book
(bʊk )
Word forms: books , booking , booked
1. countable noun A1
A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant bestseller.
'Robinson Crusoe' is one of the most famous books in the world.
...the author of a book on politics.
...a book about witches.
...reference books.
Synonyms: work, title, guide, volume
2. countable noun
A book of something such as stamps, matches, or tickets is a small number of them fastened together between thin cardboard covers.
Can I have a book of first class stamps please? [+ of]
3. verb A2
When you book something such as a hotel room or a ticket, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time.
British officials have booked hotel rooms for the women and children. [VERB noun]
Laurie revealed she had booked herself a flight home last night. [VERB noun noun]
...three-star restaurants that are normally booked for months in advance. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: reserve, schedule, engage, line up
4. plural noun
A company's or organization's books are its records of money that has been spent and earned or of the names of people who belong to it. [business]
For the most part he left the books to his managers and accountants.
Around 12 per cent of the people on our books are in the computing industry.
5. verb
When a referee books a football player who has seriously broken the rules of the game, he or she officially writes down the player's name.
The referee booked him in the first half for a tussle with the goalie. [VERB noun]
6. verb
When a police officer books someone, he or she officially records their name and the offence that they may be charged with.
They took him to the station and booked him for assault with a deadly weapon. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: charge
7. countable noun
In a very long written work such as the Bible, a book is one of the sections into which it is divided.
8. See also booking, cheque book, phone book
9. to be in someone's bad books phrase [verb-link PHRASE]
If you are in someone's bad books, they are annoyed with you. If you are in their good books, they are pleased with you.
Sir John was definitely in the Treasury's bad books for incorrect thinking on economic prospects.
Right from my very first day I seemed to be in everyone's good books.
10. bring sb to book phrase
If you bring someone to book, you punish them for an offence or make them explain their behaviour officially.
Police should be asked to investigate so that the guilty can be brought to book soon.
11. a closed book phrase
If you say that someone or something is a closed book, you mean that you do not know anything about them.
Frank Spriggs was a very able man but something of a closed book.
Economics was a closed book to him.
12. fully booked/booked solid phrase B2
If a hotel, restaurant, theatre, or transport service is fully booked, or booked solid, it is booked up.
The car ferries from the mainland are often fully booked by February.
13. in my book phrase
In my book means 'in my opinion' or 'according to my beliefs'.
The greatest manager there has ever been, or ever will be in my book, is retiring.
Synonyms: in my opinion, to me, as far as I am concerned
14. to throw the book at someone phrase [VERB inflects]
If someone in authority throws the book at someone who has committed an offence, they give the offender the greatest punishment that they are allowed to.
15. to cook the books phrase
If you say that someone has cooked the books, you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people. [informal]
16. to take a leaf from someone's book phrase
If you take a leaf from someone's book you behave in the same way as them because you want to be like that person or as successful as they are.
Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire.
Phrasal verbs:
book in
phrasal verb B1+ [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]regional note: in AM, use check in, check into
When you book into a hotel or when you book in, you officially state that you have arrived to stay there, usually by signing your name in a register. [British]
He was happy to book into the Royal Pavilion Hotel. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Today Mahoney booked himself into one of the best hotels in Sydney. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun]
On Monday the group arrived in the town, and booked in at the Hotel Dar Cherait. [VERB PARTICLE]
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Quotations:
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond lifeAreopagitica
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all timeSesame and Lilies
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly writtenThe Picture of Dorian Gray
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash
All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with wordsSword Blades and Poppy Seeds
You can cut, or you can drug, with wordsSword Blades and Poppy Seeds
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digestedEssays
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuriesDiscourse on Method
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened
Books succeed,
And lives failAurora Leigh
And lives failAurora Leigh
Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren'tFlaubert's Parrot
Even bad books are books and therefore sacredThe Tin Drum
I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so
A room without books is as a body without a soul
When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
`His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'On His Books
`His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'On His Books
No furniture so charming as books
Books will speak plain when counsellors blanchEssays
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh Bible: Ecclesiastes
Idioms:
take a leaf out of someone's book
to copy someone and behave or do something in the same way as them, usually because they were successful when they acted in that way
If he wants a better rapport with the British public, it's high time he took a leaf out of Bruno's book and started doing game shows, even pantomimes.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
you can't judge a book by its cover
said to mean that you should wait until you know someone or something better before deciding whether you like them, because your first opinions may be wrong
You can't judge a book by its cover. Just because someone looks strange doesn't mean they're not a nice person.'
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
throw the book at someone
to give someone the greatest punishment that is possible for the offence that they have committed
`If this is found to be true, then we will throw the book at the clubs involved,' the chairman of the league said yesterday.
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read someone like a book
to know exactly what someone is thinking and planning
There are a number of books on the market which suggest that it is possible to learn to read a person like a book.
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an open book
a person's life or character that you can find out everything about, because nothing is kept secret
Her long life is not a completely open book, but it is full of anecdotes and insights into her part in Hollywood history.
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in someone's book
said to state someone's own belief or opinion, especially when it is different from the beliefs or opinions of other people
People can say what they like, but in my book he's not at all a bad chap.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
do something by the book or go by the book
to do something correctly and strictly, following all the rules
Modern man is often dull, studious, careful, safe. He does everything by the book.
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close the book on something
to cause something to end, especially a difficult or unpleasant situation
Lawyers say they are happy to close the book on one of the most frustrating chapters of the company's history.
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a closed book [British]
something or someone that you know or understand very little about
Economics were a closed book to him. It constituted a strange, illogical territory where two and two didn't always make four.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
bring someone to book [British]
to punish someone officially for something wrong that they have done
No-one has yet been brought to book for a crime which outraged Italy.
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it's the oldest trick in the book
said to mean that people should have expected something dishonest or unfair that someone has done because it is a very common or obvious thing to do
Well, that's the oldest trick in the book – to blame someone else for your problems.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
use every trick in the book
to do everything you can think of in order to succeed in something
Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step ahead of their competitors.
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Collocations:
book a cruise book a flight book a hotel book a room book a seat book a suite book a ticket book ahead book details book early book illustrator book manuscript book of essays book of fiction book of memoirs book of poems book of poetry book of verse book online book publication book publisher book publishing book recounts book revenue book reviewer book royalties book title book tour borrow a book classic book compile a book controversial book copy of a book dedicate a book devour a book edit a book famous book fascinating book finish a book forthcoming book gardening book history book holy book illustrate a book important book influential book limited edition book lyric book new book nonfiction book photography book printed book produce a book provocative book publish a book recent book research a book rewrite a book scholarly book self-help book sell a book seminal book upcoming book whole book your favourite book
There are many more amazing places for you to explore - so don't delay, book your cruise of a lifetime today.
The Sun
They might book a cruise now they've won again.
Times, Sunday Times
For some passengers, the entertainment might even be reason enough to book the cruise.
Times, Sunday Times
But you have to book a cruise first.
The Sun
Book a cruise from 1,299.
The Sun
You earn miles when you book a flight, because you're a member of the airline's frequent-flyer programme.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What if you've booked a flight from an airline direct?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Trying to book a flight a year ahead and being told that there are no available seats seems strange.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We had to book a flight with another company at considerable extra expense.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She had booked a hotel and flight to a Greek island.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We booked a hotel room and had two gorgeous days without stepping outside.
The Sun (2013)
Just book a room for two people for two nights, and you'll get one of those nights free.
Times, Sunday Times
Deals are loaded at noon each day for stays that night and it takes less than a minute to book a room.
The Sun
So book the room and contact the speakers.
Times, Sunday Times
However, if you want to kick back, relax in the countryside, read the papers and enjoy fabulous food, then book a room now.
Times, Sunday Times
So, book a room (prices start at 150) and you have access to the club areas, including another vast rooftop terrace.
Times, Sunday Times
I'd happily book a seat for every new menu.
Times,Sunday Times
It's like not paying to book a seat on a low-cost flight; you'll save money, but you're unlikely to end up with the best view.
Times, Sunday Times
If they, like him, have to work on a train journey, they book a seat in a standard-class quiet carriage.
Times, Sunday Times
Furthermore, you can't book a seat - it's room only.
Times, Sunday Times
Book a seat on a plane or go by car?
Times, Sunday Times
Book the suite in the tower with views, or a room that opens on to the garden.
Times, Sunday Times
For the ultimate indulgence, book a suite and soak away the stresses in a sunken bath.
Times, Sunday Times
And if you want to push the boat out, book a suite with a hot tub on its massive verandah.
The Sun
Later, on his travels, he booked a suite for himself - and a set of rooms for his pet boa constrictor.
Times, Sunday Times
The ticket booking is a bit fiddly, and the design is more simplistic than simple, but the database is vast and efficient.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Culture+ offer includes one glass of champagne per ticket booked.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If that's not enough, you can book ahead to fire up and drive a steam engine for yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This unpretentious place is already very popular, so book ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There are also two restaurants with waiter service, which can be booked ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is now a new study room in the former bakery building and appointments can be booked ahead with curators.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The book details how life for the couple became more difficult after leaving university.
The Sun
Well, yes - this book details how effective ultra-short bursts of high-intensity training can be, no matter your age or level of fitness!
The Sun
The book details how in 2003 the press conference was planned meticulously.
Times, Sunday Times
The book details the long struggle to sobriety.
Times, Sunday Times
The book details the many awkward paid and unpaid encounters that happen in the hotel and the questions raised by such encounters about the relationship between wealth and well-being.
The Times Literary Supplement
Ploys included offering time-sensitive discounts and encouraging customers to book early to get money off.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If you have your heart set on a certain ship or itinerary, it is advisable to book early.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The offer proved immensely popular last year so please book early to avoid disappointment.
The Sun (2008)
Spaces are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
The Sun (2016)
One way to ensure you secure a cheap fare is to book early.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He painted from an early age and had his first commission - as a book illustrator - in his early twenties.
Times, Sunday Times
He also worked extensively as a book illustrator, and his creations featured in numerous exhibitions.
Times, Sunday Times
I'm a book illustrator, painter and sculptor.
Times, Sunday Times
This was his grandfather, a book illustrator.
Times, Sunday Times
From 1906 he pursued parallel careers as a book illustrator and cartoonist.
Times, Sunday Times
A prolific author, he would ask her to read everything he wrote - not when a book manuscript was completed, but at the end of every day.
Times, Sunday Times
A book manuscript based on the dissertations offers a new understanding of the intellectual origins of contemporary law.
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After this the number of illustrated book manuscript commissions falls off, and the tradition falls into over-sophistication and decline.
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He has evaluated book manuscripts for university presses at ivy league institutions and sits on several editorial boards.
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He has reviewed 23 books manuscripts for book publishers.
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Perhaps it could be a book of essays.
Times, Sunday Times
He's going for the publication of a book of essays.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a book of essays.
Times, Sunday Times
A book of essays in his honour was published in 2008.
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He also wrote a book of essays on constructive mathematics.
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You can't have a book of fiction and then have real names, real players.
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To qualify, writers must have published at least one book of fiction.
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Accompanying each volume of history, there will be a book of fiction taking place in the same time period.
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Altogether, he published more than 34 books of fiction, poetry, drama and criticism, in addition to plays, and television and film scripts.
Times, Sunday Times
Currently, only individuals who have published either a book of fiction or a collection of short stories in major literary and/or commercial publications are eligible for the prize.
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There’s a book of memoirs, printed just for his family.
Globe and Mail
This would become the title of his second bestselling book of memoirs and political thoughts.
Times, Sunday Times
His complete book of memoirs was published in 2004.
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I included in his output are a number of aphorisms and a book of memoirs, published in 1980.
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He has written four books of memoirs and many volumes of poetry, fiction and criticism.
Times, Sunday Times
If you want to be a poet, take a book of poems to read and a notebook to write in on your commute.
Times, Sunday Times
Months after they had emptied the house, a small book of poems from the 1970s turned up.
Times, Sunday Times
The 'revolutionary glow' promised by the dust jacket may not make much of an appearance, but this remains an unshowy, gritty book of poems.
The Times Literary Supplement
Whether it's a book of poems, or a libretto, or a memoir or a novel in verse.
Times, Sunday Times
It was carefree and chaotic, a plan evidently hatched on the back of the bus with a bottle of burgundy and a book of poems.
Times, Sunday Times
Writing anonymously to newspapers, he told them, just as his second book of poetry was published, that he had tragically fallen from his horse.
Times, Sunday Times
If it was stimulating - she published two novels and a book of poetry before she was 10 - it was also lonely.
Times, Sunday Times
A fertile period followed; he released a stream of fine records, published a book of poetry, and exhibited his paintings.
Times, Sunday Times
He picked up the ball, threw it over his shoulder and pulled out a book of poetry.
Times, Sunday Times
Now, on top of all that, he's published a book of poetry.
Times,Sunday Times
Castanets, an early book of verse by him, appeared in 1941.
Times, Sunday Times
How many will even think to recommend a book of verse?
Times, Sunday Times
He also had published a small book of verse in his youth.
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He wrote short stories, press articles, historical essays, biographies and a book of verse, but was best known for his novels, most of which were about life at sea.
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Remarkably, she re-emerged in the mid-1970s, and has published more than twenty books of verse and prose since the 1980s.
The Times Literary Supplement
Register, swot up on the various classes, then book online.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They could work out when you are away on holiday if you have booked online, for example, and also see which internet bank you use.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is on an all-inclusive basis and must be booked online.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With most hotels, booking online is a long-winded process.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Taking out loyalty cards or booking online will also save you money.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This list includes compositions written in the 1920s that are considered standards by at least one major fake book publication or reference work.
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The state has also planned key book publication projects and established prizes for excellent books to promote the development of the publishing industry.
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The chapbook marked the first book publication for each author.
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In the humanities, a major book publication may be a prerequisite for defense.
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One of the attributes of this epoch was book publication.
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A book publisher says they show great promise and wants to bring out a limited edition, with the profits being shared once 500 copies have been sold.
The Sun
Here he was, finally confessing to being a publisher, culpable like a conventional news service or book publisher for what he allows out there.
Times, Sunday Times
Reading and having a bath were also popular, the quiz of 1,000 for a book publisher said.
The Sun
In 2013, it became an independent book publisher only.
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In 1982, the press became the first book publisher to obtain 501(c) (3) nonprofit status.
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I am doing some research on the secondary markets available to book publishing companies for a school project.
Christianity Today
She streamlined the group into an education, book publishing and news media company while maintaining a strong rise in its share price.
Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday's trading statement delivered news on the educational and other book publishing business that was hardly riveting.
Times, Sunday Times
During his reign he lifted restrictions on book publishing and brought in bail.
The Sun
However, both groups said that they would be better equipped to deal with any further evolution in book publishing as a result of the takeover.
Times, Sunday Times
At times the book recounts a farce on the campaign trail.
Times, Sunday Times
But this book recounts the long hard slog that got him there.
Times, Sunday Times
This book recounts their carousing and conversations in minute detail.
Times, Sunday Times
He soon succumbed to the recklessness of the era and engaged in escapades both carnal and deathdefying, as his book recounts.
The Times Literary Supplement
Entry was messy, as the book recounts.
Times, Sunday Times
This year its sales hit 8.3m, which includes total booking revenue.
Times, Sunday Times
Last year a review of its accounting policies found numerous errors in how the agency booked revenues and accounted for costs.
Times,Sunday Times
No small matter for any operator in an area beset by bickering about which government books revenues from oil and gas sales.
Times, Sunday Times
The company reported an operating profit of €344m for the period after booking revenues of €1.9bn.
Times, Sunday Times
The firm, which relies heavily on the fees earned on deals, dismissed the drop in net income as a technicality linked to when it booked revenue.
Times, Sunday Times
I started my literary and academic career as a book reviewer.
The Times Literary Supplement
Yet until she was 90 she was constantly in demand as a book reviewer.
Times, Sunday Times
A poet, book reviewer and art critic, he was 24 years older than her.
Times, Sunday Times
A reader tweeted that a book reviewer had once made the same error.
The Sun
And points should, of course, be awarded for making a book reviewer the hero.
Times, Sunday Times
We raise her to 11m on album sales, appearance fees, book royalties and clothing and perfume deals.
Times, Sunday Times
He never accepted honoraria for speaking engagements, and most of the millions of dollars he earned in book royalties he simply gave away.
Christianity Today
I also receive some book royalties.
Times, Sunday Times
But he says most of his income derives from book royalties, 'such as they are'.
Times, Sunday Times
More than half of that was from book royalties from his bestselling autobiography.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead of indexing in the back of the book, in your three-ring notebook write the book title and page number and then a trigger sentence.
Christianity Today
I have been inspired by the example set by (insert name of pupil), who enthralled me by learning to read (add suitable book title).
Times, Sunday Times
Occasionally a book title can encapsulate an important truth in just a few words.
Times, Sunday Times
He calls the internet an 'opportunity machine' (and that surely would have been a better book title).
Times, Sunday Times
It isn't even the longest book title, though.
The Sun
The author has since been on an extended worldwide book tour.
Times, Sunday Times
That's not playing well on the campaign trail, oops, book tour.
Times, Sunday Times
And, of course, it puts a serious crimp in the book tour.
Times, Sunday Times
A century and a half later, technology has finally come up with a gentler solution for authors: the nationwide book tour via satellite.
Times, Sunday Times
She has come on all my book tour trips.
Times,Sunday Times
Customers, we're told, will borrow a book as they do their weekly shop.
Times, Sunday Times
Change your life — borrow a book!
The Sun
Sharing library management means residents can borrow a book in one borough and return it in another, getting access to a million books.
Times, Sunday Times
Don't beg, steal or borrow this book thief.
The Sun
He or she can borrow a book from the 'liblab' or, if less conscientious, 'sag' (play truant from) school.
The Times Literary Supplement
The library and ad agency developed a new reading format in which each clip portrays the page of a classic book.
Times, Sunday Times
Publishers have their various types of classic book lines, while universities and colleges have required reading lists as well as associated publishing interests.
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He was the author of a classic book in atmospheric diffusion.
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Classic books on investment and money management cost less than 10 but are packed with money-making or saving tips.
Times, Sunday Times
It's easy to forget that even great books, classic books, need a little boost in publicity from time to time.
Times, Sunday Times
That will tell you just where he was coming from when he worked to compile this book.
Globe and Mail
He had the idea of compiling a book containing the technical data of the engines and listing them by number.
Times,Sunday Times
Some years ago, a friend told me she was thinking of compiling a book of regrets.
Times, Sunday Times
Compiling the book took more than 13 years and $1.5 million (750,000).
Times, Sunday Times
And he compiled a book with 1,001 dodges.
Times, Sunday Times
Now gaming companies and investors are clamouring to buy the rights to the controversial book and cash in.
The Sun
The hugely controversial book finally hits the big screen.
The Sun
He has penned a controversial book lifting the lid on family secrets and tensions.
The Sun
He refused and also resisted pressure not to proceed with the publication of the paperback edition of the controversial book.
Times, Sunday Times
An important, if controversial book, some would argue.
Times, Sunday Times
It was all over after an hour and it cost 40 for the privilege, but you got a signed copy of his book too.
The Sun
You might begin, though, by wresting a copy of this book.
Christianity Today
A 'first edition, first state' copy of a book - the first print run of a published book - usually has most value.
Times, Sunday Times
A crisp, shiny copy of your book in your hand and an audience wide awake and mustard-keen to hear what you have to say.
Times, Sunday Times
We have a retro juicer and a signed copy of his book to give away.
The Sun
But it transpired the royal was a fan and sent word that he would 'allow' her to dedicate a book to him.
The Sun
A former tradition was to dedicate the book to a notable faculty member.
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I dedicated the book to her, although, true to form, she felt the praise was way over the top.
Times, Sunday Times
He dedicated the book to his two sons, hoping to encourage them to enter the legal profession.
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Each book contains a prose preface which introduces and dedicates the book.
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As you devour this book, you will be swept away to another world - and want to stay there.
The Sun
I can devour a book really quickly.
Times, Sunday Times
I devoured the book quickly, after which there was only one place to put it.
Times, Sunday Times
Having devoured the book that very evening, our impression was the opposite: 'almost everything' had the ring of truth, even when implausible.
The Times Literary Supplement
She was a young zoologist who had devoured his books and harboured an ambition to become a diver.
Times, Sunday Times
When she started to edit his book, they fell in love with each other.
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He recently edited a book on poetic genre.
The Times Literary Supplement
Has anyone edited this book?
Times, Sunday Times
He had written extensively on the environment and edited a book on that theme.
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The publishers promptly edited the book down to one-fifth of its original size.
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There was a famous book once called Fat Is A Feminist Issue.
The Sun (2015)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Modern literary history is littered with tales of famous books that failed to make it to the screen.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His failure to engage with that awkward reality diminishes a fascinating book.
Times, Sunday Times
It makes a fascinating book, providing reflections on a number of topics, among them journal-writing itself.
The Times Literary Supplement
Most readers will first approach this fascinating book through rose-tinted mist.
Times, Sunday Times
This excellent, fascinating book brings us one aspect of human credulity.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet one cannot help reading this fascinating book as the elegiac record of a brief interval of inter-cultural achievement against a horrific background.
The Times Literary Supplement
I need to finish the book I'm reading.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At three in the morning I finally finished the book, and I was so excited I couldn't sleep.
Christianity Today (2000)
A quarter of all parents skip pages to finish a book more quickly.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There will be a lot more of this in his forthcoming book.
Times, Sunday Times
Each award was presented by a personality with a forthcoming book to promote.
Times, Sunday Times
He was looking for examples of swindles to include in a forthcoming book.
Times,Sunday Times
He has a forthcoming book on birds in the ancient world.
The Times Literary Supplement
But a forthcoming book will reveal the chancellor's stewardship of the economy has resulted in an unprecedented squandering of public money.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a term in a gardening book.
The Sun
His family suspect that he was the only politician to have received an acknowledgement in a gardening book for his advice on making a good compost heap.
Times, Sunday Times
A number of books concerning gardening were published, including a reprint of a gardening book from 1617.
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It was the first gardening book written on the subject that addressed the special needs of growing in a 100% solar heated greenhouse.
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He wrote gardening books in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Sun
I had read my history books.
The Sun (2011)
Instead he introduced me to history books.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It’s a wonderful natural history book, but it’s so much more than that.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
The holy book is written in Sanskrit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They broke crosses and destroyed holy books.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The holy books say that God made people in the image of God.
Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
We also find evidence of the author's professional progress in the many excellent photographs that illustrate his book.
The Times Literary Supplement
Photographs illustrate the book, as many as four to a page, making it look like a family album.
The Times Literary Supplement
She undertook to illustrate the book because she was the firm's only artist, but more work followed.
Globe and Mail
I think it's more fulfilling to both write and illustrate a book.
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He was introduced to heraldry at the age of 16 when a college professor persuaded him to illustrate a book the professor was writing.
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This might be one of the most important books of our time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Exodus is an important book and one I have been waiting to read for many years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
So this is a timely and important book, and a very good one.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was also his most lastingly influential book.
Christianity Today
The eight titles that make up the summer strand of the couple's influential book club were unveiled yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times
Scholars consider it the single most influential book in naval strategy.
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This was an immensely influential book, and it established the format for modern writing about cookery.
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This was a hugely influential book on computer conferencing on which many of the leading experts of the time collaborated.
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A limited edition book of the portraits was published.
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A limited edition book was published in 2014.
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It was a popular practice at the time for noted artists to create limited edition books.
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All its limited edition books are numbered and most have been signed by the author(s).
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Even the limited editions books she so meticulously illustrated with her woodcuts are practically unobtainable.
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Losing my lyric book meant letting go a bit more.
The Sun
However, someone broke into their dressing rooms during the show and stole several possessions, including the new lyric book.
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The boxset also included a lyric book.
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Personal items including unreleased tracks, lyric books and letters vanished from the singer's house.
The Sun
I was also given access to her lyrics books, which was like reading her diary.
Times, Sunday Times
This new book reads like a gloss on that story, a less supercharged companion-piece, and its impact is lessened.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A new book based on his dental surgeon's notes reveals the brutal dictator's phobia.
The Sun (2009)
He correctly begins this recalibration with his new book's title.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
In this new book, charismatic authority functions as the bridge between structures and mentalities.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Second, because a bridge-building new book requires it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And he dislikes the typical nonfiction book that publishers love.
Times, Sunday Times
This will surprise readers of his previous nonfiction book, which was published ten years ago.
Times,Sunday Times
As its rubric says, it 'celebrates the best of medicine in literature by awarding 25,000 each year for the finest fiction or nonfiction book centred around medicine'.
Times, Sunday Times
The first was the biggest-selling nonfiction book of the week; the second, the top fiction title; and the third, the paperback.
Times, Sunday Times
It was the first nonfiction book to do so in 30 years.
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Critics panned his debut photography book.
The Sun
Clearly not trusting the quality of his pics - inexplicably he has a photography book coming out soon - she then took a selfie.
The Sun
He wrote a multimedia and photography book at the end of his journey telling about his travels.
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Abstract images, fragments, and phrases from poems comprise this photography book.
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While photography books cannot reproduce the quality of original prints, they can provide much of the same pleasure in an affordable format.
Times, Sunday Times
Along with that has come a renewed appreciation of the printed book.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This has prompted the usual agonised questions about the future of the printed book.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The badly printed book acted as a wake-up call.
The English Civil War: A People's History (2006)
He has produced a book that is emotional without being mawkish.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The award-winning food writer and historian has produced an ambitious book.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The Department of Health refused to comment, saying the books were produced by the National Patient Safety Agency.
The Sun (2008)
What should happen next is the core of this vigorously provocative book.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is an intelligent and provocative book with new things to say about a huge subject.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Not very, comes the answer in this thrillingly provocative book.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This provocative book reasons that at the core of power is'the ability of leaders to convince others to obey'.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My mum was very excited and happy about me getting my book published.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In 2015 she had her first book published.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She streamlined the group into an education, book publishing and news media company while maintaining a strong rise in its share price.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
These are not the questions asked by a fascinating and zeitgeisty book published a few weeks ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The mind, so begins a recent book on neuroscience, has a mind of its own.
Times, Sunday Times
A friendly stranger, at a recent book event, completely floored me with a compliment.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet for all the sophisticated academic literature on these topics, no recent book provides such an effective overview.
The Times Literary Supplement
Constellations, his more recent book, provides much to support this intuition.
The Times Literary Supplement
But with almost a decade between volumes, the more recent book resonates with the melancholy wisdom found in older age.
Christianity Today
She spent a year researching the book full-time and another year writing it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I set off for America to research a book comparing baseball and cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Although the book is carefully researched, its treatment of history is oblique.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He has also rewritten the book on how to be a true rock'n ' roll star.
The Sun (2007)
I want to rewrite the history books.
The Sun (2016)
He has many years to rewrite the record books.
The Sun (2011)
No one interested in empire should miss this elegantly written scholarly book.
Times, Sunday Times
This well-produced and apparently scholarly book has a good index but no footnotes to provide the sources of its many quotations.
The Times Literary Supplement
It publishes about 50 articles per year; most of them empirical but also theoretical papers and scholarly book reviews.
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Reporting an autoethnography might take the form of a traditional journal article or scholarly book, performed on the stage, or be seen in the popular press.
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How many scholarly books from the 1950s are still truly essential?
The Times Literary Supplement
Her shelves were full of self-help books.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A self-help book with a refreshingly different message tells us that we're fine as we are.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's a straightforward self-help book for bullied teens.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But, others just want to sell their book or their conference.
Christianity Today
Then he'll sell his book for half a million and get on the celeb circuit making another fortune.
The Sun
The lender was forced to sell the book for 4 per cent less than it was worth.
Times, Sunday Times
Often it seems forced, a hook of scandal or gossip to sell the book.
The Times Literary Supplement
But it would be a bizarre fantasist who would fabricate such an appalling story, about people he was close to, just to sell a book.
Times, Sunday Times
It's such a seminal book of its period.
Times,Sunday Times
In 1809 and 1841, he was the author of a seminal book (republished in the 21st century) on conduct of courts-martial and martial law.
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This seminal book built on his earlier work on the role of glucuronic acid in the metabolism of borneol.
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It's one of the seminal books and a great evocation of a lifestyle and society that are gone.
Times, Sunday Times
He wrote a number of seminal books on management of education in this period.
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An upcoming book about the conflict within the band has sparked the row.
The Sun
The name of each upcoming book has been an ongoing source of speculation among fans and in the press.
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This radio program was cancelled due to his two upcoming book contracts.
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However, his struggles as an author and her success with her upcoming book cause too much conflict between them, and they break up.
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The list below are arranged by publication dates from the earliest to the latest/upcoming books.
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This is the most important part of the whole book.
Coming Off Tranquillizers and Sleeping Pills (1991)
This whole book is about that question.
The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
The ending, like the whole book, is compellingly enigmatic and horribly plausible.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What was your favourite book as a child?
The Sun (2015)
The Great Gatsby was one of my favourite books.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My dad has been diagnosed as partially sighted and is having trouble reading his favourite books.
The Sun (2006)
Translations:
Chinese: 书, 预订
Japanese: 本 書物, 予約する
- at first sight
- at first sight
- at/from a distance
- at full pelt
- at full stretch
- at full throttle
- at full tilt
- at full tilt/full tilt
- at gunpoint
- at half-mast
- at hand
- at heart
- atheism
- atheist
- atheistic
- a thick skin
- a thick skin
- a thing of the past
- a thing or two
- a thin skin
- athlete
- athlete's foot
- athletic
- athletic ability
- athletic accomplishment