10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROSS ONE'S HEART»
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
2 trust in good luck. cross one's heart make a solemn pledge. cross one's mind (
Of a thought, etc.) occur to one. cross a person's palmbribe. cross swords
encounter in opposi— tion. cross wires (or get one's wires crossed) 1 become
wrongly ...
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The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
2 trust in good luck, cross one's heart make a solemn pledge, cross one's mind (
of a thought, etc.) occur to one. cross a person's palm- bribe, cross swords
encounter in opposition, cross wires (or get one's wires crossed) I become
wrongly ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... (loosely) to disappoint someone romantically; by heart by rote; in the memory:
change of heart see under change; cross one's heart an expression used to
emphasize the truth of a statement (often literally, by making the sign of the cross
over ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
break someone's heart to cause them great sorrow, because one does not
reciprocate their love. • by heart by or from memory. • cross one's heart to
emphasize the truth of a statement (often literally, by making the sign of the cross
over one's ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
cross one's heart to make a crossing gesture over one's heart as an indication of
one's earnestness in promising or asserting something. — cross someone's mind
to occur to someone. — cross someone's palm to put a coin in someone's hand.
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton,
1992
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Concise English Dictionary
cross one's fingers, keep one's fingers crossed to place one finger across another
to ensure good tuck: cross one's heart to emphasise that one is being truthful by
making the sign of a cross over one's heart: cross someone's mind to flash ...
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;2:*M ?) the fullness of the heart A FULLNESS to break someone's heart BREAK
to cross one's heart (and hope to die) A CROSS to do someone's heart good f'Ji ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... CRICKET CRISS-CROSS CROCODILE TEARS CROOK CROP OUT CROP
UP CROSS AS TWO STICKS CROSS-CHECK CROSS FIRE CROSS ONE'S
HEART - CROSS ONE'S MIND - CROSS ONE'S PALM • CROSS ONE'S PATH
CROSS ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[Anglo-Saxon cros, from Latin crux] • cross one's fingers or keep one's fingers
crossed to hope for good fortune by crossing one's middle finger over one's index
finger, cross one's heart to make a crossing gesture over one's heart as an ...
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
... instead of hiding them E.g. Everybody knows that Mary is head over heels in
love with Tom. She is wearing her heart on her sleeve. Cross one's heart and
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NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROSS ONE'S HEART»
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