Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 89
... thing as a free lunch , or ' There is no free lunch . ' The British have garbled and distorted this into claiming that there are no free lunches , ' as the Americans say ' . For one thing , this seems to me a gloomy , puritanical , and ...
... thing as a free lunch , or ' There is no free lunch . ' The British have garbled and distorted this into claiming that there are no free lunches , ' as the Americans say ' . For one thing , this seems to me a gloomy , puritanical , and ...
Pagina 210
... thing that strangers take away . ' John Gilbert , the great screen lover of silent films , could learn his lines for stage parts , but could never remember the proper names . He was called upon at short notice to play the part of the ...
... thing that strangers take away . ' John Gilbert , the great screen lover of silent films , could learn his lines for stage parts , but could never remember the proper names . He was called upon at short notice to play the part of the ...
Pagina 235
... things , what good is fasting to you ? Are you bent on imitating the crocodile of the Nile ? They say that these crocodiles ... thing , the rumours that Nero had something to do with the great fire of AD 64 were put about by that great ...
... things , what good is fasting to you ? Are you bent on imitating the crocodile of the Nile ? They say that these crocodiles ... thing , the rumours that Nero had something to do with the great fire of AD 64 were put about by that great ...
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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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