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Meanings of soak in English
Synonyms
Examples for "rob"
Examples for "rob"
1
You never rob from the working class area you're from; no way.
2
They said Beasley wanted to rob his victims and steal their identities.
3
This can rob the use of a number elsewhere on the ground.
4
Their intention probably was to rob and leave him in the desert.
5
I'd be happy to let him know you tried to rob us.
1
As a result, he allowed the private sector off the financial hook.
2
The longer it takes systems to hook up, the slower manufacturers' sales.
3
Thought I'd ask, she says, letting me off the hook too easy.
4
Never mind: any moment now she would let him off the hook.
5
Does it merely facilitate quick and easy hook-ups or actually encourage them?
1
For food, they need merely pluck bananas and mangoes from the trees.
2
He showed any amount of pluck in the affair with the Indians.
3
He approached the Bush, and stooped to pluck one of the Roses.
4
The women like prowess and the manly virtues of pluck and endurance.
5
Three times now I've stepped in to pluck her out of danger.
1
However, there is still debate about whether the inferred plume actually exists.
2
The breeze catches the plume in his hat and flutters it smartly.
3
In the distance, a plume of dust was billowing off the road.
4
The Captain had a sword and a white plume in his shako.
5
From somewhere in the city a black plume of smoke was rising.
1
So are fuel companies taking advantage of global events to fleece motorists?
2
This process consists in sorting and classifying the fibers of the fleece.
3
A competition will be held to guess the weight of her fleece.
4
He killed the sheep and gave the golden fleece to the king.
5
We work as a pair at best, and have just a fleece.
1
The surcharge for the discounted categories is £150 per year, per applicant.
2
The government's proposed surcharge on streaming platforms is subject to parliamentary approval.
3
Drivers will not be permitted to add a surcharge for card payments.
4
But CSX itself is indifferent because it runs a fuel surcharge programme.
5
Oh, I added a ten percent surcharge for the canceled credit card.
1
You have encouraged him, in every way you know how to overcharge.
2
Don't cheapen the product; don't cheapen the wage; don't overcharge the public.
3
An' if you've bin gifted with compassion, cabby, don't overcharge your fare.
4
A ten-cent overcharge, but now was not the time to count her change.
5
And when I fatuously agreed to this overcharge it merely increased her contempt.
1
Stoke are looking to gazump Villa for Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
2
Manchester City are currently the favourites so United would love to gazump their neighbours.
3
It would appear the Liberals are attempting to gazump the states and Labor in particular.
4
Werder Bremen, meanwhile, are set to gazump Hull in their latest attempt to buy a player.
5
So while Liverpool didn't so much gazump their rivals, the last minute U-turn made huge waves.
Portuguese
embraigar Catalan
emborratxar Usage of soak in English
1
We wake in the early morning and soak the floor with water.
2
Crush the toast in your hands, and soak it in the milk.
3
Let the shrimp soak for 30 minutes, then drain and coarsely chop.
4
The Gold Coast is a good option to soak up some sunshine.
5
Time for a long soak in the bath, then change for dinner.
6
And do you soak the food in warm water before serving it?
7
Wash it well; and, if very salt, soak it in two waters.
8
If the ham is really salty, soak it in cold water overnight.
9
Be sure to sterilize the bottles and soak the nipples in borax-
10
It's been too long since I indulged in a long, bubbly soak.
11
Wash the steaks and soak for an hour in olive-oil and lemon-juice.
12
These absorb, soak up the dilute food which is in the soil.
13
Where are the best places to soak up the region's rich past?
14
Then lay it in clean hot water and let it soak awhile.
15
Split the crackers open and soak till soft in milk or water.
16
Well wash the brains and soak them in cold water until white.
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