Unfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.
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Someone's
//ˈsʌmwʌnz//
Synonyms for "someone's" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Pronoun(1 words)
Related word relations
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Translations
25 translations across 20 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- не́йчы pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
- не́чы pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
- чы́йсьці pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Bulgarian
1 entries- не́чий pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 某人的 pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Czech
1 entries- něčí pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Dutch
1 entries- iemands pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Finnish
1 entries- jonkun pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
French
2 entries- de quelqu'un pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
- à quelqu'un pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
German
1 entries- jemandes pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Hungarian
2 entries- valaki(nek a/az) …-a/-e/-ja/-je pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
- valakié pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Jamaican Creole
2 entries- fi smaddy pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
- fi smaddy own pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Japanese
1 entries- 誰かの pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Korean
1 entries- 누군가의 pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Polish
1 entries- czyjś pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Romanian
1 entries- cuiva pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Russian
1 entries- че́й-то pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Slovak
1 entries- niečí pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Spanish
1 entries- de alguien pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Swedish
1 entries- någons pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Turkish
1 entries- birinin pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Ukrainian
1 entries- чийсь pron (possessive case of ''someone'')
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I don't like to inhale someone's smoke while I'm working.
Source: tatoeba (245313)
Do not always ride on someone's coat-tail.
Source: tatoeba (269970)
He is only someone's stooge.
Source: tatoeba (301382)
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