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  • not a great reader —    illiterate    Still heard among old country folk in southwest England, and probably elsewhere …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • Great Books of the Western World — is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. The list of… …   Wikipedia

  • great — great1 [ greıt ] adjective *** ▸ 1 (not) good/enjoyable ▸ 2 more than usual ▸ 3 important/powerful ▸ 4 able to do something well ▸ 5 for expressing pleasure ▸ 6 enthusiastic ▸ 7 in another generation ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) INFORMAL very good, enjoyable …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Reader Bullard — Sir Reader William Bullard, KCB, KCMG (5 December 1885 ndash; 24 May 1976) was a British diplomat.Early lifeBullard was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the younger child and only son of Charles Bullard (1850–1912), a dock labourer, and his wife, Mary …   Wikipedia

  • great — I UK [ɡreɪt] / US adjective Word forms great : adjective great comparative greater superlative greatest *** 1) bigger or more than is usual She had great difficulty in guessing where I was from. They could be in great danger. He was in a great… …   English dictionary

  • great — adj. & n. adj. 1 a of a size, amount, extent, or intensity considerably above the normal or average; big (made a great hole; take great care; lived to a great age). b also with implied surprise, admiration, contempt, etc., esp. in exclamations… …   Useful english dictionary

  • great*/*/*/ — [greɪt] adj I 1) bigger or more than is usual They could be in great danger.[/ex] He was in a great hurry.[/ex] It gives me great pleasure to welcome our next guest.[/ex] See: deal II 2) important or powerful a great military power[/ex] the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Reader's Digest Condensed Books — were a series of anthology books, available by subscription and originally published quarterly (the frequency of publication went through several changes over the years), by Reader s Digest. Each volume consisted of three to five current… …   Wikipedia

  • Reader-response criticism — is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or audience ) and his or her experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work.… …   Wikipedia

  • Great Village, Nova Scotia — Great Village is a community of approximately 500 people located along Trunk 2 and the north shore of Cobequid Bay in Colchester County Nova Scotia. It is considered locally to incorporate the areas of Highland Village to the west and Scrabble… …   Wikipedia

  • Great Ayton Friends' School — (1841 1997) in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England. It was an independent, co educational, agricultural boarding school, run by the Religious Society of Friends (the Quakers). The school was situated on High Green on an estate of around 70… …   Wikipedia

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