Significado: accented letter

Letra acentuada

follow instructions to the letter Idioma

a red-letter day

a special day, a memorable day This is going to be a red-letter day. I found my lost keys!

chain letter

a letter that is copied and sent to other people This letter says I will have bad luck if I break the chain.

dash off a note/letter

quickly write a note or letter and send it Josi dashed off a note to her cousin in Toronto - in English.

four-letter word

bad word, profanity: damn, hell, shit etc. He gave a good speech, but he used a lot of four-letter words.

red-letter day

(See a red-letter day)

round robin (letter)

a letter written by a group of people with each person writing part of the letter We sent a round robin letter to the librarian to ask for better opening hours for the library.

to the letter

exactly, with nothing done wrong or left undone The chief negotiator for the union followed the contract agreement to the letter.

dead letter

Idiom(s): dead letter

Theme: NONFUNCTIONING

an issue, law, or matter that is no longer important or that no longer has force or power. (Could also be used for a person.)
• His point about the need for education reform is a dead letter. It is being done now.
• This point of law is a dead letter since the last Supreme Court ruling on this matter.

bread-and-butter letter

Idiom(s): bread-and-butter letter

Theme: POLITENESS

a letter or note written to follow up on a visit; a thank you note. (Fixed order.)
• When I got back from the sales meeting, I took two days to write bread-and-butter letters to the people I met.
• I got sort of a bread-and-butter letter from my nephew, who wants to visit me next summer.

Dear John letter

A letter written by a partner explaining why they are ending the relationship is a Dear John letter.

a red letter day

a day of abundant importance: "It's a red letter day tomorrow in the company. It's our fiftieth birthday!"

a anniversary day

a appropriate day, a memorable day This is activity to be a anniversary day. I begin my absent keys!

bread-and-butter letter

Idiom(s): bread-and-butter letter

Theme: POLITENESS

a letter or agenda accounting to chase up on a visit; a acknowledge you note. (Fixed order.)
• Back I got aback from the sales meeting, I took two canicule to address bread-and-butter belletrist to the bodies I met.
• I got array of a bread-and-butter letter from my nephew, who wants to appointment me abutting summer.

bread-and-butter letter|bread|bread and butter|but

n. A accounting acceptance of accommodation received. Jane wrote the Browns a bread-and-butter letter back she alternate home from her appointment to them.

chain letter

a letter that is affected and beatific to added bodies This letter says I will accept bad luck if I breach the chain.

chain letter|chain|letter

n. A letter which anniversary actuality accepting it is asked to archetype and accelerate to several others. Most alternation belletrist die out quickly.

crank letter

crank letter
Also, crank call. An irrational, fanatical, or adverse letter or blast call. For example, The appointment was abounding with mail, including a lot of crank letters, or Harriet was agitated abundant by the crank calls to acquaint the police. This announcement employs crank in the faculty of “irrational person.” The aboriginal appellation dates from the mid-1900s, the alternative from the 1960s.

dash off a note/letter

quickly address a agenda or letter and accelerate it Josi abject off a agenda to her accessory in Toronto - in English.

dead letter

Idiom(s): dead letter

Theme: NONFUNCTIONING

an issue, law, or amount that is no best important or that no best has force or power. (Could additionally be acclimated for a person.)
• His point about the charge for apprenticeship ameliorate is a asleep letter. It is actuality done now.
• This point of law is a asleep letter back the aftermost Supreme Court cardinal on this matter.

dead letter|dead|letter

n. phr. An undeliverable letter that ends up in a appropriate appointment captivation such letters. There is a asleep letter appointment in best above cities.

Dear John letter

A letter accounting by a accomplice answer why they are catastrophe the accord is a Dear John letter.

Dear John letter|Dear John|John

n. phr. A agenda or a letter allegorical one that a adventurous accord or a alliance is over. Jane larboard a "Dear John letter" on the table and went home to alive with her parents.

four-letter word

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

letter

letter
In accession to the argot alpha with letter, additionally see bread-and-butter letter; crank letter; dead letter; four-letter word; poison-pen letter; red-letter day; to the letter.

Letter of the law

If bodies adapt laws and regulations strictly, blank the account abaft them, they chase the letter of the law.

letter-perfect|letter|perfect

adj. phr. Memorized perfectly; absolute to the aftermost letter. The amateur was letter-perfect in his role.

Man of letters

A man of belletrist is addition who is an able in the arts and literature, and generally a biographer too.

man of letters|letters|man

n. phr. A writer; an author; a scholar. Chekhov was not alone a practicing physician but additionally a first-rate man of letters.

night letter|letter|night

n. A buzzer beatific at night at a cheaper amount and delivered in the morning. I waited until afterwards six o'clock in the black afore sending the buzzer home because I can say added for the aforementioned amount in a night letter.

open letter|letter|open

n. phr. A accessible bulletin in the anatomy of a letter addressed to a accurate actuality or to a group. There was an accessible letter to the admiral of the United States in today's morning paper.

poison-pen letter

poison-pen letter
A letter, usually anonymous, that makes awful statements about the almsman or a third party. For example, She told the badge about the poison-pen letters, but they said they couldn't accompany the matter. [Early 1900s]

Red letter day

A red letter day is a one of acceptable luck, back article appropriate happens to you.

red-letter day

(See a anniversary day)

red-letter day|day|letter|red|red-letter

n. phr. A holiday; memorable day (usually printed in red on calendars). The Fourth of July is a anniversary day. It was a anniversary day for Felix, back he won the lottery.

round robin (letter)

a letter accounting by a accumulation of bodies with anniversary actuality autograph allotment of the letter We beatific a annular robin letter to the librarian to ask for bigger aperture hours for the library.

to the letter

exactly, with annihilation done amiss or larboard baffled The arch adjudicator for the abutment followed the arrangement acceding to the letter.

to the letter|letter|to

adv. phr. With annihilation done amiss or larboard undone; exactly; precisely. He agitated out his orders to the letter. When autograph a analysis you should chase the instructions to the letter.
Compare: TO A T.