GET STH DOWN TO A FINE ART

Meaning of GET STH DOWN TO A FINE ART in English

( informal ) to learn to do sth well and efficiently :

I spend so much time travelling that I've got packing down to a fine art.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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ART — I also called visual art A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination. The …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINE — I. fine ˈfīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fin, fine, from Old French fin, from Latin finis boundary, …
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DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
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ART — I. Etymology: Middle English art, ert, from Old English eart; akin to Old Norse est, ert, (thou) art, Gothic is, …
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
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STH — abbreviation south
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FINE — fine 1 /fuyn/ , adj., finer, finest , adv., v., fined, fining , n. adj. 1. of superior or best …
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DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
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ART — art 1 /ahrt/ , n. 1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, …
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GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINE — I. fine ˈfīn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fin, fine, from Latin finis boundary, end Date: 13th century 1. …
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DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
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ART — I. ˈärt, ərt Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eart; akin to Old Norse est, ert (thou) art, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINE — superl (used ironically.). 2. fine ·superl not coarse, gross, or heavy. 3. fine ·vi to pay a fine. ·see fine, …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
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ART — noun the black art; magic. 2. art ·noun skillful plan; device. 3. art ·noun cunning; artifice; craft. 4. art ·noun …
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STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FINE — [fine] n [ME, fr. OF fin, fr. L finis boundary, end] (13c) 1 obs: end, conclusion 2: a compromise of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ART — [art] [ME, fr. OE eart; akin to ON est, ert (thou) art, OE is is] archaic pres 2d sing of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ART — the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with …
Britannica English vocabulary
FINE — I fine ordinary senses BrE AmE faɪn ▷ fined faɪnd ▷ finer ˈfaɪn ə AmE - ə r ▷ fines …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINE — / faɪn; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( finer , fin·est ) VERY GOOD …
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DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
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ART — / ɑːt; NAmE ɑːrt/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the use of the imagination to express …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FINE — I. fine 1 S1 W1 /faɪn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French ; Origin: fin , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ART — I. art 1 S1 W1 /ɑːt $ ɑːrt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ art , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ART — n. 1 a human creative skill or its application. b work exhibiting this. 2 a (in pl.; prec. by the) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ART — n. 1 a human creative skill or its application. b work exhibiting this. 2 a (in pl.; prec. by the) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
FINE — 1. adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1. of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
ART — 1. n.1 a human creative skill or its application. b work exhibiting this. 2 a (in pl.; prec. by the) …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINE — I. ADJECTIVE USES /faɪn/ ( finer, finest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
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ART — ( arts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Art consists of paintings, …
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FINE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beautiful/fine/sunny morning ▪ Outside it was a beautiful morning. a fine balance (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ART — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature ▪ Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture. a film/art/music etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINE — (PUNISHMENT) [noun] [C] - an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a …
Cambridge English vocab
ART — [noun] [U] - the making of what is expressive or beautiful, or things that are considered to be expressive or …
Cambridge English vocab
ART — n. visual art Woodstock Music and Art Fair abstract art nonrepresentational art nonobjective art Anglo Saxon art International Exhibition of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ART — n. also called visual art A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination. The …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — Synonyms and related words : Babylonian, Corinthian, OK, Roger, absolutely, abstruse, accomplished, accurate, acrid, acute, admirable, adulterated, advantageous, aesthetic, aesthetically …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ART — Synonyms and related words : American, Art Nouveau, Ashcan school, Barbizon, Bauhaus, Bolognese, British, Cobra, Dadaism, Dutch, Fauvism, Flemish, Fontainebleau, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — Fine as five pence. Fine as a cow-t--d stuck with primroses.FINE. A man imprisoned for any offence. A fine of …
Slang English vocab
FINE — n. Function: adjective 1 marked by subtlety of perception or discrimination FF1C; I cannot follow these fine distinctions FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FINE — I. noun a pecuniary penalty exacted by an authority paid a fine of ten dollars Synonyms: amercement, forfeit, mulct, penalty …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , heavy , hefty , huge , large , massive , stiff , substantial ▪ …
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