Wordstruck: A MemoirViking, 1989 - 230 sider MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos. |
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Side 73
... meaning of reek , to smoke , from the German Rauch ( Rauchen verboten - no smoking ) . Burns and Scott use reek , and reeky , a lot for smoking fires and chimney corners . Reek suggests rank , also meaning an offensively strong smell ...
... meaning of reek , to smoke , from the German Rauch ( Rauchen verboten - no smoking ) . Burns and Scott use reek , and reeky , a lot for smoking fires and chimney corners . Reek suggests rank , also meaning an offensively strong smell ...
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... meaning of a word , you can use it metaphorically to your heart's content . It gives you a different level of confidence to play figuratively with a word if your understanding is rooted in one specific meaning . Most abstract nouns and ...
... meaning of a word , you can use it metaphorically to your heart's content . It gives you a different level of confidence to play figuratively with a word if your understanding is rooted in one specific meaning . Most abstract nouns and ...
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... meaning , meaning comes through . They seem cha- otic but they are very carefully crafted . Thomas said he wrote " for the love of Man and in praise of God . " That and the abundance of imagery from nature and the odd rhythms remind me ...
... meaning , meaning comes through . They seem cha- otic but they are very carefully crafted . Thomas said he wrote " for the love of Man and in praise of God . " That and the abundance of imagery from nature and the odd rhythms remind me ...
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adventure American announcer asked ball batsman beach became boys British broadcast called Canadian CFRA Christopher Robin CJCH Copperfield cricket culture Dalhousie dark David Copperfield disc jockey Dylan Thomas Eliot emotions England English eyes father feel felt French gave German Gin Fizz Halifax Hamlet harbour hear heard heart Hugh imagination King knew language later listen lived look MacNeil meaning memory mind morning mother moved naval Navy never night Northwest Arm Nova Scotia Othello Ottawa Oxner play pleasure poem poet Point Pleasant Park radio RCMP realise rhythm ROBERT MACNEIL Shakespeare ship smell someone sound South Park speech stories Street summer T. S. Eliot talk taste television theatre things thought thrilled took trees voice walked wicket winter words writing young
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Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse Gisli Palsson Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1993 |