Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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... vogue phrase for the same thing was public investment . Nevertheless , when used not unadvisedly , lightly , or wan- tonly , infrastructure is a perfectly useful term of jargon . As you can see , it is derived from two Latin roots ...
... vogue phrase for the same thing was public investment . Nevertheless , when used not unadvisedly , lightly , or wan- tonly , infrastructure is a perfectly useful term of jargon . As you can see , it is derived from two Latin roots ...
Pagina 124
... vogue valedictory phrase , ' Take care ' , or the vogue thank - you or sorry , ' Cheers . ' Like most vogue phrases they will soon begin to sound old- fashioned . They are not really so very different from such old phrases for saying ...
... vogue valedictory phrase , ' Take care ' , or the vogue thank - you or sorry , ' Cheers . ' Like most vogue phrases they will soon begin to sound old- fashioned . They are not really so very different from such old phrases for saying ...
Pagina 135
... vogue word for excellent among the young around the end of the Seventies . It was soon shortened to ' brill ' in Liverpool , whence it has spread ; but not , I think , outside the United Kingdom . It was popularized by the British ...
... vogue word for excellent among the young around the end of the Seventies . It was soon shortened to ' brill ' in Liverpool , whence it has spread ; but not , I think , outside the United Kingdom . It was popularized by the British ...
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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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