... 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 ... lexical database MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass Judy Pearsall 1998 The New OxfordDictionaryofEnglishOxford University Press, Oxford, UK ... 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 others of which may be more...
... long ton A unit of weight in troy measure, equal to 2000 troy pounds, or to 746 .48 34 4 32 kilogram-force See tonne [MECH ENG] A unit of refrigerating capacity, that is, of rate of heat flow, equal ... rate of extraction of latent heat when one short ton of ice of specific latent heat 144 international table British thermal units per pound is produced from water at the same temperature in 24 hours; ... approximately 1. 544 44 ϫ 107 pascals { sı or te es ı } ¯ ¯ ¯ T slot [DES ENG] A recessed slot, in the form of an inverted T, in the table of a machine tool, to receive the square head of a T-slot bolt...
... 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) Ofrail Office of the Railway Regulator ... care of co company CO Commanding Officer COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language COD cash on delivery C of E Church of England Comintern Communist International (1919 43 ) COI Central Office of...
... Jesus Joseph Moses and the Book of Exodus Noah and the Flood Odysseus Prometheus Samson Trojan War 10 15 44 56 86 90 117 128 171 172 182 220 2 23 2 24 2 64 279 2 83 311 33 6 39 2 ABUNDANCE AND PLENTY Abundance ... OxfordDictionaryof Allusions The OxfordDictionaryof Allusions Andrew Delahunty Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock OXFORD UNIVERSITY P R E S S OXTORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ... Padstow Contents Introduction List of Themes List of Special Entries Dictionary Index vii xi xiii 42 3 Introduction An allusion may be defined as the mention of the name of a real person, historical...
... 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 ... of love A labor of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, financial or otherwise www.dk -english. com Page 43 Dorking School of English, ... basic aspects of their character, especially negative ones ("A leopard doesn't change its spots" is also used.) Lesser of two evils www.dk -english. com Page 44 Dorking School of English, Bangkok...
... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionaryof Idioms Index vii 32 3 Preface The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... The OxfordDictionaryof Idioms Idioms Edited by Judith Siefring OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of ... what they mean, but also to offer the curious reader interesting facts about the origins of phrases and examples of their use This second edition of the OxfordDictionary ofIdioms is based on the...
... www.verypdf.com to remove thi Theme panels 44 4 Health I'd been feeling a bit off-colour for a while I'd been more tired than usual and getting lots of headaches, and was generally a bit below ... an effort, and she spent the rest of the evening on cloud nine being happy being sad feel on top of the world be on cloud nine informal be full of the joys of spring British & Australian, humorous ... on www.verypdf.com to remove this Theme panels 44 3 Happiness and Sadness It was Maria's 21st birthday, a day on which she should have felt on top of the world Instead she was feeling down in the...
... 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 ... of love A labor of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, financial or otherwise www.dk -english. com Page 43 Dorking School of English, ... basic aspects of their character, especially negative ones ("A leopard doesn't change its spots" is also used.) Lesser of two evils www.dk -english. com Page 44 Dorking School of English, Bangkok...
... the Queen, Op 42 (19 53) ; Rinaldo and Armida, Op .49 (1955); Electra, Op 79 (19 63) orch: Syms: No 1, Op 22 (1951), No 2, Op 40 (19 53) , No 3, Op 63 (19 54) , No 4, Op 71 (1960), No 5, Op 74 (1961), No ... hn.,bn., Op (1 944 ); Quintet, tpts., hn., tb., tuba, Op 73 (19 63) ; Sonatina, recorder and pf., Op 41 (19 53) ; Shanties, wind quintet, Op (1 9 43 ); Trio,fl., va., bn., Op (1 9 43 ); Pf Trio, Op 54 (1956); ... univs and in 1 936 settled in USA, joining staff of Harvard Univ 1 938 42 and becoming prof of musicology, Indiana Univ., 1950 70 Pubd many works, incl Harvard Dictionaryof Music (1 944 , rev 1969)...
... OxfordDictionaryof Medical Quotations This page intentionally left blank Oxford Medical Publications OxfordDictionaryof Medical Quotations Peter McDonald 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ... moderation A rash of dermatologists, a hive of allergists, a scrub of interns, a giggle of nurses, a ood of urologists, a pile of proctologists, an eyeful of ophthalmologists, a whiff of anesthesiologists, ... Professor of Clinical Gerontology, Oxford, England The aging of an organism is a progressive loss of adaptability as time passes Introduction to the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine Oxford...