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... dictionary. 1 Introduction The goal of the project is to enhance the database of the Oxford Dictionary of English (a forthcoming new edition of the 1998 New Oxford Dictionary of English) so that it contains ... Press, Cambridge, Mass. Judy Pearsall. 1998. The New Oxford Dictionary of English. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 126 matic analysis and grading of defmitions is proving highly productive in ... typicality, 125 Oxford Dictionary of English: Current Developments James McCracken Oxford University Press mccrackj@oup.co.uk Abstract This research note describes the early stages of a project to...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 03:20

... (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) Ofrail Office of the Railway Regulator ... recognition OD officer of the day; overdose; overdrawn OE Old English OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OED Oxford English Dictionary OEM original equipment manufacturer OFFER Office...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2013, 01:27

... Burning question Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 1 Dictionary of English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions By Dorking School of English ~ A ~ A bit much If ... Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 20 Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small ... spend most of their leisure time horizontal in front of the TV and eats a diet that is mainly junk food. Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 44 Labour of love...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 13:15

... Someone 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 swing If ... literature, and often a writer too. Man of means A man, or woman, of means is wealthy. Man of parts A man of parts is a person who is talented in a number of different areas or ways. Man of straw ... Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 5 At the drop of a hat If you would do something at the drop of a hat, you'd do it immediately. At the end of the day...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 09:21

... state often results from atheroma; a degeneration of the lining of the arteries of the heart due to build-up of fatty deposits. The objective is to relieve the heart of work, ... class of enzymes involved in the second stage of the sequence of enzymes involved in the breakdown of ethanol (conversion of acetaldehyde to acetic acid), inhibition of which ... aspects of the action of mediator peptides, though often inhibition of more than one type of peptidase is necessary. For instance, inhibition of degradation of enkephalin has been...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 05:20

... of Ct 1 - adrenoceptor activation include: constriction of many blood vessels, stimulation of smooth muscle of the seminal tract, stimulation of the smooth muscle of the iris of ... in the pumping of calcium out of cells, and in the control of its cytosolic concentration. In the heart, the role of the pump is minor with respect to that of the sodium-calcium ... host. The life cycle of the parasite is complex, and the use of drugs depends on the stage of the cycle. It also depends on which of the four main species of human malarial parasites ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... PRESS Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C. concise DICTIONARY OF Second edition pei-show juo, Ph.D. PRofessor of Biology Emeritus STate university of new york college at potsdam potsdam, new ... Ratio The rate of respiration, in terms of oxygen uptake per unit time, in the presence of ADP, divided by the rate in the ab- sence of ADP. Acceptor End Referring to the CCA-terminal of the tRNA. Acceptor ... cells of a gland. Adenodiastasis The presence of glandular tissue in locations other than their normal sites. Adenofibroma A tumor of connective tissue found in the ovary and composed of glandular...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 17:30

... positive out of a situation, no matter how unpleasant, difficult or even painful it might seem. Idioms 1 of 49 Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions Dictionary of English ... talk of the town. Talk out of the back of your head 9 If someone is talking out of the back of their head, they are talking rubbish. Talk out of your hat 9 If someone is talking out of their ... a light, you fall fast asleep. Out of pocket 99 If you are out of pocket on a deal, you have lost money. Out of sight, out of mind 99 Out of sight, out of mind is used to suggest that someone...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 09:59

... completion. Fall off the back of a lorry (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods. Fall off the turnip truck ... out of the woodwork When things come out of the woodwork, they appear unexpectedly. ('Crawl out of the woodwork' is also used.) Come out of your shell If someone comes out of their ... done'. At the end of your rope (USA) If you are at the end of your rope, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance. At the end of your tether (UK) If you are at the end of your tether,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20

... consisting of two sublattices: an FCC sublattice of O 2– ions and a sublattice of Al 3+ ions occupying two thirds of the octahedral sites in the first one. α-Fe Allotropic form of iron having ... metallurgy of Ti alloys, an alloying element increasing the thermodynamic stability of α-phase and thereby raising the β/(α + β) transus in the corresponding phase diagram. In physical metallurgy of ... concerned. Slow cooling of these alloys from the β-field results in a microstructure com - prising grain-boundary allotriomorphs of the α-phase (known as “pri- mary” α) and packets of similarly oriented...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:22

... forces for growth of variously oriented grains and different mobility of their boundaries (see compromise texture). Grain growth commonly (but not always) results in weakening of the primary recrystallization ... forces for growth of variously oriented grains and different mobility of their boundaries (see compromise texture). Grain growth commonly (but not always) results in weakening of the primary recrystallization ... placed on the same side of the sample. backscattered electron Electron elastically scattered in the direction that is opposite to the direction of the primary beam. The yield of backscattered electrons...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:22

... rate. constraint Restriction of a process, e.g., of the crystal growth or plastic defor- mation. continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagram Presentation of the evolu- tion of phase transformations ... result of the preferential arrange - ment of precipitates at subboundaries (see heterogeneous nucleation), which inhibits their migration (see particle drag). Because of this, an increase of the ... of the elastic strain energy associated with lattice defects, which might contribute to the for - mation of recrystallization nuclei. Continuous recrystallization is observed in materials of...

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