kiss something goodbye significado, kiss something goodbye definición | diccionario inglés definición

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kiss  

  ( kisses    plural & 3rd person present)   ( kissing    present participle)   ( kissed    past tense & past participle  )
1       v-recip   If you kiss someone, you touch them with your lips to show affection or sexual desire, or to greet them or say goodbye.  
She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek...      NON-RECIP: V n  
Her parents kissed her goodbye as she set off from their home...      V n n  
They kissed for almost half a minute...      RECIP: pl-n V  
We kissed goodbye.      pl-n V n  
      Kiss is also a noun., n-count  
I put my arms around her and gave her a kiss...     
2       verb   If you say that something kisses another thing, you mean that it touches that thing very gently.  
The wheels of the aircraft kissed the runway.      V n  
3    If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.  
blow someone a kiss      phrase   V inflects  
Maria blew him a kiss...     
4    If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to.  
INFORMAL  
kiss something goodbye             phrase   V inflects  
I felt sure I'd have to kiss my dancing career goodbye.     
Traducción diccionario Collins Ingles - Cobuild  
Diccionario Colaborativo     Inglés Cobuild
exp.
caressing someone by touching his/her skin with the eyelashes
exp.
Se faire la bise
exp.
to be likely to do something
banks set to miss lending targets
v.
Faire attention (à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose), protéger. If you watch over someone or something, you pay attention to them to make sure that nothing bad happens to them. (=watch)
v.
to continue to have something, to keep something
Sentence: I think that my English still retains a Japanese accent.
n.
something not worthy; something of poor quality; a crap
[Slang] This book is a bag of wank, I am disappointed.
exp.
to become very upset about something, usually something that is not important
Other expression: to get your knickers in a knot
n.
hin, often tapered piece of material, such as wood, stone, or metal, used to fill gaps, make something level, or adjust something to fit properly
v.
to recycle somethiing and make it into something more upmarket
a necklace made of upcycled plastic bags
v.
to feed something incorrectly
v.
to practice something excessively, to train too much
v.
the action of expanding, broaden something
v.
to steal something from a shop or a store during trading hours
exp.
go crazy about something, get enthusiastic
n.
an aspect of something that is very impressive or exciting
often used for houses: the wow factor is its high-tech kitchen
exp.
expression used to designate something that happens very rarely
exp.
polite expression offering to do something for someone
v.
to dress up as somebody or something, as a children's game
n.
used figuratively, a train crash means something disastrously bad
'this train crash of a policy'
exp.
an often humorous expression of indignation when something stupid or annoying happens
Wigs for dogs? Whatever next?
n.
something that limits your freedom to do what you want
[US] constraints on spending have forced the company to rethink its plans.
n.
the most important or central part of something
[US] The core of the book focuses on the period between 1660 and 1857.
n.
a brief moment when one does not remember something or is confused
v.
to believe or say that some consequences, situation and event are caused by something else.
I always attribute my poor grades on all the math tests due to my stupidity.
v.
to try to judge something without calculating
Sentence: I always try estimating how much I will spend before going shopping.
n.
Something that you think is true because it is very likely
I had the presumption that my holiday is going to be great because I was planning to go back to Japan.
v.
To publicly say that something should be done
I have never advocate my opinion because I am shy to speak in front of many people.
n.
a model or example that shows how something works
[UK] I like to read books that is a paradigm of human life because I can learn from it.
n.
something that limits your freedom to so what you want.
I wish I could live without constrains because I want to have more time to do what I want.
v.
having similar qualities or a similar size, position etc to something else.
When I was in 8th grade in Japan, I broke down my right hand, so I needed to write everything by my left hand and my left hand writing did not correspond with my right one.

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