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41 calypso
[kə'lipsəu]plural - calypsos; noun(a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along.) kalipso -
42 crystal ball
(a glass ball used in fortune-telling.) kristāla bumba -
43 equal to
(fit or able for: I didn't feel equal to telling him the truth.) spējīgs; piemērots -
44 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) uzskatīt par patiesību (jo nav iespējams pierādīt pretējo)English-Latvian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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45 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) uzskatīt par patiesību (jo nav iespējams pierādīt pretējo)English-Latvian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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46 go in one ear and out the other
(not to make any lasting impression: I keep telling that child to work harder but my words go in one ear and out the other.) pa vienu ausi iekšā, pa otru — ārāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > go in one ear and out the other
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47 land with
(to burden (someone) with (an unpleasant task): She was landed with the job of telling him the bad news.) uzdot (nepatīkamu uzdevumu) -
48 the blind leading the blind
(one inexperienced or incompetent person telling another about something: My teaching you about politics will be a case of the blind leading the blind.)
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Telling — Tell ing, a. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. {Tell ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telling — [tel′iŋ] adj. 1. having an effect; forceful; striking [a telling retort] 2. that tells or reveals much SYN. VALID tellingly adv … English World dictionary
telling — index caveat, cogent, conversation, demonstrative (illustrative), determinative, disclosure (act of disclosing), eloquent … Law dictionary
telling — compelling, convincing, cogent, sound, *valid Analogous words: forceful, forcible, *powerful, potent: *effective, effectual, efficacious: *conclusive, decisive, determinative, definitive … New Dictionary of Synonyms
telling — [adj] effective, significant cogent, considerable, conspicuous, convincing, crucial, decisive, devastating, effectual, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, influential, marked, operative, potent, powerful, satisfactory, satisfying, solid,… … New thesaurus
telling — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having a striking or revealing effect; significant. DERIVATIVES tellingly adverb … English terms dictionary
telling — [[t]te̱lɪŋ[/t]] tellings 1) N VAR The telling of a story or of something that has happened is the reporting of it to other people. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga... These stories grow in the telling. 2) ADJ GRADED If… … English dictionary
telling — tell|ing1 [ˈtelıŋ] adj 1.) having a great or important effect = ↑significant ▪ a telling argument 2.) showing the true character or nature of someone or something, often without being intended telling comment/example/detail etc >tellingly adv… … Dictionary of contemporary English
telling — /ˈtɛlɪŋ / (say teling) adjective 1. having force or effect; effective; striking: a telling blow. 2. indicative of one s feelings; revealing: a telling blush. –phrase 3. take a telling, Colloquial to be warned: he ought to take a telling. {tell1 + …
telling — tellingly, adv. /tel ing/, adj. 1. having force or effect; effective; striking: a telling blow. 2. revealing; indicative of much otherwise unnoticed: a telling analysis of motivation in business. [1850 55; TELL1 + ING2] Syn. 1. powerful, forceful … Universalium
telling — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Telling is used after these nouns: ↑fortune, ↑story {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Telling is used with these nouns: ↑anecdote, ↑criticism, ↑critique, ↑detail, ↑example, ↑phrase, ↑ … Collocations dictionary