kenyere meaning in English

be past one's prime▼[UK: bi pɑːst wʌnz praɪm] [US: bi ˈpæst wʌnz ˈpraɪm]

past one's prime▼[UK: pɑːst wʌnz praɪm] [US: ˈpæst wʌnz ˈpraɪm]

loaves▼◼◼◼[UK: ləʊvz] [US: loʊvz]

musette bag▼◼◼◼[UK: mjuː.ˈze.tʌ.bæɡ] [US: mjuː.ˈze.tʌ.bæɡ]

bread-basket▼◼◼◼noun
[UK: ˈbred.ˌbɑː.skɪt] [US: ˈbred.ˌbɑː.skɪt]

sworn brothers▼[UK: swɔːn ˈbrʌð.əz] [US: ˈswɔːrn ˈbrʌð.r̩z]

ration bread▼[UK: ˈræʃ.n̩ bred] [US: ˈræʃ.n̩ ˈbred]

ration out bread▼[UK: ˈræʃ.n̩ ˈaʊt bred] [US: ˈræʃ.n̩ ˈaʊt ˈbred]

earn one's bread▼[UK: ɜːn wʌnz bred] [US: ˈɝːn wʌnz ˈbred]

get one's living▼[UK: ˈɡet wʌnz ˈlɪv.ɪŋ] [US: ˈɡet wʌnz ˈlɪv.ɪŋ]

cut into▼verb

spread bread with butter▼[UK: spred bred wɪð ˈbʌt.ə(r)] [US: ˈspred ˈbred wɪθ ˈbʌt.r̩]

spread butter on bread▼[UK: spred ˈbʌt.ə(r) ɒn bred] [US: ˈspred ˈbʌt.r̩ ɑːn ˈbred]

make bread▼◼◼◼[UK: ˈmeɪk bred] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈbred]

break bread▼◼◼◼[UK: breɪk bred] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈbred]

spread bread with butter▼[UK: spred bred wɪð ˈbʌt.ə(r)] [US: ˈspred ˈbred wɪθ ˈbʌt.r̩]

politeness is not his long suit▼[UK: pə.ˈlaɪt.nəs ɪz nɒt hɪz ˈlɒŋ suːt] [US: pə.ˈlaɪt.nəs ˈɪz ˈnɑːt ˈhɪz ˈlɔːŋ ˈsuːt]

Eat up your bread!▼[UK: iːt ʌp jɔː(r) bred] [US: ˈiːt ʌp ˈjɔːr ˈbred]

take the bread out of somebody's mouth▼[UK: teɪk ðə bred ˈaʊt əv ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di maʊθ] [US: ˈteɪk ðə ˈbred ˈaʊt əv ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di ˈmaʊθ]

Some more bread please!▼[UK: sʌm mɔː(r) bred pliːz] [US: ˈsəm ˈmɔːr ˈbred ˈpliːz]

appease [appeased, appeasing, appeases]▼◼◼◼verb
[UK: ə.ˈpiːz] [US: ə.ˈpiːz]

grease somebody's palm▼[UK: ɡriːs ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di pɑːm] [US: ˈɡriːs ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑːm]

oil somebody's palm▼[UK: ɔɪl ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di pɑːm] [US: ˌɔɪl ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑːm]

give a sop to Cerberus (give a bribe)▼verb
[UK: ɡɪv ə sɒp tuː] [US: ˈɡɪv ə ˈsɑːp ˈtuː]

cross somebody's palm▼[UK: ˈkrɒs ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di pɑːm] [US: ˈkrɑːs ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑːm]

tickle somebody's palm▼[UK: ˈtɪk.l̩ ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di pɑːm] [US: ˈtɪk.l̩ ˈsəm.ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑːm]

appeasement [appeasements]▼◼◼◼noun
[UK: ə.ˈpiːz.mənt] [US: ə.ˈpiːz.mənt]

appeasing▼noun
[UK: ə.ˈpiːz.ɪŋ] [US: ə.ˈpiːz.ɪŋ]

hand-out from the pork-barrel▼noun
[UK: hænd ˈaʊt frəm ðə pɔːk ˈbæ.rəl] [US: ˈhænd ˈaʊt frəm ðə ˈpɔːrk ˈbæ.rəl]

Eat up your bread!▼[UK: iːt ʌp jɔː(r) bred] [US: ˈiːt ʌp ˈjɔːr ˈbred]

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread▼[UK: ɪn ðə swet əv ˈðaɪ feɪs ʃælt ðaʊ iːt bred] [US: ɪn ðə ˈswet əv ˈðaɪ ˈfeɪs ˈʃælt ˈðaʊ ˈiːt ˈbred]

toast [toasted, toasting, toasts]▼◼◼◼verb
[UK: təʊst] [US: toʊst]

let bread cool off▼[UK: let bred kuːl ɒf] [US: ˈlet ˈbred ˈkuːl ˈɒf]

capital gain▼◼◼◼noun

pork-barrel▼[UK: ˈpɔːk bæ.rəl] [US: ˈpɔːrk bæ.rəl]

pork-barrel politicians▼[UK: pɔːk ˈbæ.rəl ˌpɒ.lɪ.ˈtɪʃ.n̩z] [US: ˈpɔːrk ˈbæ.rəl ˌpɑː.lə.ˈtɪʃ.n̩z]