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1 get the brush-off
(to reject or be rejected abruptly.) a trimite/a fi trimis la plimbare -
2 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) perie2) (an act of brushing.) periere3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) coadă4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) ciocnire, ceartă (cu)2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) a peria2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) a mătura3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) a pieptăna4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) a atinge (uşor)•- brush away
- brush up
- give
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3 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.)2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.)3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.)4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.)2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) măturare, măturat2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) gest larg3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) coşar4) (a sweepstake.) loto•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
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4 scrub
1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.)2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.)3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.)2. noun(an act of scrubbing.) frecat; frecare
См. также в других словарях:
the brush-off — informal : rude treatment or behavior by someone who is not interested at all in what another person wants or asks for I wanted to ask him about his decision but he gave me the brush off. I got the brush off when I asked her for help. see also… … Useful english dictionary
The Brush-Off — infobox Book | name = The Brush Off title orig = translator = image caption = author = Shane Maloney illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = Murray Whelan genre = Crime, Comedy, Political novel publisher =… … Wikipedia
the brush-off — refusal, rejection The first time he asked her for a date, she gave him the brush off … English idioms
give\ the\ brush-off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… … Dictionary of American idioms
get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… … Dictionary of American idioms
get\ the\ brush-off — v. phr. slang 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children. 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. Frank and Jane had an argument, so the… … Словарь американских идиом
give somebody the brush-off — verb To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone. I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush off. Syn: give somebody the run around, give somebody the cold shoulder … Wiktionary
give him the brush-off — turn away from someone, reject someone When Don asked Jane for a date, she gave him the brush off … English idioms
brush\ off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
brush-off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
