10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGH-SPOKEN»
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rough-spoken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rough-spoken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... through a rough patch Rough ride: Painful or unpleasant experience * The
managing director sent for him and apparently gave him a rough ride for losing
the contract Rough- spoken: Rough in speech * Though he is a rough- spoken
man, ...
2
Tennyson and Victorian Periodicals: Commodities in Context
... helped to create Tennyson's public persona by shaping his work to suit
individual readerships, and reviewers created a romantic image of the poet as a
reclusive, brilliant, and rough-spoken man hewn by a provincial English
wilderness.
Assoc Prof Kathryn Ledbetter, 2013
3
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
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rough—spoken 'person Rough Tor Irao'tazr, Q9 -'ta:r roulade ru:'lo:d -s -z roulette
ru:'let Roulston 'raol.st9n, ...
Peter Roach, Jane Setter, John Esling, 2011
4
The Dead Peoples? Planet
Silence prevailed for a while before the rough spoken man of yesterday, who
today through a superficially calmness seemed even fatter and more plumpy and
his face reddened; managed to crack the silence with a creaky sharp voice, sharp
...
5
The Princess and the Pauper (musical)
WHEN WE WANNA MAKE MONEY REAL FAST WHEN WE WANNA MAKE
MONEY REAL QUICK WE GO OUT AND BEG FOR IT BREAK A LEG UNTIL
EVERY POCKET'S BEEN PICKED . ROUGH (spoken). What about Tough? KING.
Yeah.
6
Witness to Reconstruction: Constance Fenimore Woolson and ...
... who] hadjust breathed his last breath ofpain, [Owen] had been much touched
by the sweet, comprehending sisterly tenderness of the mother who was a lady to
the mother who was so ignorant, rough-spoken, almost rough-hearted as well.
Kathleen Elizabeth Diffley, 2011
7
The Dream Structure of Pinter's Plays: A Psychoanalytic Approach
Foster is capricious and distrustful like Lennie; Briggs is harsh and rough-spoken
like Max. Yet together they care for the abandoned Hirst as Max cared for his
motherless sons. The play opens in typical Pinter fashion: two people are in a
room.
Lucina Paquet Gabbard, 1976
8
Recollections of Olden Times: Rowland Robinson of ...
... no sooner fell upon the beautiful vision than the rough-spoken hero seemed to
have been suddenly overcome by some charmed spell. As Miss Robinson, on
being introduced by her father, extended toward him her hand, the " crazy colonel
" ...
Thomas Robinson Hazard, Willis P. Hazard, 1998
9
Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies
... three months earlier had been green as an English meadow, looked as arid as
Castile. It was Sunday and all was quiet. A steam launch came off, bringing a port
official, a rough-spoken but good-natured gentleman, who took me in charge.
James Anthony Froude, 2010
10
Betray the Night: A Novel about Ovid
Cassius in his turn, pristine white toga notwithstanding, lowered his head and
bellowed like an enraged bull in his own defense. Sincere, rough-spoken,
powerful, he must have moved the jury, if anyone could. “Free men say what they
want.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGH-SPOKEN»
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rough-spoken is used in the context of the following news items.
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It is a dark comedy littered with dead bodies and featuring a rough-spoken police inspector played by Randy Hughson in a ruffled manner like Colombo, and ... «The Bay Observer - Providing a Fresh Perspective for Hamilton and Burlington, Jul 15»
RONDA RICH: Jim Lofton one of the great ones
#There were several of these coaches who I found admirable, albeit sometimes gruff and rough-spoken. All refused to suffer fools or encourage them. I suppose ... «The Albany Herald, May 15»
In Search of Judgment: Meditations for Holy Week
He assumes the role of a hostile, rough-spoken stranger, the role they had themselves assumed to him so long before. But he assumes it as a trick, not as reality; ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»
Son of a Gun, reviewed: In search of the last big score, Ewan …
He is rough-spoken, but when saying goodbye to a dead colleague manages a softer tone: “Where you're going they don't grant parole.” If there is a fault with ... «National Post, Dec 14»
Sam Shepard's Fool for Love set for Kings Arms, 9 Nov
... a dishevelled young woman sits dejectedly on a rumpled bed while Eddie, a rough-spoken rodeo performer crouches in a corner fiddling with his riding gear. «WhatsOnStage.com, Oct 14»
Did Queen Victoria secretly marry servant John Brown?
She had forged a close personal friendship with a rough-spoken Scottish ghillie from her Balmoral estate, John Brown. This man, seven years her junior, had ... «Express.co.uk, Sep 14»
Trail Dust: On frontier, everyone celebrated Christmas
The lore of the Southwest is filled with tales about rough-spoken cowboys who undertook some special act of Christmas charity. One pleasant little story dates ... «Santa Fe New Mexican.com, Dec 13»
"The Artist" scoops six French film awards
Sy plays a rough-spoken but loveable delinquent from the deprived Paris suburbs who by accident ends up as a live-in carer to a quadriplegic aristocrat in a ... «Reuters, Feb 12»
Candid confidant in the corridors of power
He did not have much formal eduction and was direct and rough-spoken through life. Advertisement. When war broke out, he did a naval midshipman's course ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 11»
Alliance Theatre Lab Tackles Sam Shepard's Volatile Fool For Love
Eddie is a rough-spoken rodeo performer; May is a disheveled young girl who's looking for stability. Together, they struggle over Eddie's frequent disappearing ... «Miami New Times, Jun 11»
