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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEEP ONESELF TO ONESELF»
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Allied Chambers transliterated Hindi-Hindi-English dictionary
... apne mal ko sona kahna 3r<R" *rra" tftar all his geese are swans, apne men
mast rahna # *T^T to keep oneself to oneself, apne munh miyan mitthu banna
artR- zfe fwWT fkz§ ^RT self-praise is no recommendation; to indulge in self-
praise.
S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten, 1993
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... keep oneself to oneself (in/) to tell others very little about oneself, and not to be
very friendly or sociable: Our new neighbours keep themselves to themselves.
keep one's hair on see hair. keep one's hand in see hand. keep one's head see ...
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Objective Englidh for Competitions
To keep oneself to oneself (A) To hide things from others (B) To keep oneself
alive (C) To live apart without company (D) To restraint oneself 4. To carry one's
point (A) To have one's aim always in mind (B) To explain one's opinion to others
(C) ...
4
A Dictionary of Cliches
To do something that brings in money and keeps one alive: mid C. 19–20.
Adumbrated by 'Peter Pindar', ca. 1790 (Benham). keep to oneself, to (?) . To be
of reserved demeanour: C. 20. Perhaps=keep oneself to oneself. keep watch and
ward ...
Keep oneself to oneself Avoid meeting people People noticed the change in his
behaviour since his son died. He kept himself to himself contrary to his usual,
cheerful nature. Keep one's shirt on Keep one's temper When he began to shout,
...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
B (S A) (You may keep on at him until he agrees. fa^tijAftfoMMfoMM Sit •) to keep
oneself to oneself ! 5pfP A5fcffi (Our neighbours keep themselves to themselves.
mW»fSm^ A5fcS WO to keep out *MAft ; ffi-Jg;2:l"J*r (Danger! Keepout\ 1aM !
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
... or misfortune: a Salvation Army exhortation: C.20. keep on truckin(g)!
Perseverel: c.p. adopted, ex US, mid1970s; ob. See DCpp. for its orig. in the
dance-marathon competitions of the 1930s; orig. Black American. keep oneself to
oneself.
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Compact Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
... in prices) difference; m des salaires pay differential 3 faire un m <horse> to shy;
<car> to swerve 4 lapse; ms de langage bad language E à l'écart phr étre à l'm to
be isolated; se tenir à l'm to stand apart; to keep oneself to oneself; not to join ...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, 2013
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Occ. peeled for skinned. keep oneself to oneself . Coll form of keep to oneself, i.e.
avoid the society of others: from ca 1890. keep open house *. To sleep in the
open air: tramps' c.: from ca 1850; ob. See also HEDGE-SQUARE; STAR-PITCH.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Also, keep oneself to oneself. Shun the company of others; value one's privacy,
as in She kept to herself all morning, or, as Doris Lessing put it in In Pursuit of the
English (1960): “She keeps herself to herself so much.” [Late 1600s] 2. Refrain ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEEP ONESELF TO ONESELF»
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Why the march of technology leaves me app-solutely baffled
Or is it better to keep oneself to oneself? I avoid talking to anyone adjacent to me on a flight, especially on long-haul flights. Indeed I go out of ... «Financial Times, Nov 14»
Thomas Cholmondeley manslaughter sentence to run for further 8 …
... transferred to the main convicts' block, where conditions are more crowded, less welcoming, and offer little chance to keep oneself to oneself. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 09»
