10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRETCH ONE'S LEGS»
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stretch one's legs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stretch one's legs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
sicher auf den Beinen sein to stretch one's legs (a bit/...) Beine: sich die Beine (
ein wenig/...) vertreten • Füße: sich die Füße (ein wenig/...) vertreten • Tür: ein
bißchen/... vor die Tür gehen to Stretch out one's legs Bejne: (behaglich/...) die
Beine ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... emphasize that someV- thing is definitely not the case: by no stretch of the
imagination could Carl ever be called good-looking. stretch one's legs go for a
short walk after sitting in one place for some time. stretch a point allow or do
something ...
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Targeting the Source Text: A Coursebook in English for ...
NECK to stick one's neck out to make a great effort to race neck and neck to be in
very close competition to be a pain in the neck to be annoying, bothersome to be
dead from the neck up to be extremely stupid LEGS to stretch one's legs to ...
Justine Brehm Cripps, 2004
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
vertreten ' 10 stretch one's legs a (bitf...) Nach dieser endlosen Diskussion muß
ich mir die Beine ein wenig vertreten. Dieses ewige Sitzen ... 7 Ich gehe mit. Auch
mir tut es gut, ein wenig herumzuschlendcrn. Beine-Ausreißen: esldas ist zum ...
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राजपाल बृहत् शिक्षार्थी हिन्दी-अंग्रेज़ी शब्दकोश
... to sit cross-legged, to sit at ease MfllHI fo) v.t. (a) to stretch one's legs (b) to lie
down comfortably or at ease tTfa-^Tfa W<jPTT V.i. to go on foot \?RT (%.) v.t. to
adore somebody's feet (as of the bridegroom) ih ^-^**< T^TT i>.f. (a) to move very
...
&Hfcfe4- to stretch one's legs/ a leg & STRETCH to talk the hind legs off a donkey
ft TALK with one's tail between one's legs M. TAIL1 leisure at leisure 1. W£Bg ; 2.
*#jg £ ; tKffigg 3. *«nfe ; ^t^^ttJfe (You should solve the problems; leisure. at ...
(xi) Stretch one's legs Go for a walk (after hard work) He was quite happy to leave
his office and stretch his legs. (xii) Take to one's legs Run away. The boy brought
down a mango from the tree with a stone but took to his legs as he saw the ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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21st Century American English Compendium: A Portable Guide ...
... To have no excuse or defense. pull one's leg (v) To fool someone by playing
on his credulity. shake a leg (v phr) To hurry; to dance. stretch one's legs (v phr)
To get up after sitting for a long time; to walk. take to one's legs (v phr) To run
away.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[First half of 18005] leg 0 In addition to the idiom beginning with LEG, also see
ARM AND A LEG; BREAK A LEG; ON ONE'S LAST LEGS; PULL SOMEONE'S
LEG; SHAKE A LEG; STRETCH ONE'S LEGS; TAIL BETWEEN ONE'S LEGS; ...
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American English Compendium
... To have no excuse or defense. pull one's leg (v) To fool someone by playing
on his credulity. shake a leg (v phr) To hurry; to dance. stretch one's legs (v phr)
To get up after sitting for a long time; to walk. take to one's legs (v phr) To run
away.
