10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE SOMEONE AT HIS WORD»
Discover the use of
take someone at his word in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
take someone at his word and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... form of a particular thing: They [birds] are also called Boat-tails because their
tail- feathers are formed so as to take the shape of a canoe. take someone at his
word take someone's word take someone at his word , accept what smb. says
and ...
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English idioms for Spanish speakers
... to take place 210 to take potluck 214 to take root 232 to take shape 245 to take
sides 25 1 to take someone at his word 329 to take someone down a notch 189
to take someone down a peg or two 207 to take someone's word for it 329 to take
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Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget, 2007
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General Knowledge of English Literature
To leave word—to leave a message To take someone at his word—toacton the
literal meaning of someone's words without making surethathe means tobe taken
seriously. Word came—information was received. Word for word—literally.
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... (about someone else) : John 's going to put in a good word for me in the hope
that his boss will give me a job. say the word see say. take (someone) at his word
to believe wore (someone) without question and act accordingly : When she.
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The Twin Earth Chronicles: Twenty Years of Reflection on ...
When nothing much hinges on it, we tend to choose the lazy way: we take
someone at his word, even if this does not quite reflect some aspect of the
speaker's thought or meaning. But this is not because we are bound (outside of a
law court, ...
Andrew Pessin, Sanford Goldberg, 1996
... to 28 take one's mind off one's problems 268 takeover 194 take pains
114,272.284 take sides 193 take someone at his word 118 take someone
seriously 1 1 8 take something (someone) wrong 274 take something to heart
262,315 take time ...
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Burger, Harald; Dobrovol'skij, Dmitrij; Kühn, Peter; ...
The next major lexicographical landmark was the dictionary of Samuel Johnson (
1755), which from its basis in a collection of (largely literary) citations provided
examples of many set phrases – take time, take someone at his word, take pity on
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Concise English Dictionary
... or verbose; put words into someone's mouth to attribute, or supply, to someone,
words that he did not. or does not intend to, use; take someone at his word to
accept statements as being literally true; take the words out of someone's mouth
to ...
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Phraseologie: ein internationales Handbuch zeitgenössischer ...
... which from its basis in a collection of (largely literary) citations provided
examples of many set phrases - take time, take someone at his word, take pity on
someone - though without highlighting them typographically, as Bailey had done.
Orobai always liked this trusting and respectful nature of the Yamné, who were
ready to take someone at his word rather than press into his private doings and
thoughts. He had expected more questions, however. Orobai supposed that they
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