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81fine\ feathers\ do\ not\ make\ fine\ birds — literary proverb A person who wears fine clothes may not be as good as he looks. Mary is pretty and she wears pretty clothes, but she is very mean. Fine feathers do not make fine birds. Compare: handsome is as handsome does …
82fine-tooth comb — also fine tooth comb PHRASE: V inflects (emphasis) If you say that you will go over something with a fine tooth comb or go through something with a fine tooth comb, you are emphasizing that you will search it thoroughly or examine it very… …
83very well — adverb 1. quite well (Freq. 3) she doesn t feel first rate today • Syn: ↑first rate 2. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑fine, ↑alr …
84fine — I. a. 1. Minute, small, little, comminuted. 2. Slender, delicate, capillary. 3. Light, of delicate material, of fine texture. 4. Keen, sharp. 5. Thin, subtile, tenuous, attenuated. 6. Exquisite, nice, refined. 7. Excellent, super …
85fine art — UK / US noun [uncountable] art objects such as paintings and sculptures that are created to be looked at because they are beautiful or interesting. Fine art is different to crafts or art that has a practical use. • have/get something down to a… …
86fine — [1] Something that is made of very small particles. [2] The position of threads on a bolt or nut that are very close together. See national fine thread …
87fine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. penalty, forfeit, amercement. v. t. amerce, mulct, penalize. See punishment. adj. pure, superior, admirable, excellent; small, tiny, slender, flimsy, delicate; worthy, estimable; skilled,… …
88fine — [12] Both the adjective and the noun fine have come a very long way since their beginnings in Latin finis ‘end’. The etymological sense of the adjective is ‘finished’ – hence, ‘of high quality’. It comes via Old French fin from Vulgar Latin… …
89fine — faɪn n. monetary penalty, punishment which involves the payment of a specified sum of money v. punish with a fine, impose a tax upon; refine, purify; become fine or finer; make thin or thinner, reduce; clarify adj. delicate; thin; flimsy;… …
90fine-tooth comb — (also fine toothed comb) noun (in phr. with a fine tooth comb) with a very thorough search or analysis …
