POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS

Meaning of POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS in English

see oil

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

POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — create peace, ease a problem situation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — try to calm a dispute with placatory words. → pour
Concise Oxford English vocab
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — see oil
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops were nearing a …
Slang English vocab
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops were nearing a …
Словарь английских идиом
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — calm down a quarrel, say something to lessen anger and bring peace to a situation They tried to pour oil …
English Idioms vocab
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — v. phr. To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. The troops were nearing a bitter …
American Idioms English vocabulary
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать волнение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать волнение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
POUR OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS — умиротворять, успокаивать
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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
POUR — I. ˈpō(ə)r, ˈpȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) sometimes ˈpu̇(ə)r or -u̇ə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English pouren transitive verb 1. …
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
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
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
POUR — (v. t.) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out …
Английский словарь Webster
TROUBLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Trouble
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — ( v. t. ) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, …
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
POUR — — pourable , adj. — pourability , n. — pourer , n. — pouringly , adv. /pawr, pohr/ , v.t. …
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
TROUBLED — adj. upset, worried, concerned, disturbed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POUR — I. ˈpȯr verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to cause to flow in a …
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
POUR — adj poor. 2. pour ·vi to pore. 3. pour ·noun a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. 4. …
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
POUR — [pour] vb [ME] vt (14c) 1 a: to cause to flow in a stream b: to dispense from a container …
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
POUR — / pɔː(r); NAmE / verb 1. [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to make a liquid or …
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
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
POUR — pour S2 W3 /pɔː $ pɔːr/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from French dialect purer , …
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
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
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
TROUBLED — adj. showing, experiencing, or reflecting trouble, anxiety, etc. (a troubled mind; a troubled childhood).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
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
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
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
POUR — ( pours, pouring, poured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
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
TROUBLED — 1. Someone who is ~ is worried because they have problems. Rose sounded deeply ~... ADJ 2. A ~ place, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POUR — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES it is pouring with rain British English , it is pouring rain American English (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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

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