10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAVE SOMEONE TO HIS OWN DEVICES»
Discover the use of
leave someone to his own devices in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leave someone to his own devices and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... badge etc leave someone to his own devices to leave a person alone to do as
he wishes and solve his own problems devil (dev'ill n 1 an evil spirit 2 (often the
Devill the chief spirit of evil, Satan 3 a wicked person, a rogue 4 anything difficult
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Englesko-srpski Frazeološki Rečnik: L-Z
Just go away and leave me to my fate. to leave someone to his own devices x
ostaviti koga da se sam snalazi kako zna i ume x "Unmarried officers posted to
the War Office were left to their own devices to find accommodation." (Field-
Marshal ...
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Concise English Dictionary
[L. devidre, -dtum — de, from, via, a way.] device di-vts', n. that which is devised
or designed* contrivance: an emblem: a motto. — leave someone to his own
devices to leave someone alone, not distracting or interfering with him.
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Srpsko-engleski frazeološki rečnik
X The government was, of course, entitled to keep everyone guessing for security
reasons. uporedi: bez dovoljno informacija o kome/Cemu ostaviti koga da se sam
snalazi kako zna i ume X to leave someone to his own devices X „Unmarried ...
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Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka
(J. Orton, Entertaining Mr. Sloane) ostaviti koga da se kuva u sopstvenom sosu □
to leave someone to his own devices □ to leave someone to stew in his own
juice coll. □ Since he didn't want any help, we left him to his own devices.
... in good hands 525 leave someone in the lurch 718 leave no stone unturned
1051 leave someone [something] on the rocks 919 leave someone out on a limb
691 leave someone pooped out 864 leave someone to his own devices 284
leave ...
John G. McCaleb, 安田一郎, Edward Seidensticker, 1983
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2001 French and English idioms:
Mon accusation inattendue lui a coupé le souffle. to leave someone to his own
devices -laisser quelqu'un se tirer d'affaire Since she didn't want help, we left her
to her own devices. Puisqu'elle ne voulait pas d'aide, nous l'avons laissé se tirer
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François Denoeu, David Sices, Jacqueline B. Sices, 1982
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English proverbs and expressions with Afrikaans equivalents
To leave someone to his own devices: To let someone be responsible for his own
actions | Iemand aan homself oorlaat; iemand sy eie gang laat gaan. devil A devil
of a . . .: Something extremely amusing, unpleasant, or remarkable | 'n ...
N. G. Sabbagha, Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, 1991
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The private "I": ideas for rhetoric
2 trick; scheme: The fox knows clever devices to throw the hounds off his trail. 3
sign or symbol, especially a coat of arms on a shield or banner. leave (someone)
to (his) own devices to allow someone to do as he wishes, without benefit of help
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Glen Love, Lucile Aly, James Barchek, 1974
M. Cogan, JNES 27 (1968), 133ff., thinks that "fit) hiph. is sometimes used with
the meaning 'to leave someone to his own devices,' 'to abandon (an infant)' (Gen.
21:5; Jer. 38:6, 9; Ezek. 16:5; Ps. 71:9). Presumably such would also be the case
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