the etymology
51The Uncanny — (Ger. Das Unheimliche literally, un home ly ) is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange. http://www rohan.sdsu.edu/ amtower/uncanny …
52The Breakaways Reserve — or just simply The Breakaways, is a large national reserve found in northern South Australia, just off the Stuart Highway near Coober Pedy. Name Etymology The reserve gets the name The Breakaways because the plateaus and massive rocks look like… …
53The Life of John Sterling — was a biography of the Scottish author John Sterling (1806 1844), written by his friend, the Scottish essayist and historian, Thomas Carlyle. It was first published in 1851.John Sterling was a colleague and friend of Carlyle, but achieved far… …
54The Mother Tongue —   Author(s) Bill Bryson Cover a …
55(the) writing on the wall — the likelihood that something bad will happen. Area residents can see the writing on the wall and realize that if they don t cooperate with the police, these crimes will continue. As leaders, they should have seen the handwriting on the wall and… …
56(the) Fortune 500 — the Fortune 500 UK [ˌfɔː(r)tʃən faɪv ˈhʌndrəd] US [ˌfɔrtʃən faɪv ˈhʌndrəd] Etymology From Fortune , the name of the US business magazine that regularly publishes a list of the companies’ names. the 500 largest companies in the US… …
57(the) curtain falls on something — the curtain falls (on (something)) the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity. Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career. This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts. Usage… …
58(the) curtain falls on — the curtain falls (on (something)) the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity. Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career. This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts. Usage… …
59(the) curtain falls — the curtain falls (on (something)) the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity. Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career. This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts. Usage… …
60(the) eye of the storm — the center of a disagreement. The man in the eye of the storm is accused of selling secrets to the enemy. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of the eye of the storm (= the middle of a mass of severe weather) …
