5.A style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or medium:the idiom of the French impressionists; the punk rock idiom. [Late Latinidiōma, idiōmat-, from Greek, fromidiousthai,to make one's own, fromidios,own, personal, private; sees(w)e-inIn...
French Leave: Absence without permission Freudian Slip: Accidental use of an incorrect word; a revealing slip of the tongue From Pillar to Post: From one place to another, in a forced, random way From Scratch: From individual ingredients, not using a prepared mix From Soup to Nuts: Everythi...
1. (Brewing) Also called (US): hard cider an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples 2. (Brewing) Also called: sweet cider US and Canadian an unfermented drink made from apple juice [C14: from Old French cisdre, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek sikera strong drink,...
First recorded in 1595–1605; special use oflist2(in the sense “roll of names,” perhaps originally of contestants in thelists); compareFrenchliste,fromItalianlista“roll of names,” earlier, “band, strip (e.g., of paper), border,” fromOld High Germanlīsta(GermanLeiste) ...
DDLDépartement de Didactique des Langues(French: Department of Language Didactics; University of Quebec at Montreal; Quebec, Canada) DDLDictionnaire de Didactique des Langues(French: Dictionary of Language Teaching) DDLDetector Development Laboratory(NASA) ...
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We have curated a collection of common idioms used for the Speaking section of IELTS. Effective use of these idioms can significantly improve your speaking score by introducing strong vocabulary.To be on the top of the world To be on cloud nine If my memory serves me well Over the ...
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Tony is writing in French a review of an Englishnovel. If he doesn't know the meaning of a pro-verb, he should refer toA. The Oxford Dictionary of IdiomsB. A Dictionary of ChemistryC. Electronic Pocket Oxford English-French DictionaryD. Oxford Paperback Thesaurus3. What do these four ...
A committed Christian who was hostile to the Church of England (indeed, to almost all forms of organised religion), Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American Revolutions. Though later he rejected many of these political beliefs, he maintained an amiable ...