10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SET ONE'S SEAL ON»
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set one's seal on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... also see LIPS ARE SEALED; SET ONE'S SEAL ON; SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED. sea legs The ability to adjust to a new situation or difficult
conditions, as in She's only spoken in public afew times; she hasn'tfound her sea
legs yet.
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... feelings etc) to begin or become established: Winter has set in early; Boredom
soon set in among the children. set (something or someone) on (someone) to
cause (eg dogs) to attack (someone): He set his dogs/men on me. set one's seal
on ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... feelings etc) to begin or become established: Winter has set in early; Boredom
soon set in among the children. set (something or someone) on (someone) to
cause (eg dogs) to attack (someone): He set his dogs/men on me. set one's seal
on ...
... things happen at sea M. THING seal to seal someone's fate AM^pH ; (Their
refusal to lend money to us sealed our store's fate'. ftfefflffiffi^Sl^ffiffl • to set one's
seal on/ to ft ' ^S^Ep ; #t ?ff > Stfl (The minister Finally set his seal on our
proposals.
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Expository Dictionary of Bible Words: Word Studies for Key ...
... “set one's seal on,” in a number of contexts. The meaning “to seal” in the sense
of “secure,” or “lock up,” is indicated in Matt. 27:66, with reference to a stone over
the entrance to Jesus' tomb. In Rev. 20:3 it refers to Satan being prevented from ...
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Pacific Forest: A History of Resource Control and Contest in ...
Those who opened the forest by felling the trees and bringing into fruition the
creative potential of the soil and forest became clan heroes, progenitors of
families, and, in a few societies, great chiefs.68 To have set one's seal on the
land, ...
This verse uses a metaphor derived from the sealing of a document: to set one's
seal on anything is to approve or to accept its condition and the status of its
contents. One might have expected the sentence to have read "he who has
accepted ...
Beauford Harding Bryant, Mark Krause, 1998
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Schrevelius's Greek Lexicon translated into English, with ...
2. t'mpwyov, pass. tlmpd'rnv. 'Emo'qzaAhs, 60:. 6 5t 1';, slippery, dangerous: fr. 81
-1 or mpdmm, to trip up. 'E1na¢a)\r3s, adv. in a manner liable to slip, dangerously
. 'Ena'rppa'yifm, t'. ion, to set one's seal on, confirm, mark: fr.€1ri& a'rppa-yifw, ...
Cornelis Schrevel, John Richardson Major, 1831
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Painters in parallel: catalogue of a Scottish Arts Council ...
Since, in artists gifted with this sort of receptivity, change usually comes slowly
and undramatically, there is a danger that this ability to "set one's seal on a
landscape" may breed, if not the proverbial contempt which comes with familiarity
, ...
Cordelia Oliver, Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh College of Art, 1978
It can lie expressive, in spite of the clay solidified by fire, thanks to the impression
of the hand guided by the mind and richness of colouring used. It is a ship on
which one embarks lor the adventure, for the discoveries, and to set one's seal on
...
