10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEEL THE DRAUGHT»
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feel the draught in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
feel the draught and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
FEEL ONE'S WAY FEEL QUITE ONESELF FEEL SMALL FEEL THE DRAUGHT
FEEL THE PINCH FEEL THE PULSE FEEL UP TO FEEL YOUR AGE FEEL
YOUR WAY AROUND FEEL YOURSELF FEET FIRST FEET OF CLAY FEET ON
THE ...
2
Yakov Perelman’s Physics For Entertainment
That is why we feel the draught, especially around the feet, coming from the
window though it is closed tight in winter. MYSTEMOUS TWIRL Take some thin
cigarette paper and out out a piece in the form of a rectangle. Fold it down the
middle ...
3
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
I'm fed to the back teeth with the sound of your voice! feel feel at home see home.
fed free (to) you may do (what you wish): Feel free to ask if you need any help.
feel in one's bones see bone. feel small see small. feel the draught see draught.
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
In particular, in the case of the C.P.T.C.A., it was they who could expect (as a
policeman in Shitayama-cho expressed it) 'not to feel the draught' (kazeatari) so
much as a result of their connections. (In much the same way local factory owners
...
5
Plays by Henry Arthur Jones
(pointing to his head) GILBERT: I tell you I feel the draught. (LADY JESSICA rises
, goes to the tent opening, carefully draws the curtains. He watches her, sulkily
biting his nails.) LADY JESSICA: There! Now you may safely venture to uncover ...
Henry Arthur Jones, Russell Jackson, 1982
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The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
Feel the draught [1925]. Suffer from poverty, worsened circumstances. Feel a
draught [Amer]. Recognise the presence of racial prejudice. Heart-thirled. Bound
by the affections. [to be 'thirled' is to be legally obliged to grind at a particular mill
...
Peter Richard Wilkinson, 2008
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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
Feel the draught [1925]. Suffer from poverty, worsened circumstances. Feel a
draught [Amer]. Recognise the presence of racial prejudice. Heart-thirled. Bound
by the affections. [to be 'thirled' is to be legally obliged to grind at a particular mill
...
After he has conversed awhile with the Captain he walks slowly over to where we
are working and remarks, apparently addressing the world in general, “Don't you
feel the draught from that door?” As he has not spoken to anyone in particular, ...
Thomas Mott Osborne, 2012
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... draft feel the draught (colll to experience hard conditions Small businessmen
will now feel the draught draught beer n beer drawn from a barrel, not bottled
draughtboard (drahft'bawdl n a board used in the game of draughts draught-
horse, ...
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Adapting to climate change: sixth report of session 2009-10, ...
One thing we found in the homes programme was draught proofing has quite a
poor payback but people love it because it makes their home more comfortable
because they could feel the draught coming through. You need to accept those
are ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee, 2010
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEEL THE DRAUGHT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
feel the draught is used in the context of the following news items.
Extended bus lane in King's Road a 'hidden menace' to traffic
He told getreading after the meeting: “You can feel the draught of the vehicles rushing by you.” Mr Warrell raised concerns about the road ... «Reading Post, Feb 14»
Henbury Loop station should be in original spot
It is reasonably noisy and you can feel the draught from it. But it must have worked overtime in the days of steam trains. Only one train on each ... «Bristol Post, Dec 13»
