WASTE ONE'S BREATH

Meaning of WASTE ONE'S BREATH in English

talk or give advice without effect.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

WASTE ONE'S BREATH — phrasal to accomplish nothing by speaking
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — phrasal : to speak without result : accomplish nothing by speaking
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — talk to the wall, talk in vain
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — : to accomplish nothing by speaking
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — to accomplish nothing by speaking
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she …
Slang English vocab
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she …
Словарь английских идиом
WASTE ONE'S BREATH — v. phr. To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. The teacher saw that she was …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASTE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREATH — ˈbreth noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣth; akin to Old High German brādam …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASTE — — wastable , adj. — wasteless , adj. /wayst/ , v. , wasted, wasting , n. , adj. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREATH — /breth/ , n. 1. the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration. 2. respiration, esp. as necessary to life. 3. life; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASTE — I. ˈwāst noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo-French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREATH — noun Etymology: Middle English breth, from Old English brǣth; akin to Old High German brādam breath, and perhaps to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASTE — adj lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. 2. waste ·v old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant …
Webster English vocab
BREATH — noun time to breathe; respite; pause. 2. breath ·noun fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. 3. breath ·noun the power of respiration, …
Webster English vocab
WASTE — [waste] n [ME waste, wast; in sense 1, fr. ONF wast, fr. wast, adj., desolate, waste, fr. L vastus; in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREATH — [breath] n [ME breth, fr. OE braeth; akin to OHG bradam breath, and perh. to OE beorma yeast--more at barm] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASTE — / weɪst; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb [ vn ] NOT USE WELL 1. waste sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATH — / breθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the air that you take into your lungs and send out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASTE — I. waste 1 S2 W3 /weɪst/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ wastage , ↑ waste , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASTE — v., adj., & n. --v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREATH — n. 1 a the air taken into or expelled from the lungs. b one respiration of air. c an exhalation …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASTE — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREATH — n. 1 a the air taken into or expelled from the lungs. b one respiration of air. c an exhalation …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASTE — v., adj., & n. --v. 1. tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
BREATH — n.1 a the air taken into or expelled from the lungs. b one respiration of air. c an exhalation of …
Oxford English vocab
WASTE — ( wastes, wasting, wasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATH — ( breaths) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your breath is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASTE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rubbish/waste bin ▪ The rubbish bin is full. a waste pipe ▪ What’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREATH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a breath of air ▪ I went outside for a breath of air. a breath …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASTE — (UNWANTED MATTER) [noun] - unwanted matter or material of any type, often that which is left after useful substances or …
Cambridge English vocab
BREATH — [noun] - the air that you take into and let out of your lungsAfter running I didn't have any breath …
Cambridge English vocab
BREATH — Synonyms and related words : Aqua-Lung, a breath, afterdamp, amaze, anima, anima humana, animating force, aroma, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATH — See: CATCH ONE'S BREATH, DRAW A LONG BREATH or TAKE A LONG BREATH, HOLD ONE'S BREATH, IN THE SAME BREATH, …
Slang English vocab
WASTE — INDEX: 1. to waste something 2. something that wastes time, money etc RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ SAVE to spend a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATH — See ↑ BREATHE 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wasting your breath • ↑ breathless/out of breath • ↑ get your …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATH — n. 25B6; noun I took a deep breath : INHALATION, inspiration, gulp of air; exhalation, expiration; Medicine respiration. I had …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATH — n. 1 gust, zephyr, breeze, puff, whiff, stirring, stir There wasn't a breath of air in the tent 2 hint, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BREATH — See: CATCH ONE'S BREATH, DRAW A LONG BREATH or TAKE A LONG BREATH, HOLD ONE'S BREATH, IN THE SAME BREATH, …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WASTE — 1. сущ. 1) растрачивание, расточительство; излишняя или ненужная трата a terrible waste of time and money ≈ большая трата времени …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREATH — сущ. 1) дыхание; вздох below/under one's breath ≈ тихо, шепотом to bate one's breath ≈ затаить дыхание to catch, hold …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASTE — waste.ogg 1. weıst n 1. растрачивание, ненужная или излишняя трата; расточительство waste of time - напрасная трата времени waste of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREATH — breath.ogg breθ n 1. 1> дыхание second breath - а) спорт. второе дыхание; б) новый прилив энергии alternate breath - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WASTE — 1) отходы; мусор; отбросы 2) скрап, лом 3) горн. пустая порода 4) горн. выработанное пространство 5) лесн. обрезки 6) цел.-бум. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WASTE — 1) отходы; мусор; отбросы 2) скрап, лом 3) горн. пустая порода 4) горн. выработанное пространство 5) лесн. обрезки 6) цел.-бум. срыв бумаги 7) сточные воды (промышленные …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BREATH — breath сущ.1) дыхание; вздох below/under one's breath — тихо, шепотом to bate one's breath — затаить дыхание to catch, hold …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WASTE — 1. weıst n 1. растрачивание, ненужная или излишняя трата; расточительство waste of time - напрасная трата времени waste of fuel …
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