10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLE-AXED»
Discover the use of
pole-axed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pole-axed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bittersweet: Lessons From My Mother's Kitchen
Bittersweet is McAllester's poignant account of rediscovering his mother's life, coming to terms with her death, and travelling towards a new future as a father.
Old Bittlesham quivered from head to foot like a pole-axed blancmange. His eyes
were popping and his face had gone sort of greenish. "Mr. Wooster!" He seemed
to recover somewhat, as if I wasn't the worst thing that could have happened to ...
P. G. Wodehouse, D. R. Bensen, 1999
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Separation of Powers--does it Still Work?
If he is no good he must be pole-axed."10 Britain used the device also in World
War I, when Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was replaced by David Lloyd George,
and again in 1956, after the Suez crisis, when Prime Minister Anthony Eden was
...
Robert A. Goldwin, Art Kaufman, 1986
... the large building on the Isle of Rum was not open to the visiting public. The
Nature Conservancy, the body responsible for the Castle, makes special
concessions to academics carrying out relevant research. It was agreed that 96
POLE AXED.
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The Language of Journalism: A Multi-genre Perspective
For example, in a story about a burglar who had been apprehended by a Polish
homeowner, the headline was 'Pole Axed' (Daily Mirror, 29 June 2010), which
draws on the literal meaning of Pole meaning Polish, but also the metaphorical ...
Michael Higgins, Angela Smith, 2013
If a cow fell ill while it was in the capital, it was sent to the country to be treated;
but if the illness was serious, it was pole-axed, for it was not allowed to die a
natural death. Each cow remained in the capital usually for a month at a time and
...
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Building Fortress Europe: The Polish-Ukrainian Frontier
Transitions Online. http://www.tol.org/client/article/ 11527-pole-axed.html. Fekete,
Liz. 2004. “Deaths at Europe's Borders.” Race & Class 45, 4: 75. Feldman,
Gregory. 2008. “The Biometric Subject: Producing Migrants as Migration
Problems in ...
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Painful in Daily Doses: An Anecdotal Memoir
He looked totally pole-axed, no doubt remembering what he had told me. I later
learnt that he had been interviewed earlier in the year but that they had been
divided about him, and on this occasion he did not make a strong impression.
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Her Hand in Marriage (Mills & Boon Cherish)
'To go back to the very start, I walked into that art gallery that very first time we met
—and was absolutely pole-axed.' 'Yes?' she questioned, purely because she had
no clue to what had pole-axed him. 'There you were,' he went on, 'totally ...
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Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological ...
Pole- axed cattle and horse skulls are common in kurgans (burial tumuli) from the
Bronze Age across Russia and Kazakhstan. The weapon typically leaves a large,
depressed fracture in the frontal bones, like the one shown on a modern skull ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLE-AXED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pole-axed is used in the context of the following news items.
Glamorgan: Graham Wagg likely to miss Kent match
He suffered a blow to the jaw in the first incident against Gloucestershire, but was then pole-axed by a delivery from Craig Miles which struck ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
Spieth to defend Australian Open title in November
... calamitous three-putt double bogey on the eighth that would have pole-axed many more grizzled players, Spieth does not stay down for long. «Press Examiner, Jul 15»
Glamorgan see chance of T20 Blast quarter-final place evaporate …
Wagg was pole-axed by the second ball and after some treatment was forced from the field to be replaced at the crease by Chris Cooke who ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
Oh, look: The Diamondbacks are the bad guys. Again.
In case you missed it last night - and have been living in a cellar since - David Peralta was pole-axed by a fastball to the skull from Jose ... «AZ Snake Pit, Jul 15»
So close, but Spieth's Grand Slam dream dies at St Andrews
... calamitous three-putt double bogey on the eighth that would have pole-axed many more grizzled players, Spieth does not stay down for long. «euronews, Jul 15»
Where have our boxing champs gone?
This was after he pole-axed Colombian Karluis Diaz in the first round at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park. Budler also holds the IBO crown. «Sport24, Jul 15»
The much-loved Sussexsport of stoolball
I fell to the ground pole-axed and ended up in Brighton Hospitality where my broken collar bone was strapped up. The evening ended on a ... «Sussex Express, Jul 15»
Here's your 20-second guide to what Australian traders will be …
It was an interesting night with the Aussie dollar and its “dollar bloc” cousins the Kiwi and the CAD pole-axed by the confluence of Yellen ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
Lewis Hamilton 'BANNED' from the Royal Box at Wimbledon …
Lewis Hamilton was pole-axed by Wimbledon's strict dress code after turning up at the Royal Box without a tie. The Formula One champion was ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Gillian Clarke - wife of Ken - was a talented quilter and 'politician in …
"Ken is fairly pole-axed at the moment, but I know he appreciates the messages of support. It got to a point, when I was with him, where the ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
