CAST OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS

Meaning of CAST OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS in English

smooth things over, calm things down

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TROUBLED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a guilty/troubled conscience (= the knowledge that you have done something wrong ) ▪ His …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATERS — biographical name Ethel 1896-1977 American actress & singer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROUBLED — adjective Date: 14th century 1. concerned , worried , exhibiting emotional or behavioral problems , characterized by or indicative of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OIL — I Any greasy substance liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be a fixed (nonvolatile) oil, an …
Английский словарь Британика
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OIL — I. ˈȯi]l dial ˈī]l, esp before pause or consonant ]əl\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAST — I. ˈkast, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- verb ( cast ; cast ; casting ; casts ) Etymology: Middle English casten, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATERS — plural of water present third singular of water
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of troublen to trouble : characterized by or indicative of trouble these troubled …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUBLED — (imp. & p. p.) of Trouble
Английский словарь Webster
TROUBLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Trouble
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATERS — /waw"teuhrz, wot"euhrz/ , n. Ethel , 1896-1977, U.S. singer and actress.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OIL — — oilless , adj. — oillessness , n. — oillike , adj. /oyl/ , n. 1. any of a large …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAST — — castable , adj. — castability , n. /kast, kahst/ , v. , cast, casting , n. , adj. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adj. upset, worried, concerned, disturbed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CAST — I. ˈkast verb ( cast ; cast·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATERS — biographical name Ethel 1896-1977 American actress & singer
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROUBLED — Date: 14th century 1. a. : concerned , worried troubled feelings about the decision b. : exhibiting emotional or behavioral …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROUBLED — impf & ·p.p. of trouble.
Webster English vocab
CAST
Webster English vocab
WATERS — ~ amniotic fluid, especially as discharged shortly before birth. → water ———————— ~ an area of sea regarded as under …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TROUBLED — adjective showing or experiencing problems or anxiety. → trouble
Concise Oxford English vocab
TROUBLED — [trou.bled] adj (14c) 1 a: concerned, worried "~ feelings about the decision" b: emotionally or mentally disturbed "a home for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAST — [cast] vb cast ; cast.ing [ME, fr. ON kasta; akin to ON kos heap] vt (13c) 1 a: to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATERS — Waters BrE AmE ˈwɔːt əz AmE \ ˈwɔːt̬ ə rz ˈwɑːt̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROUBLED — / ˈtrʌbld; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a person ) worried and anxious : She looked into his troubled …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — / ɔɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a thick liquid that is found in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAST — / kɑːst; NAmE kæst/ verb , noun ■ verb ( cast , cast ) A LOOK / GLANCE / SMILE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATERS — Waters, Muddy BrE AmE (1915–83) a US BLUES singer, songwriter, and ↑ guitar player, who greatly influenced many other singers …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUBLED — troub ‧ led /ˈtrʌb ə ld/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ troubled , ↑ troublesome , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OIL — I. oil 1 S2 W1 /ɔɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: oile , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAST
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OIL — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAST — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Oxford English vocab
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Oxford English vocab
CAST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1. tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
TROUBLED — 1. Someone who is troubled is worried because they have problems. Rose sounded deeply troubled... ADJ 2. A troubled place, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — ( oils, oiling, oiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Oil is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAST — ( casts, casting) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'cast' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUBLED — 1. Someone who is ~ is worried because they have problems. Rose sounded deeply ~... ADJ 2. A ~ place, …
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ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer/phone/oil etc company ▪ an international oil company an energy/oil/fuel crisis ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAST — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be cast in a mould (= be very like something ) ▪ He didn't …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATERS
Cambridge English vocab
TROUBLED — [adjective]The survival package involves selling off the unprofitable parts of the troubled company.The exhibition covers the key moments of the …
Cambridge English vocab
OIL — n. Arabian American Oil Company crude oil castor oil plant cod liver oil essential oil Gulf Oil Corp. Millikan oil …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TROUBLED — Synonyms and related words : abashed, afflicted, aggravated, agitated, all-overish, angry, annoyed, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, beset, bothered, browned-off, bugged, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OIL — Synonyms and related words : Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAST
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TROUBLED — adj. VERBS ▪ be , feel , look ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ a singer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TROUBLED — adj. 25B6; adjective Joanna looked troubled : ANXIOUS, worried, concerned, perturbed, disturbed, bothered, ill at ease, uneasy, unsettled, agitated; distressed, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAST — n. 25B6; verb he cast the stone into the stream : THROW, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, lob; informal chuck, sling, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WATERS
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
WATERS — n. 1) flood ~ (the flood ~ receded) 2) coastal; international; navigable; territorial ~ 3) in ~ (the ship was …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
CAST — n. 1 throw, toss, pitch, shy, lob, thrust, chuck In his next cast, the bowler lightly struck the jack 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WATERS — rawest waster
Anagrams English vocabulary
OIL — Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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