to use smth
11there is not any point in — • there is no point in doing smth • there is little point in doing smth • there is not much point in doing smth • there is not any point in doing smth (from Idioms in Speech) (doing smth) there is no (little, not much) sense (use) in doing… …
12there is not much point in — • there is no point in doing smth • there is little point in doing smth • there is not much point in doing smth • there is not any point in doing smth (from Idioms in Speech) (doing smth) there is no (little, not much) sense (use) in doing… …
13March 2005 — ← – January 2005 – February 2005 – March – April 2005 – May 2005 – June 2005 – July 2005 – August 2005 – September 2005 – October 2005 – November 2005 – December 2005 – → < Marc …
14Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China — Part of a series on Censorship By media …
15at — We use at with times: at 5 o clock at 11.45 at midnight at lunch time at the week end/at week ends at Christmas/at Easter at the moment/at present at the same time at the age of We use at in the following situations: at the back/at the top (of… …
16Brahmin Tamil — or Braahmik is the name for a number of closely related Tamil dialects used by the Tamil Brahmin communities (Iyers and Iyengars) of Tamil Nadu and in the neighbouring states. Dialects Braahmik is the proposed name for these dialects… …
17lay\ down — v 1. To let (smth) be taken; give up or surrender (smth). The general told the troops to lay down their arms. He was willing to lay down his life for his country. Compare: give up 2. To ask people to follow; tell someone to obey; make (a rule or… …
18Match rating approach — A phonetic algorithm developed by Western Airlines in 1977 for the indexation and comparison of homophonous names. The algorithm itself has a simple set of encoding rules but a more lengthy set of comparison rules. The main mechanism being the… …
19draw\ a\ bead\ on — v. phr. informal 1. To aim at; sight (with a gun). The deer bounded into the forest before the hunters could draw a bead on them. John drew a bead on the elk, but didn t have the heart to pull the trigger. 2. To take (smth) as an aim or goal. I m …
20make\ do — v. phr. To use a poor substitute when one does not have the right thing. John did not have a hammer, and he had to make do with a heavy rock. This motel isn t what we wanted, but we must make do. Many families manage to make do on very little… …
