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walking dictionary — {n. phr.} A person highly knowledgeable in matters of language use. * /If you want to know what serendipity means, ask my Uncle Fred. He is a professor of English and is also a walking dictionary./ … Словарь американских идиом
walking dictionary — ходячая энциклопедия … Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
walking dictionary — ходячая энциклопедия … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
walking encyclopedia — {n. phr.} A polymath; a person very well versed in a number of different disciplines. * /My uncle is a veritable walking encyclopedia when it comes to the history of World War II./ Contrast: WALKING DICTIONARY … Словарь американских идиом
walking — ˈwɔ:kɪŋ 1. сущ. 1) ходьба Syn : pacing 2) походка Syn : gait, walk 2. прил. 1) гуляющий; ходячий walking case 2) тех. на шагающем ходу walking excavator ∙ walking corpse walking dictionary … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
Walking the plank — Walk the plank redirects here. For other uses, see Walk the Plank. Walking the plank is a phrase that describes a form of murder or torture that was practiced by pirates, mutineers and other rogue seafarers. It involved the victim being forced to … Wikipedia
Walking Stewart — John Walking Stewart (19 February 1747 ndash; 20 February 1822) was an English traveller and philosopher.Known as Walking Stewart to his contemporaries for having travelled on foot from Madras, India (where he worked as a clerk to the East India… … Wikipedia
walking — adjective a) Incarnate as a human; living. Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary. b) Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness. Phils mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident … Wiktionary
Dead Man Walking — may refer to: Contents 1 Literature and fiction 2 Music 3 See also … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium