Dictionary of Unconventional English 7 pptx

... 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

... 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 indigency). The ... convenient source of useful information which can be used by a variety of professionals in their daily work. The organizing principles, the structure of the whole dictionary, and...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... 19 67. 2 (used of surf conditions) excellent US, 1 977 cooking fuel noun low-octane petrol UK, 1 979 cooking lager noun a lager of no more than average strength UK, 2002 cook off verb (used of ammunition) ... imitation of a steam whistle US, 1898 choof verb 1 (of a person) to go; to depart. As used of a steam train in stories for children AUSTRALIA, 19 47. 2 to smoke marijuana AU...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... personification for the ’spirit of the sea’ since 175 1, his locker is mentioned in The Journal of Richard Cresswell, 177 4 7; the etymology, however, is another mystery of the deep. Jones may arise ... US, 1 973 cue-bow noun a charge of ‘conduct unbecoming an officer’ filed against a police officer US, 1 975 cues noun headphones worn by musicians overdubbing a tape US, 1 979 cuff...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... nuance of the rhyming slang for a ‘Gentile woman’ UK, 1 977 . 3 an inoffensive man, especially one who is a clerk. Extended from the previous senses which are specifically of a woman. UK, 1 977 flow ... the winter of 1950–51 US, 1952 frozen custard noun the vagina of a frigid woman US, 1 977 frozen fireworks noun jewellery US, 1 979 frozen mitt noun 1 a rejection; a brush off. A va...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... abbrevi- ation of ‘fuck off!’ UK, 1999 koffiemoffie noun a non-white, non-black homosexual male; an air steward on South African Airways. Elaborations of MOFFIE (a homo- sexual male), rhymed with ‘coffee’, ... 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 o...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... 1 976 . 2 strong, 90-proof whisky US, 1 976 ning nong noun a fool, an idiot. Probably a variant of British dialect ning-nang, recorded since the 1830s (English Dialect Dictionary) AUSTRALIA, 19 57 ninny ... vagina), or perhaps an evolution of the older sense ( 177 5) of the word as a ‘chamberpot’ UK, 2001 mingra noun a police officer UK, 1 979 ming-ray noun a mischievous ‘game’ o...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... British English this idiom is only used in American English this idiom is only used in Australian English this idiom is mainly used in British English this idiom is mainly used in American English idioms ... idiom is often followed by the preposition &apos ;of& apos;. This idiom is often followed by a question word. This idiom is often an order. a rich seam formal a subject which pr...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... 4 .72 5.89 7. 04 90% 2 .71 4.61 6.25 7. 78 9.24 10.6 95.4% 4.00 6. 17 8.02 9 .70 11.3 12.8 99% 6.63 9.21 11.3 13.3 15.1 16.8 99 .73 % 9.00 11.8 14.2 16.3 18.2 20.1 99.99% 15.1 18.4 21.1 23.5 25 .7 27. 8 These ... Science vol. 1, pp. 54 77 . [2] Avni, Y. 1 976 , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 210, pp. 642–646. [3] Lampton, M., Margon, M., and Bowyer, S. 1 976 , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 2...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 04:15

... 1 971 , Approximate Calculation of Multiple Integrals (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall). [1] Dahlquist, G., and Bjorck, A. 1 974 , Numerical Methods (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall), § 7. 7, ... A., and Rabinowitz, P. 1 978 , A First Course in Numerical Analysis , 2nd ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill), §§ 4.4–4.8. 4.6 Multidimensional Integrals Integrals of functions of several var...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 04:15