10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURL ONE'S LIP»
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curl one's lip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
curl one's lip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
$J$S ' 'ffci? hp one's lips are sealed ^ P ftlDffi ; fl^ftffi (You may trust him; fc/i /tps
are sealed. vr^mmiiL - ii^-panm - > there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip JL SLIP1
to bite one's lip % BITE to button one's lip H BUTTON to curl one's lip % CURL to
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary: In 6 Volumes
C3f1C«( «fctia *VM *a1 S «l Mf*ta1 <qlr.m a1* *al i! sifi I's * ai i To Curl One's lip
— To do so in scorn ; ^1tt «fc f fa3 f ai i To hang on one's lip— To listen to his
every word in reverence ; atSitl^* ^t*ta« «C®I^?! f «tl Pltsil I To hang the lip — To
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
... I To bite one's lip, to be vexed and agitated 3TR (?RT; to suppress one's
emotion ^FRt MT^TStT 3>t ^T Wti I To curl one's lip, to show hatred ^TT ^T5<T
TOT, TT*<T TOT 1 To hang one's lip, to be humiliated iNT ^ I To lick or smack
one's lips, ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
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Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
The townspeople had learned the hard way that curiosity killed the cat –you
stayed indoors if there was trouble. curl curl one's lip to show one's disapproval
or disgust: literally, to lift the corner of one's mouth in a sneer. 19th cent. James
Hogg ...
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Diccionari UB: anglès-català
... (un paper) enrotllar 2) v/ntr(elscabells, la mar, una fulla) arrissar-se: the bacon
curled as I cooked it • el baco s'arrissava a mesura que el cuinava -$to curl one's
lip fer una ganyota de menyspreu -$to make somebody's hair curl escandalitzar ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
2 intr to grow in coils or ringlets. 3 tr & intr to move in or form into a spiral, coil or
curve. 4 intr to take part in the game of curling. > n 1 a small coil or ringlet of hair.
2 the tendency of hair to curl. 3 a twist, spiral, coil or curve. [14c] ♢ curl one's lip to
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A New German and English Dictionary: Compiled from the Best ...
... it shall not pass my lips, I shall not speak of it; fid) (dal.) bit —en beifun, nd) (ate.
) auf bie —en beifteu, to bite one's lips ; bie —en bangen loiini, to mope or sulk ;
bic — en aufwerten, to curl one's lip, to purse up one's mouth ; to pout ; to sneer ...
Karl Breul, Elizabeth Weir, 1906
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... egg thing with both good and bad aspect This enterprise is a curate 's egg.
CURIOSITY curiosity killed the cat (saying) said to somebody to stop him being
too inquisitive CURL curl one's lip put on a sneering expression He. 109.
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The Unexpected Evolution of Language: Discover the ...
sneer. OrIgInal defInITIOn: to snort, as a horse or dog new defInITIOn: curl one's
lip to show disdain “Sneer” is an example of both onomatopoeia and reverse
personification. “Onomatopoeia” is that fancy and hard-to-spell term to describe ...
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Bartlett's Roget's Thesaurus
... nod or shake one's head; beckon, gaze, glance, look, look or speak volumes,
ogle, leer, look daggers at; wink, raise one's eyebrows, frown, scowl, pout, moue,
purse one's lips, grimace; show anger, curl one's lip, snap, bite, clench one's jaw,
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Little Brown & Company, 2003
