Another word a day part 21 pot

... shape suggests that of a seahorse. Anatomy also yields a horse-related phrase: cauda equina, Latin for “the tail of a horse,” an apt description of the array of sacral and coccygeal nerve tracts ... what a war really is! ● “Better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Al Abed, Al Bas- soumi recalls in detail his childhood and the happy and sad events of that period.” —Star (Amman, Jordan)...

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... 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 211 amigo ● loco ● duende ● disembogue ● armada Answers 215 Web ... 7 /21/ 05 12:08 PM Page 1 31 Kangaroo Words 132 indolent ● rapscallion ● amicable ● frangible ● scion 32 What Does That Company Name Me...

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... out”). One day he was ranting and raving about an exaggerated claim made by his archrival, Louis B. Mayer. Mayer had said that his studio, MGM, had more stars than the sky. Goldwyn demanded to ... of a medial syllable, as in people who say ‘realator’ instead of ‘realtor.’” —Chicago Sun-Times 110 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...

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... drumbeats, and landscapes. The English language has borrowed words from many of Africa’s languages: trek, aardvark, impala, gnu, okra to name a few. In this chapter we’ll see words that originate ... the Paradox database, by Borland. ANSA was the zombie. My wife and I worked as freelance technical writers for ANSA. Borland is a zombie too, from all appearances. So the “brilliant” venture...

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... against the Chinese armada in a friendly between Malaysia and China today.” —Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 214 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body ... newspapers and popular radio stations. Here are five palabras (words) from Spanish that are now part of the English language. 211 CHAPTER 52 Loanwords from Spanish cmp05.qxd 7 /...

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... in auctions, reverse auc- tions and Dutch auctions of livestock and grain.” —Industry Standard 74 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and ... Double Connections cmp02.qxd 7 /21/ 05 12:14 PM Page 75 forming gambit, an opening in which a sacrifice is made to secure advantage. And adding an F to estival results in the word festiva...

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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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... 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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