10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN ONE'S SHIRTSLEEVES»
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in one's shirtsleeves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
in one's shirtsleeves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... He is always in his senses and thus always acts properly In one's shirt:
Wearing nothing but a shirt, nothing over the shirt * I attended the meeting in my
shirt and a matching pair of trousers to my friend's house In one's shirtsleeves:
With coat ...
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in my office work in their shirtsleeves. XAMSHg ' $5»¥filllfi:J m^±up,^m^±m ° >
shit in the shit [,gffl]P8Affli* I mmmd'm told that their company is now in the shit.
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English idioms for Spanish speakers
... order to 199 in particular 203 in passing 204 in place of 210 in plain English 84
in recent times (years) 292 in round numbers 192 in (one's) shirtsleeves 254 in
short 247 in short order 199 in single file 97 in slow motion 181 in so many words
...
Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget, 2007
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
in one's shirtsleeves not wearing a jacket or coat. — keep one's shirt on (slang) to
control one's temper. — put one's shirt on (slang) to bet all one has on. [OE scyrte
] shirt dress n (also shirtwaister) a woman's dress with a shirt-like bodice, ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
Ho fatto un cattivo investimento e ora rischio di rimetterci la camicia I made a bad
investment and now Irisklosingmy shirt on it uova in camicia poached eggs in
maniche di camicia in one's shirtsleeves giocarsi la camicia to bet one's bottom ...
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Journeys and Experiences
in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile / ...
Itis atrifle better thanValparaiso, Chile, orDetroit, Michigan,onthose days because
at leastthecafés areopen. Theamusements ofthecity are paltry, the main one
being to sit evenings in one's shirtsleeves ona chair placed on the
sidewalkinfront of ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases in (one's) shirtsleeves wearing a shirt with nothing over it. – derivatives
shirtsleeved adjective. shirt tail 7noun the lower, typically curved, part of a shirt
which comes below the waist. shirtwaist 7noun N. Amer. a woman's blouse ...
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Le Mot Et L'idée: Révision Vivante Du Vocabulaire Anglais
... generally the linen : a vest (Am. undershirt), pants or trunks. A shirt is worn over
the vest. In hot weather to be in one's shirtsleeves etre en monches de chemise -
53 - — L'HABILLEMENT Vetements masculins Vetements feminins La couture.
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DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
In fact, in some parts of the extreme far-west, to appear in one's shirtsleeves, is to
appear in full dress, since the custom affords an opportunity to the wearer of a
clean shirt, to show that it is really clean. Southern boarding-houses, unless in
the ...
10
The I. G.
in Peking: Letters of Robert Hart, Chinese ...
Summer is over: yesterday and to-day the air is autumnal— no desire to sit in
one's shirtsleeves and no perspiration: the change makes me feel very lazy and
drowsy, but I am uncommonly well. Private. Among the fights I have had to fight
out ...
Robert Hart, John King Fairbank, Katherine Frost Bruner, 1975
