mobi |eng | 2010-10-31 | Author:Stirling, Bruce [Stirling, Bruce]

a. to frustrate b. to organize c. to conclude d. to coalesce 9. conviction (n) a. strong conflict b. strong contract c. strong fear d. strong belief 10. cynic (adj) ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Fogarty, Mignon [Fogarty, Mignon]

The ballet [Manon Lescaut ] is a superb showcase for its two leads, but also shows the acting skills of the entire company as a whole in its evocation of ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-02 | Author:Mignon Fogarty [Fogarty, Mignon]

Have got has been used in English for centuries and is considered fully standard by most modern usage guides. What Should You Do? Use have got to without fear when ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-05 | Author:Fogarty, Mignon [Fogarty, Mignon]

Laconic From the Greek Lakōn, the name of a region near ancient Sparta. Laconians were known for their terse speech. The most famous example is the Laconian reply to Philip ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-05 | Author:Fogarty, Mignon [Fogarty, Mignon]

QUICK AND DIRTY TIP Remember the spelling by thinking that the heroine in your favorite novel has that extra something about her, that extra pizzazz that makes everyone love her—and ...

mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2014-03-18 | Author:Lewis, Norman [Lewis, Norman]

4. at large We discovered magnus, large, big, great, in Chapter 9, in discussing Magnavox (etymologically, “big voice”), and find it again in magniloquent (etymologically, “talking big”). The root occurs ...

epub |eng | | Author:Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries

intent (ĭn tĕnt′) noun A purpose or aim; an intention: Was it your intent to start an argument? adjective 1. Having the mind or thoughts set on a goal; determined: ...

epub |eng | 2014-12-08 | Author:Princeton Review [Review, The Princeton]

Idiom List #1 These idioms always take the same preposition–no matter what. With afflicted with: I am afflicted with measles and dandruff. argue with: Shut up and don’t argue with ...

mobi, pdf |eng | 2008-11-03 | Author:Harrison, Mim [Harrison, Mim]

Spot the zeugma in this sentence: “They watched the clock and the world go by.” 8 Picture This Descriptions that sing, dance, and act up a little Adjectives sometimes get ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2007-10-30 | Author:Anu Garg [Garg, Anu]

Not to spread too much negativity, here are a few words with positive meanings. Then again, you could use them in insults, too, as in telling someone, “You aren’t exactly ...

mobi |eng | 2006-09-14 | Author:McKean, Erin [McKean, Erin]

The study of slugs is limacology. (The lima bean is not related, being named for the capital of Peru.) The study of cooking is magirology. The study of entrails is ...

epub |eng | 2014-09-30 | Author:John Wright

Equisetum palustre brevioribus foliis polyspermon Chapter VI The History of Naming And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2009-10-26 | Author:Kevin Yank [Yank, Kevin]

Notice that, because [ normally indicates the start of a set of acceptable characters in a regular expression, we put a backslash before it in order to remove its special ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-09-02 | Author:David Olsen [Olsen, David]

AARON, HENRY (1934–) One of the greatest baseball players of all time as well as one of the first African-American major league baseball players. Aaron played twenty-three seasons from 1954 ...

epub, mobi | | 2014-02-28 | Author:Maggie Scott

Slack − this is thought to be derived from Old Norse slakki, ‘a hollow between hills’, but some meanings of the word may show influence from Scots slock and its ...