10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RACK ONE'S BRAINS»
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
Kopf hast/hat/...! to rack one's brains over /about s.th. Gehirn: sich das Gehirn (
wegen/über etw./wegen jm./über jn.) zergliedern • Hirn: sich das/(sein) Hirn über
etw./(jn.) zermartern/ (zergliedern) ♢ Kopf: sich den Kopf (wegen/ über etw./
wegen ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, ...
... devotedly; stubbornly; be of one mind' yi-men xin-si (one-CL heart-
thoughflthinking) 'concentrate one's mind on' wa-kong xin-si (dig-empty heart-
thoughflidea) 'derog. rack one's brains' lian-ruan xin-ci (face-soft heart-kind) 'be
shy and kind; ...
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An English and Welsh Dictionary, Wherein, Not Only the ...
T To rack one's brains. See to Beat one's Brains about a thing, under Beat, and
under Brains. To rack one's self, Ymboeni, ymbenydio, ymar- teithio, ymgystuddio
. To rack liquor, Tynnu llynn o'r naill lestr i'r Hall, tynnn oddi ar y gwaddod.
John Walters, Hannah Walters, 1828
... chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's
pillow. rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's
brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work. harbor
an ...
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duell
... chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's
pillow. rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's
brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work. harbor
an ...
John Donne, William Henry Draper, Izaak Walton, 1926
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Dictionary of Spoken Spanish
Odevanarse los sesos to rack one's brains Hay que devanarse los sesos para
comprender este problema. One has to rack one's brains to understand that
problem. O perder el seso to lose one's head (over) Perdió el seso por aquella ...
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Vollständiges Wörterbuch Der Englischen Sprache Für Die ...
... to' be restless or nneasy at a Thing. . fich den Kopf siber etwas zerbredien, to
beat or rack one's Brains about a Ysishing, to put one's Brains upon the Rack. e'
braucbt odcr Bedarf olelKopfbteMns, it requires a great Deal' of Consi_deratioi1,
...
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A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language Designed to ...
Perpend. To weigh carefully in the mind. Ponder. To think attentively about.
Present itself. To introduce itself into the mind. Rack one's brains. To exert one's
mind to the utmost. Ransack one's brains. To search one's mind thoroughly
Realize.
Francis Andrew March, 1906
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spanish Verbs
... la brujula perder los estribos prestar oidos a ... quedarse tan ancho quemar
etapas quemar las naves romperse la cabeza sacar a (alguien) de quicio to
show one's true colors to await something with eager anticipation to rack one's
brains to ...
... skillful needlework;费尽心机(費盡心機) fei4 jin4 xin1 ji1 to rack one's brains for
schemes; to beat one's brains out;费尽心思(費盡心思) fei4 jin4 xin1 si5 to rack
one's brains; to take great pains to think sth through;费力不讨好(費力不討好) fei4
li4 ...
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