Another word a day part 12 pdf

... 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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... 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 ... auto-safety measures—that helps deepen the automotive calamity afflicting the nation as a whole.” —Harper’s Magazine WORDS BORROWED FROM ARABIC 47 I have always imagined that paradise will b...

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... 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, [Art] Buchwald ... 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 Ju...

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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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... 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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... 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 ... 12: 08 PM Page 1 31 Kangaroo Words 132 indolent ● rapscallion ● amicable ● frangible ● scion 32 What Does That Company Name Mean? 135 cingular ● lucent ● prudential ● vanguard ● suppurate 33...

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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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... mittere. 38 ANOTHER WORD A DAY I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. — W. C. F IELDS, comedian (1880–1946) 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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