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PRONUNCIATION OF QUILLER-COUCH

Quiller-Couch  [ˌkwɪləˈkuːtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUILLER-COUCH

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quiller-Couch is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUILLER-COUCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quiller-Couch

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a British writer who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900, and for his literary criticism. He guided the taste of many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy; and the fictional Horace Rumpole, via John Mortimer, his literary amanuensis.

Definition of Quiller-Couch in the English dictionary

The definition of Quiller-Couch in the dictionary is Sir Arthur, known as Q. 1863–1944, British critic and novelist, who edited the Oxford Book of English Verse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUILLER-COUCH


cooch
kuːtʃ
Gooch
ɡuːtʃ
hooch
huːtʃ
hootch
huːtʃ
klooch
kluːtʃ
klootch
kluːtʃ
mooch
muːtʃ
pooch
puːtʃ
scooch
skuːtʃ
scrooch
skruːtʃ
scrootch
skruːtʃ
smooch
smuːtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUILLER-COUCH

Quilmes
quilt
quilted
quilter
quilting
quim
Quimper

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUILLER-COUCH

Ashby-de-la-Zouch
casting couch
couch
crouch
easy touch
finishing touch
grouch
Midas touch
ouch
out of touch
pouch
retouch
slouch
soft touch
studio couch
the Midas touch
therapeutic touch
tobacco pouch
touch
vouch

Synonyms and antonyms of Quiller-Couch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Quiller-Couch» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

Quiller ,沙发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Quiller - Couch
570 millions of speakers

English

Quiller-Couch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Quiller सोफे
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Quiller - الأريكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Quiller - Couch
278 millions of speakers

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Quiller -Couch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Quiller-কাউচ
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Quiller -Couch
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Quiller-Couch
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Quiller -Couch
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Translator English - Japanese

Quiller -ソファー
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Translator English - Korean

Quiller - 소파
85 millions of speakers

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Quiller-Couch
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Quiller - Couch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Quiller-கோச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्विल्लर-पलंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Quiller-Couch
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Quiller - Couch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Quiller - Couch
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Quiller - Couch
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Translator English - Romanian

Quiller - Couch
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Translator English - Greek

Quiller - Καναπές
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Quiller - Couch
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Translator English - Swedish

Quiller - Couch
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Translator English - Norwegian

Quiller - Couch
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Quiller-Couch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUILLER-COUCH»

Discover the use of Quiller-Couch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Quiller-Couch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250 - 1900 -
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, 2008
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On the Art of Writing
This book contains the eminent scholar's remarks from those lectures on the practice of writing, the difference between verse and prose, the use of jargon, the history of English literature, the ways in which English literature is taught at ...
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 2013
3
Shakespeare's Workmanship
Shakespeare's Workmanship, first published in 1918, offers detailed readings of Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Hamlet, Pericles and King Henry VIII, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch, 2008
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On the Art of Reading
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (21 November 1863 - 12 May 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250-1900 (later extended to 1918), and ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch, 2012
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The Poet as Citizen and Other Papers
Cambridge University Press is delighted to reissue some of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's key texts in this new edition.
Arthur Quiller-Couch, 2008
6
Major Vigoureux
For a dozen years Major Narcisse Vigoureux had been, for an unmarried man, an exceedingly happy one.
A. T. Quiller-Couch, 2007
7
Memories and Opinions: An Unfinished Autobiography
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism.
Arthur Quiller-Couch, 2008
8
Collected Works of Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, 2008
9
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts
Yes; you shall have the whole tale.
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, 2008
10
Arthue Quiller -Couch A biographical study of Q
it, 'remarkably fresh and vivid, well felt and well written'. It was Q's best novel, partly because of its excellent characterization and partly because it contained so much of its author's personality. In the same year he published his Historical Tales ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUILLER-COUCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Quiller-Couch is used in the context of the following news items.
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19 Writing Tips For Readers Who Are Ready To Start Getting Words …
... of exceptionally fine writing, obey it — whole-heartedly — and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.” —Arthur Quiller-Couch. «Bustle, Jul 15»
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被动语态与被动思想
但Arthur Quiller-Couch爵爷百年前在剑桥大学关于写作的演讲里指出,应该用及物动词和主动语态,它们能直击主题,一目了然(Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, On the Art ... «科学时报, May 14»
3
Theodore Watts-Dunton was a vital figure in the literary world of …
None of his poems was included in the Quiller-Couch edition of The Oxford Book of English Verse, but the novel, Aylwin, described by Professor Catherine ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
4
Daphne du Maurier's Cornish legacy
Daphne first visited when she was 29 with her friend, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. “She absolutely loved Trelowarren and talked about the beauty of it,” says Lady ... «Western Morning News, May 14»
5
RSC stages Arden of Faversham, by Anonymous
When Arthur Quiller-Couch assembled poems for the first Oxford Book of English Verse, in 1900, Lord Byron merited four entries and John Donne seven, but ... «Financial Times, Apr 14»
6
Daphne du Maurier's Cornwall
It was Quiller-Couch's daughter Foy who was riding with Daphne across Bodmin Moor when a thunderstorm forced them into Jamaica Inn to be entertained, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
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Blindsided: How Christie used passive verbs to turn himself into a …
Almost a century ago, the British scholar Arthur Quiller-Couch drew up his rules for straight prose and encouraged his students to use active verbs and avoid the ... «Poynter.org, Jan 14»
8
Who Really Said You Should “Kill Your Darlings”?
But the earliest known example of the phrase is not from any of these writers, but rather Arthur Quiller-Couch, who spread it in his widely reprinted 1913-1914 ... «Slate Magazine, Oct 13»
9
Throwing out the junk
William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch said it, and Stephen King said it three times: ''Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 13»
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BBC Fictionalises Couch Family History for Nigel Havers' Programme
The more famous Couches of Polperro who include the naturalist and doctor Jonathan Couch and author and literary critic, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (known as ... «Huffington Post UK, Aug 13»

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