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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.
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Labour of love...
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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 ...
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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...
... dictionary.
1 Introduction
The goal of the project is to enhance the database
of the
Oxford DictionaryofEnglish
(a forthcoming
new editionof the 1998
New OxfordDictionary of
English)
so that it contains ... Press,
Cambridge, Mass.
Judy Pearsall. 1998.
The New OxfordDictionary of
English.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
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matic analysis and grading of defmitions is proving
highly productive in ... typicality,
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Oxford Dictionaryof English: Current Developments
James McCracken
Oxford University Press
mccrackj@oup.co.uk
Abstract
This research note describes the early stages of a project
to...
... is a decade since the first editionof the OxfordDictionary 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...
... (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 OxfordEnglish Dictionary
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OFFER Office...
... in Vienna of Mozart; host and friend in London of Mendelssohn;
org. St Paul's Cath., 1796 1838; composer of th. and church mus. One of first profs. at
RAM, 1823. Founder-member of Philharmonic ... of Canterbury's Diploma in Church Mus., awarded only after examination to
Fellows ofthe Royal Coll. of Organists who hold the Ch.M. (Choirmaster) diploma.
Added 6th, Chord of. In key of ... those of Dom John Stéphan, of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, who in
1947 discussed a newly-discovered MS. of the tune in the handwriting of John Francis Wade, a Lat.
teacher and music copyist of Douai...
... other dictionaryof modern quotations.
TONY AUGARDE
(1) Discussions of the index features in this preface and in the “How to Use this Dictionary
section of this book refer to the hard-copy edition. ... index has been included in this soft-copy
edition. See “Notices” in topic NOTICES for additional information about this soft-copy edition.
How to Use this Dictionary
HOW TO.1 General Principles
... 1879-1970
6.62 Harry Emerson Fosdick 1878-1969
The OxfordDictionaryof Quotations
Preface
What is a “quotation”? It is a saying or piece of writing that strikes people as so true or
memorable...
... Vietnamese and English idioms.
Being aware of the fact that idioms are extremely difficult topic and merely
well-understood by foreign English learners and even if native speakers of
English who ...
works out some of the major causes of non-equivalence in English –
Vietnamese translations by not only students ofEnglish but also people who
practice translating as their profession. Each ...
development of target languages, so it can be called “the life source” of
language.
3.2.2 Identifying idioms.
Identifying idioms is not easy so learners should study the features ofidioms
carefully,...
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of variation is similar to wild card terms. Here are
examples of the sets of limited sets of verbs.
be ahead of Tom
get ahead of Tom
keep ahead of Tom
remain ahead of Tom
stay ... also fairly commonly
known idioms.
GOALS OF THE DICTIONARY
A major goal of this dictionary is to make certain
that each definition of a phrase illustrates the
meaning of the phrase and matches ... terms of use.
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terms are descriptive of the kind of words or
phrases they can stand for. Here are some of the
most common wild card terms with one example
of each:
a...