... 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 ... parent.Currently, about 72 ,00 0of a total 206 ,00 0senses and lemmas have been assigned domainindicators. There is no clearly-defined cut-off pointfor iterations of the automatic assignment ... 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...
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... Burning question Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 1 Dictionary ofEnglish Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions By Dorking School ofEnglish ~ 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 44Labour of love...
... Someone who's fullof piss and vinegar is fullof youthful energy. Full of the joys of spring If you are fullof the joys of spring, you are very happy and fullof energy. Full swing If ... reduced in any way. Full of beans If someone's fullof beans, they are very energetic. Full of hot air Someone who is fullof hot air talks a lot of rubbish. Full of piss and vinegar ... 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...
... 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 ... i.e. when v = 0. 5V.[A] 50 symbol for the molar concentration of an agonist that produces 50% of the maximal possible effect of that agonist. Other percent-age values ([A] 20 , [A] 40 , etc.) can ... components of actininhave been identified: a-actinin, F-actin cross-linking protein, adimer of ∼ 200 kDa with an action similar to that of actinogelin.; andb-actinin, a dimer of ∼ 70 kDa, similar...
... Cambridge, organist at caths. of St Asaph (1897) and Ely (1898); then of New College, Oxford (1 901 18). Prof. of mus., Oxford Univ. (1918 46), and general inspirer of Oxford mus. activities; Dir. ... 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 ... perfecting his piano technique with him. From 18 80 toured widely, playing many of own pf. works, of which he comp. 2 50 between 18 80 and 1892, most of them employing Sp. rhythmic and melodic idioms....
... 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 ... Medical Publications Oxford Dictionary of Medical QuotationsPeter McDonald1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers...
... 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...
... 1 500 –1 200 years bc; in India, the most ancient form of the Indo-European languagewhose classical representative is Sanskrit can be traced back to 100 0– 500 yearsbc; for the Iranian branch of ... Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 200 0), 13.6 lynda mugglestone variety; see Fig. 4.1), or the late date of the copy (the language of which shows signs of the transition to early Middle English) . ... to explore, questions of transmission, of orality, of scribal culture, of manuscript against print, of private usage and publicnorms, can all complicate notions of what English can be said to...
... beginning of something. Full Monty 99 (UK) If something is the Full Monty, it is the real thing, not reduced in any way. Full of the joys of spring 9 If you are fullof the joys of spring, ... positive out of a situation, no matter how unpleasant, difficult or even painful it might seem. Idioms 1 of 49 Dictionary ofEnglish Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions Dictionary ofEnglish ... you are very happy and fullof energy. Full swing 99 If a something is in full swing, it is going or doing well. Fullness of time 9 If something happens in the fullness of time, it will happen...