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PRONUNCIATION OF DO WELL FOR ONESELF

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DO WELL FOR ONESELF

do one´s stuff
do oneself justice
do or die
do out
do over
do someone dirt
do someone proud
do the business
do the dirty on
do the honours
do the lolly
do the necessary
do the needful
do the trick
do to death
do up
do violence to
do with
do without
do wonders

WORDS THAT END LIKE DO WELL FOR ONESELF

beside oneself
enjoy oneself
expose oneself
express oneself
fall over oneself
find oneself
full of oneself
give a bad account of oneself
give a good account of oneself
himself
keep oneself to oneself
keep to oneself
kill oneself
make a pig of oneself
make an exhibition of oneself
not know where to put oneself
oneself
present oneself
relieve oneself
take something upon oneself
turn in on oneself

Synonyms and antonyms of do well for oneself in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «do well for oneself» into 25 languages

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The translations of do well for oneself from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «do well for oneself» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

做好为自己
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacerlo bien para uno mismo
570 millions of speakers

English

do well for oneself
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी के लिए भी करते हैं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صنعا لنفسه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

делать хорошо для себя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazer o bem para si mesmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিজের জন্য ভাল কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bien faire pour soi-même
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbuat baik untuk diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tun gut für sich selbst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分のためにうまくいく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 자신 에 대해 잘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumindak becik marang awak dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm tốt cho bản thân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னைத்தானே நல்லது செய்யுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वतःसाठी चांगले काम करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kendini iyi yapmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fare bene per se stessi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobrze dla siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

робити добре для себе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face bine pentru sine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνει καλά για τον εαυτό του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doen goed vir jouself
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

göra bra för sig själv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjøre det bra for seg selv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of do well for oneself

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DO WELL FOR ONESELF»

The term «do well for oneself» is used very little and occupies the 151.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DO WELL FOR ONESELF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about do well for oneself

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DO WELL FOR ONESELF»

Discover the use of do well for oneself in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to do well for oneself and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... worst of it. do oneself well do well for oneself do oneself well - (coll) I . provide oneself with comforts, delicacies, etc.: Connie looked at the burly knight who had done himself well all his life, and her still- wondering blue eyes became vague.
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
apply cosmetics to one's face: He started as a teenage clown, making himself up with shaving cream and lipstick. do oneself well • do well for oneself do oneself well—1. provide oneself with comforts, delicacies, etc.: The old artist always did ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2010
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Hocak Teaching Materials, Volume 1: Elements of ...
(1) (hakikuru'a, rakikuru'a) lift oneself up. [kiì-ku-ru'a] PHYSICAL MoTIoN ngiwakrera hakikuru'a. 'When they knocked me down I lifted myself up.' kiik'ác uact. (1) (hakik'ac7 rakik'ác) benefit Oneself; help oneself; do Well for oneself.
Johannes Helmbrecht, Christian Lehmann, 2010
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GAMES INDIANS PLAY: why we are the way we are
zero-sum situations of the kind we have been discussing, one does not have to do better than others to do well for oneself. Letting others do as well as or even better than oneself is fine, as long as one is doing well enough for oneself. That is  ...
V. RAGHUNATHAN, 2008
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
(b) The patient is doing well. do well by somebody treat somebody generously do well for oneself become successful or prosperous do well to do something act wisely or prudently in doing something You would do well to try this method of ...
Vijaya Kumar, 1998
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The Handbook of Dispute Resolution
Indeed, the importance of relationships has been popularized in a number of books.22 The concept is captured in the dual concern model—to do well for oneself, one must also possess a high concern for the interests of the other party. 23 ...
Michael L. Moffitt, Robert C. Bordone, 2012
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Psalms: Psalms 42-89
It is a grim fate to do well for oneself and then find oneself suddenly in one's ancestors' company without having had a chance to enjoy one's achievements. The second colon underlines the grimness of this fact. This is a one-way journey ( cf.
John Goldingay, 2007
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Psalms : Volume 2 (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament ...
It is a grim fate to do well for oneself and then find oneself suddenly in one's ancestors' company without having had a chance to enjoy one's achievements. The second colon underlines the grimness of this fact. This is a one-way journey ( cf.
John Goldingay, 2007
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London Society an illustrated magazine of light and amusing ...
He knew that to do well for another requires even more concentration of will, and singleness of purpose, than to do well for oneself; and he doubted that he was not doing his duty as well by Dowson Brothers as he had been proud to think he  ...
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A History of Greek Political Thought (Routledge Library ...
We must not, says the author, confuse tipeflj with the power to do well for oneself or think it weakness to obey the laws. Even the superman (fiwequvfig), supposing him to be exempt from wounds and disease and even from the power of the law ...
T. A. Sinclair, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DO WELL FOR ONESELF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term do well for oneself is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tender minds crushed by parental pressure
They fail to see that one can do well for oneself even as a chef or hairstylist," says Mukta Nain of Birla High School. This school has seen ... «Times of India, Oct 11»
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How to get a pocket of distinctions
... one's result one's own personal pride and priority, so that one is concerned with ones own achievement and wants to do well for oneself.”. «Independent Online, Jan 11»

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