(n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
(n.) A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
(n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
(n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
(n.) Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
(v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
(v. t.) To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.
(v. t.) To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this book, he dismisses Freud's idea of penis envy - "Freud got it spectacularly wrong" - and said "women don't envy the penis.
(2) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(3) In the 153 women to whom iron supplements were given during pregnancy, the initial fall in haemoglobin concentration was less, was arrested by 28 weeks gestation and then rose to a level equivalent to the booking level.
(4) Join a Twitter book club It all started last summer, when 12,000 people took to Twitter to discuss Neil Gaiman's American Gods .
(5) This is an edited extract from Across the Seas – Australia’s Response to Refugees: A History by Klaus Neumann, published by Black Inc. Books and on-sale now .
(6) When we gave her a gift of a few books in English, she burst out crying.
(7) In a recent book about the life of Rudolf Höss who was the commandant at Auschwitz, he is quoted as saying of himself that he was not a murderer, he was “just in charge of an extermination camp”.
(8) In some ways, the Gandolfini performance that his fans may savour most is his voice work in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are (2009), the cult screen version of Maurice Sendak 's picture book classic – he voiced Carol, one of the wild things, an untamed, foul-mouthed figure.
(9) Liekens, who has been called the "leading lady in sexology", has written several books including The Vagina Book, The Sex Bible and Her Penis Book.
(10) Analysis according to clinical importance, gestation at booking, maternal age, parity, birth order, ethnic origin, and certainty of gestational age.
(11) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
(12) The award for nonfiction went to New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos for his book on modern China, Age of Ambition .
(13) All was very accomplished; her award-winning photographs have been exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and her articles and pictures were published in books, periodicals, and newspapers around the world.
(14) Nicholas Shaxson – the author of Treasure Islands, a book about the world of tax evasion – described the demands as "incredibly powerful".
(15) In 1999, Kamprad admitted his past involvement with Nazism in a book about his life and asked for forgiveness for his "stupidity."
(16) Standing as he explains the book's take-home point, Miliband recalls the author Michael Lewis's research showing that a quarter-back is the most highly paid player, but because they throw with their right arm they can often be floored by an attacker from their blindside.
(17) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
(18) Rates Six to 12 hours from R$189 (£54) to R$396 (£113), or from £199 by the day; booking policy unlikely to change during the World Cup.
(19) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
(20) The Broken King by Philip Womack Photograph: Troika Books The Sword in the Stone begins with Wart on a "quest" to find a tutor.
Referee
Definition:
(n.) One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
Example Sentences:
(1) On another day, and possibly under another referee, Newcastle would have cantered to victory.
(2) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(3) 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.
(4) Telemarketers, accountants, sports referees, legal secretaries, and cashiers were found to be among the most likely to lose their jobs, while doctors, preschool teachers, lawyers, artists, and clergy remained relatively safe.
(5) Replays cast doubt on the penalty decision, the ball having been touched by the Australian replacement scrum-half, Nick Phipps, before the referee, Craig Joubert, adjudged the Scottish prop Jon Welsh caught it while standing in an offside position.
(6) Southampton do not want Mark Clattenburg to officiate any of their games until the latest controversy surrounding the referee has been resolved.
(7) There were signs of encouragement early in the second half from Sunderland, and they should have pulled one back only for a terrible call from the assistant referee Eddie Smart.
(8) United have until Thursday to inform the FA about whether they intend to appeal but their chances of overturning the decision look slim given that the governing body has already shown the incident to a panel of three former referees.
(9) Pardew apologised for his behaviour on Saturday night and the FA is awaiting the referee's report before deciding on action against the 52-year-old, who has been fined £100,000 by Newcastle and severely reprimanded by the club .
(10) He did, but not for long: it was Reed's last season as a professional referee.
(11) Referee Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Preamble: Algeria have scored only goal in their last seven matches and that was a penalty against the United Arab Emirates.
(12) He is the one who had to transmit exactly what I had said to the referee and there are intricacies and nuance in the language where you have “Por qué” and “Porque”, and you have the word “negro” as it is used in the Spanish language and how it can be used in English.
(13) Kavanagh's criticism of the referee, Neil Swarbrick, was unjustified.
(14) Then again, another referee might also have produced a red card for Choi Jin-cheul’s two-footed challenge on Gianluca Zambrotta , or Kim Tae-young’s elbow on Del Piero.
(15) Up went the shouts for a second penalty, Koller ran along the touchline to add his voice, but the referee said no.
(16) "Mourinho denied a breach of FA rule E3 in that his behaviour in re-entering the field of play and approaching the match referee [Foy] in an attempt to speak to him, in or around the 90th minute of the game against Aston Villa on 15 March 2014, amounted to improper conduct.
(17) Blatter revealed he wants to see TV replays used in a domestic league and at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015, saying that managers could question the referee’s decision, once or twice a half, adding: “We could test such challenge calls”.
(18) It is concluded that no fundamental reason for a dilemma between scientific evidence and clinical practice need exist provided that (1) clinical investigators use appropriate research protocols and report results in refereed scientific journals and (2) dentists are familiar with the requirements of sound scientific evidence, interpret this evidence and its clinical implications, and apply it to the care of TMD patients.
(19) I thought the referee made a major, major error,” the Everton manager said.
(20) Moyes is the referee, which is just as well as the fixture generally has a bit of needle to it: the veterans needing to continually reassert their prowess over the younger generation.