The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of EnglishKyle Cathie, 1999 - 269 pages "Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day green movement, with a nod towards the invention of playing cards, the California Gold Rush and the first recorded blizzard along the way, The Chronology of Words and Phrases links hundreds of words and phrases with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life. A words book for historians and a history book for wordsmiths, it will have pride of place in any book lover's collection." --Book Jacket. |
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... lives and the delivery lorries belonging to a well - known high street store bear the message If driven discourteously call . . . followed by a telephone number . Courteous behaviour often implies a measure of goodwill . Thus courtesy ...
... lives and the delivery lorries belonging to a well - known high street store bear the message If driven discourteously call . . . followed by a telephone number . Courteous behaviour often implies a measure of goodwill . Thus courtesy ...
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... live together in tight communities , but many authorities also insisted upon segregation . In 1516 an enclave for the ... lives , isolated from mainstream society by social or economic constraint ' 124 The Chronology of Words and Phrases.
... live together in tight communities , but many authorities also insisted upon segregation . In 1516 an enclave for the ... lives , isolated from mainstream society by social or economic constraint ' 124 The Chronology of Words and Phrases.
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... Lives , c 1693 ) In 1649 Cromwell appointed Milton Secretary to the Council of State , to translate foreign ... live with his third wife and the three daughters of his first , unhappy marriage . With their help he finally embarked upon ...
... Lives , c 1693 ) In 1649 Cromwell appointed Milton Secretary to the Council of State , to translate foreign ... live with his third wife and the three daughters of his first , unhappy marriage . With their help he finally embarked upon ...
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
adjective American amongst Anglo-Norman appeared applied became began Bible birds borrowed into English borrowed into Middle borrowed into Old called Canterbury cathedral Church cloth cockfighting coined Crusaders dates denote derived from Latin describe developed DICTIONARY earliest eighteenth century England English borrowed English word etymology Europe European eventually fifteenth figurative FORM OF CURY fourteenth century France Greek hawk hence Henry horse idiom instance invention Italian John king knight known land languages Late Latin later Latin verb London meaning meant medieval Latin Middle Ages Middle Dutch Middle English modern English monks nineteenth century Norman noun Old English Old French originally phrase plague popular real tennis recorded referred Roman second half sense sixteenth century soon Spanish spice sugar taken into Old term thirteenth century Thomas à Becket took translation turn twentieth century unattested prehistoric Germanic unattested Vulgar Latin verb Vulgar Latin William