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First Olympic Appearance: 1900 by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Just like people, horses need a valid passport to travel internationally. Related Links Olympics…Adjectives Versus Adverbs: A Note on Adjectives and Adverbs for Non-Native Speakers
A Note on Adjectives and Adverbs for Non-Native SpeakersAdjectives Versus AdverbsIntroductionThree Degrees of SeparationTough Sledding: Using Adjectives After Linking VerbsA Note on Adjectives and…Brewer's: Choker
(A). A neckcloth. A white choker is a white neckcloth or necktie, worn in full dress, and generally by waiters and clergymen. Of course, the verb to choke has supplied the word. Source:…Brewer's: Crude Forms
in grammar. The roots or essential letters of words. The words are crude or unfinished. Thus am—is the crude form of the verb amo; bon—of the adjective bonus; and domin —of the noun…Brewer's: Cuba
The Roman deity who kept guard over infants in their cribs and sent them to sleep. Verb cubo, to lie down in bed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CubeCub A…Brewer's: Cock the Ears
(To). To prick up the ears, or turn them as a horse does when he listens to a strange sound. Here “cock” means to turn, and seems to be connected with the Greek a circle, and the verb .…Brewer's: Stirrup
(A). A rope to climb by. (Anglo-Saxon,. sti'g-ra'p, a climbing rope. The verb sti'g-an is to climb, to mount.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stirrup…Brewer's: Subpoena
is a writ given to a man commanding him to appear in court, to bear witness or give evidence on a certain trial named in the writ. It is so called because the party summoned is bound to…Brewer's: Trammel
means to catch in a net. (French, tramail, trame, a woof; verb, tramer, to weave.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TramontaneTramecksan and Slamecksan A B…Trending
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