associated (is a. with) – illamar, illagektok, kattutiyok astern – kingumut astonishment (exclam.) – sunaubva! (I thought it was otherwise, but . . .) attempts – pinasukpok attentive (is) – udjertorpok, illimasukpok, ulureasukpok attention (pays) – nautsertorpok, aulaiyiyok...
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The figurative sense of "shift responsibility" is first recorded 1912; the phrase the buck stops here (1952) is associated with U.S. President Harry Truman.Advertisementbilly-goat (n.) familiar name for a male goat, by 1826, from the familiar form of William; also see goat (n.), and ...
Names are important in word-making. We’ve already seen how placenames can make words (§80) and first names (§28). Now it’s the turn ofsurnames. A remarkable variety of everyday objects come from the names of thepeople ...
will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.For waters break forth in the wild...
killdeernounAmerican plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry killernounsomeone who causes the death of a person or animal killifishnounsmall mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control ...
parcel of deer bevy of deer (roe deer) kennel of dogs pack of dogs litter of dogs (puppies) pod of dolphins drove of donkeys herd of donkeys pace of donkeys trip of dotterel bevy of doves cote of doves dole of doves dule of doves flight of doves piteousness of doves flight of dragons...
to go with or as if with wings : fly to wound in the wingalso: to wound without killing wing a deer wing a duck to do or perform without preparation or guidelines wing it wipeout1 of 2noun complete destruction a fall or crash caused usually by losing control wipeouts on the downhill...
A while ago, there was a Twitter campaign associated with the hashtag #WhyIWrite. My response: To let the words out. Some people really liked my response. Liked it enough to reach out to me personally, and that was really cool.
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