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Calm Yourself
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Calm YourselfCalm Yourself

THE selection of a title is no trifling matter. Chesterton says he once refrained from calling a work "What is Wrong?" because it was awkward to state that he was doing it! I really wanted to put in something about "fretting the gizzard," a term borrowed from Butler's "Hudibras," and defined in Webster's Dictionary as "to vex one's self." In that case I might have used for a text the lines from "Canterbury Tales".
 
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Borrowed Time
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Borrowed TimeBorrowed Time

Robert Goddard - Borrowed Time

First published in the UK in 1995, this psychological mystery/thriller has a plot that springs from the chance encounter between English businessman Robin Timariot and Lady Louise Paxton, who meet briefly while hiking near Wales. Hours later, Paxton is found raped and strangled in a nearby cottage. Over the proceeding months and years,

 
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Mnemonics and Study Tips for Medical Students, Two Zebras Borrowed My Car - 2nd edition
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Mnemonics and Study Tips for Medical Students, Two Zebras Borrowed My Car - 2nd editionWhat better way to remember the branches of the facial nerve than the mnemonic Two Zebras Borrowed My Car! This is just one of the many mnemonics created by the author to help you remember facts you may need in your exams and medical career; see inside for the alternative version considered too risqué to print on the cover.
 
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Cross Stitch Wit & Wisdom: Over 45 Designs With Words to Brighten Your Day
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Cross Stitch Wit & Wisdom: Over 45 Designs With Words to Brighten Your Day

In this timeless collection, cross stitchers will find a spectrum of projects that incorporate cheerful and meaningful meditations, proverbs, promises, blessings, and more. Celebrated cross stitcher Joan Elliot provides large and small designs celebrating a range of occasions and holidays, and easily incorporated into pictures, cards, frames, pillows, and gorgeous gifts to share with loved ones. With projects featuring wisdom borrowed from Chinese proverbs and Indian Sanskrit, in this guide, crafters will find both food for thought and thoughtful designs.


 
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A Typology of Verbal Borrowings
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A Typology of Verbal BorrowingsA Typology of Verbal Borrowings

The present work is the first in-depth cross-linguistic study on loan verbs and the morphological, syntactic and sociolinguistic aspects of loan verb accommodation, investigating claims that verbs generally are more difficult to borrow than other parts of speech, or that verbs could not be borrowed as verbs and needed a re-verbalization in the borrowing language.

 
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Tags: verbs, borrowed, could, speech, other, Typology, Verbal, parts