GET WATER FROM A FLINT

Meaning of GET WATER FROM A FLINT in English

do something which is impossible

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLINT — [A] n flint
Interlingua English vocab
WATER — I Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen (H 2 O), existing in liquid , gas ( steam , water …
Английский словарь Британика
FLINT — City (pop., 2000: 124,943), eastern Michigan, U.S. Originally the site of a trading post, the city was laid out in …
Английский словарь Британика
WATER — I. ˈwȯ]d.ə(r), ˈwä], ]tə(r)\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLINT — I. ˈflint noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, flint, rock; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FROM — _f(r)əm, _f ə m, |främ, |frəm, _främ preposition Etymology: Middle English fram, from, from Old English; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLINT — (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
Английский словарь Webster
FLINT — (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
Английский словарь Webster
WATER — — waterer , n. — waterless , adj. — waterlessly , adv. — waterlessness , n. — waterlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLINT — — flintlike , adj. /flint/ , n. 1. a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER — I. ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLINT — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German flins pebble, hard stone Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATER — vi to get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. 2. water ·noun any liquid …
Webster English vocab
FLINT — noun anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. 2. flint ·noun a piece of flint for striking fire; …
Webster English vocab
FLINT — [flint] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG flins pebble, hard stone] (bef. 12c) 1: a massive hard quartz that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATER — a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. Water is …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLINT — city, seat (1836) of Genesee county, eastern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the Flint River, 60 miles (97 km) northwest …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATER — water BrE AmE ˈwɔːt ə AmE ˈwɔːt̬ ə r ˈwɑːt̬- ▷ water|ed d ▷ watering ˈwɔːt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLINT — flint, Flint BrE AmE flɪnt ▷ flints flɪn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROM — / frəm; strong form frɒm; NAmE frʌm; frɑːm/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of from in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLINT — / flɪnt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] a type of very hard grey stone that can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER — I. wa ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈwɔːtə $ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FROM — from S1 W1 /frəm; strong frɒm $ frəm strong frʌm, frɑːm/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H[2]O. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLINT — n. 1 a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WATER — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLINT — n. 1 a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1. a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1. a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Oxford English vocab
FLINT — n.1 a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk. b a …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER — ( waters, watering, watered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Water is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROM — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLINT — ( flints) 1. Flint is a very hard greyish-black stone that was used in former times for making tools. ...a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLINT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had his great knife, a flint for striking fire, his bow, and a clutch …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATER — [noun] [U] - a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary …
Cambridge English vocab
FLINT — [noun] - (a piece of) very hard grey or black glassy stoneHouses in this part of the country are built …
Cambridge English vocab
FLINT — n. City (pop., 2000: 124,943), eastern Michigan, U.S. Originally the site of a trading post, the city was laid out …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WATER — INDEX: 1. water 2. when a lot of water covers a place that is usually dry 3. a continuous movement …
Longman Activator English vocab
GET — INDEX: 1. to get something by buying it, asking for it, or finding it 2. to be given something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
GET — v. 25B6; verb where did you get that hat? : ACQUIRE, obtain, come by, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FROM — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (указывает на пространственные отношения; может передаваться тж. приставками) от, из, с from here ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLINT — сущ. 1) а) кремень (минеральное образование , состоящее из кварца и халцедона); кремневая галька б) любой очень твердый камень 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FROM — from.ogg frɒm (полная форма); frəm (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> исходный пункт действия или движения …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLINT — flint.ogg 1. flınt n 1. 1> кремень, кремнёвая галька; мелкозернистый песчаник 2> камень the ground was frozen to flint - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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