Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Philip Howard. AMERICAN IDIOM Getting hold of the wrong end of the stix ' The American language is in a state of flux based on the survival of the unfittest . ' The Sunday Times , 1966 , Cyril Connolly Only a fool complains about new ...
Philip Howard. AMERICAN IDIOM Getting hold of the wrong end of the stix ' The American language is in a state of flux based on the survival of the unfittest . ' The Sunday Times , 1966 , Cyril Connolly Only a fool complains about new ...
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... American acquaintance who lives in darkest Perthshire . Her neighbours have been asking her for years , with bright ... American superlative of commendation . She may have to find a new reply soon , since American television has started ...
... American acquaintance who lives in darkest Perthshire . Her neighbours have been asking her for years , with bright ... American superlative of commendation . She may have to find a new reply soon , since American television has started ...
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... American idiom because of unfamiliarity with American ways is also happening to ' street - wise ' ( or street - smart , or street - bright ) , which means cunning and clever in various practical ways , especially in the street culture ...
... American idiom because of unfamiliarity with American ways is also happening to ' street - wise ' ( or street - smart , or street - bright ) , which means cunning and clever in various practical ways , especially in the street culture ...
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academic acronym adjective adverb American auto-antonyms band-wagon become better Bible bird British English Brownie called century classics cliché coined collision common cowboy describe Dictionary editor English language eponymous etymology example fashionable free lunch French fudge grammar gravy train Greek hope hopefully hype idiolect idiom Indian English ivory tower jargon journalists journos lady Latin linguistic living look Lord marbles mean metaphor modern Naafi naff never nice noun origin Oxford Oxford English Dictionary paradox Pathetic Fallacy person Phil Mahre phrase political politicians popular prodigal pronounced pronunciation quotation quotes Received Pronunciation recent refer reflexive reflexive pronouns rubbish sengreen sense sentence silly slang social sounds spelling Teddy television term Thatcher thing tion Tommy Handley translation twerp unicorn United Kingdom usage verb vocabulary vogue wally weasel word White Knight woman write wrong wrote
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