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... Britain Trang 9Contents Preface vii Dictionary of Idioms 1 Index 323 Trang 11Preface The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those ... 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 of Idioms is based on the ... Trang 5The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms Trang 7Idioms Edited by Judith Siefring OXPORD Trang 8OXFORD U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2021, 11:23

... Trang 1Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions 1 ~ A ~ 1 ~ B ... different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make them hard for ESL students and learners to understand Here, we have a dictionary of 1059 English idiomatic expressions ... grin like a Cheshire cat Hair of the dog If someone has a hair of the dog, they have an alcoholic drink as a way of getting rid of a hangover, the unpleasant effects of having drunk too much alcohol

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... ConciseOxford Dictionary of Literary Terms CHRIS BALDICK OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Trang 2OXFORD PAPERBACK REFERENCEThe Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms Chris Baldick is Professor of English ... Terms Engineering* Saints English Etymology Science English Folklore* Scientists English Grammar Shakespeare English Language Ships and the Sea English Literature Sociology English Place-Names Statistics* ... and Queens of World Mythology Britain* World Religions King's English Writers' Dictionary Law Zoology Linguistics Literary Quotations *forthcoming Trang 4The ConciseOxford Dictionary of Literary

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... of assets, payment of debts, and distribution to the beneficiaries of property in the estate of a deceased person.See alsoGRANT OF 2.The granting of *letters of administration to the estate of ... admitted to theprofession by one of the Inns of Court Bar Council (General Council of the Bar of England and Wales) The governingbody of the barristers' branch of the legal profession It regulates ... nuisances (of proceedings) The Trang 7abduction 2 3 abstract of titletermination of civil proceedings by operation of law, caused by a change of interest or status (e.g bankruptcy or death) of one of

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... and Expressions in American EnglishThe Big Book of American Idioms: A Comprehensive Dictionary of English Idioms, Expressions, Phrases & Sayings The Big Book of Phrasal Verbs in Use: Dialogues, ... StudentsEnglish Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds of Collocations in American English Quickly and EasilyMore English Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds ofCollocations in American English ... and Expressions in American EnglishMore American English Idioms: A Comprehensive Dictionary of English Idioms, Expressions, Phrases & Sayings Time Expressions in English: Dialogues, Vocabulary

Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2022, 10:17

... of assets, payment of debts, and distribution to the beneficiaries of property in the estate of a deceased person.See alsoGRANT OF 2.The granting of *letters of administration to the estate of ... admitted to theprofession by one of the Inns of Court Bar Council (General Council of the Bar of England and Wales) The governingbody of the barristers' branch of the legal profession It regulates ... nuisances (of proceedings) The Trang 7abduction 2 3 abstract of titletermination of civil proceedings by operation of law, caused by a change of interest or status (e.g bankruptcy or death) of one of

Ngày tải lên: 27/09/2023, 11:38

... of assets, payment of debts, and distribution to the beneficiaries of property in the estate of a deceased person.See alsoGRANT OF 2.The granting of *letters of administration to the estate of ... admitted to theprofession by one of the Inns of Court Bar Council (General Council of the Bar of England and Wales) The governingbody of the barristers' branch of the legal profession It regulates ... nuisances (of proceedings) The Trang 7abduction 2 3 abstract of titletermination of civil proceedings by operation of law, caused by a change of interest or status (e.g bankruptcy or death) of one of

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2023, 05:59

... right There is a significant proportion of abbreviations which it is possible for an English speaker to pronounce as words rather than as sequences of letters of the alphabet For example, NATO is ... English speakers to pronounce COHSE, the Confederation of Health Service Employees, looks un-English, but is pronounced [cosy] Trang 37Laser, on the other hand, looks thoroughly at home in English ... stops are often used There are various kinds of abbreviation The most common is the set of initials, for example DIY for Do It Yourself, DSS for Department of Social Security, gbh for grievous bodily

Ngày tải lên: 27/08/2016, 16:44

... the apple ~of Can I have a bite of your sandwich? ~ out of She took a bite out of the slab of cake 2 of an insect/animal e ADJ insect, mosquito, snake, etc e VERB + BITE get/gota lot of mosquito ... fell | recover, regain | knock sb off, throw sb off The sudden movement threw him off balance e PREP off~ @ PHRASES a sense of balance Cats have a very good sense of balance 4 money e ADJ account, ... e PHRASES amember of the band 2 group of people e ADJ select, small He is one of a select band of top class players | dwindling | growing e VERB + BAND join e PREP ~ofa band of rebels 3 range

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... music • PHRASES part of the fascination Seeing over a thou-sand species of fish ispart of the fascination of the reefa source of fascination to sbHis letters have been a source offascination to ... ofon the feast of St John I -ofthe feast of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century. • VERB + FEAT accomplish, achieve, bring off, form, pull offHe has pulled off an extraordinary feat ... single-handedly. Ibe capable of per-She was capable of remarkable feats of endurance. Ipeat IemulateHe emulated the feat of the legendary ath- lete Jesse Owens. re-• PREP. -ofa remark ablefeat of strength the

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:54

... life a tale of LA gang life I rape • PREP. ina/the-Wewereinthesamegang. I-ofagang of skin heads • PHRASES a member of a gang 2 group of friends • PREP. - of Youprobably go with a gang offriends ... thefuture of rail travel. -of She got a glimpse of a very different way of life. glint noun 1 flash of light • ADJ. golden, metallic • VERB + GLINT catch, see Among the trees I caught a glint of blue. ... and small, to the glory of God. • PHRASES a blaze of glory It's my last ever tournament and I hope to go out in a blaze of glory! sb's moment of glory His moment of glory came when he

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:54

... dawn of mankind the fate/fu- ture of mankind politicians who care about the future of mankind for the benefit of mankind The results of the re- search were made freely available for ihe benefit of ... hotels and restaurants of New York live a life of They’re living a life of luxury in the Bahamas a/the pace of life The pace of life is much gentler on the island the quality of life He gave up ... Hallowe’en e VERB + MASK have on, wear | put on | pull off, re- move, strip off, take off, tear off In fhe second part of the play, the actors take off their masks e MASK + VERB coversth e PREP behind/beneath

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... format, on the English-German section of the bilingual German and English Dictionary of Everyday Usage* The aim of this work has been to present, for the first time, a dictionary for English speakers ... Professor of Linguistics Georgetown University Director, Arabic Research Program Trang 10PREFACE The compilation of this dictionary was begun in the summer of 1960 by Dr Thomas B Irving of ... paper (Accompanying set of 16 cassettes) A SHORT REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MOROCCAN ARABIC 287 pp., ISBN 0-87840-006-0, paper A DICTIONARY OF MOROCCAN ARABIC: MOROCCAN-ENGLISH/ ENGLISH-MOROCCAN Richard

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 12:52

... amount of money to buysomething 쑗 to make an offer for a company 쑗 We made an offer of £10 a share 왍 or near offer US , or best offer or an offer of a price which is slightly less than the priceasked ... department of the UK gov-ernment that protects consumers against unfair or illegal business Abbreviation OFT Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget US the department of the ... losses more than offset profits in the domestic market (NOTE: off- setting – offset) offset account account established to allow the grossamount of another account to be reducedoffsetting error

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 04:20

... noun the price ofone item units of production method of depreciation units of production method of depreciation /junits əv prə|dkʃən meθəd əv di|priʃi|eiʃ(ə)n/ noun amethod of calculating ... for a valuation of a property before mak-ing an offer for it valuation of a business valuation of a business /vljueiʃ(ə)n əv ə biznis/ noun the act of estimating the value of a business This ... organisation and with a vote of thanks to the committee. windfall profit windfall profit /windfɔl prɒfit/ noun asudden profit which is not expected windfall profits tax windfall profits tax /windfɔl

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... answers 1 Do you know people who have some of these jobs? What do they say about their work? 2 Which of these jobs are available in your city? 3 For which of these jobs do you need special training? ... bài văn A Write a first draft C Get feedback E Turn in your paper | started to study English at night English is a difficult language and many times | was too tired to study One teacher, Mrs ... a time when large numbers of that group first began to immigrate to the U.S **All population figures before 1790 are estimates Figures after 1790 are based on the official U.S census. Trang

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... characteristics of words Trang 21 History of the Englis h language Are all English words really English? 1 History of the Englis h language o English belongs to the Indo-European family of languages ... Englis h language • Different epochs of the development of English language, • 1062 1 Histo2y of the Englis h language Trang 5• The Etymological Structure of English Vocabulary. • Celtic (5 th ... o English vocabulary contains an immense Trang 3number of words of foreign origin bhrãter mãter Indo-European Frater mater Latin Bruder mutteR German Brother mother English Trang 41 History of

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 02:00

... editor of The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquarie Book of Slang and The Macquarie Slang Dictionary. John Loftus manages the online archive at www.hiberno english.com ... Director of the Caribbean Lexicography Project and former Reader in English Language and Linguistics, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados He edited the Dictionary of Caribbean English ... Partridge Dictionary of Slangand Unconventional English The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 21:20

... ball of chalknouna walk Rhyming slang, sometimes condensed to a simple ‘ball’UK , 1936 ball-offnounan act of male masturbationUK , 1961 ball offverb(of a male) to masturbateUK , 1961 ball of firenouna ... 7bag of bonesnoun1a skinny person or animalAUSTRALIA , 1903.2a‘bush pilot’ aeroplaneCANADA , 1984 bag of cokenouna man Rhyming slang for aBLOKE; variation of BUSHEL OF COKE AUSTRALIA , 1976 bag offverbto ... intimacyUK , 2002 bag of flournouna bathroom shower Rhyming slangUK , 1980 bag of fruitnouna suit Rhyming slangAUSTRALIA , 1924 bag of nailsnouna state of confusionAUSTRALIA , 1942 bag of shitnoun1a

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 21:20

... (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 ... OSTP) FOForeign Office FOForward Observer FOAC Federal Office Automation Center FOB Free On Board FOB Full Of Bull (aperiodical of) [TMRC] FOC Faint Object Camera (on HST) [Space] FOC Free Of Charge FOIA...

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