1.Close by; near. 2.Soon in time; imminent:Retribution is at hand. 3.Under discussion:Let's keep to the matter at hand. at thehand/handsof By or through the agency of:favors he received at the hands of his uncle. by hand
Share on Facebook meningitis Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to meningitis:meningococcal meningitis men·in·gi·tis (mĕn′ĭn-jī′tĭs) n. Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized by...
She turned on the television. She went from channel to channel to channel, but there was nothing on but men in suits talking about the stock market, and sports programmes. Eventually, she found something to watch: it was the last half of a natural-history programme about something called pr...
Share on Facebook hood Dictionary Thesaurus Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia (hud), 1.The anterior part of the integument of soft ticks (family Argasidae) that extends over the capitulum and forms the roof of the camerostome. 2.An expanded, covering structure that resembles the hood of...
Andy Tucker, down to legitimate ethics of pure swindling,"said Jeff Peters to meone day."Andy had too much imagination to be honest.He used to devise schemes of money-getting so fraudulent and high-financial that they wouldn't have been allowed in the by laws of a railroad rebate system...
The two men started up the street, arm in arm.The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career.The other, submerged in his overcoat, listened with interest. At the comer stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When ...
Falsehood 1: A U.S. intelligence report said China told Russia that it would not prevent Russia from taking actions in Ukraine,while asking Russia not to do it before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics. It also said that Russia has asked China for assistance including weapons and other...
Have young Chinese men (aged 18-34 years old) lost their masculinity? According to a number of single women who have spoken to me about their search for a good man to fall in love with, the answer is “yes.” Setting off fireworks, a tradition to keep, or not? Beijing has evolved ...
Moby Dick 全名 Moby Dick or, the Whale,中文通常译名为《白鲸记》。选这本书的原因是最近读 Yiyun Li 的小说比较多,非常喜欢,也因此读了一些她的访谈。她说有两本书自己每年都会读一遍,其中一本就是 Moby Dick (另一本是《战争与和平》),勾起了我极大的好奇心。由于本书以冗长乏味著称,因此我决定用 ...
Wc can see the lights of that town not half a milc away.I learned under Montague Silver, the greatest street man that ever spoke from a wagon.There are hundreds of men walking those streets this moment with grease spots on their clothes.Give me a gasoline lamp, a dry goods box, and ...