10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE ONESELF SCARCE»
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make oneself scarce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
make oneself scarce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
2. make off, pull out, Jocular, absquatulate, give or take leg-bail, SI. bail out, take
the money and run; vanish, disappear, do the disappearing act, Inf. make oneself
scarce, Brit. SI. do a moonlight flit. 3. fly, speed, speed off, hasten off, move ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
MAKE ONE'S MARK MAKE ONE'S MOUTH WATER MAKE ONE'S PEACE WITH
— MAKE ONE'S PILE — MAKE ONE'S POINT — MAKE ONE'S PRESENCE FELT
— MAKE ONESELF SCARCE — MAKE ONE'S WAY — MAKE ONESELF A ...
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English idioms for Spanish speakers
... to make oneself scarce 239 to make oneself understood 306 make or break 1
68 to make out 169 to make out a check I W to make over 1 69 to make peace
206 to make sense 243 to make short work of 329 to make someone eat crow 62
to ...
Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget, 2007
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American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
... stand on end (COMM) 234 make one's mouth water (UND) 240 make one's
own way (ACH) 249 make oneself at home (SAT) 254 make oneself felt (AUTH)
185 make oneself scarce (LOC) 237 make out (SAT) 255 make out (UND) 248
make ...
L* fLJ-lj ijc-iail yk li* .dl^c-^ make oneself conspicuous jj^-l jwjij toUi'ii ^o^ You
make yourself conspicuous when you wear this bright red shirt. iJu. ^,^1; LtJL^-
eLi^l ^"14 kliij .*»Uil y-^l ^^-.JUl make oneself scarce tJjWXU She was going to
have ...
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The Sterling Book of Idioms
Say no more! to say the least without any exaggeration I'm ashamed of what he
did, to say the least. make oneself scarce go away; avoid others Since he is in a
vile temper, I'll make myself scarce. behind the scenes (a) out of sight of the ...
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Føroysk-Ensk ordabók: with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : ...
... k. hatur a ein — conceive hatred for someone; k. hudina — peel (off); k. hvorvi
yvir seg — run away, make oneself scarce; k. jord a— officiate at a graveside
ceremony; k. kongar — play a game with bones (see kongur); k. kraku — see
kraka; ...
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... regarded as sacred by ancient Egyptians scarce (skarsl adj 1 in short supply,
inadequate in quantity Vegetables will be scarce this winter 2 rare Rowlandson
prints are scarce [opp abundant] make oneself scarce (colll to leave, to keep
away ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
make oneself scarce colloq to leave quickly or stay away, often for reasons of
prudence, tact, etc. © 1 3c: from French eschars niggardly, from Latin excerptus
past participle of excerpere. from ex out + carperetopick. scarcely /'skeasli/ e»
adverb ...
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Latvian-English Dictionary
(col.) départ Suddenly, run off; l. lapas (or pupas, pa diegu) (col.) make oneself
Scarce, beat it, Scram; laidies! beat it! 6. (rég.) melt laistîgs adj' opaléscént,
irridescent laistîjums nm 1. sprinkling; 2. Shining laistîkla nf watering can
laistîsanas I nfr ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE ONESELF SCARCE»
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Book Review: Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Perez-Reverte
... one may have performed for the crown in the past, it might be perhaps in one's best interest to make oneself scarce for a period of time. «Blogcritics.org, Sep 10»
Enterprising gentlemen or mere dregs of society?
... go scot-free, leave, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce, run, run away, run off, shun, skip, slip, slip away, steal away, take flight . «Sowetan, Aug 10»
