"Come to heel" nghĩa là gì?

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"Come to heel" = Lẽo đẽo theo sau chủ -> Tuân theo mọi quy định, làm theo điều lệnh.

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The Queen, Charles, and Harry’s brother Prince William have directed their staff to come up with solutions to the crisis “within days rather than weeks”. The Daily Express understands they have ruled out using money to apply pressure on Harry and Meghan to come to heel.

"We want to normalize (bình thường hóa) relations with the US, but we do not come to heel, we are not eager to hug anyone, kiss anywhere, any part of a body, we are just having a dialogue in a worthy manner. That is what it is based on. Not against Ukraine, not against Russia, not against Europe. Exactly on that”, - Lukashenko said.

Almost a year ago, more than 300 theatre professionals wrote a letter of complaint concerning the Abbey's policy of increased co-productions and a reduction in self-produced plays under the current artistic directorship (nhiệm kỳ giám đốc nghệ thuật). The result had been reduced opportunities in the profession, reduced pay and damage across the theatrical board. The artistic directorate of the Abbey appeared to come to heel, and undertook to "engage" with the profession, although the directors denied the accusations.

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