criticise+severely
91Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl — Personal details Born 21 February 1889(1889 02 21) Caledon, Cape Colony Died 21 January 1975(1975 01 21) (aged 85) Muizenberg, Western Cape, South Africa Political party South African Party and Unite …
92Twain–Ament indemnities controversy — The Twain–Ament indemnities controversy was a major cause célèbre in the United States of America in 1901 as a consequence of the published reactions of American humorist Mark Twain to reports of Rev. William Scott Ament and other missionaries… …
93November 2010 — was the eleventh month of that year. It began on a Monday and ended after 30 days on a Tuesday. Portal:Current events This is an archived version of Wikipedia s Current events Portal from November 2010 …
94jump down someone's throat — If you jump down someone s throat, you criticise or chastise them severely …
95heap — /hip / (say heep) noun 1. an assemblage of things, lying one on another; a pile: a heap of stones. 2. (sometimes plural) Colloquial a great quantity or number; a multitude: a heap better; heaps further. 3. Colloquial something very old and… …
96knock — /nɒk / (say nok) verb (i) 1. to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, giving a signal, etc. 2. (of an internal combustion engine)… …
97roast — /roʊst / (say rohst) verb (t) 1. to bake (meat or other food) by dry heat, as in an oven. 2. to prepare (meat or other food) for eating by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit. 3. to brown by exposure to heat, as coffee beans. 4. to embed in …
98slate — I. /sleɪt / (say slayt) noun 1. a fine grained rock formed by the compression of mudstone, that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification. 2. a thin piece or plate of this rock or a similar …
99call down — verb 1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke …
100call on the carpet — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trounce, ↑ …
