KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING

Meaning of KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING in English

keep things going as usual while someone is away Don`t worry about anything. I will stay home and keep the home fires burning while you are on your holiday.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING — {v. phr.} To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back. * …
Slang English vocab
KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING — {v. phr.} To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back. * …
Словарь английских идиом
KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING — v. phr. To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back. While …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURNING — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English brenninge, from present participle of brennen to burn 1. a. : on fire : alight …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRES — plural of fire present third singular of fire
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNING — — burningly , adv. /berr"ning/ , adj. 1. aflame; on fire. 2. very hot; simmering: The water was burning. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BURNING — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. a. : being on fire b. : ardent , intense burning enthusiasm 2. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
BURNING — adj that burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. burning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of burn. 3. burning ·adj consuming; …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BURNING — burning BrE AmE ˈbɜːn ɪŋ AmE \ ˈbɝːn ɪŋ ▷ burning|ly li ▷ burning|s z ▶ ˌ burning ˈ bush …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNING — / ˈbɜːnɪŋ; NAmE ˈbɜːrn-/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. ( of feelings, etc. ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BURNING — I. burn ‧ ing 1 /ˈbɜːnɪŋ $ ˈbɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BURNING — adj. 1 ardent, intense (burning desire). 2 hotly discussed, exciting (burning question). 3 flagrant (burning shame). øburning bush 1 any …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURNING — adj. 1 ardent, intense (burning desire). 2 hotly discussed, exciting (burning question). 3 flagrant (burning shame). burning bush 1 any …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
BURNING — adj.1 ardent, intense (burning desire). 2 hotly discussed, exciting (burning question). 3 flagrant (burning shame). Phrases and idioms: burning bush …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNING — 1. You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot. ...the burning desert of Central Asia. ADJ • Burning …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BURNING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a burning desire (= an extremely strong desire ) ▪ She had a burning desire …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Slang English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — INDEX: 1. where someone lives 2. to be in your home 3. happening or doing something in someone’s home 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — See ↑ COME FROM 2, ↑ HOME 1,4,5, ↑ HOUSE 3, ↑ TOWN 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at home • …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — n. 25B6; noun they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BURNING — n. 25B6; adjective burning coals : BLAZING, flaming, fiery, ignited, glowing, red-hot, smouldering; raging, roaring. burning desert sands : EXTREMELY …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOME — n. 1 dwelling-place, residence, domicile, abode, dwelling, house, (living) quarters, habitation, lodging(s), Brit accommodation or US accommodations, Colloq place, Chiefly …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BURNING — adj. 1 flaming, blazing, fiery; ablaze, aflame, afire, on fire When we arrived, the entire building was burning 2 vehement, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRES — fries serif
Anagrams English vocabulary
FIRES — The use of weapon systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target. (JP 3-0)
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
HOME — noun 1 BAD : As soon as I arrived at home, I knew that something was wrong. GOOD : As …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOME
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRES — Огни
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BURNING — 1. сущ. 1) горение Syn : combustion 2) обжиг, обжигание; прокаливание Syn : baking, glazing 3) горн. расширение (шнуров) взрывами …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRES — Огни
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

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