Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 111
... give us a chance . Also for Élite and Élitist , which are fearsome terms of fashionable abuse , implying snobbery and selfishness . Élite has become involved in the British class system . All it means is a selected or chosen group . It ...
... give us a chance . Also for Élite and Élitist , which are fearsome terms of fashionable abuse , implying snobbery and selfishness . Élite has become involved in the British class system . All it means is a selected or chosen group . It ...
Pagina 201
... give you an example before we plod much farther . ' Tomorrow will be cloudy , with further rain coming at the week - end . ' Weathermen on the radio and television , those desperately egomaniac and modern prophets , are particularly ...
... give you an example before we plod much farther . ' Tomorrow will be cloudy , with further rain coming at the week - end . ' Weathermen on the radio and television , those desperately egomaniac and modern prophets , are particularly ...
Pagina 281
... give , about buying a car sight unseen , that the phrase comes from the flash and prolific jargon of car sales . Or maybe the dictionaries all give the same example from car sales talk because lexicographers are shameless and hardened ...
... give , about buying a car sight unseen , that the phrase comes from the flash and prolific jargon of car sales . Or maybe the dictionaries all give the same example from car sales talk because lexicographers are shameless and hardened ...
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