in Br. En. To pour out tea for others. Pouring tea is traditionally the mother's role in a family setting.
Ah, here are the cakes and tea; shall I be mother?
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Intractable ( adj): cứng đầu / khó bảo / khó chữa Collocations hay đi kèm: intractable child / intractable disease
Lavish meal: Bữa ăn thịnh soạn Frugal meal: Bữa ăn đạm bạc
to be the end of someone or something
If you don't send them the report by Friday, it will be curtains for you.
If he fails to strike a fair deal with our neighbours, it will be curtains for his political career.
lasting for a short time
It was a short-lived marriage.
The partnership between the two companies was short-lived.