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• English — See: BODY ENGLISH …   Dictionary of American idioms

• English — See: BODY ENGLISH …   Dictionary of American idioms

• English as she is spoke — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda English as she is spoke, de título original O Novo Guia de Conversação, em Portuguez e Inglez, em Duas Partes, es el título de una guía de conversación portugués inglés publicada en 1855 por Pedro Carolino y José da… …   Wikipedia Español

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• English language idioms derived from baseball — B = * ballpark: in the ballpark, ballpark figure, and out of the ballpark mdash; Ballpark has been used to mean a broad area of approximation or similarity, or a range within which comparison is possible; this usage OED dates to 1960. Another… …   Wikipedia

• English compound — A compound is a word composed of more than one free morpheme.English compounds may be classified in several ways, such as the word classes or the semantic relationship of their components.Compound nounsMost English compound nouns are noun phrases …   Wikipedia

• in plain English — {adv. phr.} Plainly; simply; in clear language. * /Stop healing around the bush and saying that John prevaricates ; in plain English he is a liar./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• in plain English — {adv. phr.} Plainly; simply; in clear language. * /Stop healing around the bush and saying that John prevaricates ; in plain English he is a liar./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• English — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to England or its people or language. n. 1 the language of England, now used in many varieties in the British Isles, the United States, and most Commonwealth or ex Commonwealth countries, and often internationally. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• Pidgin English — {n. phr.} A jargon that consists of some mispronounced English words and some foreign words used by Orientals in talking with Westerners. * /You can conduct a lot of business in Pidgin English in the Far East./ …   Dictionary of American idioms