10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONG-DRAWN-OUT»
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long-drawn-out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
long-drawn-out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
2. lengthy, protracted, prolonged, elongated, elongate, sustained; longish,
overlong, long-drawn, long- drawn-out, marathon; drawn out, dragged out, spun
out, strung out; interminable, without end. 3. verbose, wordy, prolix, long-winded,
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Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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The New Boss: How to Survive the First 100 Days
The farewell and respect given to the predecessor are equally important. Both
gestures are liable to be partly undermined by a long-drawn-out start. A
predecessor whose departure is not treated with the appropriate respect quickly
comes to ...
3
Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound
Unlike the old-time fiddler's shuffle on the bow, which seems to saw notes,
counting and stacking them like coin, the long, drawn out strokes of the bluegrass
fiddler seem designed to emptg the fiddle of its sound, pouring it forth in a stream
...
4
The Years of O'Casey, 1921-1926: A Documentary History
The dialogue was didactic and stilted, and the players made it more so by their
long, drawn-out, hesitating method of speaking their words. I liked H. Richard
Hayward's playing of the shipbuilder's son, Jack . . . and in Act Two, the most ...
Robert Goode Hogan, Richard Burnham, 1992
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A Compendious Syriac Dictionary: Founded Upon the Thesaurus ...
will draw all men unto Me; »^J |>Aaao »oL)J» )jLc^oX a star led tlie Mayi to come,
c) to stretch out, extend, prolong ; )>CL», »^ he lengtJiened the walls i. e. built
further ; pass, part, drawn, long drawn out, long ; enchased, )«A^ |oo)>m chased
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Robert Payne Smith, Jessie Payne Smith, 1998
In a little while only one violin remained, sobbing its long-drawn-out wail. Then
the violin too was gone . . . That was the day before yesterday. This morning, I
received a note. "I am going away, alone, on my wedding trip to Venice. I tried to
...
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A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth ...
'Day after day,' he wrote during the long drawn-out agony of the Argonne battle in
October 1918, 'I have to witness here partial failures that could have been made
conspicuously successful.'18 Tom Salmon was a complex, difficult man, ...
"This is the kind of hope that looks more like hopelessness when you consider
that, without the patient's total cooperation, the result may be a long-drawn-out
agony." The primary physician speaks forcefully in favor of continuing treatment, ...
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
4 v reft to stand upright : He drew himself up to his full height. long drawn out adj
going on for a long time : The meeting was so long drawn out that we missed our
train ; (attrib) a long-drawn-out meeting/ scream. drawer [dm: ] nc a sliding box ...
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The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the ...
Sepals to 11 Â1.5 cm, free, ovate, tapered to a long drawn out, often spirally
curved, point, greenish with reddish spots. Petals to 4Â1 cm, narrowly triangular,
somewhat sickle-shaped, pale yellow, tapered to a long drawn out, often twisted,
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James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey, 2011
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONG-DRAWN-OUT»
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long-drawn-out is used in the context of the following news items.
A Green Neighborhood Watch Targets Polluters in Low-Income …
The idea is to avoid long-drawn-out fights like the one Tom Franz, a farmer in Shafter, near Bakersfield, waged in 2012 after he videotaped an ... «TakePart, Jul 15»
Why not trust the 1MDB task force? - Malaysiakini
... where the current investigations on 1MDB seem to be a long-drawn-out process with allegations and counter-allegations that seem to be the order of the day. «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
Bring back trust in our anti-graft institutions
The current investigations on 1MDB seem to be a long-drawn-out process with allegations and counter-allegations that seem to be the order of ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
The Iran nuclear deal was necessary – but it comes at a high price
By that standard, the United States and five other major powers have been quite successful in their long-drawn-out, sometimes agonizing talks ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
