Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.* dejar escapar a Alguien = let + Nombre + escape.* escapar de la justicia = escape + justice.* escapar de la realidad = escape + reality.* escapar por los pelos = have + a close call, have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close shave.* escapar saltando en paracaídas = bale out.* escaparse = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out.* escaparse a = run off to.* escaparse de = wriggle out, break out of, break + free of.* escaparse de la cárcel = break out of + prison.* escaparse de la prisión = break out of + prison.* escaparse de la red = fall through + the net.* escaparse de las manos de = slip beyond + the grasp of.* escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.* ingeniárselas para escapar = contrive + an escape.* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.* * *escapar [A1 ]viA1 (huir) to escape escapar DE algo to escape FROM sthescapar de la cárcel to escape from prisonnecesito escapar de todo esto I need to get away from all thises una forma de escapar de la realidad it's a way of escaping from reality2 (librarse) escapar DE algo to escape sthlograron escapar de una muerte segura they managed to escape (a) certain death3 escapar A algo ‹a una influencia/a un castigo› to escape sthno pudo escapar a sus encantos he was unable to escape her charmsBdejar escapar ‹carcajada/suspiro› to let out, give;‹oportunidad› to pass up; ‹persona/animal› to let … get awaydejó escapar un grito de sorpresa he let out a cry of surpriseA1 «prisionero» to escape; «animal/niño» to run awaysiempre te escapas cuando hay que arrimar el hombro you always disappear o vanish when there's work to be doneescaparse DE algo:se ha escapado de casa she's run away from homese ha escapado de la cárcel he's escaped from prisonel canario se escapó de la jaula the canary got out of its cage(+ me/te/le etc): se me escapó he got away from meven aquí, no te me escapes come here, don't run away (from me)2 (de una situación) escaparse DE algo:de ésta sí que no te escapas you're not getting out of this one ( colloq)se escapó milagrosamente de que lo vieran miraculously, he managed to escape o avoid being seenB (+ me/te/le etc)1(involuntariamente): se le escapó un grito/un suspiro he cried out/sighed o he let out a cry/a sighpor poco se me escapa una carcajada I almost burst out laughingse le escapó un eructo he burped¡que no se te vaya a escapar delante de ella! don't let it slip out in front of her!2(pasar inadvertido): se te han escapado varios errores several mistakes have escaped your notice, you've missed o overlooked several mistakesa este niño no se le escapa nada this child doesn't miss anythingel significado de la frase se me escapa the meaning of the sentence escapes me3(olvidarse): se me escapa su nombre his name escapes me, I can't remember his name4(en tejido): se me escaparon dos puntos I dropped two stitchesC «gas/aire/agua» to leak* * *
escapar ( conjugate escapar) verbo intransitivo
1 to escape;
escapar de algo ‹de cárcel/rutina/peligro› to escape from sth;
‹de castigo/muerte› to escape sth
2
‹ oportunidad› to pass up;
‹persona/animal› to let … get away
escaparse verbo pronominal
1 [ prisionero] to escape;
[animal/niño] to run away;
escaparse de algo ‹de cárcel/jaula› to escape from sth;
‹de situación/castigo› to escape sth;
escaparse de algn ‹de policía/perseguidor› to escape (from) sth;
se me escapó el perro the dog got away from me
2 (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( involuntariamente):
b) ( pasar inadvertido):
se me escapó ese detalle that detail escaped my notice
3 [gas/aire/agua] to leak
escapar verbo intransitivo to escape, run away, get away: escapó de la justicia, he escaped from the law
dejó escapar un grito, she let out a cry
no dejes escapar esta oportunidad, don't let this opportunity slip ➣ Ver nota en escape
' escapar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
Esc
- huir
- tierra
- pasar
English:
elaborate
- elude
- escape
- leap at
- snap up
- drop
- slip
- snap
* * *♦ viescapó por la salida de emergencia he got out through the emergency exit;nadie escapó con vida del incendio nobody got out of the fire alive;escaparon por los pelos de una muerte segura they narrowly escaped certain death;quieren escapar de la monotonía de sus vidas they want to get away from the monotony of their lives;dejar escapar [animal, persona] to set free;[carcajada, grito, suspiro] to let out; [ocasión] to pass up, to let pass;dejó escapar un grito he let out a scream;no quiero dejar escapar esta oportunidad para agradecer… I don't want to let this opportunity pass by without thanking…2. [quedar fuera del alcance]escapar a: son temas que escapan a mi comprensión these subjects are beyond my understanding;ese asunto escapa a mis competencias that matter is outside my sphere of responsibility;tampoco los adultos escapan a la influencia de los videojuegos nor are adults immune from the influence of video games3. [en carrera] to break away;escapar del pelotón to break away from the pack* * *v/t1 escape (de from)2:* * *escapar vihuir: to escape, to flee, to run away* * *escapar vb to escape -
4 huir
v.1 to avoid.2 to flee (escapar) (de enemigo).3 to flee from.Me huyeron los criminales The criminals fled from me.* * *(i changes to y before a, e, and o)Present IndicativePast IndicativePresent SubjunctiveImperfect SubjunctiveFuture SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb1) to flee2) fly* * *1. VI1) (=escapar) to run away, flee literhuyó despavorido cuando comenzaron los disparos — he ran away o liter fled in terror when the shooting started
los ladrones huyeron en un vehículo robado — the robbers made their getaway o liter fled in a stolen vehicle
huyeron a Chipre — they escaped o liter fled to Cyprus
huir de — [+ enemigo, catástrofe, pobreza] to flee from; [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ familia] to run away from
huir de su casa — [refugiados, civiles] to flee (from) one's home; [adolescente] to run away from home
huir de la justicia — to fly from justice, fly from the law
2) (=evitar)huir de — [+ protagonismo, publicidad, tópicos] to avoid; [+ calor, frío] to escape, escape from
3) frm [tiempo] to fly, fly by2.VT (=esquivar) to avoid3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) ( escapar) to flee (liter or journ), escapehuyó de la cárcel/la policía — he escaped from prison/the police
esperó la ocasión propicia para huir — he waited for the right moment to make his escape o to get away
en cuanto los vió salió huyendo — he ran away o fled when he saw them
huir del país/de las llamas — to flee the country/from the flames
b) ( tratar de evitar)2.huirse v pron (Méx)huirse CON alguien — to run away o off with somebody
* * *= flee, escape, flee + the scene, get away, abscond, make off, lam (it), do + a bunk, flee away, make + a quick getaway.Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.Ex. Police are more likely to be killed by rational robbers fleeing the scene of a crime, who routinely use potentially lethal weapons as 'tools of the trade'.Ex. Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.Ex. Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.Ex. Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.Ex. Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.----* emigrantes que huyen de su país en barca o patera = boat people.* hacer huir = drive away, chase + Nombre + off.* hacer huir en batalla = route.* huir a = run off to.* huir de la justicia = lam (it).* huir de la opresión = escape + the oppression.* huir de la realidad = escape + reality.* huir en desbandada = stampede.* huir en estampida = stampede.* huir en tropel = stampede.* salir huyendo = make off, do + a bunk.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) ( escapar) to flee (liter or journ), escapehuyó de la cárcel/la policía — he escaped from prison/the police
esperó la ocasión propicia para huir — he waited for the right moment to make his escape o to get away
en cuanto los vió salió huyendo — he ran away o fled when he saw them
huir del país/de las llamas — to flee the country/from the flames
b) ( tratar de evitar)2.huirse v pron (Méx)huirse CON alguien — to run away o off with somebody
* * *= flee, escape, flee + the scene, get away, abscond, make off, lam (it), do + a bunk, flee away, make + a quick getaway.Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.Ex: Police are more likely to be killed by rational robbers fleeing the scene of a crime, who routinely use potentially lethal weapons as 'tools of the trade'.Ex: Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.Ex: Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.Ex: Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.Ex: Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.* emigrantes que huyen de su país en barca o patera = boat people.* hacer huir = drive away, chase + Nombre + off.* hacer huir en batalla = route.* huir a = run off to.* huir de la justicia = lam (it).* huir de la opresión = escape + the oppression.* huir de la realidad = escape + reality.* huir en desbandada = stampede.* huir en estampida = stampede.* huir en tropel = stampede.* salir huyendo = make off, do + a bunk.* * *viestaba esperando la ocasión propicia para huir he was waiting for the right moment to make his escape o to run away o to escapeen cuanto vio aparecer a la policía salió huyendo he ran away o fled when he saw the policehuir DE algo/algn to flee FROM sth/sbhuyó de las llamas she fled from the flameslograron huir de la policía they managed to escape o get away from the policehuyó de la cárcel/del país he escaped from prison/fled the country2 (tratar de evitar) huir DE algo to avoid sthhuye de las aglomeraciones she avoids crowdshuye de cualquier situación que suponga un enfrentamiento she runs away from any confrontational situationhuirle A algn to avoid sbme huye como a la peste he avoids me like the plague■ huirse( Méx) huirse CON algn; to run away o off WITH sb* * *
huir ( conjugate huir) verbo intransitivo
huir del país to flee the country
huirle a algn to avoid sb
huir verbo intransitivo
1 (escapar) to run away [de, from], flee: huyeron a Méjico, they fled to México
está huyendo de la justicia, he's on the run from the law ➣ Ver nota en escape
2 (esquivar, rehuir) to avoid: huye de las personas, she avoids people
huyo de esas situaciones, I avoid that kind of situation
' huir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quema
- ahuyentar
- arrancar
- evitar
- fugarse
- huya
- justicia
English:
defect
- flee
- getaway
- run
- desert
- get
* * *♦ vihuyó a Francia she fled to France;los jóvenes que huyen de sus hogares young people who run away from home;los aldeanos huían del incendio the villagers were fleeing from the fire;el tesorero huyó con varios millones the treasurer ran off with several million;se metieron en un taxi huyendo de los periodistas they got into a taxi in an attempt to get away from the journalists3.huir de algo [evitar] to avoid sth, to keep away from sth;siempre huyo de las grandes masas de gente I always try to avoid o stay away from large crowds of people;huye de la polémica she steers clear of controversy4. [tiempo] to fly by♦ vtto avoid;me está huyendo últimamente he's been avoiding me lately* * *I v/i1 flee, escape (de from)2:huir de algo avoid sthII v/t avoid* * *huir {41} vi1) escapar: to escape, to flee2)huir de : to avoid* * *huir vb1. (escaparse) to escape2. (evitar) to avoid -
5 huir de la justicia
(v.) = lam (it)Ex. Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.* * *(v.) = lam (it)Ex: Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.
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6 meterse con
v.1 to provoke, to annoy, to pick on, to bother.María se metió con su hermMaría Mary provoked her sister.2 to pick a quarrel with, to fool around with, to pick a fight with, to mess around with.Ricardo se metió con el matón Richard picked a quarrel with the bully.María se metió con el vecino Mary fooled around with her neighbor.3 to fool around with, to bugger about with, to bugger around with, to fool about with.María se metió con el vecino Mary fooled around with her neighbor.* * ** * *(v.) = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roastingEx. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.* * *(v.) = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roastingEx: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
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LAMMING (G.) — LAMMING GEORGE (1927 ) Originaire de l’île de la Barbade, l’écrivain George Lamming a commencé par écrire des poèmes et de courtes histoires avant d’émigrer en Angleterre, en 1950. Séjournant à Trinidad de 1946 à 1950, il se forgea une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lamming — [ læmɪȖ], George, barbadischer Schriftsteller, * Carrington 8. 6. 1927; führender Romancier der anglophonen Karibik, arbeitet v. a. die koloniale Geschichte sowie die Erfahrung des Exils auf (er lebte über drei Jahrzehnte meist in London). Sein … Universal-Lexikon
Lamming — Lam Lam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamming}.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See {Lame}.] To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lamming, George — ▪ West Indian author in full George William Lamming born June 8, 1927, Carrington Village, near Bridgetown, Barbados West Indian novelist and essayist who wrote about decolonization and reconstruction in the Caribbean nations. At… … Universalium
Lamming — This uncommon name is of early medieval English origin, and has two possible interpretations. Firstly, it may be one of the diminutive forms of the surname Lamb, which derives from the Olde English and Middle English lamb , lamb, used as a… … Surnames reference
lamming — n. flogging, whipping læm n. sudden flight, quick escape (American and Canadian Slang) v. hit; whip; beat; flee, escape … English contemporary dictionary
lamming — present part of lam * * * lammˈing noun A thrashing • • • Main Entry: ↑lam … Useful english dictionary
George Lamming — (born 1927), is a novelist and poet. He was born in Barbados and teaches at Brown University. BiographyEarly life and educationGeorge Lamming was born on June 8, 1927 in Carrington Village, Barbados, of mixed African and English parentage. After… … Wikipedia
Clive Lamming — Naissance 1938 Nationalité Française Diplôme Docteur en histoire Profession Professeur agrégé Activité principale Historien des chemins de fer Clive Lamming (né en 1938) est un historien du chemin de fer, notamment connu pour ses nombreuses publi … Wikipédia en Français
David Lamming — Personal information Full name David W. Lamming Born January→March 1936 (age 74–75) Lupset?, Wakefield district, England Playing information Position Loose forwa … Wikipedia
George Lamming — Photo de George Lamming par Carl Van Vechten, 1955 George Lamming, né en 1927, est un romancier et poète d origine barbadienne, et est considéré comme l une des figures de la littérature contemporaine caribéenne. Il est actuellement professeur en … Wikipédia en Français
