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If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.
Ellen Swallow Richards

Meaning of "well oiled" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WELL OILED

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELL OILED

well
well advised
well and good
well disposed
well dressing
well I never
well in
well sweep
well turned out
well up in
well water
well-accepted
well-accustomed
well-acquainted
well-acted
well-adapted
well-adjusted
well-advertised
well-advised
well-affected

WORDS THAT END LIKE WELL OILED

boiled
charbroiled
detailed
embroiled
failed
hard-boiled
oiled
shopsoiled
soft-boiled
spoiled
tiled
trefoiled
unboiled
unbroiled
undespoiled
unfoiled
unoiled
unsoiled
unspoiled
well-oiled

Synonyms and antonyms of well oiled in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «well oiled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WELL OILED

Find out the translation of well oiled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of well oiled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «well oiled» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

上油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bien engrasado
570 millions of speakers

English

well oiled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अच्छी तरह तेल से सना हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزيت جيدا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хорошо смазанный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bem oleada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাল তেলযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bien huilé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baik minyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gut geölt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

よく油を塗った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘 기름을 바른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uga nglengo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dầu cũng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நன்றாக எண்ணெய் ஊற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तसेच तेल घेण्याची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iyi yağlanmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ben oliato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobrze naoliwione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

добре змащений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bine unse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλά λαδωμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goed geoliede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väl oljad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

godt oljet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of well oiled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WELL OILED»

The term «well oiled» is regularly used and occupies the 81.653 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WELL OILED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about well oiled

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QUOTES WITH «WELL OILED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word well oiled.
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Ellen Swallow Richards
If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELL OILED»

Discover the use of well oiled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to well oiled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Well Oiled: Oil and Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea
This 102-page report details how the dictatorship under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has used an oil boom to entrench and enrich itself further at the expense of the country's people.
Alex Vines, 2009
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Jfk Assassination Logic
to the effect that the rifle was “well oiled.” Yet, conspiracists point out, no oil was found on the inside of the bag. Author Sylvia Meagher asserts, “It is difficult to understand why a well-oiled rifle carried in separate parts would not have left distinct ...
John McAdams autofilled, 2011
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Knowledge and Information Technology Management: Human and ...
In the well-oiled machines structure, work processes are well defined. The role of the relationship among peoples is not an important element. Finland and Germany are well- oiled machine structures (Hofstede, 1991; Garfield and Watson, ...
A. Gunasekaran, Omar Khalil, Syed Mahbubur Rahman, 2003
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Well Oiled
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Well Oiled is the 23rd animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.
Parthalan Ozzy Ronny, 2013
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Information Resources Management: Global Challenges
conception are defined: (1) the pyramid pattern (both power distance and uncertainty avoidance) are high, which corresponds to the hierarchical bureaucracy, quite common in France and the Mediterranean countries; (2) the well-oiled ...
Wai K. Law, 2007
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Elephant's Edge: The Republicans as a Ruling Party
7. The. Well-Oiled. Machine: The Republican Party Organization, Allied Interests, ... muscular, private allied interests and created highly effective voter mobilization practices. The party's organization is, put succinctly, a well-oiled machine that X.
Andrew J. Taylor, 2005
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The Rugby Team as a Whole - The Tactics, Benefits and ...
This book looks at the rugby team as a complete unit, including attacking and defensive tactics with diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.
Anon, 2011
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The Secret of the Hardy Boys: Leslie McFarlane and the ...
5 . . . . . . . A. WELL-OILED. MACHINE. By the time he wrote The Tower Treasure in late 1926, Les had begun to establish himself permanently as a full-time freelance writer. During the warm weather, he stayed at his cabin on Lake Ramsey, ...
Marilyn S. Greenwald, 2004
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Understanding the Messages of Your Body: How to Interpret ...
The Human Body, A Well-Oiled Mach ine The inside of our body is invisible to us. Beyond a few notions of anatomy and medicine, we do not know much about how the body functions and how its different systems interact. The great mystery of ...
Jean-Pierre Barral, 2007
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A Taste for Language
Once again, I think teachers tend to simplify in the classroom because they are in search of that well-oiled machine that the New Criticism or any other method of reading simply cannot provide. We have to help students get really close to a text,  ...
Watkins, James R

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELL OILED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term well oiled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nature's lubricant makes your body a well-oiled machine
And to keep everything running smoothly and undamaged, the machine needs to be well oiled. Chances are, you have not given much thought to your body's ... «The Conversation AU, Jun 15»
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Reliance Industries — well oiled for better returns: Buy
The market may have been on a high, but behemoth Reliance Industries has been struggling on the bourses. The stock has lost about 15 per cent in the past six ... «Hindu Business Line, Mar 15»
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Treasury Secretary Lew Calls U.S. Economy 'Well Oiled Machine'
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Tuesday the U.S. economy looks like a “well oiled machine” when compared against foreign markets. For all of the policy ... «Forbes, Mar 15»
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Eva Mendes and Keira's ex get well oiled in the sand in new …
The oiled up pair writhe on top of one another in the sand, clad in nothing but their ... when it comes to disrobing - and sometimes it's even done for good cause. «Daily Mail, Jan 10»

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