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... 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...

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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 ... 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...

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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...

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... of a number of distinguished composers who have shuffled off their mortal coil in a variety of unusual ways. coin the other side of the coin the opposite or contrasting aspect of ... near) the bone Q (of a remark) penetrating and accurate to the point of causing hurt or discomfort. Q (of a joke or story) likely to cause offence because near the limit of decency. cut ... the title of 1 Stella Gibbons's 1933 parody of sentimental | novels of rural life, Cold Comfort Farm. cold feet loss of nerve or confidence. in the cold light of day when...

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... 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 ... 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...

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... application to a type of instr. mus. with a good deal of rhythmic freedom and often played on bagpipe (or rustic ob.) and small drum. Alborado del gracioso (Aubade of the Clown). 4th of Ravel's ... 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 ... 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...

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... helpful than any other dictionary of 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 ... 1879-1970 6.62 Harry Emerson Fosdick 1878-1969 The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface What is a “quotation”? It is a saying or piece of writing that strikes people as so true or memorable ... secondary source. HOW TO.3 Index If you remember part of a quotation and want to know the rest of it, or who said it, you can trace it by means of the index (1). The index lists the most significant...

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... 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 of English 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 of idioms carefully,...

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... Use This Dictionary xii 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. How to Use This Dictionary xiii 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...

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