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1 make oneself scarce
• häipyä• laputtaa• laittautua tiehensä* * *(to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble: As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.) pysytellä poissa -
2 scarce
• riittämätön• niukka• harvinainen• heikko• huono• vaatimaton• vajanainen• vajaa• vajavainen• vaillinainen• vähäinen• vähälukuinen• puutteellinen• kehno• mitätön• laiha• köyhä• pieni* * *skeəs(not many or enough in number: Paintings by this artist are very scarce; Food is scarce because of the drought.) vähäinen, vähissä- scarcely- scarcity
- make oneself scarce
См. также в других словарях:
make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself scarce — ► make oneself scarce informal leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation. Main Entry: ↑scarce … English terms dictionary
make oneself scarce — (informal) To leave quickly, unobtrusively, for reasons of prudence, tact, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑scarce * * * informal leave a place, esp. so as to avoid a difficult situation … Useful english dictionary
make oneself scarce — index retreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself scarce — tv. to leave; to be in a place less frequently. □ Here come the boys in blue. I’d better make myself scarce. □ I suggest that you make yourself scarce before she returns … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
make oneself scarce — verb To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away. Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me … Wiktionary
make oneself scarce — leave quickly, go away I think that I will make myself scarce and go to the beach for the day … Idioms and examples
make\ oneself\ scarce — v. phr. slang To leave quickly; go away. The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise. A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby … Словарь американских идиом
make oneself scarce — informal leave a place. → scarce … English new terms dictionary
make oneself scarce — go away, depart, leave … English contemporary dictionary
