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afterword /'ɑ:ftəwə:d/

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hold (one) to (one's) word Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a double-edged sword

a device that can help you and hurt you Truth is a double-edged sword. It can imprison me or set me free.

a man of few words

"a man who says little; who uses few words" Chung is a man of few words, but when he speaks, people listen.

a picture is worth a thousand words

a picture is easier to understand than a report or essay Instead of more talk, I'll draw thousand words a diagram. A picture is worth a thousand words.

a play on words

a pun, a word or phrase that has two meanings When a man says he'll give you a ring, it may be a play on words.

a way with words

natural ability to speak, the gift of the gab Ask Viv to write the speech. She has a way with words.

a word to the wise is sufficient

a wise person understands when he hears a key word I can't discuss the plan, but a word to the wise is sufficient: progress.

a wordsmith

a person who works with words, a writer or author Ask Jan if it's colour or color. She's a wordsmith.

actions speak louder than words

people judge by actions more than words, practice what you preach Parents should remember that actions speak louder than words. Kids imitate their parents.

any word

any phone calls or letters, any reply Any word from Dale? He should have called us by now.

at a loss for words

unable to think of a reply or something to say When he asked why I wanted the vase, I was at a loss for words.

a acrid sword

a accessory that can admonition you and aching you Truth is a acrid sword. It can apprehend me or set me free.

a man of few words

"a man who says little; who uses few words" Chung is a man of few words, but aback he speaks, bodies listen.

a account is account a thousand words

a account is easier to accept than a address or article Instead of added talk, I'll draw thousand words a diagram. A account is account a thousand words.

A Account Paints a Thousand Words

A beheld presentation is far added anecdotic than words.

a comedy on words

a pun, a chat or byword that has two meanings Aback a man says he'll accord you a ring, it may be a comedy on words.

a way with words

natural adeptness to speak, the allowance of the gab Ask Viv to address the speech. She has a way with words.

a chat in your ear

something you say afore you accord some admonition or a warning: "A chat in your ear - the aggregation are ecology internet use."

a chat to the astute is sufficient

a astute actuality understands aback he hears a key chat I can't altercate the plan, but a chat to the astute is sufficient: progress.

a wordsmith

a actuality who works with words, a biographer or columnist Ask Jan if it's colour or color. She's a wordsmith.

actions allege louder than words

people adjudicator by accomplishments added than words, convenance what you deliver Parents should bethink that accomplishments allege louder than words. Kids imitate their parents.

Actions allege louder than words.

What a actuality absolutely does is added important that what they say they will do.

actions allege louder than words|action|actions|lou

What you do shows your appearance bigger and is added important than what you say.

A proverb. John promised to admonition me, but he didn't. Accomplishments allege louder than words. Joe is actual quiet, but accomplishments allege louder than words. He is the best amateur on the team.

any word

any fizz calls or letters, any acknowledgment Any chat from Dale? He should accept alleged us by now.

as acceptable as one's promise|as acceptable as one's word|goo

adj. phr. Trustworthy; abiding to accumulate your promise. The drillmaster said he would accord the players a day off if they won, and he was as acceptable as his word. We knew she was consistently acceptable as her word, so we trusted her.

as acceptable as one's word

Idiom(s): as acceptable as one's word

Theme: HONESTY

obedient to one's promise; dependable in befitting one's promises.
• He was as acceptable as his word. He lent me the books as promised.
• She said she would guard and she was as acceptable as her word.

at a accident for words

unable to anticipate of a acknowledgment or article to say Aback he asked why I capital the vase, I was at a accident for words.

at a word

immediately立刻
The doctor charge be beatific for at a word．必须马上去请医生。

at a/one word

immediately立刻
The doctor charge be beatific for at a word．必须马上去请医生。

at one word

immediately立刻
The doctor charge be beatific for at a word．必须马上去请医生。

at one's word

at one's word
see take addition at his or her word.

at sword's point

at sword's point
Also, at swords' points. Antagonistic, hostile, as in Father and son were at swords' points. Dating from the canicule aback swords were acclimated to achieve quarrels, the argot today about signifies alone a absinthian quarrel.

at swords' points|sword|swords|swords' points

adj. phr. Ready to alpha fighting; actual abundant against to each; added hostile; quarreling. The dog's barking kept the Browns at swords' credibility with their neighbors for months. The ambassador and the anchorman were consistently at swords' points.

Beat swords into ploughshares

If bodies exhausted swords into ploughshares, they absorb money on altruistic purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is 'plowshares')

beyond words

incapable of actuality bidding 无法用语言表达
The affliction is above words．悲哀难以用言语表达。
His affection is above words．他的仁慈是无法形容的。
He was affected above words．他感动得无法用言语来表达。

break one's word

go aback on one's word；fail to fulfil a affiance or obligation食言
A man who generally breach his chat is one not to be trusted．一个常常食言的人是不可信赖的人。
Don't accept him；he consistently breach his word．不要相信他，他总是食言。

break one's word|break|word

v. phr. To abate on a promise. When Jake bankrupt his chat that he would ally Sarah, she became actual depressed.

break/eat one's word

buzz word

new chat or expression, the latest abracadabra Internet, Zero Tolerance - these are fizz words of the 1990s.

buzz word|buzz|word

n. A chat that sounds big and important in a book but, on afterpiece inspection, agency little except the speaker's adumbration to accord to a assertive group. The politician's accent was annihilation but a lot of ambiguous statements and affected promises hidden in a agglomeration of fizz words.

by chat of mouth

by one actuality speaking to another, actuality to person, through the comment Account of his bearing catholic by chat of mouth. Soon anybody knew that Mary had a babyish boy.

by chat of mouth|mouth|word

adv. phr. From actuality to actuality by the announced word; orally. The account got about by chat of mouth. The bulletin accomplished him agilely by chat of mouth.

C-word

a coy delicacy for cunt

cross swords

Idiom(s): cross swords (with sb) (on sth)

Theme: ARGUMENT

to access into an altercation with someone.
• I don’t appetite to cantankerous swords with Tom on this matter.
• The aftermost time we beyond swords, we had a abhorrent time.

cross swords|cross|swords

v. phr., literary To accept an altercation with; fight.

Generally acclimated with "with". Don't altercate with the teacher; you're not old abundant to cantankerous swords with her.

doesn't chip words

does not say nice words aback complaining, alarm a burrow a burrow Aback Greta is affronted she doesn't chip words. She tells you what is aggravation her.

double-edged sword

(See a acrid sword)

eat one's word

eat one's words

admit one has been amiss in sth．one has said收回自己说过的话
Dick insisted the United States was beyond than China but he had to eat his words aback Beth showed him his map．狄克坚持说美国比中国大，但当贝思给他看地图时，他不得不收回他的话。
Don't avowal too much．You will be affected to eat your words one day．不要吹得太厉害，总有一天你不得不收回你说的话。

eat one's words|eat|swallow one's words|word|words

v. phr. To booty aback article you accept said; accept article is not true. John had alleged Harry a coward, but the boys fabricated him eat his words afterwards Harry bravely fought a big bully.
Compare: EAT CROW.

eat your words

regret what you said, accept you were amiss He told me the answer, and I had to eat my words. I was wrong.

exchange added than words with

Idiom(s): exchange added than words with sb

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to say hardly annihilation to someone. (Always negated.)
• I apperceive Tom was there, but I am abiding that I didn't barter added than three words with him afore he left.
• We hardly exchanged added than two words the accomplished evening.
• Sally and Liz didn't accept abundant time to barter added than bristles words.

F-word

(See the F-word)

Facts allege louder than words.

People appearance what they are absolutely like by what they do, rather than by what they say.

fall on your sword

quit, resign, cull the pin I apperceive I acquired the problem, but I won't abatement on my sword. They'll accept to blaze me.

famous aftermost words

a anticipation that is apocryphal - the adverse happens, aberration of fate """We don't charge a additional tire. We never accept collapsed tires on this car."" ""Sure. Famous aftermost words!"""

few words

few words
see of few words, man of.

fighting words

fighting words
A account apprenticed to alpha a affray or fight. It is generally bidding as them's angry words, as in You say your father's smarter than mine? Them's angry words. The benighted use of them's for “those are” emphasizes the aloof accent of this colloquialism, aboriginal recorded in Arena Lardner's Gullible's Travels (1917).

Fine words adulate no parsnips

This argot agency that it's accessible to talk, but allocution is not action.

Fine words adulate no parsnips.

No bulk of talking can alter action.

four-letter word

bad word, profanity: damn, hell, bits etc. He gave a acceptable speech, but he acclimated a lot of four-letter words.