Significato: admission score 
Punteggio d'ammissione (punteggio nell'esame psicometrico e della maturità per l'ammissione al tecnion)
scor Idioma
a score to settle
know the score
score to settle
settle a score with someone
score
2. to achieve a liason with a sexually desirable person
3. twenty pounds sterling
score off
Three of the names on the list had been scored off．名单上有3个名字被划掉了。
These words have been scored off．这些词被划掉了。
2．make oneself appear clever by making sb．else appear stupid 羞辱；使丢脸；驳倒；在辩论中击败（某人）
She likes to score off people when she can．一有可能她就想胜过别人。
I hate conversations where people try to score off each other．我讨厌人们那种彼此都想驳倒对方的谈话。
score up
The innkeeper scored up the man's indebtedness on the slate．酒店老板把那个人欠的帐记在石板上。
scornful of
He is scornful of such a selfish and haughty man．他藐视这样一个自私又狂妄的人。
settle a score with
Idiom(s): settle a score with someone AND settle the score (with someone)Theme: SOLUTION
to clear up a problem with someone; to get even with someone. (Slang.)
• John wants to settle a score with his neighbor.
• Tom, it's time you and I settled the score.
have a score to settle
Idiom(s): have a score to settle (with sb)Theme: ARGUMENT - SETTLE
to have a problem to clear up with someone; to have to get even with someone about something.
• I have a score to settle with John.
• John and I have a score to settle.
settle the score
Idiom(s): settle a score with someone AND settle the score (with someone)Theme: SOLUTION
to clear up a problem with someone; to get even with someone. (Slang.)
• John wants to settle a score with his neighbor.
• Tom, it's time you and I settled the score.
settle a score|score|settle|wipe out an old score
To hurt (someone) in return for a wrong or loss. John settled an old score with Bob by beating him.Compare: GET BACK AT, GET EVEN.
the score|know|know the score|score
n., slang The truth; the real story or information; what is really happening; the way people and the world really are. Very few people know the score in politics. You are too young to know the score yet. What's the score anyhow? When will the program begin?Compare: KNOW ONE'S STUFF, KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND, THE ROPES.
box score
box score1) A detailed summary of actions or an event, as in The President wanted to base his reelection campaign on his box score. The term comes from baseball, where since about 1910 it has signified a statistical summary in table form of the essential details of a game. About 1930 it began to be used figuratively, especially by politicians referring to their own record while in office.
2) In military slang, the number of dead, wounded, or missing in action. For example, Never mind the details of the battle; just give the lieutenant the box score. [c. 1950]
hell has no fury like a woman scorned
hell has no fury like a woman scornedNo anger is worse than that of a jilted woman. For example, Nancy has nothing good to say about Tom—hell has no fury, you know. This term is a shortening of William Congreve's lines, “Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn'd” (The Mourning Bride, 1697). Similar lines appear in several plays of the same period. Today the proverb is often shortened even more, as in the example.
scoring position, in
scoring position, inAbout to succeed, as in The publisher is in scoring position with that instant book about the trial. This term comes from sports, where it signifies being in a spot where scoring is likely. In baseball it refers to a situation in which a runner is on second or third base. The figurative use of the term dates from the second half of the 1900s.
scorpion
scorpionthe Scorpion
Scorpius, the constellation, or Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
settle a score
settle a scoreAlso, settle or wipe out an old score or scores. Get even, avenge a grievance or an injury. For example, Wendy settled an old score with Bill when she made him wait for half an hour in the rain. These expressions, dating from the mid-1800s to early 1900s, all use score in the sense of “an account” or “bill.” Also see pay off, def. 3.
the score
the scoresee know the score.
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