21. upon my word! a. archaic on my honour b. an exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc 22. word for word a. (of a report, transcription, etc) using exactly the same words as those employed in the situation being reported; verbatim b. translated by substituting each word in the ne...
living or functioning without dependence on others; independent:My son's been on his own for several years. v.t. to have or hold as one's own; possess:They own several homes. to acknowledge or admit:to own a fault. to acknowledge as one's own; ...
Take my word for it. Believe me.; Trust me, I am telling you the truth.Bill: Take my word for it. These are the best power tools you can buy. Bob: But I don't need any power tools. Rachel: No one can cook better than Fred. Take my word for it. Bill: Really? Fred: Oh,...
WordGirl: Created by Jack Ferraiolo, Dorothea Gillim. With Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, Ryan Raddatz. Satirical yet educational animated series about a young girl who is secretly the superhero Wordgirl, armed with superhuman st
I give you my word (= I promise ) that it won’t happen again. 我向你保证这种事不会再发生。 。 We only have his word for it that he has already paid. 我们只是听他自己说他已经付款了。 Delors claimed that Johnson had gone back on his word (= not done what he had promised to do...
live on your ownv expr(not share one's accommodation)SCSimplified Chinese独自生活 SCSimplified Chinese独立居住 After living on his own for many years, he has moved back in with his parents. on your own timeexpr(not during work or school hours)SCSimplified Chinese在自己独处时间 ...
That brings me to this past Sunday. Kent & I were lucky enough to win the ticket lottery and be given the opportunity to see Bruce perform on Broadway. Many of you have been asking for my thoughts about the experience and up until now, I have not been able to come up with anything ...
upon my word, I've never heard of such a thing Did you know? What makes aworda real word? The wordwordhas a wide range of meanings and uses in English. Yet one of the most often looked for pieces of information regardingwordis not something that would be found in its definition. In...
It is dusk a fitting time for grief as the lodger looks out of his window and reflects on a loss maybe a child in his family who played when he was a parent. The calling of the name and the recalling of a name in the experience of grief perhaps. S4 …The mentioning of the ...
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; John 17:20 “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the WORD OF GOD which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is ...