Definition: (noun) A label bearing the owner's name or other identification that is pasted usually on the inside cover of a book. Synonyms: ex libris. Usage: I learned from the bookplate that the previous owner of my copy of <i>Gone with the Wind</i> had been a woman named Scarlett. Discuss
Frase celebre di Tina Turner
«Ognuno di noi ha un pezzettino di Dio dentro di sè che aspetta solo di essere scoperto.» (Tina Turner)
Aforisma di Tina Turner
«La gente pensa che la mia vita sia stata dura, ma io penso che sia stato un viaggio meraviglioso. Più invecchi, più ti rendi conto che non è quello che succede, ma come lo affronti. »
Die Gescheiten verlernen es bald, über die Dummen zu lachen, nie aber die Dummen über die Gescheiten.
Paul Kunad(1864 – 1912), deutscher Journalist und Lyriker
Frase celebre di Gabriele Cirilli
«Tatiana è l'amica mia grassa, tarmente grassa che l'altro giorno sono andata a trovarla all'ospedale e affianco a lei c'era un auto botte e gli ho chiesto: a Tatià ma ch stai a fa?… no niente me sto a fa na flebo!!!» (Gabriele Cirilli)
daisy cutter
noun: 1. In a ball game, a ball that moves close to the ground. 2. A horse that lifts its feet very little off the ground. 3. A bomb powerful enough to flatten a large area, such as a forest.
feckless
Definition: (adjective) Generally incompetent and ineffectual. Synonyms: inept. Usage: Much to his wife's dismay, Jim refused to call a professional, and continued his feckless attempts at repairing the plumbing in the house. Discuss
Wird der Überbau größer als die Basis, muss man besonders streng darauf achten, dass keiner mehr am Fundament rüttelt.
Klaus D. Koch(*1948), Dr. med., deutscher Mediziner und Aphoristiker
baloney
noun: Nonsense, such as foolish, deceptive, or pretentious talk.
distend
Definition: (verb) To cause to expand by or as if by internal pressure; dilate. Synonyms: dilate. Usage: It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Discuss
Noch ein paar mehr Ausnahmen, und die Leute wollen wieder Regeln haben.
Pavel Kosorin(*1964), tschechischer Schriftsteller und Aphoristiker
graver
Definition: (noun) A tool used by an engraver. Synonyms: pointel. Usage: The jewelry designer's studio was attached to her shop, so customers could watch her hammer metals and draw elegant designs with her graver. Discuss
tittle
Definition: (noun) A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidgeon, whit. Usage: Sydney Carton drank nothing but a tittle coffee. Discuss
Frase celebre di Jimmy Carter
«Le aggressioni che non incontrano opposizione diventano malattie contagiose.» (Jimmy Carter)
Aforisma di Wislawa Szymborska
«Ascolta | come mi batte forte il tuo cuore.»