10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEND SOMEONE ABOUT HIS BUSINESS»
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
'sender nc a person who sends eg a letter: On the envelope was a note: 'If
undelivered, return to sender'. send-off, send-up see send off, send up below.
send (someone) about his business see send (someone) packing below. send
away for • ...
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General Knowledge of English Literature
To send someone about his business—to dismiss curtly, to end an interview
abruptly. A bad business—said whensomething hasgone badlywrong. Rule A
hard andfast rule—a rule that is strictly enforced and cannot be changed or
varied in ...
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Concise English Dictionary
keenly, energetically; make it one's business to undertake to accomplish
something or see it done: mean business to be in earnest; mind one's own
business to confine oneself to one's own affairs; send someone about his
business to dismiss ...
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Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole: Part 1: Kwéyòl - English, ...
... ponm-ne, n., a walker. ponm-nen, [p0mné], v., to walk, to stroll; ponmnen an ti
manmai, to take a child fora walk; voyé an mounponmnen, to send someone
about his business. pon-mon, [p6m6], n., lung, lungs. ponn, [pon], v., to lay eggs; (
fig.) ...
Jones E. Mondesir, Lawrence D. Carrington, 1992
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The Key to English: Figurative expressions
They refused to back him when he needed help. send someone about his
business dismiss He tried to insinuate his way into their affairs, but they sent him
about his business. send someone packing = send someone about his business
serve ...
English Language Services, 1966
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Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka
to send someone up the river Am. slang □ The District Attorney persuaded the
jury to send the accused up the river. poslati koga u vrazju mater; kurtalisati se
koga upor. Gubi mi se s oCiju! □ to send someone about his business inf.
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2001 French and English idioms:
sent word to him that l was coming the next day. envoyer promener quelqu'un (
envoyer quelqu'un au bain)-fo send someone about his business, to send
someone packing Si cet escroc essaie de m'avoir, je l'enverrai promener (je l'
enverrai ...
François Denoeu, David Sices, Jacqueline B. Sices, 1982
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Praktyczny słownik angielsko-polski, polsko-angielski
-J wypuscic send (someone) packing/send (someone) about his business to
send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money
from me again, but I soon sent him packing. J odeslad (kogos) z kwitkiem senile ...
C. M. Schwarz, M. A. Seaton, Jacek Fisiak, 2002
... quelqu'un au — , to tell someone to go to the devil; send someone about his
business; send someone packing, to blazes; B. send someone to Jericho, to the
right-about, further, away with a flea in his ear. facteur: Est-ce que le — est passé
?
[Se promener is to go or be out for a walk; envoyer promener q. literally translates
as "send someone about his business." — Trans.] 23 Plato, The Sophist, 236B.
24 This is August Dies' translation of'Bude" that, in resting on the specific sense ...
