fair - free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" just just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper...
5. To have as a consequence; bring about: Friction means heat. 6. To have the importance or value of: The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me. v.intr. To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed: They mean well but lack tact.Idiom: mea...
Moreover, when the rise of the Standard English idiom crushed out our dialect literature, it was the Yorkshire dialect which first reasserted its claims upon the muse of poetry; hence, whereas the dialect literature of most of the English counties dates only from the beginning of the ...
Idiom Examples October 17, 2016 kiwiLeave a comment An idiom is a phrase or sentence which should be taken figuratively, rather than literally. Whilst the literal meaning of a sentence would not make sense in the context in which it was used, many listeners or readers are familiar with the...
Another idiom that confuses Canadians from other provinces than Ontario, is ordering ‘Regular’ coffee (one cream, one sugar); in my experience, Ontario Tim’s locations seem to be the only ones that operate that way. Reply Judy Fernandes It is very typical for a Canadian to say I ...
Idiom Examples October 17, 2016 kiwiLeave a comment An idiom is a phrase or sentence which should be taken figuratively, rather than literally. Whilst the literal meaning of a sentence would not make sense in the context in which it was used, many listeners or readers are familiar with the...
This idea came into my mind, that perhaps some of the _jinns_ had carried her away, and had inflicted on me this wound; or else that some one had followed her from her country, and finding her alone, had persuaded her to return to Damascus. Distracted with these fancies, I threw off...
Proverbs 25:26 tn The Niphal participle is from רָפַס (rafas), which means “to stamp; to tread; to foul by treading [or, by stamping].” BDB 952 s.v. defines it here as a “fountain befouled.” The picture is one of a spring of water where men and beasts gather...
“Don’t worry. When you see where the akranil come from, you’ll understand why it’s completely fair. Everything I do is vetted by an ethics review board, or I wouldn’t be able to publish.” She picked up the gray case with its grisly cargo. “Talk to Orlind, then think it...
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