10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSENT-MINDEDLY»
Discover the use of
absent-mindedly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
absent-mindedly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Collected Essays 1929 - 1968: Collected Papers
Whatever le Penseur is engaged in that qualifies him as reflecting, he cannot,
any more than the tennis-player, be absent-mindedly or deliri- ously or infantilely
engaged in it. He, like the tennis-player, cannot be asleep or vacant, nor even an
...
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Linguistic Speculations
Just as a child who says "We goed to the store" is often absent-mindedly
corrected, "Went, Johnny, went", so a man who absent-mindedly writes " Smith's
thesis in his Ph.D. thesis is that X", absent-mindedly (or amusedly or in
annoyance) goes ...
Fred W. Householder, 2011
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e-Oral English: Picture Discussion For Upper Primary Levels
An old man stands at the registration counter with his granddaughter. • The nurse
helping them is busy writing away. • Next to her, the nurse twirls a pen absent-
mindedly while answering the telephone. • There are three consultation rooms: ...
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THE NEW THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
could do the entire procedure, absent mindedly, engrossed in your conversation.
You are at that point in time using your Procedural Intelligence to do those tasks,
exactly like a sleepwalker does. However, the catch is that you cannot perform ...
... “When did you come from your field station?” “Work is going on well Sir,” Jokan
answered still standing, “I came last night to bring the annual report and ...” “The
annual report!” Mr. Nyeleti cut in absent-mindedly and went on, “Oh! By the way ...
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Rights, Restitution, and Risk: Essays in Moral Theory
that they had absent-mindedly left a knee uncovered, and that somebody was
looking at it. Fewer people would be deeply distressed to learn that they had
absent-mindedly left their faces uncovered. Most of us wouldn't, but many
Moslem ...
Judith Jarvis Thomson, William Parent, 1986
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Using Italian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage
-ellare -arellare -erellare These suffixes have a diminutive and iterative value,
e.g. saltellare, saltarellare/ salterellare = to skip, to hop; giocherellare = to play
absent-mindedly with sth, to fiddle with sth, -ettare -ottare These are quite similar
in ...
J. J. Kinder, V. M. Savini, 2004
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New Essays on Dostoyevsky
I, v, 7); he listens to Pyotr Verkhovensky 'very lazily and absent- mindedly' (X, 160
; I, v, 7). Similar treatment awaits Pyotr later when Stavrogin 'looks at him absent-
mindedly without saying anything' (X, 237; II, iv, 1). At the end of 'The Fateful ...
Malcolm V. Jones, Garth M. Terry, 1983
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The Psycho-Analysis of Artistic Vision and Hearing: An ...
... dreamers appear to have remembered inarticulate perceptions made on an
unconscious level. Freud quotes Havelock Ellis's story that he could remember
the name of a Spanish railway station which he might have read absent-mindedly
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(echo) absent-mindedly, forgetfully: jamúh sumúh ¡nna mánjo, happened to say
forgetfully or absent-mindedly. ján, v.i. be distant, be far: jáne réha, become
distant or distanced. ja-na-bra, 1. n. younger sister (in relation to an elder sister).
2.
Umbavu Varghese Joseph, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSENT-MINDEDLY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
absent-mindedly is used in the context of the following news items.
Feature: "Showman" Nick Kyrgios the latest polarizing bad boy of …
At the Australian Open earlier this year, Kyrgios turned to a member of the crowd who had absent-mindedly left his phone on and shouted: ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
Film review: 'Time Out of Mind'
... time interacting with the homeless, George has a habit of either repeating himself absent-mindedly or seeming not to understand the simplest ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
What happens to my late husband's digital life now he's gone?
And here I am, trying to call someone yet absent-mindedly pulling up your profile. In the tiny square picture icon, you are there in your blue ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Judith Woods: Veganism is the way to lose weight? Yuck
According to the latest research, the best way to lose weight isn't to stop buying Oreos (and absent-mindedly polishing off the packet standing ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
The church board which illuminates a thousand years of English …
... two hours south of London, in the day-dreamy way in which most of us wander around churches, absent-mindedly gazing at the stained glass ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
The Kindness of Strangers
Of course, we had been wearing our rings for ten years, so after searching our pockets absent-mindedly, we both just took off our rings and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Review: In 'Jackie & Ryan,' a Handsome Drifter Guides the Way
A minor accident in which she is struck by a pickup truck while absent-mindedly texting is witnessed by Ryan Brenner (Ben Barnes), an itinerant ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Red-hot Marsh turns up heat on Watson
... have clipped the ground, and ecstatic when next ball Michael Clarke flicked absent-mindedly to a waiting Ryan ten Doeschate at leg gully. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
Focused Hustle
Instead of rocking out absent-mindedly to Spotify on my 20 minute walk to work, I began listening to NPR, TED Talks, and Freakonomics ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Mentally ill man confesses to killing mother
Mr Manop, was sitting there absent-mindedly and giving harsh stares at passers by, police said. The man was taken to Thung Kru police station ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
