A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW

Meaning of A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW in English

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW — see pill
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWALLOW — I. ˈswä(ˌ)lō, -_lə also ˈswȯ(-; -_ləw, -_lō+V; dial, or NE+V, -_lər noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English swalwe, swalowe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PILL — I. ˈpil noun ( -s ) Etymology: earlier pille, from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English pyll, alteration of pull …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTER — I. bit·ter ˈbid.ə(r), ˈbitə- adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTER — (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter …
Английский словарь Webster
BITTER — ( v. t. ) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWALLOW — swallow 1 — swallowable , adj. — swallower , n. /swol"oh/ , v.t. 1. to take into the stomach by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PILL — pill 1 /pil/ , n. 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITTER — — bitterish , adj. — bitterly , adv. — bitterness , n. /bit"euhr/ , adj., bitterer, bitterest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWALLOW — I. ˈswä-(ˌ)lō noun Etymology: Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe; akin to Old High German swalawa swallow Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PILL — I. ˈpil verb Etymology: Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo-French piler to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITTER — I. ˈbi-tər adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High German bittar bitter, Old English bītan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWALLOW — noun that which ingulfs; a whirlpool. 2. swallow ·noun capacity for swallowing; voracity. 3. swallow ·noun taste; relish; inclination; liking. …
Webster English vocab
PILL — noun the peel or skin. 2. pill ·vt to deprive of hair; to make bald. 3. pill ·vi to be …
Webster English vocab
BITTER — vt to make bitter. 2. bitter ·noun aa turn of the cable which is round the bitts. 3. bitter ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — [swal.low] n [ME swalowe, fr. OE swealwe; akin to OHG swalawa swallow] (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous small widely …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PILL — [pill] vb [ME pilen, pillen, partly fr. OE pilian to peel, partly fr. MF piller to plunder] vi (12c) dial …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITTER — [bit.ter] adj [ME, fr. OE biter; akin to OHG bittar bitter, OE bitan] (bef. 12c) 1 a: being or inducing …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — any of the 74 species of the bird family Hirundinidae (order Passeriformes). A few, including the bank swallow, are called …
Britannica English vocabulary
SWALLOW — swallow, S~ BrE AmE ˈswɒl əʊ AmE ˈswɑːl oʊ ▷ swallow|ed d ▷ swallow|er/s ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BITTER — bitt|er BrE AmE ˈbɪt |ə AmE ˈbɪt̬ | ə r ▷ bitt|erer ə r ə AmE ə r ə r …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWALLOW — / ˈswɒləʊ; NAmE ˈswɑːloʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb FOOD / DRINK 1. to make food, drink, etc. go down …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILL — / pɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small flat round piece of medicine …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — / ˈbɪtə(r); NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective HELP NOTE : more bitter and most bitter are the usual …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWALLOW — I. swal ‧ low 1 /ˈswɒləʊ $ ˈswɑːloʊ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: swelgan ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PILL — I. pill 1 S3 /pɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: pilula , from pila …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BITTER — I. bit ‧ ter 1 S3 W3 /ˈbɪtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: biter …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWALLOW — n. any of various migratory swift-flying insect-eating birds of the family Hirundinidae, esp. Hirundo rustica, with a forked tail and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PILL — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BITTER — adj. & n. --adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWALLOW — n. any of various migratory swift-flying insect-eating birds of the family Hirundinidae, esp. Hirundo rustica, with a forked tail and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PILL — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BITTER — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWALLOW — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. cause or allow (food etc.) to pass down the throat. 2 intr. perform …
Oxford English vocab
PILL — n.1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) …
Oxford English vocab
BITTER — adj. & n. --adj. 1. having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Oxford English vocab
SWALLOW — ( swallows, swallowing, swallowed) 1. If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILL — ( pills) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pills are small solid …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — ( bitterest, bitters) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a bitter …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — (~est, ~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a ~ argument …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PILL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES morning-after pill pep pill poison pill sleeping pill COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bitter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITTER — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bitter argument ▪ There are bitter arguments about whether he was a hero or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWALLOW — [noun] [C]A swallow is an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move …
Cambridge English vocab
PILL — [noun] [C] - a small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows in one piece; a tableta sleeping pillMy …
Cambridge English vocab
BITTER — (COLD) [adjective] - (of weather) extremely cold, esp. in a way that can cause you to feel physical paina bitter …
Cambridge English vocab
SWALLOW — Synonyms and related words : abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILL — PILL, or PEELE GARLICK. Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly …
Slang English vocab
BITTER — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: ACRID , amaroidal, austere, harsh, sharp Related Words: acerb, acid, bitterish Contrasted Words: delicious; bland, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — adjective 1. Synonyms: acrid , amaroidal, austere, harsh, sharp Related Word: acerb, acid, bitterish Contrasted words: delicious; bland, flat, insipid …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILL — noun 1 medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ diet , sleeping , vitamin ▪ prescription ( esp. AmE ) … OF PILLS ▪ bottle …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWALLOW — n. 25B6; verb she couldn't swallow anything : EAT, gulp down, consume, devour, put away; ingest, assimilate; drink, guzzle, quaff, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BITTER — n. 25B6; adjective bitter coffee : SHARP, acid, acidic, acrid, tart, sour, biting, unsweetened, vinegary; N. Amer. acerb; technical acerbic. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWALLOW — v. 1 eat, consume, devour, ingest, dispatch or despatch; drink, gulp, guzzle, down, Colloq put or pack away, swig, swill …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PILL — n. 1 tablet, capsule, bolus, pellet, pilule; medicine, medication, medicament, drug, pharmaceutical, remedy, cure; cough drop, pastille, lozenge, troche Doctor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — adj. 1 harsh, acerbic, acrid, sharp, caustic, mordant I added some cream to the sauce to try and make it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWALLOW — I 1. сущ. 1) глоток I took a swallow of brandy. ≈ Я глотнул бренди. Syn : draught, gulp 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PILL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) пилюля, таблетка б) (the Pill) противозачаточные таблетки в) перен. нечто горькое, неприятное (что необходимо сделать, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITTER — 1. прил. 1) горький bitter as gall/wormwood ≈ горький как полынь Syn : sour 2) горький, мучительный (неприятный, тяжелый для …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWALLOW — swallow.ogg _I 1. ʹswɒləʋ n 1. глоток at a swallow - одним глотком, залпом to take a swallow of water …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PILL — pill.ogg _I 1. pıl n 1. 1> пилюля; таблетка to take a pill - а) принять пилюлю /таблетку/; б) разг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BITTER — bitter.ogg _I 1. ʹbıtə n 1> горькое пиво 2> горькое лекарство 3> горечь to take the bitter with the sweet …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWALLOW — I swallow сущ.1) глоток I took a swallow of brandy. — Я глотнул бренди. He drank it at one swallow. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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