10 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
A comedy film (1979) starring Dudley Moore as a sexually obsessed middle-aged composer who marks his girls 1
1848 Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
The most celebrated and widespread of the 19th-c. European revolutions proved also a crucial turning point in the Italian Risorgimento
1915 Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.)
a novel by Roger McDonald, was first published in 1979, and won the Age Book of the Year
1919 Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.)
novel by Dos Passos published in 1932. It is the second in the trilogy U.S.A. (collected 1938), including The 42nd Parallel...
1968 Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
was the year of protest par excellence. As in 1848, social revolt spread through the peninsula while also taking
1984 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
A year of the 20th century long regarded as apocalyptic and entered as such in the Oxford English Dictionary.
24/7 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
Every day; all the time. The reference is to something that occurs or is available 24 hours a day, seven
4′ 33′′ Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
A controversial and certainly unusual work by the US composer John Cage (1912–92), scored for any instrument or
404 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
A slang term for someone who is clueless. It derives from the World Wide Web error message ‘404 not found’,
4×4 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
Shorthand for ‘four by four’, as a colloquialism for a four-wheel drive vehicle, i.e. one that provides power directly from
7/7 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
The designation given by the press to the London bombings of 7 July 2005, on the model of 9/11
7:84 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
A radical touring theatre company founded in 1971 by the left-wing British playwright John McGrath (1935–2002). The name
900 (1926–9) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
(1926–9).
Literary journal founded in Rome by Curzio Malaparte and Massimo Bontempelli, though Malaparte quickly lost interest.
9/11 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
The predominant shorthand way of referring to
99 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
An ice cream with a chocolate flake in it. The ‘99’ was originally so called because the flake it carried
999 Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
In Britain and Ireland the telephone number for summoning the emergency services (police, ambulance or fire brigade). It was introduced
à Fr prep Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation
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A Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
This letter evolved from the Hebrew and Phoenician character known as aleph, ‘ox’, supposedly because it originally represented an
A Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
The first letter of the modern English alphabet and of the ancient Roman one, corresponding to Greek alpha and Hebrew ...
