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How many times do I need to repeat the word for it to join your vocabulary? By Alexandra Bracken Vocabulary Times Repeat Word Join

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them. By Jean-Michel Basquiat Cross Words Fact Obscured Makes

You trip over a word while carryinga tray of vocabulary out to the poolonly to discover that broken glassis a good topic. By Billy Collins Topic Trip Word Carryinga Tray

If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word. By Dave Barry Dictionary Word Big

Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study. By Aldous Huxley Words Study Play Enormous Part

What is another name for a Thesaurus? By Steven Wright Thesaurus

A handful of letters doesn't always make a word, love. By Tahereh Mafi Love Word Handful Letters Make

If I was dealing with a trader, every other word had to be a four-letter word. By Muriel Siebert Trader Word Dealing Fourletter

This sentence consists of eleven words, twenty-three syllables and seventy-four letters. By Charles Pearson Words Twentythree Letters Sentence Consists

Damn it all! What rhymes with rhythm? By Ira Gershwin Damn Rhythm Rhymes

WORK is a four-lettered word, that ends with a "K By Donald Allen Kirch Work Word Fourlettered Ends

Letters should be easy and natural. By Bill Vaughan Letters Natural Easy

Basic dictionaries no longer belong on paper; the greatest, the 'Oxford English Dictionary,' has nimbly remade itself in cyberspace, where it has doubled in size and grown more timely and usable than ever. By James Gleick Oxford Dictionary English Basic Paper

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. By Stephen R. Covey Sow Reap Action Habit Character

Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a given period, we can form a fairly accurate impression of the chief preoccupations of society at that time and the points at which the boundaries of human endeavour are being advanced. By John Ayto Words Mirror Times Time Period

Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the new vocabulary words needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the words in your language in the space provided. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb to be. 1. My aunt nice. 2. The clouds white. 3. Kathy sick. 4. The ribbons yellow. 5. We twins. 6. The windows open. By Julie Lachance Words Begin Dictionary Find Meaning

Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down. By Neil Gaiman Put Word Find

Vocabulary spills I'm ill. By Nas Vocabulary Ill Spills

We must plow through the whole of language. By Ludwig Wittgenstein Language Plow

Another words, a By Barry Ford Words

Cross."His head popped up a few shelves over. "What?""Check out the magic crap."He shot me a look. "Oh, is that what we're supposed to be doing? Because I've just been drawing hearts and our initials in the dirt." Sophie + Archer By Rachel Hawkins Cross Check Archer Head Popped

A single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought By Percy Bysshe Shelley Thought Single Word Spark Inextinguishable

Vocabularies are crossing circles and loops. We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by. By A.s. Byatt Vocabularies Loops Crossing Circles Defined

As with anything you set out to learn in life, you don't get from point A to point Z without touching upon all those letters in between. By Jill Whalen Life Point Set Learn Touching

X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language. By Ambrose Bierce Reformers Language Alphabet Needless Letter

Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn "x" (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn't vn kn whr th vwls r) By Steven Pinker Language Yxx Redundancy Cxn Xndxrstxnd

This project started nearly twenty years ago as an assignment in my typography class at art school. Students were encouraged to see letters beyond their dull, practical functionality. We played with their unique shapes and tinkered with their infinite possibilities. The challenge was hard, so the reward of "cracking" a word felt great. This became a lifelong project for me. By Ji Lee School Started Twenty Years Ago

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces, their successes and defeats, their fevers, their undiagnosable ailments, their sudden deaths. They also have their moral and social distinctions. By Virgilia Peterson Words Genealogy History Economy Literature

On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design. She had been asked about them so often that in the end she had started a blacklist of banned words to which everyone could refer. Every time someone thought of a new one, she unflinchingly wrote it down ... Rose read through the list, and turned back to her letter.These are the words I learned to spell in Mummy's art class today, she wrote, and sighed a little as she began the tedious job of copying from the board. By Hilary Mckay Tshirt Words Design Phrases Mother

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using. By David Crystal Vocabulary Wordusing Matter Wordbuilding

New Rule: The person who sat in my seat on the flight before me and could not finish the People magazine crossword puzzle has to be ashamed of themselves. I don't know who you are, but "Desperate _wives"? Nothing? A three-letter word for "Writing utensil, you're holding it in your hand." Here's one more for you: Four letters, begins with a v, something you shouldn't be allowed to do this November. By Bill Maher Rule People Desperate Person Sat

I'm a vocabulary nerd. By Sam Trammell Nerd Vocabulary

Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as they never give such practical prizes. By Leonora Carrington Competition Wonderful Won Helicopter Crossword

Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects. By Ludwig Wittgenstein Pliers Toolbox Hammer Screwdriver Rule

Atomize and refigure the word. By Christopher H. Sartisohn Atomize Word Refigure

Hear the meaning within the word. By William Shakespeare Hear Word Meaning

Trying to find equivalents for things in words helps me find equivalents in painting. By Emily Carr Find Equivalents Painting Things Words

What I need is an Urban Thesaurus. I know what money is what I need is 600 different ways to say it. By Gary Gulman Thesaurus Urban Money

the best 4 letter word in the world is Hope By Stephenie Meyer Hope Letter Word World

Those are the two best words in English, 'Bidding' and 'war'. By Evan Daugherty Bidding War English Words

I threw out all those Latin words - the ones that end in 'ion' - the ones that never quite describe you ... By John Geddes Ion Latin Words Threw End

I preferred the simplest vocabulary. By Louise Gluck Vocabulary Preferred Simplest

What so wild as words are? By Robert Browning Wild Words

There are words which cut like steel. By Honore De Balzac Steel Words Cut

There is room for words on subjects other than last words. By Robert Nozick Words Room Subjects

English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings, and we borrow new words from any language that intrudes into our intellectual environment. By Willard Gaylin Fuse English Bend Distort Purposes

Well, so you don't get too cocky, I myself often complete the TV Guide crossword puzzle." He puffed out his chest. "In pen. By Shelly Laurenston Guide Cocky Puzzle Complete Crossword

Words are miraculous things. They describe, captivate, provoke, vivify, encompass, pervade, inspire, preserve, and comfort. So much more than that, in fact, so as to leave me at a loss of ... words. By Julian Whitaker Things Words Captivate Provoke Vivify

The trouble with dictionaries is, they tell you more about words than you want to know without answering the question you have. By Andy Rooney Trouble Dictionaries Words Answering Question

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.' By Jean-Michel Basquiat Thread Exit Words Time

For precisely when concepts fail one,Words are found at the right time. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Time Precisely Concepts Fail Onewords

Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word to the long. Prefer the Saxon word to the Romance. By Henry Watson Fowler Prefer Word Farfetched Familiar Romance

There are so many words in our language; we get to know so few of them. By David Levithan Language Words

The elaborate search for a word, like the turning of a chain handle on a well. Dropping the bucket down the mineshaft of the mind. Taking up empty bucket after empty bucket until, finally, at an unexpected moment, it caught hard and had a sudden weight and she raised the word, then delved down into the emptiness once more. By Colum Mccann Bucket Word Elaborate Search Turning

In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word? By Jorge Luis Borges Chess Word Riddle Answer Prohibited

I search the language for a word to tell you how red is red. By Lisel Mueller Red Search Language Word

Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding. By Mike Carey Words Hiding Birds Break Cover

There are many words for push, take, shove, carry, load, and no words for love, or happiness, or the sounds which birds make in the morning. By Alexander Mccall Smith Shove Carry Load Words Push

Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract. By William Strunk Jr. Prefer General Vague Abstract Specific

There is no better moment in life than finding the right word. By Gloria Steinem Word Moment Life Finding

With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight.He scanned the room for something else to do. The harness still needed work. And he'd been meaning to fix that rickety shelf since last month. The pipe on his potbellied stove was dented. The windowsill needed dusting.Dusting?J.T. braced his arms on the desk and pressed his forehead into the heels of his hands. By Karen Witemeyer Bay Large Creeping Sums Conscience

The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around. By Mary Norris Thing Dictionary Wonderful Push

I wrote it three times - with a Thesaurus. By Gypsy Rose Lee Thesaurus Times Wrote

Words (which means from one place to another) and (which By Mark Haddon Words Place

Occasionally, the whole class struggle may be summed up in the struggle for one word against another word. Certain words struggle amongst themselves as enemies. Other words are the site of an ambiguity: the stake in a decisive but undecided battle By Louis Althusser Occasionally Struggle Class Summed Word

Don't repeat this word again By Unknown Repeat Word

We have been studying the Isle of Man for geography,' Frances said glumly. 'The people are Manx. There are cats that are Manx. That's the only good thing about it. The word *Manx*.'Daniel could not even think of a comment.'It ends in an x,' Frances explained, not that that cleared things up any.Daniel cleared his throat, deciding not to pursue the x-ish (x-ient? x-astic?) avenue of conversation. By Julia Quinn Manx Isle Man Frances Geography

Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing. By David Almond Words Meander Wander Cats Fly

You only need four words to spell the greatest word in the universe: L.O.V.E. By Matshona Dhliwayo Universe Spell Greatest Words Word

When we were kids, Fitz was unbeatable in Scrabble. It would drive Eric crazy, because he wasn't used to be bested by Fitz in much of anything. But Fitz had an uncanny memory, and once he saw a word, he wouldn't forget it. [ ... ] But Eric wasn't used to be second-best, so he commissioned me into teaching him the dictionary. [ ... ] Three weeks after we'd taken on the English language, it rained on a Saturday. "Hey," Fitz suggested, like usual. "Bet I can whip you in Scrabble." Eric looked at me. "Huh," he said, "What makes you think that?""Um ... the five hundred and seventy thousand other times I've kicked your ass?"Fitz knew. The moment Eric laid down the letters J-A-R-L and then casually mentioned that it was a term for a Scandinavian noble, Fitz's eyes lit up. By Jodi Picoult Fitz Eric Scrabble Kids Unbeatable

If I were in a position to announce a public competition to coin a new word, I would do so right now. By Esa-Pekka Salonen Word Position Announce Public Competition

How do you spell 'contravention'?" said Carrot, turning over a page."I don't," said Nobby, pushing through the crowds. By Terry Pratchett Carrot Nobby Spell Contravention Turning

The Word ought to be exposed in the words By Karl Barth Word Words Exposed

Careful writers and discerning readers delight in the profusion of words in the English lexicon, no two of which are exact synonyms. Many words convey subtle shades of meaning, By Steven Pinker English Careful Lexicon Synonyms Words

I've been working on 'The New York Times' crossword puzzle on the subway. I can make it until about Wednesday. By Eddie Kaye Thomas York Times Subway Wednesday Working

Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still. By T. S. Eliot Slip Slide Perish Crack Decay

Just three words long By Rainbow Rowell Long Words

All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a pond. The good news is that the acts of searching and gathering always expand the number of usable words. By Roy Peter Clark Vocabulary Pond Possess Reading Big

first four letters, and used to write them out By George Orwell Letters Write

A bad word that I can't say that starts with f. By Jennifer Lawrence Bad Word Starts

one of the worst things about electronic communication. Lacking facial expression, tone of voice, or context, words could be taken any number of ways. With only one cryptic word now, I was discouraged. By Barbara Delinsky Communication Worst Things Electronic Lacking

We have no way of knowing what words you are going to misuse, so we cannot offer you a list. What we can offer, though, is a test that you yourself can apply to any word, whenever you are in doubt.A Test: Do I Know This Word?Ask yourself: 'Do I know this word?'If the answer is no, then you do not know it. By Howard Mittelmark Word Misuse List Offer Test

What is required is sight and insight- then you might add one more: excite. By Robert Frost Excite Insight Required Sight Add

I learnt all the words worthy of the court of bloodSo that I could break the ruleI learnt all the words and broke them upTo make a single word:Homeland.. By Mahmoud Darwish Homeland Learnt Words Worthy Court

Photos should suggest a word(s) and vice versa. They should be equal and interchangeable. By John Baldessari Photos Word Versa Suggest Vice

We wail, batten, sport, clip, clasp, sunder, dwindle, die: By James Joyce Batten Sport Clip Clasp Sunder

Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. By Mary Oliver Muscle Adjectives Exactitude Verbs

The story of the English writing system is so intriguing, and the histories behind individual words so fascinating, that anyone who dares to treat spelling as an adventure will find the journey rewarding. By David Crystal English Intriguing Fascinating Rewarding Story

We all had to search for more words to describe things. By Tim Gunn Things Search Words Describe

T-TrustE-EnthusiasmA-AdjustmentM-Memories By Deepak Chopra

I feel like I'd be good at 'Password.' Or 'Pyramid.' By Riki Lindhome Password Pyramid Feel Good

Buggeration and Fuckery By Andy Mcdermott Fuckery Buggeration

Words are a puzzle; put them together the right way and you get something beautiful. By Amy Joy Words Puzzle Put Beautiful

Societies around the system. With every letter By James S.a. Corey Societies System Letter

I find words really hard. By Liam Gallagher Hard Find Words

Learning to decipher words had only added to the pleasures of holding spines and turning pages, measuring the journey to the end with a thumb-riffle, poring over frontispieces. Books! Opening with a crackle of old glue, releasing perfume; closing with a solid thump. By John Crowley Learning Pages Measuring Thumbriffle Poring

do a typing and shorthand By Kate Atkinson Shorthand Typing

Words are such fun! By Susan Meddaugh Words Fun

Waves, sky, trees, Essrog - I was off the page now, away from the grammar of skyscrapers and pavement. By Jonathan Lethem Essrog Waves Sky Trees Pavement

Writing's in the nouns. By Lori Roy Writing Nouns