10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAW A BLANK»
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draw a blank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
draw a blank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Show them a picture from two weeks ago and they draw a blank. But they can
pick themselves out in a 20-year-old photo." —Courier-Post (Charry Hill, N.J., 1/
13/2012) A person who draws a blank tries to think of something and fails. In
other ...
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Put on Your Thinking Cap: And Other Expressions about School
What did Mrs. Anderson mean when she said that everybody draws a blank?
How exactly does one draw a blank? You can draw lots of things—houses,
rainbows, and animals, to name a few. But what would a blank look like? And
why would ...
3
Critical Excess: Overreading in Derrida, Deleuze, Levinas, ...
Such means might be effective, but Cavell does not entirely endorse them: “But if
now I ask myself how I picture the barrier to the realm of ends, I find I draw a
blank” (Cavell 1981: 79). This almost throwaway sentence introduces a play on
the ...
ACTIVITY 1 Whole class, in threes ACTIVITY 2 2-3 children ACTIVITY 3 3-4
children ACTIVITY 4 2-4 children • Constructing and interpreting a frequency
table A dice, tally chart (PCM 45) The children draw a blank frequency table
headed ...
Ruth Merttens, David Kirkby, 1999
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
get no result * Mostly a very large number of people draw a blank when they
purchase lottery tickets * The police had to draw a blank when they went to arrest
the thief home Draw a cover: To send the hounds into a cover to frighten out a fox
...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
1930] draw a blank Fail to find or remember something, as in He looks familiar
but I've drawn a blank on his name. This expression alludes to drawing a lottery
ticket with nothing on it (so one cannot win a prize). [Early 1800s] draw a line ...
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Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary
"S ^ 3? blank cartridges. $ BJT A -ft empty sympathy. — if| $ all gone ; a clean
sweep. *fi Sj£ hollow ; tubular. ;fc i£the great void; the sky; nothingness;
interstellar space. 8°tt IIS '% It to draw a blank. |[)t Q aerial navigation. See No.
2059— 14ff.
Robert Henry Mathews, Minyuan Wang, Yuen Ren Chao, 1943
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English
3 Phr draw a blank: see BLANK n. draw the spile: to imbibe. 1891 Holly Branch
15 Spruce beer, free to all who cared to draw the spile, and calabogus the
universal beverage. draw/dry up ['drai Ap]: to pull fish to the surface in a net or
trap; ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
jyufl; the pull necessary to draw a bow to its full extent reRR I To draw a bead on,
to take aim at with a gun *"j5> « R^lMl WRT ITo draw a blank, to meet with failure
in one's pursuit ^fa Trot Wtt, TTOT WT cT^, T ^ IRf, ^Hl ITo draw a distinction ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
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Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Second Course
Press and hold [Shift], then use the pointer to draw a blank picture frame in the
lowerright corner of the page, approximately 1.250 × 1.250 Pressing and holding
[Shift] while creating a picture frame keeps the proportions the same. 6. Right-
click ...
David Beskeen, Carol Cram, Jennifer Duffy, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAW A BLANK»
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draw a blank is used in the context of the following news items.
When will male characters be used as props on TV?
chances are I would draw a blank, because Jerry's 66 girlfriends whooshed past like beautiful Amtrak trains passing in the night. Yes, sixty-six ... «Daily Life, Jul 15»
Astros draw a blank against Kluber, Indians
Vince Velasquez pitched well enough to pick up his first major league win but instead took his first loss, thanks in part to a sixth-inning home ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
Ode To A Grecian Eurozone
But if you ask me what in the world is happening right now, I'll likely draw a blank. I'd say it's all Greek to me, but a certain MediaPost columnist ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»
My futile quest to be a better writer
But if I draw a blank, I am depressed at the breakfast table. My wife is uncanny. While pouring milk on my cornflakes, she will sense that I am ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»
Cyclones draw a blank in Hudson Valley
Drawing a Blank: Cyclones skipper Tom Gamboa kept Nicco Blank on the mound for five innings — and three runs. «Brooklyn Paper, Jul 15»
(Greece crisis) Pensioners draw a blank
Problems have been reported in the payment of pensions from several funds in Greece as the country struggles in the face of an acute cash ... «Hong Kong Standard, Jun 15»
SI Vault: Chris Pronger has a headache
“I can be mid-sentence sometimes, and I'll draw a blank,” he says. “You get used to thinking up ways to buy time so you can figure out what the ... «SI.com, Jun 15»
Keep up the hunger to find new music
I draw a blank. How could this be? Has new music really dried up to this extent? Has it been reduced to artisanal tote-bag boutiquery and ... «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
WRITE TEAM: What's in a name? Oh, there's plenty
... still been guilty of meeting someone for a second time and, probably after a lengthy lapse in time, I will totally draw a blank on their name. «The Times, Jun 15»
Cannes Lions 2015: India draw a blank on Day Four
After the euphoria of the Glass Grand Prix on June 23, it was a disappointing day for India at Cannes Lions on June 24. The country's sole ... «Best Media Info, Jun 15»
