Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 94
... probably comes from an earlier slang phrase , ' he let his marbles go with the monkey ' , from a children's story about a boy whose marbles were carried away by a monkey . He is , in Ronald Reagan's famous phrase about Colonel Gadaffi ...
... probably comes from an earlier slang phrase , ' he let his marbles go with the monkey ' , from a children's story about a boy whose marbles were carried away by a monkey . He is , in Ronald Reagan's famous phrase about Colonel Gadaffi ...
Pagina 153
... probably cracking the same bad joke with sestertii , in the same way that Marcus hic fuit was probably the origin of ' Kilroy was here . ' The most spectacular change in the language introduced by decimal currency has been the death of ...
... probably cracking the same bad joke with sestertii , in the same way that Marcus hic fuit was probably the origin of ' Kilroy was here . ' The most spectacular change in the language introduced by decimal currency has been the death of ...
Pagina 221
... probably authentic YAHWEH ? For three reasons : 1 It was felt that English readers might find the words uncouth , and perhaps think that it referred to some local Palestinian deity . 2 Although YAHWEH was probably the correct ...
... probably authentic YAHWEH ? For three reasons : 1 It was felt that English readers might find the words uncouth , and perhaps think that it referred to some local Palestinian deity . 2 Although YAHWEH was probably the correct ...
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