Dictionary of Unconventional English 19 docx

... verb to fall off NEW ZEALAND, 198 4 can of gas noun a small butane torch used in the preparation of crack cocaine US, 199 2 can of oil; canov noun a boil. Usually reduced UK, 196 1 can of striped ... tail end of anything US, 197 0. 3 the tail end of a prison sentence US, 194 9. 4 a cigarette US, 190 2 butt verb in tiddlywinks, to knock a wink off a pile US, 197 7 butt adver...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... BARBADOS, 196 5. 2 in poker, four cards of the same suit in sequence US, 197 9 quarter noun 1 a quarter of an ounce of drugs, especially cocaine US, 196 8. 2 a quarter of a kilo of drugs UK, 199 6. 3 ... Roth, 196 9 UK, 197 0 Port of Spaniar d noun a resident of Port of Spain, Trinidad TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO , 199 0 portrait painter noun speed radar; a police officer opera...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... Speak’ 198 9, ‘Artspeak’ 199 0, ‘Eurospeak’ 199 2, ‘Rockspeak’ 199 6, ‘Freshspeak’ 199 7, ‘Double Speak’ 199 9, ‘Teen Speak’ 2001 among others UK, 194 9 speak! tell me what’s on your mind! US, 197 5 speakeasy ... something AUSTRALIA, 195 3. 4 an occurrence or instance; a thing US, 196 0. 5 an instance of sexual intercourse. An abbreviation of SHOT OF COCK US, 196 8. 6 an ejac...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... fist clenched US, 199 2 woofer noun an unattractive woman or man. A variation of DOG UK, 199 5 woofter noun a homosexual man. A variation of POOFTER (a male homosexual) UK, 197 7 woofterish adjective ... drunk US, 196 8. 3 exhausted US, 199 6 wiped out adjective very drug-intoxicated US, 197 4 wipe-off noun 1 a cursory washing of the body using little water US, 195 3. 2 a total w...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20

... deadweight loss of the tariff is the sum of these two triangles. THE EFFECTS OF AN IMPORT QUOTA The Isolandian economists next consider the effects of an import quota—a limit on the quantity of imports. ... price. A tariff raises the price of imported steel above the world price by the amount of the tariff. Domestic suppliers of steel, who compete with suppliers of imported...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 17:15

... the cost of substi- tutions is less than that of insertions and deletion- s. Here, we assume that the cost of substitutions is based on the similarity of the two words. Then with the help of different ... the similarity of syn- onym to extend the FST model so that it can handle more situations. The extension of the FST model is mainly reflect- ed in calculation of the edit dist...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 18:20

... 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

... form of early American English. London usage reflected the linguistic patriotism of the English Renaissance and accepted forms from a variety of regional and social dialects in the development of ... vigorous conversational speech. THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH The fluid structure of Early Modern English underlies the formation of American English. Although the Grea...

Ngày tải lên: 05/04/2014, 10:40

... showing signs of yielding to it in spite of ourselves. The close association of the two countries in the second world war and the con- tinued presence of members of the U.S. Air ... the niceties of English idiom, the foothold gained by the American I don't have at the expense of the English / haven't got (see DO 2), the victory of ai...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 09:45

... of Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English records this term as occuring since about 191 0 and in virtual disuse by 196 0 UK, 196 1 cock it up verb 1 to make a complete mess of ... member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (197 0 199 2). Adopted from the US meaning (a local police officer); a reference to the six counties of Ulster UK, 198 1. 2 alocal polic...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 18:20