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Author: Eric Partridge Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134963653 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 1426
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The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
Author: Carl Muller Publisher: Penguin Group ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 460
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See Here, First Take A Little Polish On The Finger And Rub Into The Leather. Then Spit...And Rub... -Boasts One Recruit Of His Boot Polishing Skills... Sadly, The Only Reward This Gets Him Is Thirty Pairs Of Shoes To Shine... This Is Only One Of The Hilarious Episodes In Carl Muller S Continuation Of The Von Bloss Family Saga. Carloboy Von Bloss Is Back, Now A Robust Young Man Of Eighteen, Spending Four Eventful Years In The One-Ship Royal Ceylon Navy. Carloboy And His Fellow Recruits Get Up To The Weirdest Capers: Painting Their Boots Black; Posing As Italian Ghosts; Planning To Wink At Queen Elizabeth Ii Who Is To Take The Salute At The Royal Parade At Colombo; Going On Surreptitious Trysts With The Police Inspector S Neice... Of Course With Plenty Of Beer To Keep Them Company. Interspersed With These Comic Episodes Are Chapters Which Retell The Forgotten Events Of World War Ii-The Pacific Manoeuvres Which At Times Seemed Godsent, And Japan S Humiliating Defeat At The Hands Of The Allied Powers. Spit And Polish Is A Fascinating And Light-Hearted Account Of Burgher Life In Sri Lanka, Poignantly Written By An Acclaimed Author Who Is A Burgher Himself. Sparkling With Wit And Written With An Unerring Sense Of Drama, This Book Is A Veritable Treat For Carl Muller Fans As Well As For Those Reading Him For The First Time. Sri Lanka Should Be Proud Of Its Author. -Economic Times
Author: Richard Irvin Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476669163 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 235
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Bette Davis as a madam. Orson Welles hosting The Twilight Zone. Mae West voicing a cartoon character. Shirley Temple playing a social worker. While Hollywood stars like Lucille Ball, Loretta Young and Donna Reed successfully transitioned to television in its early days, many others tried and failed to become TV regulars. Drawing on contemporary interviews and other sources, this book profiles more than 50 actors--including Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd and Buster Keaton--and their unsuccessful pilots and short-lived series roles.
Author: Steven L. Emanuel Publisher: Aspen Publishing ISBN: 1543807577 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 722
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Author: Angus Stevenson Publisher: ISBN: 0199601100 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 1728
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Combining both the print dictionary and CD-ROM in one package, this set offers the user access to over 240,000 words, phrases and definitions. Combining both the print dictionary and CD-ROM in one package, this set offers dual access to the centennial edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, with over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, providing superb coverage of contemporary English, including rare, historical, and archaic terms, scientific and technical vocabulary, and English from around the world. The dictionary has been updated with hundreds of new words and it features an engaging new center section, with quick-reference word lists and a revised and updated English Uncovered supplement. System requirements Windows(R) Intel(R) Pentium(R) II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent); Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7, Windows Vista(R), Windows(R) ServerTM 2003, Windows(R) XP, Windows(R) 2000. Macintosh(R) PowerPC(R) G3 500MHz or faster processor; Intel(R) CoreTM Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor; Mac(R) (PowerPC(R)): OS X 10.1.x - 10.4.x; Mac(R) (Intel(R)): OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x. All Platforms: 250 MB free hard disk space; monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels and high colour (16 bits per pixel, i.e. 65,536 colours); local CD-ROM/DVD drive (for installation); 16-bit sound card; 512 MB RAM; runs from hard drive only.
Author: Angus Stevenson Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199571120 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 2093
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The Oxford Dictionary of English offers authoritative and in-depth coverage of over 350,000 words, phrases, and meanings. The foremost single-volume authority on the English language.