COME TO A PRETTY PASS

Meaning of COME TO A PRETTY PASS in English

reach a regrettable state of affairs.

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COME TO A PRETTY PASS — ➡ come to such a pass
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRETTY — I. ˈpri]d.]ē, ]t], ]i also ˈpu̇r], - R sometimes ˈpu̇] adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English prety, praty, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASS — I. ˈpas, ˈpaa(ə)s, ˈpais, ˈpȧs verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English passen, from Old French passer, from (assumed) Vulgar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRETTY — (superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; …
Английский словарь Webster
PRETTY — — prettily , adv. — prettiness , n. — prettyish , adj. /prit"ee/ , adj., prettier, prettiest , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASS — — passless , adj. /pas, pahs/ , v.t. 1. to move past; go by: to pass another car on the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRETTY — I. ˈpri-tē, ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- adjective ( pret·ti·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRETTY — superl stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. 2. pretty ·superl affectedly nice; foppish; used in an ill sense. 3. …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
COME — p.p. of come. 2. come ·noun coming. 3. come ·noun to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or …
Webster English vocab
PRETTY — [pret.ty] adj pret.ti.er ; -est [ME praty, prety, fr. OE praettig tricky, fr. praett trick; akin to ON prettr trick] …
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PRETTY — / ˈprɪti; NAmE / adverb , adjective ■ adverb (with adjectives and adverbs) 1. to some extent; fairly : I'm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASS — / pɑːs; NAmE pæs/ verb , noun ■ verb MOVE 1. to move past or to the other side of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRETTY — I. pret ‧ ty 1 S1 W3 /ˈprɪti/ BrE AmE adverb [+ adjective/adverb] spoken 1 . fairly or more than …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASS — I. pass 1 S1 W1 /pɑːs $ pæs/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ pass , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRETTY — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PASS — v. & n. --v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST). 1 intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, etc.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRETTY — adj., n., v., & adv. adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PASS — v. & n. v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST). 1 intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, etc.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRETTY — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1. attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome …
Oxford English vocab
PASS — 1. v. & n. --v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST). 1. intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
PRETTY — ( prettier, prettiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you describe …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASS — ( passes, passing, passed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. To pass …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRETTY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sweet/pretty/lovely melody (= pleasant ) ▪ The pianist played a sweet melody. fairly/pretty …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PASS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill is passed by parliament (= it is made into a law ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRETTY — (PLEASANT) [adjective] -ier, -iest - pleasant to look at, or (esp. of girls or women or things connected with them) …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME — v. come from come in come by come by chance come down with come off come on come out come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRETTY — I. pretty adjective 1. Synonyms: skillful 2, adroit, clever, good, ||skilly, wicked, workmanlike, workmanly 2. Synonyms: beautiful , attractive, beauteous, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRETTY — adj. 25B6; adjective a pretty child : ATTRACTIVE, lovely, good-looking, nice-looking, personable, fetching, prepossessing, appealing, charming, delightful, cute, as pretty …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASS — n. 25B6; verb the traffic passing through the village : GO, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel. a car …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRETTY — adj. 1 comely, attractive, good-looking, nice-looking, appealing, lovely, cute, mignon(ne), graceful, fair, bonny, fetching, charming, winsome, beautiful, pulchritudinous, Colloq easy …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PASS — v. 1 Often, pass by. proceed or move past, go by or past She passed me in the street I …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COME — v. 1 approach, advance, (draw) near, move, Archaic or literary draw nigh The car came towards us She has come …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COME — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME - EASY GO, FIRST …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRETTY — 1. прил. 1) а) миловидный, прелестный, хорошенький; симпатичный, приятный; привлекательный (о человеке; обык. о женщине или ребенке) Syn : beautiful, …
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PRETTY — pretty.ogg 1. ʹprıtı n 1. прелесть ( в обращении ) my pretty! - мой милый!; моя милая!; моя прелесть! 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PASS — 1) выход из игры 2) миновать 3) минуть 4) пас 5) передавать 6) переходить 7) происходить 8) пройти 9) пролет 10) пропуск 11) пропускание 12) пропускать 13) пропускной 14) проход 15) проходить 16) случаться • fill the …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRETTY — pretty прил.1) а) миловидный, прелестный, хорошенький; симпатичный, приятный; привлекательный (о человеке; обык. о женщине или ребенке) Syn:beautiful, nice, lovely б) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRETTY — 1. ʹprıtı n 1. прелесть ( в обращении ) my pretty! - мой милый!; моя милая!; моя прелесть! 2. 1> …
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