For example, if you work hard, you work with a lot of effort. Many elderly people have worked hard all their lives. 2. 'hardly' Hardly is an adverb. It has a totally different meaning from hard. You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that only a small ...
fire bugAn arsonist, pyromaniac. In this expression,bughas the slang meaning of one who has great enthusiasm for something, in this case, for fire. It is believed there exists an organized band of firebugs. (Pall Mall Gazette, September 12, 1883) ...
She felt to the full all the meaning that had lain in Adam's words, and, as she lost sight of him and turned back slowly into the house, she said aloud to herself—for it was her way to speak her thoughts aloud in the long days when her husband and sons were at their work—"...
"Take my word, he turned rusty at the last minute. They are walking in a very unusual way; and that's the meaning of it!" They waited in silence till the wedding-party could be heard entering the house. First into the room came Arabella boisterously; and her face was enou...
meaning "to be gracious". The Hebrew form occurs in theOld Testament(spelledJohananorJehohananin the English version), but this name owes its popularity to twoNew Testamentcharacters, both highly reveredsaints. The first is John the Baptist, a Jewish ascetic who is considered the forerunner of...
", derived from the interrogative pronounמִי(mi)combined withךְּ(ke)meaning "like" andאֵל(ʾel)meaning "God". This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Michael is one of the archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an ...
Linear elasticity is one of the more successful theories of mathematical physics. Its pragmatic success in describing the small deformations of many materials is uncontested. The origins of the three-dimensional theory go back to the beginning of the 19t
Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning. I was about to speak when she sat up alertly and said “Sh! ”in a warning voice. A subdued impassioned murmur was audible in the room beyond, and Miss Baker leaned forward unashamed, trying to hear. The murmur tr...
"Husband" in the original meaning of the word as a hūsbōndi, the owner of a house(hold) (like Shakespeare's grandfather on his mother's side as the BBC documentary last week explained). One interesting aspect of the novel is how it reveals the social status differences among the commone...
The helm, too, was knocked to leeward, all command of the vessel was lost, and another mountain wave completely overset her. View in context Ah, noble ship, the angel seemed to say, beat on, beat on, thou noble ship, and bear a hardy helm; for lo! View in context It was very pl...