HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD

Meaning of HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD in English

v. pay back evil with good as to have one's enemy feel guilt and regret past actions

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

HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is …
Slang English vocab
HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is …
Словарь английских идиом
HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD — v. phr. , literary To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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
HEAP — I. ˈhēp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English heep, hepe, from Old English hēap; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
COALS — plural of coal present third singular of coal
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAP — (v. t.) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; …
Английский словарь Webster
HEAP — ( v. t. ) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to …
Webster's Revised 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
HEAP — — heaper , n. — heapy , adj. /heep/ , n. 1. a group of things placed, thrown, or lying …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
HEAP — I. ˈhēp noun Etymology: Middle English heep, from Old English hēap; akin to Old High German houf heap Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAP — noun a crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. 2. heap ·noun a great number or large …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
Webster English vocab
HEAP — [heap] n [ME heep, fr. OE heap; akin to OHG houf heap] (bef. 12c) 1: a collection of things thrown …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAP — / hiːp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. heap (of sth) an untidy pile of sth : The …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAP — I. heap 1 /hiːp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . a large untidy pile of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAP — n. & v. --n. 1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAP — n. & v. n. 1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HEAP — n. & v. --n. 1. a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
FIRE
Oxford English vocab
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
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
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
HEAP — ( heaps, heaping, heaped) 1. A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES compost heap consign sb/sth to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British English ▪ Many older …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
HEAP — 1. < programming > An area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation where blocks of memory are allocated and …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HEAP — n. 1 collection, pile, mound, stack, accumulation, aggregation, agglomeration, congeries, conglomeration, hoard, mass, store, mountain, stockpile, supply, Colloq US and …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
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