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41Not I — This article is about the play. For the restriction enzyme NotI, see restriction enzyme. Photo of Lisa Dwan, Battersea Arts Centre © Allan Titmuss Not I is a twenty minute dramatic monologue written in 1972 (March 20 to April 1) by Samuel Beckett …
42Not by Bread Alone — Cover of the first edition of Not by Bread Alone Not by Bread Alone (Russian: Не хлебом единым ) is a 1956 novel by the Soviet author Vladimir Dudintsev. The novel, published in installments in the journal Novy Mir, was a sensation in the USSR.… …
43difficult — [14] Difficult means literally ‘not easy’. It is a back formation from difficulty [14], which was borrowed from Latin difficultās. This was a derivative of the adjective difficilis (source of French difficile), which was a compound formed from… …
44not all — For some time now tales have been circulating that all was not well in the Goldsmith empire (Times). What the writer really meant, of course, was that not all was well in the empire, not that everything was unwell. The authorities are… …
45difficult — [14] Difficult means literally ‘not easy’. It is a back formation from difficulty [14], which was borrowed from Latin difficultās. This was a derivative of the adjective difficilis (source of French difficile), which was a compound formed from… …
46not to say — phrasal : to use a milder expression than his manner was discourteous, not to say offensive * * * not to say Indeed one might go further and say • • • Main Entry: ↑say * * * not to say phrase used for adding a description that emphasizes the one… …
47difficult — /ˈdɪfəkəlt / (say difuhkuhlt) adjective 1. hard to do, perform, or accomplish; not easy; requiring much effort: a difficult task. 2. hard to understand or solve: a difficult problem. 3. hard to deal with or get on with. 4. hard to please or… …
48not rocket science — (it s) not rocket science ► INFORMAL used to say that you do not think that something is very difficult to do or to understand: »Choosing the best pension provider is not rocket science. Main Entry: ↑rocket science …
49difficult — adj. 1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please or satisfy. b uncooperative, troublesome. 3 characterized by hardships or problems (a difficult period in his life). Derivatives: difficultly… …
50not have the first idea — have no iˈdea | not have the faintest, first, etc. idea idiom (informal) used to emphasize that you do not know sth • ‘What s she talking about?’ ‘I ve no idea.’ • He hasn t the faintest idea how to manage people …
