Another word a day part 5 pdf

... Economist 32 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. — HANLON’S RAZOR Bard Bettered Several years ago, I heard a delightful story about Isaac Bashe- vis ... other language, and that some words were in fact untranslatable. As an example Singer picked the word chutzpah,saying that its being an untranslat- able word he was...

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... this [AAA] card as a talisman against auto- motive calamity should know that, in doing so, they lend sup- port to an agenda in favor of road building, against pollution control and even auto-safety ... peak in the age of imperialism, the 50 ANOTHER WORD A DAY An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field. — NIELS BOHR,physicist (18 85...

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... is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. — FRANKLIN P. J ONES,businessman (1887–1929) Mark It! Marketing is to sales as foreplay is to sex, as courtship ... time and it had finally arrived. It was obvious she was excited as she threw sand balls at me. I wondered aloud,“What if we had a birthday every month?” She countered,“What if we had...

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... are making money in China’s real estate market, Singapore can’t rely on a vast Chinese hinterland for future markets and growth.” —Far Eastern Economic Review 154 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Just as appetite ... took a scenic route to its present form via French, Ital- ian,and medieval Latin/Greek, from Arabic tarjuman,from Aramaic turgemana,from Akkadian targumanu (interpreter). ● “Soon,...

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... government. A few other words that derive from the same root (wal-) are valence, valiant, valid, value, avail, and convalesce. ● “This leads to a tendency for realized earnings to fall below the level ... was writing on the wall—more precisely, drawing on the wall. Thinking of Lascaux, Altamira . . . it must be a strong primeval urge. —Carolanne Reynolds,West Vancouver, Canada Work of A...

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... mapping. 4 37 Outlining is another important essay-planning tool, but it is not a brainstorming technique. Outlining is an orga- nizational technique that helps in planning an essay after ideas have been generated ... topics. To make a map, draw a circle and add spokes radiat- ing from it. Put your central idea or subject in the middle, and add subtopics or related ideas around it in...

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... Another Word A Day ffirs.qxd 7/21/ 05 12:07 PM Page i Another Word A Day An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Anu Garg John Wiley & Sons, ... Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Garg, Anu. Another word a day : an all-new romp through some of the most unusual and intriguing words in English / Anu Garg. p. cm. Includes bibl...

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... 7/21/ 05 12:08 PM Page 1 31 Kangaroo Words 132 indolent ● rapscallion ● amicable ● frangible ● scion 32 What Does That Company Name Mean? 1 35 cingular ● lucent ● prudential ● vanguard ● suppurate 33 ... 204 orotund ● draggle ● trunnel ● pinnate ● lability 51 Words Borrowed from Native American Languages 207 sachem ● wampum ● high-muck -a- muck ● manitou ● powwow 52 Loanwords from Spanish...

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... the Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the Himalayas and Tibet.” —New York Times gambit (GAM-bit) noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri- ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.” —Montreal Gazette EARLS WHO BECAME WORDS (OR PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS) 11 Whodunit The battle rages,...

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... from gamba (leg). ● “North Korea will no doubt try to gain maximum advantage by playing South Korea,America and Japan off against each other. If it fails to get the result—and the cash—it wants ... Economist 22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (1934–1996) Hasta Mañana These three possibilities for the word ano...

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