... 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 ... modifiers of the word in question, and any words participating in prepositional constructions Thus if a sense of the entry for breach has the example sentence She was guilty of a breach of trust...
... 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 ... OD officer of the day; overdose; overdrawn OE Old English OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OED OxfordEnglishDictionary OEM original equipment manufacturer OFFER Office...
... it draws upon) to the OxfordEnglishDictionary The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases of the OxfordDictionary Department ... words and senses added to the OxfordEnglishDictionary for its second edition in 1989; a small number of others were entered for the first time in the Concise OxfordDictionary' s eighth edition...
... it draws upon) to the OxfordEnglishDictionary The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases of the OxfordDictionary Department ... words and senses added to the OxfordEnglishDictionary for its second edition in 1989; a small number of others were entered for the first time in the Concise OxfordDictionary' s eighth edition...
... it draws upon) to the OxfordEnglishDictionary The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases of the OxfordDictionary Department ... words and senses added to the OxfordEnglishDictionary for its second edition in 1989; a small number of others were entered for the first time in the Concise OxfordDictionary' s eighth edition...
... 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 ... 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University ofOxford It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford ... Gallery, Liverpool/Bridgeman Art Library Board of Trustees: National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside Classic dictionaries from Oxford: THE OXFORDDICTIONARYOF PHRASE & FABLE Edited by Elizabeth Knowles...
... 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 ... 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 A weak ... www.dk -english. com Page 19 Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small...
... 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 ... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionaryof Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... 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...
... 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 ... 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 A weak ... www.dk -english. com Page 19 Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small...
... Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada OXFORDDICTIONARYOF Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford ... one of a number of unequal parts of a whole aliquot one of number of equal parts of a whole; often used loosely, and erroneously, for a sample alizarin 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone; the aglycon of ... 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 low...
... 1869; d Oxford, 1946) Eng organist, cond., and teacher Org.scholar Christ's College, Cambridge, organist at caths of St Asaph (1897) and Ely (1898); then of New College, Oxford (1901 18) Prof of mus., ... Nietzsche's epic prose poem of same name Delius set 11 sections of poem in his Mass of Life Alt (1) High The note g'' marks the beginning of the range of vocal notes spoken of as in alt, and from ... Eng musicologist Ed of Byrd's My Ladye Nevells Booke, North's Musicall Grammarian (part of his Memoires of Musick), biography of Sir Richard Terry, etc Compiler of Catalogue of MS Mus in Buckingham...
... helpful than any 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 ... 1881-1972 1.104 Isaac Asimov 1920— 1.105 Herbert Asquith (first Earl ofOxford and Asquith) 1852-1928 1.106 Margot Asquith (Countess ofOxford and Asquith) 1864-1945 1.107 Mary Astell 1668-1731 1.108 ... Broughton) 1786-1869 8.109 Ralph Hodgson 1871-1962 8.110 Eric Hoffer 1902-83 8.111 Heinrich Hoffmann 1809-94 8.112 Max Hoffman 8.113 Gerard Hoffnung 1925-59 8.114 Lancelot Hogben 1895-1975 8.115 James...
... 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...
... 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 ... Britain by Clays Ltd Contents Preface Dictionaryof Idioms Index vii 323 Preface The aim of the OxfordDictionaryof Idioms is to provide clear definitions of phrases and sayings for those who ... 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...
... LSS Linguistic Survey of Scotland MED Middle EnglishDictionary OED OxfordEnglishDictionary RP Received Pronunciation SAWD Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects SED Survey ofEnglish Dialects SSBE ... O F ENGLISH Edited by Lynda Mugglestone Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University ofOxford It furthers the University’s objective of excellence ... appears in Chapter on Renaissance English; that of, say, eighteenth-century Jamaican English in Chapter 12 The Englishof ordinary letters, of diaries, and of private testimony—as in Chapters...
... have done Off the rails If someone has gone off the rails, they have lost track of reality Off the wall Something that is off the wall is unconventional Off your rocker (UK) Someone who is off their ... are he talk of the town Talk out of the back of your head If someone is talking out of the back of their head, they are talking rubbish Talk out of your hat If someone is talking out of their hat, ... bits and bobs Off colour/color If someone looks off colour/color, they look ill Off the cuff If you something off the cuff, you it without any preparation Off the hook If someone is off the hook,...
... 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 ... 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 a something is ... effect Come out of the woodwork When things come out of the woodwork, they appear unexpectedly ('Crawl out of the woodwork' is also used.) Come out of your shell If someone comes out of their shell,...