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1. n1) ковток2) ковтання3) горлянка4) ненажерливість, надмірний апетит5) перен. схильність, бажання6) довірливість7) орн. ластівкаone swallow does not make a summer — присл. одна ластівка — то ще не весна
2. v1) ковтати; проковтувати (тж swallow up)2) стерпіти, проковтнути (образу тощо)to swallow an insult — стерпіти образу, проковтнути кривду
3) стримувати, приборкувати, переборювати (тж swallow down)to swallow one's pride — перебороти (приборкати) гординю
4) поглинати (тж swallow up)5) приймати на віру, вірити* * *I n1) ковтокat a swallow — одним ковтком, залпом
2) ковтання3) пелькаII v1) ковтати, проковтнути ( swallow up)2) терпіти3) придушувати, стримувати, тамувати ( swallow down)4) ( swallow up) поглинатиIII n; зоол.
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swallow one's pride — {v. phr.} To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. * /After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner./ Compare: EAT ONE S WORDS … Dictionary of American idioms
swallow one's pride — {v. phr.} To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. * /After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner./ Compare: EAT ONE S WORDS … Dictionary of American idioms
swallow one's pride — To humble oneself • • • Main Entry: ↑swallow … Useful english dictionary
swallow one's pride — bring one s pride under control, become humble I had to swallow my pride and go and ask my supervisor for some extra money … Idioms and examples
swallow one's pride — If you swallow your pride, you accept something humiliating or embarrassing, for example having to admit that you are wrong, or that you have less knowledge that you thought. When Jill failed the exam, she had to swallow her pride and… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
swallow\ one's\ pride — v. phr. To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner. Compare: eat one s words … Словарь американских идиом
swallow one's pride — verb To set aside ones feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance … Wiktionary
pocket one's pride — See: SWALLOW ONE S PRIDE … Dictionary of American idioms
pocket one's pride — See: SWALLOW ONE S PRIDE … Dictionary of American idioms
pocket\ one's\ pride — See: swallow one s pride … Словарь американских идиом
swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed … English World dictionary