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PRONUNCIATION OF MAKE HEAVY WEATHER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAKE HEAVY WEATHER

make free with
make friends
make fun of
make game of
make good
make haste
make hay of
make hay while the sun shines
make head
make head or tail of
make heavy weather of something
make it
make it snappy
make light of
make like
make little of
make love
make love to someone
make merry
make mincemeat of

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAKE HEAVY WEATHER

all-weather
birds of a feather
breather
father
feather
gather
godfather
grandfather
great-grandfather
heather
Holy Father
lather
leather
other
Our Father
patent leather
rather
stepfather
sunbather
weather
white leather

Synonyms and antonyms of make heavy weather in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «make heavy weather» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAKE HEAVY WEATHER

Find out the translation of make heavy weather to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of make heavy weather from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «make heavy weather» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

让暴风雨天气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacer mal tiempo
570 millions of speakers

English

make heavy weather
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खराब मौसम बना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جعل الطقس الثقيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интенсивно погоду
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazer mau tempo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভারী আবহাওয়া করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire le gros temps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membuat cuaca yang berat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

machen schwerem Wetter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒天を作る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황천 을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawe cuaca abot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho thời tiết nặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுமையான வானிலை ஏற்படும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जड हवामान करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ağır hava
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fare maltempo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Marka Heavy Weather
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтенсивно погоду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face vreme grea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να κακοκαιρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maak swaar weer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gör hårt väder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjøre hardt vær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of make heavy weather

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAKE HEAVY WEATHER»

The term «make heavy weather» is normally little used and occupies the 122.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAKE HEAVY WEATHER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about make heavy weather

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE HEAVY WEATHER»

Discover the use of make heavy weather in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to make heavy weather and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
heavy with If something is heavy with something else, it has a lot of it or is full of it: The trees were heavy with fruit. The atmosphere was heavy with menace. • make heavy weather of sth uk disapproving to find something hard to do and spend a ...
‎2008
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Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy:
I shall not make heavy weather over God's supposed omnipotence, despite my own conviction that a principle of recombination of possibilities disallows any absolutely necessary connections between God's will and the world that obeys His ...
David Lewis, 2000
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Mid-18005] 2. make heavy weather of. Make hard Work or a fuss over something , especially unnecessarily. For example, They made heavy weather of the differences between their proposals, which actually seemed much alike. This use of ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... of science and technology Make heavy weather of a job: Find to be troublesome; have unnecessary difficulty in doing the job * He made heavy weather of the task assigned to him * Those who shirk work generally make heavy weather of the ...
Shori, A K, 2010
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... You should keep a weather eye on him - I don't trust him. make heavy weather of (something) to find it very (often unnecessarily) difficult to do (something) : He made heavy weather of ( climbing) the last few hundred feet of the mountain; ...
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The Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to ...
582) We must be careful not to make heavy weather over the manning of landing- craft, (vol. 4, p. 804) There will be no need to make heavy weather over this [the losses in a naval battle] at all. (vol. 5, p. 199) Of particular interest is yet another ...
Wolfgang Mieder, 1997
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Untitled
... trees were heavy with fruit. * The atmosphere was heavy with menace. . make heavy weather of sth uk disapproving to find something hard to do and spend a lot of time on it, although it is not difficult: She'smaking such heavy weather of that  ...
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
2 For make heavy weather of see weather. heavy-duty /'hevidju:ti/ adjective A heavy-duty material or machine is designed to stand hard wear or intensive and rough use. heavy-handed /'hevihandid/ adjective Someone who is heavy-handed is ...
‎1996
9
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... rainy weather. humorous keep a weather eye on observe a situation very carefully, especially for changes or developments. make good (or bad) weather of it (ofa ship) cope well (or badly) in a storm. make heavy weather (or work) of have ...
John Ayto, 2010
10
Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
H-"illtMMnrM 3. heavy on hand (MV£*f) * to make heavy weather of sfABIt ; M Aft!! (You shouldn't waitj heavy weather of our job. tfc^J&ISAftfalft ftlftff • ) □ with a heavy hand 1. Vf-fflik ; JRfaJUfe 2. it IftJft 3. ; #ttJtfe (Tom always dealt with such a  ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE HEAVY WEATHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term make heavy weather is used in the context of the following news items.
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Talks make heavy weather of funding UN goals
A child receives cholera treatment in Kigoma, Tanzania. Shrinking aid dollars mean new ways have to be found to fight disease under UN ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
2
The Importance of Being Earnest review: David Suchet fans will love …
Elsewhere, those romantically-inclined dandies Jack (Michael Benz) and Algernon (Philip Cumbus) make heavy weather of the first scene, ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
3
Henley make heavy weather of visitors
HENLEY took advantage of their good fortune against TRING PARK on Saturday, picking up 25 points for a win whilst their main competitors at ... «Henley Standard, Jun 15»
4
Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil) movie review
It can also make heavy weather of all the weighty themes it knits into the plot. But the director keeps it light, and bright, and real. The kids are a ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
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Should Christians Watch Game of Thrones?
What will this show, this album, etc., leave behind in the consumer's heart? Of course, it would be wrong to make heavy weather of every such ... «National Review Online, Apr 15»
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Rajasthan Royals Make Heavy Weather of Small Target
Rajasthan Royals Make Heavy Weather of Small Target. by Krish Sripada Thursday 16 April 2015. Ajinkya Rahane scored a brilliant half-century as Rajasthan ... «Cricket World, Apr 15»
7
NZ make heavy weather of subduing Scots
Scotland's Hamish Gardiner celebrates catching out Luke Ronchi yesterday, though other similar chances went begging. Picture / Getty Images. «New Zealand Herald, Feb 15»
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Cricket World Cup: South Africa make heavy weather of defeating …
Cricket World Cup: South Africa make heavy weather of defeating Zimbabwe. Date: February 16, 2015. (29); Vote; Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
9
The Met Office will still make heavy weather of forecasting
I'd like to highlight a scandal of breathtaking proportions – an outrageous act of fraud that the Government is about to commit under our very ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
10
Mayo make heavy weather of it against Cork side that has restored …
There's a long lost yarn that concerns an American golfer from the 1940s by the name of Lloyd Mangrum. Legend has it that one afternoon after ... «Irish Times, Aug 14»

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