(n.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.
Example Sentences:
(1) Richard Beckinsale was Geoffrey, Paula Wilcox was Beryl, pretty, pert and given the best lines: "Beryl, we live in a permissive society."
(2) Other drawings are more bizarre, such as Waldo's wife, who is based on Terry Wogan, while Mrs Utah Watkins is unmistakably Beryl Bainbridge.
(3) Other names from TV production include Beryl Vertue, mother of Sue, who has credits ranging from Steptoe and Son to Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock .
(4) Renwick and Smith met in 1999, at a social club they both joined when they were widowed (Betty in 1998, Beryl in the 80s).
(5) "We're getting paid now," Beryl says, "but we would never be the kind of people who would ask for money."
(6) "I didn't want to go to my grave and get a Beryl," he said referring to Bainbridge, who was shortlisted five times, never won and received a posthumous Best of Beryl Booker prize .
(7) She has many memories of friends such as Beryl Bainbridge: "Beryl had amazing staying power, an extraordinary stamina – for writing, for drinking, for smoking – she kept on till the very end.
(8) Beryl Wilkins, a local historian, lives a stone's throw from a former school built in 1624 as a bequest from the lord of the manor, Lord Knyvett – the man, she says, who felt the collar of one Guy Fawkes.
(9) At Beryl's Florists, Julie Vaughan, said the whole village was in shock.
(10) "She's had no children, you know," Betty says, as a complete non sequitur, in the middle of Beryl talking about her first wage cheque.
(11) Miles, Beryl and their cat survived it twice, emerging slightly scathed and much less keen on the sea.
(12) At one point Betty says about David: "He wants his legs wiping down, doesn't he Beryl?"
(13) Her name is Beryl James and ... she comes from Cairns, and it was her wish that she celebrate her 100th birthday in the Australian parliament.
(14) (1972), a faint echo of the earlier plays, with more than 30 characters, but Simpson wrote several more television plays including Elementary My Dear Watson, a Sherlock Holmes parody for John Cleese for the BBC Comedy Playhouse in 1973, and material for Beryl Reid, Sheila Hancock, Ned Sherrin and Dick Emery.
(15) Harrogate is also famed as the home, in later life, of one of Britain's most brilliant cyclists, Beryl Burton, who died in 1996.
(16) It's been significantly updated – the stand-out moment for me was when Beryl and Betty did a rap over Don't Stop Me Now (they do the words – "I'm a sex machine, ready to reload", which is droll for their dry delivery – but they also chat all the way through: "I think you were out of tune, there".
(17) Someone even cold-called Beryl to ask her to write a piece about what it was like being the same age as the queen (this went down really badly, the unsolicited contact.
(18) Beryl French, 88, pensioner Stratford has so many visitors you could almost call it multicultural.
(19) Monday night's awards also saw the oldest ever Sony winners with BBC Radio Humberside's Beryl Renwick, 86, and 90-year-old Betty Smith winning the best entertainment programme.
(20) Which is fine provided that you ignore the wins of Beryl Burton, Mandy Jones and myself.
Jane
Definition:
(n.) A coin of Genoa; any small coin.
(n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jane's life clearly still has a massive Spike-shaped hole in it.
(2) Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside) This gnome, who lives in the shrubbery of Guardian gardening expert Jane Perrone, will be rooting for Luton Town this afternoon.
(3) Clinton met with Jane Dougherty, sister of Mary Sherlach, who was slain at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012; Tom Sullivan and Matthew Jenks, the father and brother-in-law, respectively, of Alex Sullivan, who was killed in the 2012 movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado; and Coni Sanders, daughter of Dave Sanders, killed in the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.
(4) Downing Street would not discuss Brown's conversation with Janes in detail, or whether Brown's handwritten letters are checked before they are sent out.
(5) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
(6) However, Friends of the Earth's Jane Thomas said: "We mustn't be taken in by aviation industry spin – building more airports or runways will have a major impact on local communities and our environment."
(7) It's Jane Austen all over again, and we've just fooled ourselves that the complicated financial system has changed a thing.
(8) BBC1 will also screen a three-part adaptation of PD James' Death Comes to Pemberley, the Jane Austen homage in the 200th anniversary year of Pride and Prejudice, as well as a three-part adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn and Remember Me, a ghost story by Gwyneth Hughes (Five Days, The Girl).
(9) Bank of England urged to make new £5 note vegan-friendly Read more It decided earlier this year not to withdraw plastic £5 banknotes from circulation and said it would push ahead with production of the new £10 polymer note featuring Jane Austen, which is to be issued in September.
(10) But the fact Yellen is even being considered is a feat in itself as central banking is still an old boy’s club, Cooper adds: The new Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney may have assuaged feminists with his choice of Jane Austen for the ten pound note, but his Monetary Policy Committee is female free.
(11) He and his wife, Jane, have been married for 40 years; together they have sons, now grown up, and live in a quiet part of south London.
(12) We’re really pleased that our internal efficiencies we don’t have to cut the money going to arts organisations.” Jane Martinson Justice The latest round of savings imposed on the Ministry of Justice, amounting to £249m off the annual budget, is likely to come from delaying capital projects and underspends in legal aid.
(13) The documentary, Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?, is due to air on BBC2 on Boxing Day.
(14) Pauline Kael, when reviewing the film, said, "Jane Fonda has been a charming, witty, nudie cutie in recent years, and now gets a chance at an archetypal character.
(15) and lot of them seemed to be mad about missing out on Austin - as ESPN's Jane McManus notes: Jane McManus (@janesports) I did see at least one Jets fan flip the bird in frustration after Goodell announced Tavon Austin to the Rams.
(16) Jane Tweddle-Taylor’s death was confirmed by the Blackpool school where she worked as a receptionist.
(17) Our census data shows that 40% of consultant posts remain unfilled, nearly always due to a lack of candidates,” Prof Jane Dacre will tell the college’s annual conference on Tuesday.
(18) A few months later the Bank announced that writer Jane Austen would be the next face of the £10 note .
(19) It has this very illustrious record of people who attended but didn't graduate, including Anne Hathaway, Jackie Onassis and Jane Fonda.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Either way, I love Jane for idly sticking two fingers up at the idea of a spa break in Rhodes or other emblems of “sophistication” being the only thing to aspire to.