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61well-meant — (wĕlʹmĕntʹ) adj. Kindly or honestly intended: well meant admonitions. * * * …
62life wasn't meant to be easy — A catchphrase popularised by Malcolm Fraser (Prime Minister 1975 83) and later attributed by him to the British playwright George Bernard Shaw. The phrase is now used as a stock response to complaints or whinges of any kind I have to take the… …
63well-meant — adjective something you say or do that is well meant is intended to be helpful, but does not have the result you intended: His comments were well meant but a little tactless. see also: he/she means well mean 1 (16) …
64be meant to be — if something is meant to be, it seems certain to happen, usually because it has been decided by God or other forces that people believe cannot be controlled Oh well – it was just not meant to be …
65be meant to do something — 1) to have a particular responsibility or duty You were meant to keep the children out of trouble. 2) to have a particular purpose. This is sometimes used for suggesting that something does not succeed very well It was meant to be an apology but… …
66well-meant — UK [ˌwel ˈment] / US adjective words or actions that are well meant are intended to be helpful but are often harmful or not sensible Well meant advice can be more annoying than helpful …
67(be) meant to be something — be meant to be sth idiom to be generally considered to be sth • This restaurant is meant to be excellent. Main entry: ↑meanidiom …
68The way it's meant to be played — graphics cards.ATI Technologies, a Canadian graphics card producer, has also launched a program called get in the game , which serves the same purpose. See also * [http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone twimtbp gameslist.html The way it s meant to be… …
69That's Not What I Meant! — How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships is a short non fiction book by linguist Deborah Tannen. In it, Tannen approaches communication and miscommunication from a linguistic point of view rather than a psychological one,… …
70You Were Meant for Me (1929 song) — You Were Meant for Me is a popular song with music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed, published in 1929.It was first introduced in the 1929 musical film The Broadway Melody. It was later sung by Charles King for the feature film The… …
