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... also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use This second edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is based on the first edition, ... Great Britain (9)Contents Preface vii Dictionary of Idioms (10)(11)Preface The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... (8 )OXFORD U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford It furthers the University's objective of

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2021, 11:23

... gone off the rails, they have lost track of reality Off the wall Something that is off the wall is unconventional Off your rocker (UK) Someone who is off their rocker is crazy Off-hand Off-hand ... Idioms 1 of 49 Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions 1 ~ A ~ 1 ~ ... Off-hand means... fall fast asleep Out of pocket If you are out of pocket on a deal, you have lost money Out of sight, out of mind Out of sight, out of mind is used to suggest that someone

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 09:59

... 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, ... the top of the list, it is of highest priority, most important, most urgent, or the next in one's line of attention. At the top of your voice If you talk, shout or sing at the top of your ... Come 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

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20

... the nature of its constituent elements standard spoken English English as spoken by the most prestigious speakers of the speech community standard written English English as written ... volume loudness of a sound, due to the forcefulness (energy) of vibration; synonymous with amplitude vowel trapezoid the spatial representation of where the vowels of English are ... most prestigious writers of the speech community stative verb a verb that denotes states of being or states of possessing (as opposed to actions) stigmatized a way of speaking/writing that...

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... consists of two clauses or more, each of which can break off into a separate independent clause that can constitute an independent sentence. Here are some examples of compound sentences and of the ... sentences all but one of whose clauses delete the verb. Sentence (11) offered another example of that.] Linking two clauses only (but/yet/for): [25] Mary loves falafel but hates tofu. [26] *Mary ... made me to stand in the corner 4/2/07... most dialects of English, matrix verbs of persuasion require that the tensed verb form of the subordinate that-clause be in the subjunctive

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... Each of the following sentences contains at least one instance of ungrammaticality or of stigmatized language. First correct it, and then explain why you have done so, citing rules. Example of ... OUT B. Write four pairs of sentences the second of which deletes the relative pronoun and the tense-marked BE form but the first of which does not. Make sure that two of your sentences involve ... most typically used is existential there because this type of there is often used to refer to—make note of, point out the existence of something, as in the following sentences: Existential

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... pet The Twenty Types of Relative Clauses Elephants (88–91) and goats (92–95) merely represent the start of our discussion There are a total of twenty types of relative clauses all ... predicate only, as all three, or as any two of them. Then use each adjective in one original sentence for each of the possibilities allowed. Example of how to proceed: X. nice: “This adjective ... appointed editor of a prestigious journal. 6. A sizzling roast dripping with fat landed on the back seat of my father’s ancient Hupmobile. 7. Any face covered with acne is ugly in the eyes of prejudiced

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... disapprove of his thinking’s way. 8. In Sam’s expert opinion, the operas of Puccini are the best around. 9. The queen lost it in the attic of the castle’s. 10. The sword of the bodyguard of the ... Pete stepped on the tail of the cat. (“The Tail of the Cat” sounds like the name of a quaint bar or restaurant.) The cop’s favorite food is donuts. The favorite food of the cop is donuts. The ... as a subject—the doer of the action or the experiencer of the state—then the form 1.pl. takes is we; if 1.pl.’s func- tion is that of object—the recipient or “patient” of the action—then us

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... consists of the appropriate tense/person/number-bearing form of the nonmodal auxiliary BE plus the past participle of the LV (here seen) None of the other complements of (61) ... requests/granting permission, etc.? ?of each of the modals in the following sentences. Prove your point by employing the appropriate substitution test when possible. Example of how to proceed: X. She ... sentence for each of these modals in the indicated modality type. Example of how to proceed: X. might (expressing possibility) If I scrub real hard, I might finally be able to get rid of these body

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... is a modal of supposition and not a modal of obligation Compare sentences ( 34) and (35): [ 34] [35] [modal of supposition] I really... This modality is limited to expressing—often as either ... emphasizing the action of the verb Here is an example: Unemphatic [a plain statement of fact]: [36]... to [very rare] NONMODAL AUXILIARIES’ CONTRACTIONS Many of the nonmodal auxiliaries ... majority of all the verbs in the language—that... are they not planning to take? 14 I am not the kind of guy who will tell a lie 15 She said that he has an enormous amount of money

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... fish. pres. tense of have past part. of BE pres. part. of LV eat Past Perfect Progressive [17] We had been eating fish. past tense of have past part. of BE pres. part. of LV eat The Compound ... just killing time. present tense of present part. past tense of present part. nonmodal aux of LV kill BE nonmodal aux of LV kill BE Compound tenses consisting of three words are the present ... and structures as each of the following. Example of how to proceed: X. She will have been sitting on top of the flagpole for fourteen hours when she finally falls off of it. “You could write,

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... not pronounced identically: the [t ] of ε of tell ([t εl]), the [t] of style ([stajl]), the [t¯] of wait ([wet¯]), and the [D] of waiting ([weDiŋ]) Each of these four—[t t t¯ D]—possesses a different ... highness/lowness? ?of a sound due to the frequency of vibration—the number of times the object vibrates per unit of time); volume (the loudness of a sound due to the forcefulness of the vibration ... representation of the way a group of sounds is pronounced, so a morpheme is an abstract representation of one or more actual units of meaning and their pronunciation Those actual units of meaning

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... of English (which we abbreviate AGE) is an analysis of the grammar of a particular language (English) and not an introduction to linguistics whose examples end up coming from English ... evaluations of the second edition, evaluations that have aided us greatly in the revisions that gave rise to the present work And our very special thanks go out to Prof Rebecca Babcock of ... 3 A predicate is defined quite simply: it is the “rest of the clause,” whatever is not a part of the subject At the heart of every predicate... another, from one person and number

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:21

... interpretation of economics in the broad sense makes a dictionary of this kind more of a dictionary for economists, rather than a dictionary of economics with terms peculiar to the subject. Even if a dictionary ... Routledge Dictionary of Economics is all of these. © 2002 Donald Rutherford Preface to the second edition Ten years have elapsed since the first edition of this Dictionary. The vocabulary of economics ... Routledge Dictionary of Economics Second edition The most informative dictionary of economics available, the Routledge Dictionary of Economics avoids the tendency to

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 19:22

... Department of Labor, he was assistant professor of economics at Yale University (1954–62) before becoming Professor of the Economics of Education at the University of London Institute of Education; ... Valuation of Option Pricing Contracts and a Test of Market Efficiency’, Jour- nal of Financial Economics 27: 339–418. —— (1973) ‘The pricing of options and corporate liabilities’, Journal of Political ... and1900–4)hewastheMinisterof FinanceofAustria;in1902Universityof Viennaappointedhimtoachair.Inhis economicwritings,hebeganwithatheory ofvaluebasedon MARGINALUTILITYand thenproceededtoatheoryofinterestand

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 19:22

... The disposal of part of the assets of a firm; the opposite of a MERGER An appraisal of the activities of a diversified firm often results in divestment as a means of rationalizing ... regions of the EUROPEAN UNION, often have a great deal of this sort of unemployment disincentive effect (H2, H3) The discouraging effect of a tax on the supply of effort or the number of ... [...]... much of WELFARE ECONOMICS, e.g the analysis of the effects of a monopoly, of taxes and of tariffs The size of the deadweight loss depends on the ELASTICITY of demand or

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 19:22

... is a decade since the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. It was a remarkable work of scholarship, arising from the work of journal editors and scientific ... Editors Teresa K. Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Life Sciences & School of Computer Science, University of Manchester Richard Cammack (Managing Editor) Professor of Biochemistry, King's ... constituent of the thin filaments of muscle and of the microfilaments found in practically all eukaryotic cells – it comprises 5–10% of the protein of such cells (see actin filament). In solutions of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2014, 07:20

... (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