Another word a day part 6 pptx
Another word a day part 6 pptx
... mittere. 38 ANOTHER WORD A DAY I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. — W. C. F IELDS, comedian (1880–19 46) cmp01.qxd 7/21/05 12:12 PM Page 38 W hat do a magazine and an albatross have in ... lasche (slack), ultimately from Latin laxare (to loosen). When you admire the “lush” decor of an apartment, sign a “lease,” simply “relax,” or use a “laxative,” you are employing...
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Another word a day part 10 pptx
... to blame. — ERICA JONG, author (1942–) Leaping to Assumptions A leap year has 366 days. One might imagine that bissextile is so named because 366 has two sixes, but that would be a false assumption. ... Romans wrote 366 as CCCLXVI. You Look So Young, Grandma! Sometimes being a bissextile baby can have special advan- tages. In Australia, one’s twenty-first birthday is still a really big...
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Another word a day part 16 pptx
... is a family whose financial affairs are sufficiently cocka- mamie and complex that Rube Goldberg could have been their accountant.” —To r onto Star 142 ANOTHER WORD A DAY There lives more faith ... through.” —Maclean’s scalawag also scallywag and scallawag (SKAL-uh-wag) noun 1. A rascal. 2. In U.S. history, a white Southerner who acted in support of the Reconstruction after the Ci...
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Another word a day part 22 pptx
... foreign languages. For example, many of you may have received a message beginning: From: Mariam Abacha <mariamabacha@hotmail.com> Subject: Envie d’associé avec vous Translation: Nigerian loot ... plane onto the firma terra and we resumed our flight for Erave station in Samberigi.” —The National (Boroko, Papua New Guinea) 198 ANOTHER WORD A DAY He who establishes his argument by...
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Another word a day part 1 pps
... 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, ... Everyday Words I 18 passible ● monestrous ● cloture ● nutriment ● assoil 5 Archaic Words 21 clepe ● sennight ● anon ● gainsay ● hearken 6 Toponyms 24 Chautauqua ● Pax Romana ● Gibralta...
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Another word a day part 2 pot
... mad about his flat,he really loves his apart- ment. An American,in exactly the same words, is angry about hav- ing a flat tire. Well, maybe British and American are two different languages. This book ... obsolete). 2 ANOTHER WORD A DAY cintro.qxd 7/21/05 12:08 PM Page 2 43 Miscellaneous Words II 178 telic ● saltant ● conurbation ● trade-last ● tardigrade 44 Words That Aren’t What They...
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Another word a day part 3 ppt
... 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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Another word a day part 4 ppsx
... Economist 22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (1934–19 96) Hasta Mañana These three possibilities for the word anon pretty ... 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 cas...
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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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Another word a day part 7 pdf
... 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 ... young woman. From French, from Persian huri,from Arabic huri, plural of haura (dark-eyed woman). 46 ANOTHER WORD A DAY It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple r...
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