Allens dictionary of english phrases

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2016, 11:45

... Regulator (regulatory body) Ofsted Office for Standards in Education (regulatory body) OFT Office of Fair Trading Oftel Office of Telecommunications (regulatory body) Ofwat Office of Water Services (regulatory ... manufacturer OFFER Office of Electricity Regulation (regulatory body) Ofgas Office of Gas Supply (regulatory body) Oflot Office of the National Lottery (regulatory body)...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2013, 01:27

... www.dk -english. com Page 19 Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small ... Full of beans If someone's full of beans, they are very energetic Full of hot air Someone who is full of hot air talks a lot of rubbish Full of piss and vinegar Someone wh...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 13:15

... www.dk -english. com Page 19 Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small ... Full of beans If someone's full of beans, they are very energetic Full of hot air Someone who is full of hot air talks a lot of rubbish Full of piss and vinegar Someone wh...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 09:21

... richness of a large natural-language dictionary in providing cues and flagging exceptions The stylistic regularity of a dictionary like ODE supports the enumeration of a finite (albeit large) list of ... that examination of the content of a sense can no more than build up lists of candidate collocates — a number of which will be genuinely high-scoring collocates, but other...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 03:20

... making a lot of money Make a monkey of someone Idioms 27 of 49 If you make a monkey of someone, you make them look foolish Make a mountain out of a molehill If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, ... have done Off the rails If someone has gone off the rails, they have lost track of reality Off the wall Something that is off the wall is unconventional Off your rocker (...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 09:59

... way Full of beans If someone's full of beans, they are very energetic Full of hot air Someone who is full of hot air talks a lot of rubbish Full of piss and vinegar Someone who's full of piss ... who's full of piss and vinegar is full of youthful energy Full of the joys of spring If you are full of the joys of spring, you are very happy and full of energy Full swin...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2016, 23:13

... or something (Past tense and past participle: worshiped Present participle: worshiping.) iv to attend a church service (Past tense and past participle: worshiped Present participle: worshiping.) ... tv to take a picture of the inside of a person or an object using Q xylophone ["zaI l@ fon] n a musical instrument made of a series of wooden bars of different sizes, each of which...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:17

... • PREP for- in The back of the garment is split for ease in walking for- of The whole machine is designed for ease of use with - They passed the exam with ease I - of The car brings ease of access ... match a reward for your efforts Second prize was afair rewardfor his efforts make every effort We are making every effort to obtain the release of the hostages in an/your- •...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ... Tokyo Toronto Oxford and Oxford English are registered trademarks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2002 Database right O...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... of free trade I chief,leading, main, principal • PREP -for He is one of the leading adoocates for a more modern style of worship -of an advocate of pacifism lawyer • ADJ defence q Note at PROFESSIONAL ... under the age of lB with - A lot of wines improve with age , -of He left school at the age of I S • PHRASES the age of consent The general age of consent for sexual...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... 62 be forced to, have to for We went to him to beg for forgiveness of (for- + BEG • PREP of behaviour a new study looking at the behaviour and attitudes of young men mal) Do not that, I beg of ... bankruptcy I be close to, be on the brink/verge of I be driven/forced/thrown into, go into I file for, petition for The company has been forced tofile for bankruptcy I declare It...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... group provides a forum for the discussion of ideas the outcome of a discussion The outcome of the discussions is a decision to proceed with Phase of the programme a subject/topic for/ of discussion ... PREP of- collection, collector I burden $80million of debt a burden of debt Faced with a mounting burden of debt, he sold off the company payment/repayment/settlement of a...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark forgive 323 misleading - for forecasts for earnings forecasts for different sectors of the industry 0forecasts for the year forecast verb • ADY accurately, correctly ... still inforce • PHRASES the force of law Professional standards often not have theforce of law (= cannot be enforced) sb/sth with power/influence • FORCE + NOUN

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:54