КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «READ THE RIOT ACT TO SOMEONE»
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
8 (of the wind) begin to blow; read the riot act Nowadays to read the riot act to
someone means to give him or her a severe reprimand. The allusion is to the Riot
Act of 1715. This proclaimed that within one hour of having the act read to them
by ...
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George Scithers's Con-Committee Chairman's Guide
I was going to read the riot act to someone, until I stumbled over a body . . . oh, so
that's where you were! The fan phoning had simply quoted the wrong floor. I took
one look at him — it was a man mountain of a Canadian — and decided I'd ...
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The Everything Wedding Book:
The Ultimate Guide
to Planning ...
As a way to avoid this awkwardness, you can simply take the initiative and
introduce yourself to strangers first, where it's appropriate: “Hi, I'm Jennifer
Andrews, Richard Miller's wife." Don't read the riot act to someone who innocently
addresses.
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The Shadow of a Blue Cat: A Novel
I also got the feeling he'd just been itching for a chance to read the riot act to
someone with the title of president. I listened with mounting irritation. This was
one seriously twisted fellow. But I bit my tongue. When he finally seemed to have
run ...
She picked up the telephone and read the riot act to someone at OVIR. Then she
pulled a bottle of vodka from her desk drawer and filled two crystal glasses. “To
law and order,” she proposed in broken English. It was almost a year before ...
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A Survival Guide for Restaurant Professionals
But how about the stuff that didn't feel so good£ How about the fact that you
missed your kid's soccer game or had to read the riot act to someone who came
to work dressed inappropriately or had to deal with your boss's whim that made
no ...
Alan Gelb, Karen Levine, 2005
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The "I Have A Life" Bride's Guide: Plan
The Wedding You've ...
Bridezilla Be Gone: Be Proactive, Not a Piranha Don't read the riot act to
someone who innocently addresses you as a Mrs. because you've just met them
or they don't know your circumstances. If, however, your sister-in-law introduces
you by ...
Have you ever read the riot act to someone, then later realized you were totally
wrong? 6. Once you are saved, does sin have to be your master? (e) 7. Do you
think other Christians have had this problem, too? Who can set you free? (f) 8.
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Englesko-srpski Frazeološki Rečnik: L-Z
(to) read up (I). to read the riot act (to someone); to read someone the riot act coll.
x olitati kome vakelu/bukvicu; pripretiti kome da de dobiti svoje x "Captain Weber
called me up last night, woke me up, and read me the riot act for fifteen minutes.
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The Art of Motivating: A Guide
to Getting More Accomplished ...
Don't we tend to rise from our welter of "important" matters every once in a while
to read the riot act to someone for something we knew darn well had been going
on for some time? Aren't we inclined to say something to the general effect of, ...
