he let slip an opportunity
31To take time by the forelock — Forelock Fore lock , n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap square of a gun. [1913… …
32Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc — The Count of Vaublanc 31st Minister of the Interior (France) In office 26 Septe …
33Geordie — Used as an instant nickname to a native of Tyneside, in England. The word is ultimately a form of George. It is used by a corporal to a private soldier in Ginger, you’re Barmy, by David Lodge, with the comment: One must never let slip an… …
34Untimeliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Untimeliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,134,} untimeliness intempestivity unseasonableness inexpedience Sgm: N 1 unsuitable time unsuitable time improper time Sgm: N 1 unreasonableness unreasonableness &c …
35List of The Bill characters (Q-Z) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …
36Mark Cuban — with the Larry O Brien trophy at the Dallas Mavericks championship parade Born July 31, 1958 (1958 07 31) (age 53) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S …
37golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… …
38occasion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Opportunity Nouns occasion, opportunity, opening, room; circumstance, event, opportuneness; crisis, turn, juncture, psychological moment, conjuncture; turning point; given time; nick of time; chance of a …
39miss — I 1. verb 1) the shot missed her by inches Syn: fail to hit, be/go wide of, fall short of Ant: hit 2) Mandy missed the ball Syn: fail to catch, drop, fumble, bobble …
40Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …
