The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words, and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1911 - 337 sayfa |
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... built . See Is BEING . Belong . We frequently hear such expressions as , " We all belong , ' , " " Do you belong , " and the like , meaning , belong to an association of some sort . The only authority for this locution is vulgar usage ...
... built . See Is BEING . Belong . We frequently hear such expressions as , " We all belong , ' , " " Do you belong , " and the like , meaning , belong to an association of some sort . The only authority for this locution is vulgar usage ...
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... built their nests among the un- safe timbers . " - Kansas City Journal . Conquer . This word is often employed when the better word would be overcome , or vanquish . The leading idea in conquer is that of getting ; in overcome and van ...
... built their nests among the un- safe timbers . " - Kansas City Journal . Conquer . This word is often employed when the better word would be overcome , or vanquish . The leading idea in conquer is that of getting ; in overcome and van ...
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... built by the side of the water . A similar structure built at a right angle with the shore is commonly called a pier . Vessels lie at wharves and piers , not at docks . Donate . This word , which is defined as meaning to give , to ...
... built by the side of the water . A similar structure built at a right angle with the shore is commonly called a pier . Vessels lie at wharves and piers , not at docks . Donate . This word , which is defined as meaning to give , to ...
Sayfa 110
... built in imitation of a Greek temple . Grow . This verb originally meant , to increase in size , but has normally come to be also used to express a change from one state or condition to another ; as , to grow dark , to grow weak or ...
... built in imitation of a Greek temple . Grow . This verb originally meant , to increase in size , but has normally come to be also used to express a change from one state or condition to another ; as , to grow dark , to grow weak or ...
Sayfa 131
... irreligion . ” — Cambridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being . A tolerable idea of the state of the discus- sion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being built , and all like expressions , will , it THE VERBALIST . 131.
... irreligion . ” — Cambridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being . A tolerable idea of the state of the discus- sion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being built , and all like expressions , will , it THE VERBALIST . 131.
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