Dictionary of Unconventional English 4 pptx

... snook the cock of the walk COCKLES warm the cockles of your heart COFFEE a coffee table book Wake up and smell the coffee! COFFIN another nail in the coffin the fmal nail in the coffin COG a cog ... act ACTION a piece/slice of the action be all talk (and no action) be out of action fight a rearguard action put sb out of action: see be out of action put sth out of action: see be...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... native go off at a tangent go off at half-cock go off half-cocked: see go off at half-cock go off on a tangent go off the boil go off the deep end go off the rails go off your rocker: see be off your ... this watermark. FULLNESS be full of beans be full of bull be full of crap/ shit be full of holes be full of piss and vinegar be full of ihe joys of spring be full of yourself...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... pat: see learn sth off pat learn sth off pat off and on off-calor: see off-colour off-colour off limits off sb's hands off-the-cuff off the cuff: see off-the-cuff off the hook off the peg off the record off ... sb OF be (all) of a piece be of the essence OFF a mile off be off base be off beam be off-color: see be off-colour be off-colour be off the hook be off the hook: see get/let...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... wrong side of the law get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick get offl start off on the wrong foot get on the wrong side of the law get out of bed on the wrong side get up on the wrong side of the bed go ... man/woman of the world a world of difference (all) the world and his wife be at peace with the world be dead to the world be in a world of your own be in another world b...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... utility of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglgsA as a suitable source dictionary for the target lexicon. 1 Introduction Within the larger framework of the Alvey Programme of advanced ... arises of how to develop such a detailed and substantial word list. Our approach has been to make use of the machine-readable source of a published dictionary, namely the L...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20

... Comprehensive Law Dictionary. 1st ed. Moscow: Sovetnik, 1993. Muller, V. K. English- Russian Dictionary. Moscow: Russky Yazyk, 1985. New English- Russian Dictionary. 4th ed. Moscow: Russky ... complete compilation of court-related documents. It includes only those used most often (e.g., a list of Miranda rights, a plea offer, a waiver of a jury trial, an affidavit of ind...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... of Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English records this term as occuring since about 1910 and in virtual disuse by 1960 UK, 1961 cock it up verb 1 to make a complete mess of ... police officer’s baton across the throat US, 1985 choker noun a necktie US, 1 945 choke rag noun a necktie US, 1 944 choke up verb to lose your composure; to totter on the verge of t...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... place US, 1989. 4 clothing US, 1978 cutter noun 1 a surgeon US, 1970. 2 an illegal abortionist FIJI, 19 94. 3 a person who is proficient with the use of a knife or of a weapon US, 1 947 . 4 a pistol ... prisoner US, 1 949 cut noun 1 an adulterant used to dilute a drug; a dilution of a drug US, 1966. 2 a share, usually of profits, often of ill-gotten gains AUSTRALIA, 1911. 3 a r...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... reverse side of a vinyl record. From the action of flipping the disc over US, 1 949 . 2 the opposite of something. A figurative application of the earlier sense as ‘the reverse side of a record’ ... expletive senses of ‘fuck’. Rhyming slang, often in phrases like ‘not give a friar’s’, from the name of one of Robin Hood’s band of merry men. Friar Tuck is also the source of...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... working-class dialect of Frenglish, a mixture of languages, used in Quebec. This term, used by English Quebec speakers rather than ‘Frenglish’, may derive from a corruption of cheval French for ... celebration of a penis of heroic dimensions US, 1888 kidology; kiddology noun a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children UK, 19 64 kids...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20