BACKFIRED

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Subsidiary English-Russian dictionary. Вспомогательный Англо-Русский словарь. 2012

BACKFIRE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: back (III) + fire 1. a. : a fire started counter to an advancing forest or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — /bak"fuyeur'/ , v. , backfired, backfiring , n. v.i. 1. (of an internal-combustion engine) to have a loud, premature explosion …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — I. -ˌfī(-ə)r noun Date: 1839 1. : a fire started to check an advancing fire by clearing an area 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: NOBEL-PRIZES — Prize for Chemistry The 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Paul Crutzen, a Dutch citizen with the Max …
Britannica English vocabulary
WITIGIS — flourished 536 Ostrogoth soldier who became king of Italy and led his people in an unsuccessful last-ditch struggle against the …
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RIVADAVIA, BERNARDINO — born May 20, 1780, Buenos Aires died Sept. 2, 1845, Cdiz, Spain first president of the Argentine republic. Although one …
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PLATT, THOMAS COLLIER — born July 15, 1833, Owego, N.Y., U.S. died March 6, 1910, New York City U.S. representative and senator from New …
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GANDHI, RAJIV — born Aug. 20, 1944, Bombay, India died May 21, 1991, Sriperumbudur, near Madras in full Rajiv Ratna Gandhi the leading …
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CUPID — ancient Roman god of love in all its varieties, the counterpart of the Greek god Eros and the equivalent of …
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CHIANG KAI-SHEK — Wade-Giles romanization Chiang Chieh-shih, official name Chiang Chung-cheng born Oct. 31, 1887, Chekiang province, China died April 5, 1975, Taipei, …
Britannica English vocabulary
BACKFIRE — / ˌbækˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / verb [ v ] 1. backfire (on sb) to have the opposite effect to the one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAIL — I. fail 1 S2 W1 /feɪl/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ fail , ↑ failure , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKFIRE — back ‧ fire /ˌbækˈfaɪə $ ˈbækfaɪr/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] 1 . if a plan or action backfires, it has …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKFIRE — ( backfires, backfiring, backfired) 1. If a plan or project backfires , it has the opposite result to the one …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird flaps its wings (= it moves its wings up and down ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VOTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES customer/patient/voter etc satisfaction (= among customers/patients/voters etc ) ▪ Staff work as a team to …
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SUPERIOR
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RITZY — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ We had dinner at the ritzy Drake Hotel. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And now …
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REMINDER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a painful reminder ▪ The violence is a painful reminder that many issues have not …
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REFERENDUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE constitutional ▪ Nevertheless, Congress was forced to agree to a constitutional referendum in April …
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REDRESS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES redress the balance ( also restore the balance British English ) (= make it …
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PREVENT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES legislation prevents sth ▪ Legislation prevents the import and export of certain types of drug. …
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PRACTICAL JOKE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At first I thought it was an enormous practical joke . ▪ Baker said that …
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PEOPLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crowd of people ▪ I pushed my way through the crowd of people. …
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PASS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill is passed by parliament (= it is made into a law ) …
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PANDEMIC — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And history teachers could set their pupils researching the influenza pandemic of 1918, a grim …
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BAN
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BACKFIRE — verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his …
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APPEASE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN attempt ▪ This was a clever attempt to appease the people, but it backfired. …
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