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/pil/ * danh từ - viên thuốc - (nghĩa bóng) điều cay đắng, điều tủi nhục, điều sỉ nhục =a bitter pill+ điều cay đắng, điều tủi nhục =to swallow the pill+ ngậm bồ hòn làm ngọt - (từ lóng);(đùa cợt) quả bóng đá, quả bóng quần vợt; đạn đại bác - (số nhiều) trò chơi bi-a - (the pill) thuốc chống thụ thai !a pill to cure an earthquake - biện pháp nửa vời không đem lại kết quả gì; cho voi uống thuốc gió !to gild the pill - (xem) gild * ngoại động từ - bỏ phiếu đen, bỏ phiếu chống lại (để khai trừ ai) - đánh bại * ngoại động từ - (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) cướp bóc -
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/'bitə/ * tính từ & phó từ - đắng - cay đắng, chua xót, đau đớn; đau khổ, thảm thiết =bitter disappointment+ sự thất vọng cay đắng =bitter tears+ những giọt nước mắt đau khổ - chua cay, gay gắt; ác liệt, quyết liệt =bitter sarcasm+ lời chế nhạo chua cay =bitter remark+ lời phê bình gay gắt =bitter fighting+ sự đánh nhau ác liệt - rét buốt (thời tiết, gió...) =bitter wind+ gió rét buốt !bitter as gall (worm wood, aloes) - đắng như mật, đắng như bồ bòn !a bitter pill to swallow - viên thuốc đắng phải uống - điều đắng cay (điều tủi nhục) phải chịu đựng !to the bitte rend - cho đến cùng * danh từ - vị đắng - nỗi đắng cay =the bitters of life+ những nỗi đắng cay của cuộc đời =to take the bitter with the sweet+ phải chịu những nỗi đắng cay cùng với những sự ngọt bùi ở đời - (sinh vật học) rượu bia đắng ((cũng) bitter beer) rượu thuốc apxin
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swallow — Synonyms and related words: abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, antelope, arrow, assent, assimilate, back down, back out, backwater, be a sucker, be agreeable, be… … Moby Thesaurus
pill — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) colloq. a contraceptive pill. 2 an unpleasant or painful necessity; a humiliation (a bitter pill; must swallow the pill). 3 colloq. or joc. a ball … Useful english dictionary
pill — [ pıl ] noun count * a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water: sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills take a pill: Did you remember to take your pills this morning? pill for: The doctor prescribed some pills for the pain. a. the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pill */ — UK [pɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms pill : singular pill plural pills a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water sleeping/contraceptive/vitamin pills pill for: The doctor gave me some pills for the pain. take a pill: Did… … English dictionary
pill — n. tablet of medicine 1) to swallow, take a pill 2) (colloq.) to pop pills 3) a headache; sleeping pill oral contraceptive 4) to take the pill 5) to be on the pill misc. 6) it was a bitter pill to swallow ( it was very difficult to experience… … Combinatory dictionary
pill — [[t]pɪ̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ pills 1) N COUNT Pills are small solid round masses of medicine or vitamins that you swallow without chewing. Why do I have to take all these pills? ...sleeping pills. Syn: tablet 2) N SING: the N If a woman is on the pill, she… … English dictionary
pill — pill1 S3 [pıl] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: pilula, from pila ball ] 1.) a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole ▪ He has to take pills to control his blood pressure. ▪ sleeping pills ▪ a bottle of vitamin pills … Dictionary of contemporary English
swallow — [[t]swɒ̱loʊ[/t]] swallows, swallowing, swallowed 1) VERB If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. [V n] You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B... Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed… … English dictionary
pill — 01. Hilary was quite surprised to discover her 17 year old daughter is on the [pill]. 02. She is quite ill, and has about five different [pills] she has to take every day. 03. After taking sleeping [pills] for a few months, she found she could no … Grammatical examples in English
pill — noun 1 medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ diet, sleeping, vitamin ▪ prescription (esp. AmE) … OF PILLS ▪ bottle VERB + PILL … Collocations dictionary
pill — I. /pɪl / (say pil) noun 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, to be swallowed whole; tablet. 2. something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: a bitter pill to swallow. 3. Colloquial a disagreeable, insipid person …
