Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... England ) with regional accents were allowed on the air . The term is often used disparag- ingly due to its ... England's public schools ; often abbreviated RP . This term describes the speech of England's cultured , educated class ; it ...
... England ) with regional accents were allowed on the air . The term is often used disparag- ingly due to its ... England's public schools ; often abbreviated RP . This term describes the speech of England's cultured , educated class ; it ...
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... England today ; however , the sinister implications no longer exist . The allu- sion in the original phrase is ... England since at least 1600 , the term is still heard both in England and in parts of the United States . A variant is ...
... England today ; however , the sinister implications no longer exist . The allu- sion in the original phrase is ... England since at least 1600 , the term is still heard both in England and in parts of the United States . A variant is ...
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... England today . There are very few bridewells where much work is done or can be done . ( John Howard , The State of the Prisons in England and Wales , 1777 ) A related term is bridewell bird , the equivalent of jailbird . 3. [ the ] ...
... England today . There are very few bridewells where much work is done or can be done . ( John Howard , The State of the Prisons in England and Wales , 1777 ) A related term is bridewell bird , the equivalent of jailbird . 3. [ the ] ...
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Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
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Términos y frases comunes
19th century allusion American expression American slang expression another's Anthony Trollope applied ball became blue Briticism British expression called Charles Dickens coined colloquial common commonly connotation contexts dead describe drink early 19th century England English especially expres expression alludes expression dates expression is derived expression refers figurative sense Frederick Marryat French frequently give hand hang head heard today hence horse implies indicate John John Heywood Jonathan Swift King least literal Lord meaning ment ness night nose obsolete one's oneself onym origin P. G. Wodehouse person phrase plausible play player political popular practice pression probably proverb related term Samuel Butler Shakespeare sion Sir Walter Scott situation slang term someone someone's thing Thomas tion tive Tyburn usage usually variant verb Webster's Third William word World War II