6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIVE SOMETHING HOUSEROOM»
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... can't get their own house in order. safe as houses thoroughly or completely
safe. British houseroom not give something houseroom be unwilling to have or
consider something. British 6 The word houseroom, dating from the late 16th
century, ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
not give something houseroom be unwilling to have or consider something.
British The word houseroom, dating from the late 16th century, literally means '
lodging or accommodation in a house'. 1986 Liz LochheadTrue Confessions
Course I ...
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Heinemann English Dictionary
... States. houseroom noun Phrase not give something houseroom not to be
prepared even to consider owning something. house- trained adjective (of a pet)
trained not to excrete inside the house. house-warming noun a party to celebrate
...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases not give something houseroom Brit. be unwilling to have or consider
something. house-sit 7verb [no obj.] live in and look after a house while its owner
is away. – derivatives house-sitter noun. Houses of Parliament (in the UK) the ...
That is, to give something houseroom in your mind and to show it the
understanding and consideration required by good manners. We make the easy
assumption that everyone is receptive to new ideas, especially college students,
but such is ...
... -ru:m/nnot give (something) houseroom not to accept (something) which one
finds very unpleasant ^Jgfg,M MR AO Sift: I told him to take his old furniture away:
I wouldn't 701 however1 give it houseroom for anything ftH4fit>}£lifif Houses of.
普罗克特 (Procter, Paul), 1988
