Peters - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

idiom

To stop or end

Примеры использования:

I’m enjoying my english class, but it’s about to come to an end.

phrase

If plans come to nothing/naught, they fail

Примеры использования:

So much effort and planning, and it's all come to nothing., requests to several countries for asylu…

verb

Make or become less.

Примеры использования:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Примеры использования:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

verb

Cease to be visible.

Примеры использования:

He disappeared into the trees

verb

(of a person or thing) to go to a place or into a condition where the person or thing cannot be seen

Примеры использования:

She disappeared into the house., he disappeared for a few hours (= went somewhere unknown)., they w…

verb

Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength.

Примеры использования:

Traffic has dwindled to a trickle

verb

To become less in number or smaller

Примеры использования:

The community had dwindled to a tenth of its former size.

verb

To gradually become less, smaller, or lower in level

Примеры использования:

Dwindle from sth to sth the municipality's population has dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000., dwindlin…

noun

The movement of the tide out to sea.

Примеры использования:

The tide was on the ebb

verb

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.

Примеры использования:

The tide began to ebb

verb

Turn from liquid into vapour.

Примеры использования:

Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated

verb

To cause a liquid to change to a gas, esp. by heating

Примеры использования:

[ i ] some water evaporates to form clouds., [ i ] the issue of global warming is not just going to…

verb

Be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

Примеры использования:

He failed in his attempt to secure election

noun

A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

Примеры использования:

A fail grade

phrasal verb

Fail utterly; collapse

phrasal verb

To fail to happen

Примеры использования:

The sale of the house fell through.

phrasal verb

If something that has been planned or agreed falls through, it does not happen

Примеры использования:

The deal fell through when someone made our client a better offer.

verb

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

Примеры использования:

Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds.

noun

The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape.

Примеры использования:

I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane