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The Oxford English Dictionary recently added an English translation of a famous Chinese phrase, but some are confused. One of the first expressions you’ll come across studying Mandarin Chinese — especially as you cower in tears ...
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The present study of theLives of the Poetsis designed to show that Johnson’s value judgements about literature lead to ethical literary criticism that pertains to human problems affecting our daily life and world crises. In hisDictionary, Johnson defines ethics as “the doctrine of morality; a ...
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Byline: by John Simpson Chief Editor, Oxford English DictionaryHOW many of us can say that we have one of the best jobs in the world? Only a lucky few, but I count myself among them. For the past 37 years, I have worked on the Oxford English Dictionary. In October, with not a ...
Wacky and memorable was the call in those far off early days of the 'net. The Oxford Dictionary of British Slang defines a Diamond Geezer as 'A really wonderful man, helpful and reliable; a gem of a man, a good solid reliable person'. So as well as being unforgettable the brand name...
Fnḫw, , in Egyptian meant "Syrians" [Egyptian Grammar, Sir Alan Gardiner, Oxford University Press, 1927, 1964, p.566], and if the Greeks, who had extensive involvement with the Egyptians, borrowed this word, that would account for the extra consonant. ...
Certainly, Google didn’t peak before its name was added to the dictionary as a synonym for seeking or obtaining information about (someone or something) on the World Wide Web (perThe Oxford English Dictionary in June 2006and thenannounced by Merriam-Webster in July 2006). The high point als...
The view that substance addiction is a brain disease, although widely accepted in the neuroscience community, has become subject to acerbic criticism in recent years. These criticisms state that the brain disease view is deterministic, fails to account f