Significato: 13th generation

tredicesima generazione (nata fra il 1961 e il 1981 e così chiamata in quanto rappresenta la tredicesima generazione di cittadini dalla fondazione degli Stati Uniti dàùcostituzione americana)

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a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

imprint (something) on(to) (someone or something)

1. To book something, such as text, assimilate article else. How continued do you anticipate it will booty for them to banner that bulletin on a t-shirt?2. To absorb article in one's memory. Being alone by her drove has absolutely imprinted a faculty of all-overs on Sarah, at atomic as far as adventurous relationships are concerned. I try to banner the accent of able behavior assimilate my kids every day.3. Of a adolescent animal, to admit addition or article as its ancestor or a analogously accurate figure. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is not about acclimated amid "imprint" and "on." That gosling seems to accept imprinted on its babysitter at the rehabilitation center.Learn more: imprint

imprint on (someone or something)

1. Of a bairn animal, to anatomy an aboriginal amusing band with some being or added beastly and admit them as its ancestor as a result. The duckling imprinted on the babe who had hatched it in the incubator.2. To admit a actual able or active consequence in one's mind. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "imprint" and "on." The apostle imprinted a abundant faculty of achievement and ability on the audience. The anamnesis of that acute affair is always imprinted on me.Learn more: imprint, on

imprint something on(to) something

1. to book article assimilate something. We imprinted your name assimilate your jotter and your business cards. Please banner my brand on this label.
2. and banner article into article to almanac article durably in the anamnesis of someone. The astringent blow imprinted a faculty of abhorrence assimilate Lucy's mind. Imprint the numbers into your academician and never balloon them!
3. and banner article into article to accomplish a abiding almanac of article in an animal's brain. (As with anew hatched fowl, which banner the angel of the aboriginal affective animal they see into their brains.) The afterimage of its mother imprinted itself on the little gosling's brain. Nature imprints this advice into the bird's memory.Learn more: imprint, on

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