Compiled from G.L. Apperson's original and painstaking research of nearly three thousand works dating as far back as the twelfth century and earlier, and built upon the foundations of the great Oxford English Dictionary, the Dictionary of Proverbs traces the origins and history of English proverbs and proverbial phrases. The original author has avoided the purely aphoristic and moral, which have little claim to proverbial use, and has codified this notoriously verbal rather than literary form in a way which earned the gratitude of the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. The proverbs are grouped alphabetically and by subject, with copious cross-references throughout, rendering the dictionary as great a joy to consult as it is to browse through. This new edition includes over 500 new entries covering new examples, such as The customer is always right, There's no such thing as a free lunch, If it ain't broke, don't fix it, Life is too short to stuff a mushroom, and The family that prays togethe

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Wendell Jaffe looks great for a dead man! He’s been six feet under for five years ago—until his former insurance agent spots him at a dusty resort bar in Mexico. Now California Fidelity wants its insurance money back. Can P.I. Kinsey Millhone get on the case? Just two months earlier, Jaffe’s widow pocketed $500,000 in insurance benefits after Jaffe went overboard. Was his “pseudocide” a last-ditch effort to do right by his beloved wife? Perhaps. But how would that explain the new woman in Jaffe’s second life? Kinsey is in for the long haul as she delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Jaffe’s life and death…and discovers that, in family matters as in crime, sometimes it's better to reserve judgment… 作者简介： SUE GRAFTON entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of 'A' IS FOR ALIBI, which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (a.k.a. Santa Barbara) California. 'B

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Anna Scott is an American film star. She is rich, beautiful and very famous. William Thacker is a shy man who has a small, unsuccessful bookshop in London. Their lives are different in every way, but they are both looking for someone special. Can a future together be more than a dream? Notting Hill is a wonderful- and very funny- love story.

'The English are sending a great army to Stirling Castle. Some say thereare ten thousand, some say twenty！And the Scots are coming down fromthe Highlands. Hundreds of them！' Braveheart is the story of the famousWilliarnWallace (1272-1305)and the battles between Scotland and England. Scotland at thattime belonged to the English king, Edward I (1239-1307). Thestory begins when William is a young boy. William's father andolder brother fight against the English army and they are killed.William grows up and becomes a rebel too. His story is one oflove for a beautiful Scottish girl and hope for his country. It is astory of rebel attacks and terrible battles, of a French princess,and of the English king who wants to hold onto Scotland. The Australian actor Mel Gibson made the film Braveheart in1995. Gibson starred as William Wallace, and Sophie Marceauplayed Princess Isabella. They made the film in Scotland andIreland. When they were filming, Mel Gibson said, 'This storycould happen anywhere.'T

Merriam-Webster's Pocket Guide to Synonyms is acomprehensive,easy-to-use guide to mastering the subtleties oflanguage by understanding the differences between words of closelyrelated meaning.

The Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary of American English,English/Korean is specially designed for Korean-speaking learnersof English who need the extra support of their native language.This bilingual learner's dictionary provides Korean translationsfor all definitions, senses, examples, and explanatory terms tocomplement the English material and to provide additional supportto the learner when they encounter a difficult word orexpression.

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Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation and humiliation. The cause of this was not political upheaval but systematic emotional and physical abuse by her step mother and siblings, and rejection by her father. Falling Leaves is the story of a 'Fifth Younger Daughter' and her determination to survive the pain of a lonely childhood。