10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOTH-EARED»
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cloth-eared in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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English Pronouncing Dictionary
33* -s-z clot klw ® kla:t -s -s -ting -in © 'kla:.tirj -ted -id ® 'klat.tld doited 'cream
cloth klD9®klo:9-skln9s,klooz ®kla:9s,klu:oz 'cloth, yard; cut one's .
coataccordingtoone's cloth cloth|e klaod ® klooo -es -z -Ing -in -ed -d clad klaed
cloth-eared ...
Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman, 2006
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WHY ( Being The Authorised Version Of The Incredible Life ...
Well, here's my cloth- eared passer-by after all, my fight to empty a bursting
bladder as the locomotive finally rounds the bend. The unexpected has become
totally reliable. 'Who rang her up?' 'I did. I felt it my duty. Did I do right?' What can
one ...
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The Mistress of Alderley: A Novel of Suspense
“Not much fun if you're cloth-eared, sitting through even half an hour or an hour of
opera.” “I'm cloth-eared but I'm not tone deaf. You know that. And I shall enjoy the
curtain calls immensely. I know my connection with the new star is tenuous, ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
cloth-eared adj. clothes /kloodz, klooz/ o plural noun 1 articles of dress for
covering the body, for warmth, decoration, etc. 2 BEDCLOTHES. © Anglo-Saxon
datfias, plural of clath cloth Clothes horse ; - noun 1 a hinged frame on which to
dry or ...
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Everyday Language and Everyday Life
... be a preposterous opinion or excuse from a subordinate. Ears appear roughly
as often as eyes. We may be habitually inattentive, so that things 'Go in at one ear
, out at the other', or be 'Cloth- eared' or 'Thick-eared' or listen with only 'Half ...
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Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary with CD-ROM
... klouo -es -2 ~ing -11] ~ed ~d clad klad cloth-eared ,klbe'rad, Q9 |k1<1:6'1rd
stress shift: |cloth-eared 'listener clothes klaoo'z, Q9 klouoz 'clothes |brush; '
clothes |hanger Note: The pronunciation without /6/ ...
Peter Roach, Jane Setter, John Esling, 2011
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Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language ...
It is, in British slang, covered by cloth or “cloth- eared,” meaning mute or stupid.
Williamson takes a series of deep breaths, approaches the white sheet, raises it
and suddenly lowers it, creating a wave that rolls from him to the ear. The
material ...
H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Jennifer L. Nelson, Heidi M. Rose, 2006
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Concerto for the Left Hand: Disability and the Defamiliar Body
It is, in British slang, covered by cloth or “cloth-eared,” meaning mute or stupid.
Williamson takes a series of deep breaths, approaches the white sheet,raises
and suddenly lowers it,trapping air underneath the sheet and creating a wave
that ...
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Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: ...
... vt 1 (provide clothes for) vestir* 2 (past & pastp clothed or clad) (dress) (liter)
vestir*, ataviar* (liter); see also clad2 cloth-eared /"klO;T"Ird ...
Carol Styles Carvajal, Jane Horwood, Nicholas Rollin, 2004
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Essay towards the history of Arabia antecedent to the birth ...
... than a cubit] in height, but with less in breadth of shoulder; the second, those
who were an hundred and twenty guzz in height, and the same in breadth of
body; and the third, who bore the designation of Keleim-goush, or cloth eared,
such as ...
David Price, Abū Ja'far MUḢAMMAD IBN JARĪR (Al-Ṫabarī.), 1824
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOTH-EARED»
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cloth-eared is used in the context of the following news items.
Guillaume Tell (Royal Opera House)
The staging, alas, is a cloth-eared response to Rossini's score that demonstrates Michieletto's determination to privilege concept over music. «WhatsOnStage.com, Jun 15»
'We've come so far on gay rights. The church's attitude shows that …
What a contrast between an overwhelmingly positive democratic vote and the cloth-eared prejudice of the high and cloistered. And what a ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Listed: Essential BBC Proms
Orfeo may not be the world's first opera (pace the prospectus blurb – but pity the poor scribes who have to come up with those cloth-eared ... «The Arts Desk, May 15»
Cannes 2015: 'Irrational Man' review
But she too is occasionally flummoxed by some cloth-eared dialogue. "We must go horse riding again, I enjoyed that," she tells a friend. Cut to shot of friends ... «CineVue, May 15»
10 reasons to go to The Great Escape 2015
And just hope you don't get stuck near a of cloth-eared idiots who've just come to see the main band and talk through everything else. «The Argus, Apr 15»
If I were Prime Minister: Voters would be randomly selected to serve …
A decade ago, John Prescott's cloth-eared plan to divide the country up into nine separate zones never made it past the first public vote on his ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
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So many advantages over your comparatively cloth-eared musician friends. When it comes to tuning your instrument, pitching your voice and generally being ... «Classic FM, Apr 15»
Nigel Farage's Smile Makes Him an Irresistible Political Communicator
It's a striking change from the norm which has struck a chord with those that feel politicians are cloth-eared and patronising. His secret is the ... «Huffington Post UK, Mar 15»
Hillary Clinton's prickly reaction to email row could be fatal to 2016 …
In fact, with those astronomical speaker fees, her cloth-eared remarks about being dead-broke (delivered from the sitting room of her ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
The week in TV: Critical; Broadchurch; Wolf Hall; South Bank Show …
There was a public meeting full of such inane cloth-eared stupidity from many races, and in particular various Labour politicians, over-keen on ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
