at your ease

at your ease
at (your) ˈease idiom
relaxed and confident and not nervous or embarrassed

I never feel completely at ease with him.

She was at her ease straight away in the new job.

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  • take your ease — to rest or relax I found him taking his ease on the front porch. • • • Main Entry: ↑ease …   Useful english dictionary

  • ease — ease1 [ iz ] verb ** ▸ 1 make less severe ▸ 2 move slowly & carefully ▸ 3 about rule/punishment ▸ 4 make process easier ▸ 5 about bad weather ▸ 6 become more relaxed ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to make a problem, bad situation, or pain less… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ease — ease1 [i:z] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: aise comfort ] 1.) with ease if you do something with ease, it is very easy for you to do it = ↑easily ▪ They won with ease. ▪ The security codes could be broken with relative ease . ▪ I… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ease — 1 noun (U) 1 with ease if you do something with ease, it is very easy for you to do it: The car travelled smoothly up the hillside, taking the bends with ease. | It was the ease with which the burglars got into the house that worried her. | with… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ease — [[t]i͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ eases, easing, eased 1) PHRASE: PHR after V If you do something with ease, you do it easily, without difficulty or effort. Anne was intelligent and capable of passing her exams with ease. ...the ease with which young people… …   English dictionary

  • ease nature —    obsolete    to urinate or defecate    The allusion is to the subsequent relief.    Also as ease yourself, ease your bladder (of urination), and ease your bowels (of defecation):     Desecration seems to have horrified royalist commentators… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • ease */*/ — I UK [iːz] / US [ɪz] noun [uncountable] 1) a) the ability to do something easily with ease: Young children seem to master computer games with ease. We completed the climb with relative ease (= fairly easily). b) the fact that something is easy to …   English dictionary

  • ease — /eez/, n., v., eased, easing. n. 1. freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one s ease. 2. freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one s health. 3. freedom …   Universalium

  • ease up — v. (D; intr.) to ease up on (you should ease up on your workers: you ve been pushing them too hard) * * * [ iːz ʌp] (D; intr.) to ease up on (you should ease up on your workers: you ve been pushing them too hard) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • ease — n. & v. n. 1 absence of difficulty; facility, effortlessness (did it with ease). 2 a freedom or relief from pain, anxiety, or trouble. b freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness. c freedom or relief from constraint or formality. v. 1 tr. relieve …   Useful english dictionary

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