... dictionary. 1 IntroductionThe goal of the project is to enhance the database of the Oxford DictionaryofEnglish (a forthcomingnew edition of 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.126 matic analysis and grading of defmitions is provinghighly productive in ... typicality,125 OxfordDictionaryof English: Current DevelopmentsJames McCracken Oxford University Pressmccrackj@oup.co.ukAbstractThis research note describes the early stages of a projectto...
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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 ... making a lot of money. Make a monkey of someone If you make a monkey of someone, you make them look foolish. Make a mountain out of a molehill If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, ... 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...
... EditorsTeresa K. Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics,Faculty of Life Sciences & School of Computer Science,University of ManchesterRichard 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 – itcomprises 5–10% of the protein of such cells (see actin filament). Insolutions of ... fibres of the sodium salt of duplexDNA at a relative humidity of 75% or less. It consists of a right-handed double helix containing about 11 nucleotide residues perturn, with the planes of the...
... examination to Fellows ofthe Royal Coll. of Organists who hold the Ch.M. (Choirmaster) diploma. Added 6th, Chord of. In keyof C, the chord F-A-C-D and similarly in other keys, i.e. the subdominant ... 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 ... 75; Prof. of Mus., Oxford Univ. from 1975. Author of books on Monteverdi and G. Gabrieli. Specialist on 16th- and 17th-cent. It. mus. Joint ed. Music and Letters 1976--80. Ed., New Oxford...
... 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 ... 1922-6911.26 Ralph Kettell 1563-164311.27 Francis Scott Key 1779-184311.28 Maynard Keynes (John Maynard Keynes, first Baron Keynes of Tilton) 1883-194611.29 Nikita Khrushchev 1894-197111.30 ... fourteenth Earl Of Derby 1799-18694.40 Renè Descartes 1596-1650 context of every keyword. These sections are listed in strict alphabetical order under each keyword. Foreign keywords are included...
... moderation.A rash of dermatologists, a hive of allergists, ascrub of interns, a giggle of nurses, a flood of urologists, a pile of proctologists, an eyeful of ophthalmologists, a whiff of anesthesiologists, ... –Professor of Clinical Gerontology, Oxford, EnglandThe aging of an organism is a progressive loss of adaptability as time passes.Introduction to the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine Oxford ... rewarding in itself.Quotations are listed under author, with an index of keywords that permits the readerto access a number of quotes with the same keyword. Wherever possible, biographicalinformation...
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