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make — make1 W1S1 [meık] v past tense and past participle made [meıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce)¦ 2¦(do)¦ 3¦(cook)¦ 4¦(cause)¦ 5¦(force)¦ 6¦(mark/hole etc)¦ 7 make it 8 make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc 9¦(achieve something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
somebody — These are interchangeable indefinite terms of address, used by a speaker who wishes one of the persons to whom he is speaking to identify himself with it. Examples will make that statement clearer. In Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, by… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
make it — verb 1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) (Freq. 7) He survived the cancer against all odds • Syn: ↑survive, ↑pull through, ↑pull round, ↑come through • Ant: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
take advantage of somebody — take adˈvantage of sth/sb idiom 1. to make use of sth well; to make use of an opportunity • She took advantage of the children s absence to tidy their rooms. • We took full advantage of the hotel facilities. 2. to make use of sb/sth in a way that … Useful english dictionary
(the) knives are out (for somebody) — the ˈknives are out (for sb) idiom the situation has become so bad that people are preparing to make one person take the blame, for example by taking away their job • The knives are out for the chancellor. Main entry: ↑knifeidiom … Useful english dictionary
double somebody up — ˌdouble ˈup/ˈover | ˌdouble sb ˈup/ˈover derived to bend or to make your body bend over quickly, for example because you are in pain • Jo doubled up with laughter. • I was doubled over with pain. Main entry: ↑doublederived … Useful english dictionary
double somebody over — ˌdouble ˈup/ˈover | ˌdouble sb ˈup/ˈover derived to bend or to make your body bend over quickly, for example because you are in pain • Jo doubled up with laughter. • I was doubled over with pain. Main entry: ↑doublederived … Useful english dictionary
work somebody over — ˌwork sbˈover derived (slang) to attack sb and hit them, for example to make them give you information Main entry: ↑workderived … Useful english dictionary
José Sarria — Born December 12, 1922 or 1923 San Francisco, California Nationality American … Wikipedia
Emanuel Weiss — Emanuel Mendy Weiss (June 11, 1906 ndash; March 4, 1944) was a highly prolific professional hitman who worked for the criminal organization known as Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and up to the time of his arrest in 1940.Starting as an enforcer… … Wikipedia