epub |eng | 2016-06-06 | Author:Tiffany Watt Smith

JEALOUSY You have to trust. That’s what you tell yourself. When you see the e-mail hurriedly closed down and a bright smile—is it too bright?—on the face. Or the door ...

epub |eng | 2006-06-02 | Author:Richard Bayan [Bayan, Richard]

MONEY-SAVING inexpensive affordable economical thrifty low-cost low-priced value-priced budget-priced discount-priced bargain-priced invitingly priced sale-priced priced to sell rock-bottom prices popular prices unheard-of low prices direct-to-you prices affordably priced surprisingly affordable ...

epub |eng | 2013-06-08 | Author:Asher Cantrell [Cantrell, Asher]

9. Wolf There’s a reason that we had Auggie Doggie and Doggie Daddy instead of Simon Wolf and his dad, Ted Wolf or whatever. It seems there are no clever ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Robert Hartwell Fiske [Fiske, Robert Hartwell]

* * * Again, in U.S. Senate and House Committee hearings, the FDA conceded that the packaging and recalled drug violations were minor and posed no immanent health hazard to ...

epub |eng | 2010-03-05 | Author:Gregory Bergman

franchise player (noun) A player on an NFL, NBA, or NHL team may be so designated when the player is the “face” of the team. Typically, the player will have ...

epub |eng | | Author:Robert W. Bly

M “The man who is in the MELEE knows what blows are being struck and what blood is being drawn.” Woodrow Wilson, American president macarism (mAA-ka-rih-zum), noun The practice of ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-11-01 | Author:Forsyth, Mark [Forsyth, Mark]

Skeuomorphs The handle of the common or garden teacup is a classic example of a skeuomorph. In the nineteenth century, when photography was still in nappies, exposure times were so ...

epub |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:Justin Cord Hayes [Cord Hayes, Justin]

grin ORIGINAL DEFINITION: showing the teeth due to pain or anger NEW DEFINITION: show the teeth in a smile Sometimes it can be painful to hold a grin for too ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2007-02-27 | Author:Adam Jacot De Boinod

A life of crime Italian offers a rich vocabulary for different types of crime and criminal. Smonta, for example, is a theft carried out on a bus or train from ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-07-02 | Author:Princeton Review [Review, The Princeton]

MERCENARY (MUR suh ner ee) n a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money If an army can’t find enough volunteers or draftees, it will sometimes hire mercenaries. ...

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 | 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: ...