The first English window was just a small opening in the wall. It was cut long, to let in as much light as possible, and narrow (窄的),to keep out the bad weather. However,with the window cut long, more wind than light would come in. This is why it was called “ The wind’s...
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grasp.” This Old Norse word was adopted into Middle English astaken, ultimately edging out the Old English verb fortake,niman. The English verbnimdid hold on for a little while as a slang term meaning “to steal” into the 1600s. ...
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He did not need a compass to tell him where southwest was. He only needed the feel of the trade wind and the drawing of the sail. I better put a small line out with a spoon on it and try and get something to eat and drink for the moisture. But he could not find a spoon and ...
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In San Pedro ceramic gurines perch on roof peaks, like the chimney pots of English towns. Weathered by intense wind, rain, and sun, many of these small cer... Minzenberg,Eric - 《Oral History Review》 被引量: 7发表: 2006年 Learning from the experiences of others: four forest landowner...
“Sophia’s run off. That’s the plain English of it!” said Mrs. Baines with frigid calm. “Nay! That I’ll never believe. I’ve looked after Sophia night and day as if she was my own, and—” “If she hasn’t run off, where is she?” Mrs. Maddack opened the door wi...
John Pope, who had a very sensitive grasp of the semantics of Old English, in his glossary entry wrōht gives ‘blame, accusation, contention’ for the sense of the word in this homily. It is certainly ‘accusation’ in Pope (1967, 1968), II, 506, Homily XIII, line 207—of those ...
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