10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDER ONE'S OWN STEAM»
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
The teacher heard the boy say something under his breath and asked him to
repeat it aloud. under one's own steam me forcat e veta, pa ndihmen e □ / didn 't
get help from anyone in building up my business: I did it all under my own steam.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
1600] under one's own steam Independently, without help, as in For two years
Ipublished the quarterly newsletter under my own steam. This expression uses
steam in the sense of “driving power,” as in a steam engine. [Early 1900s] under ...
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... crucial decision Under-one's own steam: By one's own unaided efforts * The
team ultimately won the crucial match under the captain's own steam Under one's
thumb: Under one's domination * The manager has managed to keep the whole ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
1 under one's own steam unaided, unassisted, without help, without assistance,
independently, by oneself, by one's own efforts, on one's own two feet.
wANTONYMS with help. 7 verb informal he bounced out of the car and steamed
into the ...
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American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
... 398 under one's belt (HEAL) 376 under one's belt (UND) 372 under one's
breath (COMM) 398 under one's nose (UND) 380 under one's own steam (ACH)
389 under one's thumb (AUTH) under one's wing (SER) 387 under the counter (
BUS) ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
UNDER THE BELT UNDER INFLUENCE UNDER LOCK AND KEY UNDER MY
HAND AND SEAL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER ONE'S OWN STEAM
UNDER ONE'S THUMB UNDER ONE'S WINGS UNDER ORDERS UNDER ...
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Power Practice: Analogies and Idioms, eBook
... one's wing ______ under one's belt ______ under one's thumb ______ under
the circumstances ______ under the weather ______ under one's breath ______
under fire ______ under one's own steam A. under someone's power or control ...
Stanley H. Heidrich, Delana S. Heidrich, 2007
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Conceptual Structure in Lexical Items: The Lexicalisation of ...
The absence of a verb for the more general notion of 'going under one's own
steam', whose hyponyms would be the missing verb meaning 'going under one's
own steam on land' as well as verbs like swim and fly, provides a further example
...
under one's own steam (inf) by one's own eflorts, without help from others: John
gave me a lift in his car, but Mary arrived under her own steam. steer steer clear
of (something) to avoid (something): You should steer clear of her — she is not ...
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Spatial Prepositions and Metaphor: A Cognitive Semantic ...
Example: The government's policy is under continual fire g) Under one's own
steam Steam propulsion used to be a typical means of moving forward (on ships,
trains, etc.). Metaphorically, AN ACTIVITY IS MOTION ALONG A PATH. Hence
the ...
