Old Frisian, Old Saxon gōd, Old High German guot, Old Norse gōthr, Gothic goths] good′ish, adj. syn: See property. usage: The use of good as an adverb, esp. after forms of do, is common only in informal speech: He did good on the test. In formal speech or edited writing ...
His name was Soham Singh and he was being interviewed by local newspapers because he was deemed Britain’s first “coloured innkeeper” after he started running the Durham Ox pub with his wife Janet (described as an attractive 28-year-old English woman, “whom he married in a Sikh Temple ...
Once the kids leave for school in the morning, I will head back to Oklahoma. About then my evening call comes in. “Hello my wife, when are you coming home to me?” “I’ll be on the road by 9. So when will you be coming home to me after work?” “I’ll be home at 4:38...
There are many things about Good Morning, Vietnam that make the 1987 film so affecting, among them Robin Williams' stellar, often manic performance as Army DJ Adrian Cronauer; Peter Sova's gorgeous cinematography (the film was shot in Thailand); and the supporting performances of Forrest Whitake...
Examples of dogs in famous visual arts and letters abound before Lassie. During WWI, the soon to be famous german shepherd puppy Rin Tin Tin was rescued from the battlefield by Lee Duncan, and brought back to the United States. He was trained exceptionally well then on a hunch for the Si...
I did have pain behind my ear and experienced some mild dizziness when I tried to get out of bed that morning. My 18 year old was pretty concerned and insisted that I should go get it checked out. My co-workers/friends were also very concerned and told me to go to the doc. So, ...
in the least jealous of poor Maisie. So that was why she had entered the dining-room arm in arm with my wife, and why she had so markedly planted herself at our table. She never left us, indeed, for a minute that night, except just to run up to Mrs Maidan’s room to beg her ...
Then I would be sound asleep at 9am the next morning, when my mom wakes me to tell me that the school secretary called and said that I had been suspended for something about mice in a locker or some such thing. I sort of knew what was going on. I had heard that for a “senior...
packed (!) when we came first thing in the morning and we needed to wait a while outside where their have seats and tables , my husband was a bit Grumpy from the chill wind out side but the owner and the staff prompt us with 2 large true black coffees to giv...
Another German colleague ate so much garlic you could smell his absence in the lift, overpoweringly so. When it comes to housekeeping, many workers in Italy hail from Romania and their tolerance for garlic is legendary. To the point, and I am not making this up, that some families request...