to sweeten the pill for sb

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• sugar the pill — To compensate somewhat for an unpleasant prospect, unwelcome imposition, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sugar * * * sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new …   Useful english dictionary

• pill — ► NOUN 1) a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole. 2) (the Pill) a contraceptive pill. ► VERB ▪ (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface. ● a bitter pill Cf. ↑a bitter pill …   English terms 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

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• 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 — 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

• 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 — 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 — noun 1》 a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.     ↘(the Pill) a contraceptive pill. 2》 informal, dated a ball. 3》 informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person. verb (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its… …   English new terms dictionary

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• On the Nature of Things — (Latin: De rerum natura ) is a first century BC poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem is divided into six books, and concentrates heavily on Epicurean… …   Wikipedia