Dictionaries & Thesauruses
mobi, pdf | | 2005-08-10 | Author:Karel Werner [Werner, Karel]
kusa a species of grass, Desmostachya bipinnata, regarded as most sacred. It was spread out on Vedic altars and the adjoining sacrificial area and burnt after the ritual. It is ...
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August 8,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-08 | Author:Ralph B. Winn [Winn, Ralph B.]
INSOMNIA: Sleeplessness for emotional or psychological reasons. “In the control of insomnia, which is more often due to faulty psychological patterns than to disturbed physiological processes, autohypnosis has been effective” ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
August 2,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Robert Hartwell Fiske [Fiske, Robert Hartwell]
Jj (made) (her) jaw drop A moribund metaphor. amaze; astonish; astound; awe; confound; dumbfound; flabbergast; jar; jolt; overwhelm; shock; start; startle; stun; stupefy; surprise. • There are a couple levels ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
August 1,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-11 | Author:Weekley, Ernest;
curry2. Dish. Earlier (16–17 cents.) carriel, carree (cf. F. cari, Port. caril). Tamil kari, Canarese karil, sauce, relish. curse. First as noun, late AS. curs, of unknown origin. I suggest ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
July 30,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-11 | Author:Weekley, Ernest;
rope. AS. rp. Com. Teut.; cf. Du. reep, Ger. reif, usu. hoop, ON. reip, Goth. raip (in skauda-raip, shoe-thong). To give rope is prob. from training colts (cf. end of ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
July 30,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-14 | Author:Francis Grose [Francis Grose]
K Kate A picklock. ‘’Tis a rum kate’, it is a clever picklock. Keel bullies Men employed to load and unload the coal vessels. Keelhauling A punishment in use among ...
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Classics
July 27,2018 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-19 | Author:Merriam-Webster Inc.
jiminy See JEEPERS. [alter. of Gemini] jingo See CHAUVINISM. [fr. Jingo supporter of the British belligerent attitude toward Russia in 1878, fr. jingo (a mild oath), prob. euphemism for Jesus; ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
July 21,2018 )
epub |eng | 2007-05-24 | Author:Rutherford, Donald
Further reading: Coddington 1976; Klein 1952; Laidler 1999; Leijonhufvud 1968; Patinkin 1956 LABOUR The factor of production which cooperates with land and capital to produce goods and services. It is ...
( Category:
Economics
July 21,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | 1975-12-31 | Author:Raymond Williams [Williams, Raymond]
L LABOUR Among the two earliest examples of the use of labour in English are ‘bigin a laboure … and make a toure’ and ‘quit o labur, and o soru’ ...
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Words, Language & Grammar
July 20,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-18 | Author:Barbara G. Walker
The constellation of Cancer was vitally important to Egyptians, Persians, Hindus, Chinese, Babylonians, and other ancient civilizations, even those of South America. All were convinced that the world would end ...
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Women's Studies
July 19,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-07-17 | Author:Ann Cook
Review Exercise K: Modifying Three-Word Set Phrases Track 252 When you continue to modify a set phrase, you maintain the original intonation pattern and simply add an unstressed modifier. Review ...
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English as a Second Language
July 18,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:David Olsen & Michelle Bevilacqua & Justin Cord Hayes & Burton Jay Nadler
NOUNS dementia (dih-MEN-shuh). A mental illness characterized by loss of reason. Owing to the deceased’s DEMENTIA at the time the will was signed, there was considerable legal wrangling over the ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
July 15,2018 )
epub |eng | 2000-07-08 | Author:Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Steve; & Steve Roud
L ladder. The idea that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder is one of the most widely known and practised *superstitions of modern times, being by far the ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
July 9,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen D. Rogers [ROGERS, STEPHEN D.]
A SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE TIMES Just as people developed regional languages, they developed regional sign languages. There are an estimated 200 sign languages used in the world today. Like ...
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Dictionaries & Thesauruses
July 9,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-08 | Author:Jared Romey [Romey, Jared]
más pesado que maletín de gasfiter: literally “heavier than a plumber’s toolbox”, annoying, bothersome. más pesado que tanque a pedales: literally “heavier than a tank with pedals”, refers to a ...
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Foreign Language Study & Reference
June 24,2018 )
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