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121Children's Favourites — was a BBC Radio programme from 1954 broadcast on the Light Programme on Saturday mornings from 9:00. A precursor (from 1952) had been called Children s Choice after the style of Housewives Choice. The programme played requests from children of… …
122Homeric scholarship — is the study of Homeric epic, especially the two large surviving epics, the Iliad and Odyssey. It is currently part of the academic discipline of classical studies, but the subject is one of the very oldest topics in all scholarship or science,… …
123elderly — elderliness, n. /el deuhr lee/, adj. 1. somewhat old; near old age: a resort for elderly people. 2. of or pertaining to persons in later life. [1605 15; ELDER1 + LY] Syn. 1. See old. * * * …
124run along — verb be in line with; form a line along (Freq. 1) trees line the riverbank • Syn: ↑line • Derivationally related forms: ↑line (for: ↑line) …
125my word — phrasal used to express surprise my word, what a nasty look she gave you * * * my word or (old) ● word * * * my word upon my word old fashioned phrase used for showing surprise or anger …
126powder your nose — old fashioned phrase to use the toilet This expression is used by or about women . Thesaurus: going to the toilethyponym Main entry: powder * * * powder your nose see ↑powder, 2 …
127DKW — Auto Union logotype Industry Automotive Fate merged to Auto Union in 1932, last DKW branded car was made in 1966 Founded 1916 …
128Richard Strauss — Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 ndash; 8 September 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era, particularly noted for his operas and tone poems – the most famous being Also sprach Zarathustra (the opening… …
