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leak out
To become known; escape.
The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out.
leak to
To purposely let a secret be known, as if conveying it in the strictest confidence.
The movie star's secret divorce was leaked to the tabloids by her housekeeper.
lean on
To pressure (someone) by blackmailing, threats, physical violence, or the withholding of some favor in order to make the person comply with a wish or request.
I would gladly do what you ask if you only stopped leaning on me so hard!
lean-to
A shed for tools, such as spades, hoes, etc., attached to the wall of a house.
Joe looked for the garden hose in the lean-to.
A small cabin in the country.
They spend their weekends in their modest lean-to in Wisconsin.
leap year
Every fourth year during which the month of February contains 29 rather than 28 days.
During a leap year one must wait a day longer for one's February pay check.
learn by rote
To blindly memorize what was taught without thinking about it.
If you learn a subject by rote, it will be difficult to say anything original about it.
leatherneck
A member of the United States Marine Corps.
I didn't know your son Joe became a leatherneck.
leave a bad taste in one's mouth
To feel a bad impression; make you feel disgusted.
Производить плохое впечатление, оставлять плохую память о себе.
His rudeness to the teacher left a bad taste in my mouth.
Seeing a man beat his horse leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
The way that the company treated us left a bad taste in our mouth.
Своим отношением эта компания произвела плохое впечатление на нас.