10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILL-ASSORTED»
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ill-advised /.il.ad'vaizd/ adjective not wise, and likely to cause problems in the
future: an ill-advised career move ill-assorted /.il.a'sor.tid/ ® /-'so:.r.tid/ adjective
mainly uk looking strange together and not seeming to be a good match: ill-
assorted ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective an ill-assorted travelling party: mismatched, ill-matched, incongruous,
unsuited, incompatible, inharmonious, discordant, clashing, discrepant; dissimilar
, unlike, unalike, varying, varied, at variance, disparate, divergent, diverse, ...
tId/ /-"sO;.r.8Id/ adjective mainly uk looking strange together and not seeming to
be a good match: ill-assorted furniture * an ill-assorted couple ill-bred /%Il"bred/
adjective old-fashioned rude and behaving badly: an ill-bred young man ...
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The Works of D'Israeli the Younger
Miss Grandison spoke with an air almost of levity, whieh was rather unusual with
her. "An ill-assorted marriage," said Lord Montfort. "And what do you eall an ill-
assorted marriage, Miss Grandison ?" " Why many eireumstanees might
eonstitute ...
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), 1837
For my own part, I think we are very wise to insist upon having our own way, for
an ill-assorted marriage must be a most melancholy business.” Miss Grandison
spoke with an air almost of lovity, which was rather unusual with her.
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The Novels & Tales of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli ...: ...
For my own part, I think we are very wise to insist upon having our own way, for
an ill-assorted marriage must be a most melancholy business." Miss Grandison
spoke with an air almost of levity, which was rather unusual with her.
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), 1866
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Collected edition of the novels and tales by ... B. Disraeli
Yes, I was aware of that,' said Miss Grandison, ' or I should not have spoken with
so much frankness. For my own part, I think we are very wise to insist upon
having our own way, for an ill-assorted marriage must be a most melancholy
business ...
Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.), 1871
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The Regenerate Lyric: Theology and Innovation in American Poetry
ill assorted . . . contradictory," the poet asks us to accept a visionary not merely
eccentric but beyond the pale: excommunicate. We have only to compare
Whitman's embrace of the "contradictory" with Milton's famous pursuit of a fitting
moral ...
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Birds Every Child Should Know
CHAPTER. IX. THE. ILL-ASSORTED. BLACKBIRD. FAMILY. Bobolink Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Meadowlark Orchard Oriole Baltimore
Oriole Purple and Bronzed Grackles BOBOLINKCalled also: Reedbird; Ricebird;
...
19. Ill-Assorted. Conspirators. “H. ow did you get here?” Brockley demanded. “
Are you alone? Madam, you shouldn't have . . .” “Yes, I should. Help will follow,
with luck. I left Fran with Dr. Forrest, the vicar, and gave her a note for him. If he
does ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILL-ASSORTED»
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Book review: A walk on the wild side with OUP children's books
This hilarious, slapstick series kicked off last year to coincide with the excitement of the World Cup Finals, and now the ill-assorted team of ... «Bridlington Today, Jul 15»
Oxford Professor elected to a place in Poets' Corner
But few people could find attractive the stony carpet of ill-assorted memorials that now covers the floor of the south transept. Among them, a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
LESSONS OF A LIFETIME
Of course I became a hot-head with my brains boiling from reading an ill-assorted collection. It was one of the reasons that led me to studying ... «THISDAY Live, May 15»
Real Madrid Pick Over The Pieces After Expensive Squad Fail In …
“He was tasked with delivering a system that would deliver results while shoe-horning an ill-assorted cadre of superstars into the same team… «The Inquisitr, May 15»
Breathing the haunted air
... say what he means; and in a great many cases he will have to decide how much relative weight to attach to those two, ill-assorted adjectives. «The Monthly, May 15»
It was a dark and stormy night…
A charmingly ill-assorted bunch of characters quite unknown to each other are suddenly thrown together. There is a shy clerk, a man who turns ... «Budapest Times, May 15»
Theater Listings for May 1-7
With its ill-assorted plots and restless style, “Emily Climbs” hasn't figured out what kind of play it wants to be, but there's pleasure in watching its ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
Tabada: Surplus
... bowling balls and golf balls. Would there ever be any use for this ill-assorted batch? If these instead were basketballs, no surplus would exist ... «Sun.Star, Apr 15»
Theater Listings for April 24-30
With its ill-assorted plots and restless style, “Emily Climbs” hasn't figured out what kind of play it wants to be, but there's pleasure in watching its ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
Q-and-A with Daniel Pujol
DN: Your sophomore album is titled “Kludge,” which means “an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose.” Did the ... «Daily Nebraskan, Apr 15»
