BUKU BASA INGGRIS KAKAIT KARO «STRETCH A POINT»
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stretch a point lan pethikan cekak kang padha kanggo nyediyakaké panggunané ing sastra Basa Inggris.
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
1996 New Statesman Though it is by no stretch of the imagination a political
paper, its owner has a reputation as an outspoken critic of China. stretch your
legs go for a short walk, typically after sitting in one place for some time. stretch a
point ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... to the limit in doing something: They're working at full stretch trying to complete
the job in time. stretch a point to go further, in giving permission, than the rules
allow: The children are only allowed two sweets a day but we might stretch a
point ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Stretch a point (1) Make an argument that uses tenuous logic. The implication is
that were the argument any weaker, then it would be false. (2) Interpret a rule in a
very lenient manner.* Stretch the truth Say or write something that, whilst based ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
merly given; away ,,by,»vthe_chuvchmr4 dens at Whitsuntide, under the
denomination of tags; and that» by takings great stride these were stretched-
PWithout this explanation the phrase 'stretch a point' certainl seemsanmt. rnalous
; and yet ...
WHY STRETCH A POINT?/continued This new stretched Baron is an aerial club
car, no less than a (mini-Queen Air. WHY STRETCH A POINT'/continued $2. *3" '
1'1' l' (K'I. WHY DID THEY stretch it is the question that immediately comes to ...
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The Dialect of Craven, in the West-Riding of the County of ...
POINT, " To stretch a point," to use great exertion in order to accomplish one's
purpose. It also frequently means to walk quick, to make haste, still with a
reference to the original cause of exertion. " Come we mun stretch a point, er we's
nut git ...
POINT, " To stretch a point," to use great exertion in order to accomplish one's
purpose. It also frequently means to walk quick, to make haste, still with a
reference to the original cause of exertion. " Come we mun stretch a point, er we's
nut git ...
William Carr (B.D.), 1828
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The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York
POINT, " To stretch a point," to use great exertion in order to accomplish one's
purpose. It also frequently means to walk quick, to make haste, still with a
reference to the original cause of exertion. " Come we mun stretch a point, er we's
nut git ...
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De Bow's Review: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial ...
He replied, 'well I might stretch a point and tell the Captain, the Dale was just
near us here.' This reply satisfied me regarding the method which our Majesty's
oflicers on this coast adopt to seize American slavers, as the latter would never ...
James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, 1858
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Debow's Review,: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial ...
He replied, 'well I might stretch a point and tell the Captain, the Dale was just
near us here.' This reply satisfied me regarding the method which our Majesty's
officers on this coast adopt to seize American slavers, as the latter would never ...
James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, 1858
