Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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... verb . Politicians speak of their opponents rubbishing something that they hold dear . A leader in The Times asserted that Pope Leo XIII had rubbished Angli- can orders , of all things , in 1896. This caused raised eyebrows , and a ...
... verb . Politicians speak of their opponents rubbishing something that they hold dear . A leader in The Times asserted that Pope Leo XIII had rubbished Angli- can orders , of all things , in 1896. This caused raised eyebrows , and a ...
Pagina 61
... verb found by the Australian lexicographers is ten years older than that . It comes from an agreeably colourful Oz novel called Riverslake , published in 1953 : ' If Verity was going to tramp you for burning the tucker , he would have ...
... verb found by the Australian lexicographers is ten years older than that . It comes from an agreeably colourful Oz novel called Riverslake , published in 1953 : ' If Verity was going to tramp you for burning the tucker , he would have ...
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... verb governed a particular case . Tooke answered : ' I don't know . ' ' That's impossible , ' said the master ; ' I know you're not ignorant , but obstinate . ' Tooke , however , persisted in saying that he didn't know . So the master ...
... verb governed a particular case . Tooke answered : ' I don't know . ' ' That's impossible , ' said the master ; ' I know you're not ignorant , but obstinate . ' Tooke , however , persisted in saying that he didn't know . So the master ...
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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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