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... Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada OXFORD DICTIONARY OF Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford ... 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 writers Since then the landscape ... board was established, and now the work is offered as the Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology It is hoped that the dictionary will serve the needs of the research biochemist...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2014, 07:20

... according to the rules of the particular game → fall to pieces → give someone a piece of one’s mind → villain of the piece a piece of the pie and a slice of the cake a share of something piece something ... assemble the pieces of something, such as a puzzle or something puzzling, and make sense of it piecrust ["paI kr@st] n a piece of pastry found on the bottom and often the top of a pie pier ["pIr] ... who is one of the first of a particular group of people to settle a new area (From the point of view of the particular group.) n someone who is one of the first to investigate an area of science...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... and science of the mind and the behavior of individuals (No plural.) n the way people behave, think, and feel; the way a person behaves, thinks, and feels (No plural.) prune something off ( (of ... protein ["pro tin] n one of many chemical substances important to the cells of all living plants and animals (Usually thought of in terms of food.) protest ["pro tEst] n a group of people displaying ... n one of the main divisions of a country, such as Canada, similar to a state n an area of study, knowledge, or activity provincial [pr@ "vIn S@l] adj of or about a province or provinces of a country...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... TLFeBOOK sausage the sands of time the accumulated tiny amounts of time; time represented by the sand in an hourglass sandwich ["sAnd wItS] n two pieces of bread with some kind of food in between ... one’s head in the sand → hide one’s head in the sand sandpaper ["sAnd pe p#] n a paper lightly coated with sand particles, used to polish or smooth a surface (Plural only for types and instances.) ... portion of something sanctuary ["sANk tSu Er i] n a sacred or holy building; a holy place of worship n a place of safety or preservation, especially for birds and other wild animals sand ["sAnd]...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... court of law (Short for witness stand.) → make someone’s hair stand on end → more than one can stand → not have a leg to stand on → take the stand → witness stand stand around to wait around, standing; ... rules of a language (Adv: standardly.) standby ["stAnd baI] n an extra thing or person, nearby and ready (Plural: standbys.) n a person traveling on standby (Plural: standbys.) adv traveling when ... to reserve a seat and must travel as W → on standby a standing joke a subject that regularly and over a period of time causes amusement whenever it is mentioned standstill ["stAnd "stIl] n a complete...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... tv to take a picture of the inside of a person or an object using Q xylophone ["zaI l@ fon] n a musical instrument made of a series of wooden bars of different sizes, each of which makes a different ... n a ray of energy that can pass through solid or nearly solid matter, such as the body (Used especially to take pictures of the insides of people or objects.) n a picture of the inside of a person ... out; to shout loudly yellow ["jEl o] n the color of a ripe lemon or of the yolk of an egg (Plural only for types and instances.) the adj use of Q (Comp: yellower; sup: yellowest.) adj timid;...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:17

... by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionary of Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who not know ... 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 Oxford Dictionary ofIdioms is based on the ... The Oxford Dictionary of 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...

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2013, 13:21

... Glossary Glossar y of ords Wor ds and Phrases Phrases This glossary has been developed in cooperation with numerous professional translators and editors Its purpose is to establish high standards for ... document and none of the terms found in it should be understood to change the meaning of any provisions of law, regulations, or any other authoritative precedent Although a reader may understand terms ... lộ 2848 Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative Mẫu đơn 2848 – để làm Giấy ủy quyền cho phép làm người đại diện 28482848-D Tax Information Authorization and Declaration of Representative...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 23:20

... forms against a corpus Idioms and other phrases Phrases and phrasal verbs are generally lemmatized in an 'idealized' form which may not represent actual occurrences Variation and alternative wording ... occurrences, each dictionary lemma was extended as a series of strings which enumerate each possible variant and codify how pronouns, noun phrases, etc., may be interpolated Each occurrence of a verb ... document retrieval, and other standard NLP tasks At this level, auto- matic analysis and grading of defmitions is proving highly productive in establishing classification schemes and in monitoring...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 03:20

... by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionary of Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who not know ... 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 Oxford Dictionary ofIdioms is based on the ... The Oxford Dictionary of 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...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 09:20

... jump → by leaps and bounds bound hand and foot with hands and feet tied up bouquet [bo "ke] n an arrangement of cut flowers; a grouping of cut flowers that can be held in one hand up bout ["baUt] ... against a surface and spring back bounce off ( (of ) something ) to rebound from something bounce out (of something ) to rebound out of or away from something bounce something off (of ) someone or ... passage, like the neck of a bottle bottom ["bat @m] n the lowest level of something; the deepest point of something n the underside of something; the lowest surface of something n land underneath water;...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... upper front part of the body n a piece of furniture with drawers, used to store clothes, linen, and other items (Often chest of drawers.) n a large, wooden storage box → get something off one’s chest ... one iv to become different 10 iv to take off one set of clothes and put on another a change of pace a change of activity; a change a change of scenery a move to a different place, where the scenery ... partially (Plural only for types and instances.) charge ["tSa#dZ] n the cost of something; the amount of money needed to pay for something (Often plural.) n control [of someone or something] (No...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... below freeze over [for a body of water] to get cold and form a layer of ice on top freeze up [for something] to freeze and stop functioning [for someone] to become frightened and anxious, and be ... light; from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun from hand to hand from one person to a series of other persons; from one person’s hand to another person’s hand, and so forth from pillar ... ["froz] past tense of freeze frozen ["froz @n] Past participle of freeze fruit ["frut] n the part of a plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food (Plural only for types and instances Number...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... child of one’s child (Plural: grandchildren.) grandchildren ["grAn(d) tSIl dr@n] plural of grandchild granddad ["grAn dAd] n grandfather; the father of one’s mother or father (Also a term of address ... grandparent ["grAn(d) pEr @nt] n a grandmother or a grandfather; the parent of one’s parent (The plural usually refers to one or more pairs consisting of a grandmother and a grandfather.) grandson ... grandly Comp: grander; sup: grandest.) n a thousand dollars (Slang No plural.) → (as) busy as Grand Central Station grand total ["grAnd "tot @l] n the complete total; the final total grandchild ["grAn(d)...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... empty-handed → dirty one’s hands → something by hand → eat out of someone’s hand → fold one’s hands → force someone’s hand → from hand to hand → get one’s hands dirty → get the upper hand (on ... the adj use of Q or R → be putty in someone’s hands → bite the hand that feeds one → bound hand and foot → by a show of hands → can’t see one’s hand in front of one’s face → close at hand → come ... one’s hands → have something at hand → in hand → join hands → know someone or something like the back of one’s hand → know someone or something like the palm of one’s hand → live from hand to...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... something (Often with stand.) head back (someplace ) to start moving back to someplace head of cabbage and head of lettuce n the edible, top part of a cabbage or a lettuce plant head of lettuce ... part of the foot; the part of the foot that bears the weight of the body n the part of a shoe or sock that covers the back part of the foot n the part of a shoe that supports the back part of the ... use of Q or W → get a clean bill of health → give someone a clean bill of health → in the picture of (good) health → nurse someone back to health heap ["hip] n a large pile of things; a stack of...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... objective form of he Q (The pronoun used to refer to males Used after prepositions and as the object of verbs.) pron an objective form of he W (Used when the sex of a grammatical object of a verb ... someone or something home office ["hom "Of Is] n the central office of a company n an office in one’s home home on(to something ) to aim directly at something; to fix some type of receiver on a signal ... someone or something hold off ((from) doing something ) to avoid doing something; to postpone doing something hold on to wait (Often a command.) to be patient (Often a command.) hold on (to someone...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... past tense and past participle of hang adj [of a jury] unable to reach a decision; [of a jury] not having a majority hunger ["h^N g#] n a general lack of food (No plural.) n the feeling of a need ... made from cream or milk and some kind of fruit or other flavoring (No plural.) the adj use of Q (Hyphenated.) ice cube ["aIs kjub] n a small cube of ice, used to make drinks and liquids cold ice ... to freeze and develop a covering of ice ice skate ["aI(s) sket] n a boot with a thin blade on the bottom that allows one to glide on top of ice iv to glide across ice while wearing a pair of...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... time between the ending of something and the beginning of something else in the know knowledgeable in the lap of luxury in luxurious surroundings in the line of duty as part of one’s expected duties ... uses ink in its entirety and in their entirety in a state of completeness in jeopardy in danger; at risk; at hazard in labor [of a woman] experiencing the pains and exertion of childbirth in less ... spelled enquiry.) n 293 TLFeBOOK ins and outs of something an investigation; a search for truth; a search for an answer the ins and outs of something the details of something (Informal.) insane [In...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... official who hears and settles cases in a court of law and who presides over trials n someone who helps decide the winner of a contest or competition tv to hear and settle a case in a court of ... of law (No plural.) n the administration of law; the practice of law within the court system (No plural.) n a judge (Also a title and term of address.) → a travesty of justice → miscarriage of ... etc jump into the fray Go to join the fray jump off ( (of ) something ) to leap off something jump off the deep end Go to go off the deep end jump off the deep end (over someone or something ) to...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20