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The New Uxbridge English Dictionary

Author : Jon Naismith
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007263937
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The New Uxbridge English Dictionary written by Jon Naismith and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Uxbridge English Dictionary the stars of BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue had the nation in stitches. But times move on, words change and their meanings with them. Comedy's most outrageous dictionary is back with a hilarious new collection of definitions for all those English words that don't mean anything like they should. If you have ever pondered the meaning of Platypus (to give your cat pigtails), Flemish (rather like snot) or Celtic (a prison for fleas), then this is the book for you. With nearly 600 new definitions from radio's best loved comedy show, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, The New Uxbridge English Dictionary pushes the boundaries of the English language to new side-splitting limits. A must for any fan of British comedy.

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

Author : Barry Cryer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099510545
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue written by Barry Cryer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know your Mornington Crescent from your Cheddar Gorge? Are you partial to a bad-tempered clavier? Would you like some unhelpful travel advice? Featuring the very best moments from a forty-year history of broadcasting, Stephen Fry introduces this indispensable companion to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, the Radio 4 comedy series which attracts millions of listeners each week. Featuring hilarious excerpts from the show's favourite games including: The Uxbridge English Dictionary, Famous First Words, the Trail of the Lonesome Pun and Late Arrivals as well as much much more, this book is essential for Clue fans young and old. For those new to Clue, there's a Beginner's Guide on how to play Mornington Crescent and numerous games which are fun and easy to play at home and guaranteed to entertain.

The Meaning of Liff

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447262603
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Liff written by Douglas Adams and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Meaning of Liff has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since it was first published in 1983, and remains a much-loved humour classic. This edition has been revised and updated, and includes The Deeper Meaning of Liff, giving fresh appeal to Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's entertaining and witty dictionary. In life, there are hundreds of familiar experiences, feelings and objects for which no words exist, yet hundreds of strange words are idly loafing around on signposts, pointing at places. The Meaning of Liff connects the two. BERRIWILLOCK (n.) - An unknown workmate who writes 'All the best' on your leaving card. ELY (n.) - The first, tiniest inkling that something, somewhere has gone terribly wrong. GRIMBISTER (n.) - Large body of cars on a motorway all travelling at exactly the speed limit because one of them is a police car. KETTERING (n.) - The marks left on your bottom or thighs after sunbathing on a wickerwork chair. OCKLE (n.) - An electrical switch which appears to be off in both positions. WOKING (ptcpl.vb.) - Standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in here for.

The Unabridged Uxbridge English Dictionary

Author : Graeme Garden
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1784756490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The Unabridged Uxbridge English Dictionary written by Graeme Garden and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do words fail you? Never again, once you've become the proud owner of The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary. Every word has a meaning, but over the years those meanings change. Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages and you'll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different. Words like 'bunny' (rather like a bun), or 'cherish' (rather like a chair), 'Cardiology' (the study of knitwear) or 'buggery' (the study of insects), 'Venezuala' (a gondola with a harpoon) or 'Norway' (a Geordie exclamation of surprise), 'ivy' (the Roman for "four") or 'faculty' (cockney for "there's no more PG Tips"). Thanks to The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary you can now use familiar, everyday words in total confidence, fully appraised of their latest meanings. Happy wording!

Lyttelton's Britain

Author : Iain Pattinson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409050688
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Lyttelton's Britain written by Iain Pattinson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue team of Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor, in the company of their esteemed chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, have been recording their BBC radio show around the UK for longer than any of them can remember ... that's about a week - or twenty minutes in the case of Barry Cryer. At each venue Humph would present a short history of the location, written by Iain Pattinson, to the mutual delight of the audience, the team and their delightful scorer Samantha (who somehow always found time for a rewarding poke around the area's backstreets). We are privileged to present, in gazetteer form, the very best of Humph's local histories form Radio 4's multi award-winning 'antidote to panel games'. As accurate as Wikipedia and as comprehensive as Reader's Digest, this unique guide tells you everything you never knew you wouldn't ever need to know about the background and inhabitants of Britain's most prominent towns and cities. The intelligent reader will waste no time in adding it to their collection. Bristol It was from Bristol in 1497 that John Cabot set off to find a new route to the Spice Islands by sailing north-west. He instead discovered a strange, hostile world which he named 'Newfoundland', until the natives explained that they actually called it 'Swansea'. Nottingham It's well documented in official records that the city's original name was 'Snottingham' or 'home of Snotts', but when the Normans came, they couldn't pronounce the initial letter 'S', so decreed the town be called 'Nottingham'or the 'home of Notts'. It's easy to understand why this change was resisted so fiercely by the people of Scunthorpe. Brighton A settlement is first recorded in Brighton as long as ago as 3000 BC, when Celtic Druids practised their ancient worship of oaks, mistletoe and virgins, and indeed, oaks and mistletoe are still plentiful in Brighton.

The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary

Author : Graeme Garden
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473539722
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary written by Graeme Garden and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do words fail you? Never again, once you've become the proud owner of The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary. Every word has a meaning, but over the years those meanings change. Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages and you'll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different. Words like 'bunny' (rather like a bun), or 'cherish' (rather like a chair), 'Cardiology' (the study of knitwear) or 'buggery' (the study of insects), 'Venezuala' (a gondola with a harpoon) or 'Norway' (a Geordie exclamation of surprise), 'ivy' (the Roman for "four") or 'faculty' (cockney for "there's no more PG Tips"). Thanks to The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary you can now use familiar, everyday words in total confidence, fully appraised of their latest meanings. Happy wording!

Longman Dictionary of American English

Author : Pearson ELT
Publisher : Pearson Education ESL
ISBN 13 : 9781447948025
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Longman Dictionary of American English written by Pearson ELT and published by Pearson Education ESL. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Edition of Longman Dictionary of American English is the key to vocabulary building! Now with the full contents online, plus online Thesaurus and Vocabulary Checker. Clear and comprehensive 109,000 words, meanings and phrases, including words from the Academic Word List 59,000 example sentences, showing thousands of academic words and collocations Clear definitions written using the Longman American Defining Vocabulary of just 2,000 common words Words for content areas such as Science and Social Studies The key to vocabulary building Collocation boxes show combination of words that are often used together, such as strong interest, highly successful, and take a test Integrated Thesaurus explains thousands of synonyms and antonyms 3,000 etymologies explain the origin of words -15,000 etymologies online Learner's Handbook on Writing, Collocations and Grammar Workbook exercises for self-study and classroom use Entire contents online Pronunciation of all the words and example sentences, and pronunciation practice Longman Vocabulary Checker: find out which type of vocabulary is used in the text you are reading and which words you should learn Thesaurus: choose the right word and build your vocabulary Topic Vocabulary: find all the words you need to write about common topics such as Describing Places, Technology, Sports and Relationships Academic Study Center with interactive exercises for vocabulary, reading and writing, and exam practice for TOEFL

The Deeper Meaning of Liff

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher : Crown Archetype
ISBN 13 : 0307238741
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Deeper Meaning of Liff written by Douglas Adams and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking, thought-provoking dictionary for the modern age, featuring definitions for those things we don't have words for, from the New York Times bestselling author behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, and TV producer John Lloyd. Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer? Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8) 1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings. 2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves. 3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off the corners. 4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover. 5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair. 6—God knows what this means 7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago. 8—Look it up yourself.

Geiriadur cymraeg a saesneg

Author : William Spurrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geiriadur cymraeg a saesneg written by William Spurrell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Afterliff

Author : John Lloyd
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571301703
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Afterliff written by John Lloyd and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff, its long-awaited sequel, corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts. This brilliant successor to Douglas Adams' and John Lloyd's 1983 classic The Meaning of Liff features over 900 essential new definitions, including: Anglesey n. Hypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking. Badlesmeare n. One who dishonestly ticks the 'I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions' box. Caterham n. An overwhelming desire to use the Pope's hat as an oven glove. Clavering ptcpl v. Pretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public. Eworthy adj. Of a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting. Kanumbra n. The sense that someone is standing behind you. Ljubljana interj. What people say to the dentist on the way out. Loughborough n. The false gusto with which children eat vegetables in adverts. Sorrento n. The thing that goes round and round as a YouTube video loads. Uralla n. A towel used as a bathmat. In 1983, John Lloyd and Douglas Adams authored The Meaning of Liff, a bestselling humour classic which went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. John Lloyd's other books include 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways and The Book of General Ignorance.

An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary

Author : Richard James Wilkinson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015473591
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary written by Richard James Wilkinson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Russian Learners' Dictionary

Author : Nicholas Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136926623
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Russian Learners' Dictionary written by Nicholas Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains 10,000 Russian words in order of importance starting with the most common and finishing with words that occur about 8 times in a million. All the words have English translations, many have examples of usage and the entries include information on stress and grammatical irregularities. There is also a complete alphabetical index to the words in the list. A learner who knows all or most of these 10,000 words can be regarded as competent in Russian for all normal purposes. The list takes you from a beginner's core vocabulary through to postgraduate level.

Swahili - English Dictionary (Kamusi Ya Kiswahili - Kiingereza)

Author : John C. Rigdon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781540432247
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Swahili - English Dictionary (Kamusi Ya Kiswahili - Kiingereza) written by John C. Rigdon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoken originally along the eastern coast of Africa(the name kiSwahili means 'coastal language'), and now the official language of Tanzania as well as a major language in Kenya, Uganda and the eastern Congo, Swahili is the lingua franca of Eastern Africa.A significant fraction of Swahili vocabulary is derived from Arabic through contact with Arabic-speaking Muslim inhabitants of the Swahili Coast. It has also incorporated German, Portuguese, English, Hindustani and French words into its vocabulary through contact with empire builders, traders and slavers during the past five centuries.The earliest known documents written in Swahili are letters written in Kilwa in 1711 A.D. in the Arabic script that were sent to the Portuguese of Mozambique and their local allies. Another ancient written document dated to 1728 is an epic poem in the Arabic script titled Utendi wa Tambuka (The History of Tambuka).One key step in spreading Swahili was to create a standard written language. In June 1928, an inter-territorial conference took place at Mombasa, at which the Zanzibar dialect, Kiunguja, was chosen to be the basis for standardising Swahili. Today's standard Swahili, the version taught as a second language, is for practical purposes Zanzibar Swahili.Swahili has become a second language spoken by tens of millions in three African Great Lakes countries (Tanzania, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)) where it is an official or national language. The neighbouring nation of Uganda made Swahili a required subject in primary schools in 1992.Some 80 percent of approximately 49 million Tanzanians speak Swahili in addition to their first languages. Many of the rising generation of Tanzania, however, speak Swahili as a primary language because of a decrease of the traditional cultures and the rise of a more unified culture in urban areas.Kenya's population is comparable as well, with a greater part of the nation being able to speak Swahili. Most educated Kenyans are able to communicate fluently in Swahili since it is a compulsory subject in school from grade one to high school and a distinct academic discipline in many of the public and private universities.The five eastern provinces of the DRC are Swahili-speaking. Nearly half the 66 million Congolese reportedly speak it, and it is starting to rival Lingala as the most important national language of that country.Swahili speakers may number 120 to 150 million.This English - Swahili and Swahili - English Dictionary (Kamusi ya Kiswahili - Kiingereza), contains 11,000 entries. It is based on our Words R Us - Wordnet implementation (www.wordsrus.info) which enables pairing the Swahili language with hundreds of others. It was created using dozens of sources including academic papers on the language as well as native speakers.

A Simplified Lugbara-English Dictionary

Author :
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Simplified Lugbara-English Dictionary written by and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lugbara is one of the languages of north-western Uganda and eastern Congo. Most of the values of the Lugbara people are reflected in the language. This concise and portable dictionary is aimed at those interested in a deeper understanding of Lugbara, and for visitors and tourists. The dictionary is preceded by an explanation of the basic grammar including the alphabet; personal pronouns and the verb 'to be'; personal pronouns andthe verb to have; parts of speech; and conjugation of verbs.

501 Critical Reading Questions

Author :
Publisher : Learning Express (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9781576855102
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book 501 Critical Reading Questions written by and published by Learning Express (NY). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents five hundred-one critical reading questions to prepare for the SAT I and other tests and includes skill builders on different subject matter such as U.S. history and politics, arts and humanities, health and medicine, literature and music, sports, science, and social studies.

The Uxbridge English Dictionary

Author : Tim Brooke-Taylor
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007203373
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Uxbridge English Dictionary written by Tim Brooke-Taylor and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark the 33rd anniversary of the birth of the antidote to panel games, we present the pick of the Definitions Round, a quirky cross between the Collins dictionary and 'Call My Bluff' that has had audiences in stitches for over a decade. I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue - the antidote to panel games, has thrilled the nation for over thirty years. It is the most popular comedy show on BBC Radio 4 and the recordings for the programme are always sold out. With listener figures now over 2 million each week, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has become as firm a British institution as the Queen's lap-dancing club. For all those that have ever pondered the meaning of antidisestablishmentarianism (the wife of strangely named Northern uncle), bedlam (a very favourite sheep) or cenotaph (a Welsh laxative), this is the book for you. With cartoons by Graeme Garden and Humphrey Lyttleton and over 300 more definitions to push the boundaries of the English language and 'good clean family fun', I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Definitions is a must have for any fan of British comedy at its best.

A Nest of Ninnies

Author : John Ashbery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880015233
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book A Nest of Ninnies written by John Ashbery and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tosti sisters of Paris, France, have come to the small, upstate New York village of Kelton for a change of pace. But when the pair enters the lives of Alice, an unfulfilled cellist, her brother Marshall, and Fabia and Victor, another sister and brother who are as bumbling as they are overindulged, it is certain that Kelton will never again be the same unassuming place.