Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 10
... suppose that the dreadful word has emanated , like a foul miasma , from the Eurocrats of the European Economic Community , that midden of pretentious jargon made muckier by the need to include the gobbledygook of twelve nations and many ...
... suppose that the dreadful word has emanated , like a foul miasma , from the Eurocrats of the European Economic Community , that midden of pretentious jargon made muckier by the need to include the gobbledygook of twelve nations and many ...
Pagina 11
... suppose , ' to value ( for ) ' , or possibly just ' to evaluate ' . It is an impressive word . It will probably come into general use , possibly in both its sociological and its Eurocratic meanings , as in : ' The visiting sociologist ...
... suppose , ' to value ( for ) ' , or possibly just ' to evaluate ' . It is an impressive word . It will probably come into general use , possibly in both its sociological and its Eurocratic meanings , as in : ' The visiting sociologist ...
Pagina 108
... suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers . ' The only editor to have immortalized his name in the dictionaries is Gordon Bennett , whose name is still invoked as a mild expletive , even in Britain , often by ...
... suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers . ' The only editor to have immortalized his name in the dictionaries is Gordon Bennett , whose name is still invoked as a mild expletive , even in Britain , often by ...
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