WHISTLE IN THE DARK

Meaning of WHISTLE IN THE DARK in English

phrasal to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

WHISTLE IN THE DARK — phrasal : to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling a series of optimistic statements and much …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — : to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — to keep up one's courage by or as if by whistling
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — pretend to be unafraid. → whistle
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully …
Slang English vocab
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully …
Словарь английских идиом
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — v. phr. , informal To try to stay brave and forget your fear. Tom said he could fight the bully …
American Idioms English vocabulary
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — а> ободрять, подбадривать; б> напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — маскировать волнение или страх, напускать на себя спокойствие, ободрять, подбадривать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — маскировать волнение или страх, напускать на себя спокойствие, ободрять, подбадривать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — а> ободрять, подбадривать; б> напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — а. ободрять, подбадривать; б. напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — expr AmE infml She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going on — Она просто строит …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — expr AmE infml She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going on — Она просто …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — whistle in the dark expr AmE infml She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — She's just whistling in the dark. She has no idea of what's going on — Она просто строит предположения, а …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WHISTLE IN THE DARK — 1) ободрять, подбадривать 2) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т. п.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHISTLE — I. ˈhwisəl also ˈwi- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARK — I. ˈdärk, ˈdȧk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHISTLE — (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a …
Английский словарь Webster
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Английский словарь Webster
DARK — (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some …
Английский словарь Webster
WHISTLE — ( v. i. ) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — ( a. ) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHISTLE — — whistleable , adj. /hwis"euhl, wis"-/ , v. , whistled, whistling , n. v.i. 1. to make a clear musical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — /dahrk/ , adj., darker, darkest , n. , v. adj. 1. having very little or no light: a dark room. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. ˈhwi-səl, ˈwi- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistle; akin to Old Norse hvīsla to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DARK — I. ˈdärk adjective Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German tarchannen to hide Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
DARK — vt to darken to obscure. 2. dark ·adj deprived of sight; blind. 3. dark ·noun the condition of ignorance; gloom; …
Webster English vocab
WHISTLE — [whis.tle] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwistle; akin to ON hvisla to whisper] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a small …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DARK — [dark] adj [ME derk, fr. OE deorc; akin to OHG tarchannen to hide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: devoid or partially …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHISTLE — short flute having a stopped lower end and a flue that directs the player's breath from the mouth hole at …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHISTLE — / ˈwɪsl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small metal or plastic tube that you blow to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — / dɑːk; NAmE dɑːrk/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( dark·er , dark·est ) WITH LITTLE LIGHT 1. with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. whis ‧ tle 1 /ˈwɪs ə l/ BrE AmE verb 1 . HIGH SOUND [intransitive and transitive] to make …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARK — I. dark 1 S2 W1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative darker , superlative darkest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHISTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHISTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DARK — adj. & n. adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHISTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Oxford English vocab
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1. with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Oxford English vocab
WHISTLE — ( whistles, whistling, whistled) 1. When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — ( darker, darkest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet whistles (= moves fast making a noise ) ▪ I heard a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DARK — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dark cloud (= a black or grey cloud ) ▪ A dark cloud …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHISTLE — [verb] - to make a high sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, esp. through the lips, …
Cambridge English vocab
DARK — [noun] [U]If you eat carrots does it really help you to see in the dark?I've always been afraid of the …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — Synonyms and related words : Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — n. Function: adjective 1 deficient in light FF1C; a dark room FF1E; Synonyms: caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WHISTLE — I. noun 1 small metal/plastic tube that you blow ADJECTIVE ▪ dog , police , train ▪ guard's , referee's …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DARK — See ↑ DARK 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shot in the dark • ↑ be in the dark • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — INDEX: 1. dark and with little or no light 2. to become dark 3. darkness RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ LIGHT …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — n. 25B6; adjective a dark night : BLACK, pitch-black, jet-black, inky; unlit, unilluminated; starless, moonless; dingy, gloomy, dusky, shadowy, shady; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — adj. 1 unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, ill-lighted, ill-lit, sunless; black, Stygian, pitch-dark, inky, jet-black We cowered in a recess in the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — adjective BAD : Soon it began to become dark and it was time to go home. GOOD : Soon it …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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