Definition of book in English:

book

noun bʊkbʊk

1A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
a book of selected poems
Example sentencesExamples
- It's pretty sad, actually… most of my friends haven't opened a book for pleasure in years.
- If one opens the book at random, it is this multitude of references that catches the eye.
- Anthologies of writing and small art books will be available for sale online.
- Rosie bought me the DVD along with a book on philosophy.
- The council said there will also be an extra £100,000 for the library book fund.
- He didn't want to get in more trouble, and just opened a book, trying to concentrate and read it silently.
- He cherished some lovely old books containing the folk songs and traditional ballads of our land.
- I sat there a while longer, staring down at the vellum pages of the book on the low desk before me.
- When he retired he wrote a book on medical science for lay people and prospective doctors.
- I opened a book and quickly skimmed information about the first World War.
- So he launched a new company which packaged the software in paperback book format and charged lower prices.
- Modern books and CDs are often shoddy objects, victims of corporate economies.
- Solving an author's puzzles can be one of the most rewarding things about cracking open a book.
- I was a bit discouraged with the rest of the book after such a wonderful introduction.
- I get up and stretch out my stiff muscles and take the bookmark and put it in the book on the page I was reading.
- After some serious research he wrote a book on the subject, Ancient Mosaics in Bulgaria.
- You can do so by reading books and informing yourself, which is an aspect that should not be overlooked.
- She pictures a woman lying gloomily on the couch reading a book about Maria Callas.
- The resource books provided are well recognized as being excellent in their area.
- At any rate, objectivity should be the guiding factor while writing history books, past or present.
- The first work of mine to be published in a book wasn't a short story or a novel.
Synonyms
volume, tome, work, printed work, publication, title, opus, treatise
novel, storybook
manual, handbook, guide, companion, reference book
paperback, hardback, softback
historical yellowback
1. 1.1 A literary composition that is published or intended for publication as a book.
  he's writing a book about his experiences
  Example sentencesExamples
  She is currently at work on a literary thriller and a book of short stories based on her travels
  The firm continued to publish books, and there was talk of opening a bookshop.
  Henry Miller had published seventeen books when he sent out an appeal to all his friends to help him out.
  I used to do photography seriously, and even wrote a book on photography in schools back in the seventies.
  I wrote my first book on spec, sent it off to nearly 100 publishers and in six weeks I had my first offer.
  The best films nearly always come from original scripts or second-rate books.
  He has claimed that he never wanted to be a novelist despite the fact the he has published so many books.
  As the publication dates indicate these books are not the fruit of deep or new research.
  Merely getting books published serves little purpose if no one reads them.
  I have recently spent many months writing a book on hypnosis for the British Medical Association.
  I love mixing genres, writing essays and kids' books and short stories as well as poems.
  He likes classical music and books about people who die and come back to life.
  Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published?
  He had just published a book of his life story, and it had become a best seller.
  His drawings are also found in travel books and the stories of operas by Richard Wagner.
  Tell me about why you write stories and how you came to write a novel rather than a book of short stories.
  Writing books about how to make a fortune on the Internet seems like a great method.
  Another, working on a novel for young adults, already has books published in that field.
  Second, don't open a book with a prologue, because you're wasting time.
  The book, published in an edition of 6,000 copies on 19 December, sold out in a few days.
  Synonyms
  work, publication, novel, composition, piece, creation, opus
2. 1.2 A main division of a literary work or of the Bible.
  the Book of Genesis
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are also rough translations of other books of the Bible, currently used for teaching purposes.
  He makes that claim in a short essay on the gospel of Luke in Revelations, a collection of personal responses to books of the Bible.
  Bryan never went into a frenzy, nor did he recite the books of the Bible.
  And not only does the book of Proverbs have this potential, but almost all the books of the Bible.
  However, in the textual criticism of the books of Scripture this is problematic in several ways.
  When Jerome started work there were already Latin translations of many of the books of the Bible.
  I found the list he had made of the books of the Bible in the drawer of his bedside table.
  Esther is one of the most neglected books of the Old Testament, certainly as far as commentaries are concerned.
  In the 2nd Century AD the first four books of the New Testament were known as gospels.
  Of the 42 books of the Bible that Shakespeare drew upon, Ecclesiasticus and Job seem to have been his favourites.
  Of course, and that truth is preserved in the 66 books of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.
  The book of Esther is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of God.
  There are many commentaries on individual books of the Bible, but the reader who wishes to take a broader view has less choice.
  Some readers of the Bible consider the book of Hebrews to be a description of a faith journey.
  As many have noted, the very last words of the last book of the Jewish Bible end on a similar note.
  God always dictated the Torah, as well as other books of the Bible, in the language used by the people at the time.
  Set up to follow the order of the books of the Bible, these photos and texts run from Creation to Revelation!
  The New Testament contains the books that provide the basis for modern Christianity.
  There are some books of the Bible whose authors cannot be known completely.
  As a theologian he is most famous for his practical work in revising the order of the books of the Bible and arranging them into chapters.
3. 1.3 The libretto of a musical or opera, or the script of a play.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Keira took out the script book that she hadn't yet returned to the handbag.
  Synonyms
  text, screenplay, libretto, lyrics, score, lines, parts, dialogue, words, manuscript
4. 1.4one's books Used to refer to studying.
  he was so deep in his books he would forget to eat
  Example sentencesExamples
  And there is naturally also a limit to how many hours they can be poring over their books after many hours at school and three hours of homework.
  On one of those seemingly endless summer days he was poring over his books in the library.
  The campus has plenty of spots for students tired of slaving over their books in the library or dorms to get some fresh air.
  But he never wallowed in self pity, and rather spent every available moment with his nose stuck deep in his books.
  Many students, sweating over their books, have dreamt of taking a relaxing nap in one of the beautiful forest clearings.
5. 1.5the book The telephone directory for the area in which someone lives.
  is your name in the book?
  Example sentencesExamples
  Mum told me his surname, and I looked him up in the book, and called him, but his mum told me he was out so I left a message.
  And if you have fond memories of a special teacher, why not look them up in the book and say ‘thanks’ one more time?
  New customers who found our number in the book would get the message ‘the number you reached is not in service.’
  We are not a secret organisation, but out of necessity you will not find us in the book.
  Apart from in 2006/7, we are members of the Offa's Dyke Association, find us in the book, or the online entry they have for us.
6. 1.6dated, informal A magazine.
  women's books like Cosmopolitan and Ladies' Home Journal
  Charlotte's mother always called magazines ‘books’
  Example sentencesExamples
  Money meant that no one laughed behind her back when she called magazines books.
  Their readers nearly always referred to these magazines as 'books'.
  'I read it in a book.' 'What book?' 'Vogue, that's what book.'
  Some older readers still refer to their magazines as 'books'.
  Synonyms
  journal, publication, periodical, paper, proceedings
7. 1.7 An imaginary record or list (often used to emphasize the comprehensiveness of someone's actions or experience)
  she felt every emotion in the book of love
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is a little known secret in the book of relationships, filed under the chapter on breaking up and I am here to share it.
  The way he receives his partner in his hotel room wouldn't count among ‘nice and friendly’ in the book of etiquette.
  Whether or not ‘long distance’ relationships can work is one of those age-old questions in the book of love.
2with modifier A bound set of blank sheets for writing in.
an accounts book
Example sentencesExamples
- It's much more difficult to find a coloring book image of a crawdad than one would think.
- Colouring books can occupy a child quietly for a while.
- She reached into one of her few bags, and pulled out a leather bound book, and began to read.
- She put the account book away and walked out to the site where they had been attacked.
- As the man walked towards Pierre a man came from the back holding a huge old leather bound book.
- Verona, our daughter, had completed the bicycling clown in her colouring book and was bored.
- She leaned back against her pillows and tapped her pen against the leather bound book.
- The Narrator looked up from the leather bound book he was reading from; tears were coursing from his eyes.
- DocSearcher doesn't search my email, my address book entries or my browser history.
- The three of them then turned to look at the subject of their topic, just in time to see a grey address book fall out with a thud.
- He was marking exam papers when by chance he found a blank page in a candidate's answer book.
- She also added two leather bound books to the bag, one was blank but the other was full of spells that Olivia might need for the journey to the Wastes.
- On his return from the war, he transcribed the diaries into ledger books, filling in gaps from memory.
- As the reading went on, a guy sitting down in front of me drew an impressionistic sketch into a handmade blank book.
- Before he could finish his sentence, Cass drew a green account book from a shelf to the side.
- That brought to mind the leather bound book that she had borrowed from the library.
- I went over to this podium in the corner which had a large ledger book opened up on it.
- She spotted Joel propped up against the wall, reading a thick, leather bound book.
- He pulled a heavy, leather bound book off from a high shelf, and cracked it open gently.
- Maura gave him a puzzled glance but closed the account book and made her way to the entrance.
Synonyms
notepad, notebook, pad, memo pad, exercise book, binder
ledger, record book, log, logbook, chronicle, journal, diary, daybook
British jotter, pocketbook
North American scratch pad
French cahier
1. 2.1books A set of records or accounts.
  a bid to balance the books
  Example sentencesExamples
  His proposal has come as council finance chiefs look to balance the books and keep this year's rise in council tax below five per cent.
  The council has been struggling to balance the books for years.
  But sceptics say he still has to cut spending or raise taxes to balance the books and could raise indirect taxes in next year's budget.
  To help you balance the books for a night at the movies, here is the admission and snack bar breakdown for the five theatres reviewed.
  They balance the books by selling places to students from developing countries.
  The council said the extra 29 million it has been given will be soaked up by education and there is simply not enough money to balance the books.
  Account books of the period reveal how traders fared in this unusual situation.
  But now it is understood senior officers say they cannot keep using reserves to balance the books.
  It is believed that the land was not mentioned in the company's books or records or in the annual accounts.
  In this study, memoirs and diaries, account books and statistics are used to forge an image of the life that went on in these houses.
  What's more, balance the books properly and you can avoid the perils of going deeper and deeper into debt.
  They need to be able to balance the books to continue to provide it.
  The money I put in on departure was to balance the books, but reductions in certain areas will be needed.
  That's where the savings are required to balance the books.
  Overnight there was a tenfold increase in the valuation put on the city's council homes to balance the books and keep the sell-off on track.
  With all this extra wealth coming into the city, the council is unable to balance the books.
  They must sell an expensive player approximately once every 12 months to balance the books.
  There was a desk in the middle of the room, with account books stacked and arranged neatly around each other.
  For example, she bases one chapter on account books devoted to the West Indian trade.
  He had then tried to juggle the accounts in a desperate bid to balance the books.
  Synonyms
  accounts, records, archives
  account book, record book, ledger, log, balance sheet, financial statement
2. 2.2 A bookmaker's record of bets accepted and money paid out.
  Example sentencesExamples
  According to both the bookmakers and the form book it's a two-horse race.
3. 2.3Soccer The notebook in which a referee writes the names of players who are cautioned for foul play.
  his name went into the book for a foul on Smyth
  Example sentencesExamples
  Newsome's name was soon added to referee's book when he deliberately tripped an opponent.
  It was the 11 th of the season for a man who is no stranger to the referee's book.
4. 2.4the book The first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of bridge, after which further tricks count towards fulfilling the contract.
  Example sentencesExamples
  If no one plays a trump, then the highest ranking card to the suit led wins the book.
  The person who plays the highest card of the suit led, or who plays the highest trump, wins the book.
3A set of tickets, stamps, matches, samples of cloth, etc., bound together.
a pattern book
Example sentencesExamples
- A book of first class stamps and a letter of apology was the scant compensation offered to a woman who claimed her mail had been stolen.
- Season ticket holders are being urged to bring their entire season ticket books with them to ensure entry to the ground.
- Instead, it was as if the models were swathed in giant fabric sample books, each layer peeling off to reveal another beneath.
- Sample books were purchased for the teachers to read based on their preferences.
- In addition to the student samples, items are also sampled into test books.
- It's just, when you go out into the woods you should carry a book of matches, or some waterproof matches.
- Junior season ticket books cost £25 for home and away games plus cup competitions.
- Once, when he was driving with his fiancée, a traffic policeman stopped him and took out a ticket book.
- He scribbled his address and Com number on the back of a book of matches and gave it to her.
- Those who can write in with the correct guess win a book of stamps!
- If you feel you can support the club by selling a few books of tickets please don't hesitate to contact any committee or club member.
- Leagues of volunteers will start working the room selling books of Grand Raffle tickets.
- Perry specialised in making books of matches (advertising bars or restaurants, for example).
- At our local wallpaper store they gave me several large sample books of discounted wallpaper.
- Current rules allow a passenger to carry two lighters and four books of matches.
- They have books of pictures and samples that you can look through there, and they can do it all.
- What to do when you are suddenly faced with a wall of wallpaper sample books at your local retail store?
- It was then that he remembered the book of matches in his pocket, and drew it out.
- He sits again, pulls a book of matches out of his pocket, strikes one and holds it out toward me.
- All completed ticket books and sponsorship should be returned to the organising committee immediately.

verb bʊkbʊk

[with object]

1Reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance.
I have booked a table at the Swan
no object book early to avoid disappointment
Example sentencesExamples
- Whenever I book a ticket in advance, they always put me in the quiet carriage.
- From November to March its rooms are booked up more quickly than umbrellas turn inside out.
- Advance tickets can be booked online or by calling 07005 942 579.
- The popularity of the event has meant commercial accommodations are sometimes booked one year in advance.
- Space for bicycles is limited on Scotrail trains, and so book a place in advance.
- If deemed appropriate, a student union committee could suspend the fraternity's privileges for booking rooms and tables.
- The tower - including the viewing platform - can be booked for special events.
- By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation.
- During its long run, the Community Centre was booked out in advance for most of the show nights.
- You can support them by booking your tickets or table at the earliest convenience and ensure you're attending a very special Dream Ball.
- All welcome to come and view the activities and premises on offer or to book a place for your child.
- The auditorium was packed and places were booked well in advance for this eagerly anticipated show.
- Places are fully booked for the Summer Camp.
- Regretfully only those who have booked places can be accommodated on this occasion
- A little voice at the back of my head is telling me I really should book some accommodation in advance.
- Similar to one week packages in the Canary Islands, all places were booked well in advance.
- As places are limited it is important that places are booked early.
- Excursions can be booked at the guest services desk at the resort.
- Much coastal and Dales accommodation is already booked up in advance, and Scarborough had to print 10,000 extra holiday brochures to satisfy demand.
- The hotels and guest houses are booked up a year in advance, and anyone who has any sense will spend both days avoiding the main roads and the railway station.
Synonyms
reserve, make a reservation for, arrange in advance, prearrange, arrange for, order
charter, hire
informal bag
dated engage, bespeak
arrange, programme, schedule, timetable, line up, secure, fix up, lay on
North American slate
1. 1.1 Reserve accommodation for (someone)
  his secretary had booked him into the Howard Hotel
  with two objects book me a single room at my usual hotel
  Example sentencesExamples
  It started out with me being booked to work for NWA Florida through Eric Loy who is a liaison for the promotion.
  They sought out a guest services representative and booked themselves into a 5 star resort, just a 20 minute drive away.
  My boyfriend brought me to London and surprised me by booking us in at the Met Hotel, absolutely stunning and funky place to stay, I loved it!
  Around 1,000 guests were flown in on planes chartered from Air India and were booked into two swish hotels.
  Even booking you both into one of the most luxurious hotels in Moncton, Canada.
  The hotel they'd booked me was expensive, but I wasn't complaining.
  We have taken the liberty at booking you at Collelungo, an agriturismo near Castellina.
  We'd been booked into The Hotel That Time Forgot.
  A couple feared for their lives after they were booked into a hotel in what they described as a dangerous drugs ghetto in South Africa.
  Until we realised we had been booked into the wrong hotel.
2. 1.2book in/intono object Register one's arrival at a hotel.
  he booked in at a hotel
  Example sentencesExamples
  Humphry and I arrived late that night and booked into the City Hotel.
  She explained she was booked into the hotel because of its four star status.
  If you were alone and the weather was really bad you could always book into a hotel.
  They booked into the hotel but guests had complained about the couple rowing in their room, the hotel's restaurant and its gardens.
  We booked into our fleapit hotels and checked out, we got on our buses and got off them again, we signed up on lists and then found that a new list was being drawn up which we were not on.
  And rather than face the long walk home, some had chosen to book into hotels in the city centre.
  People travel from far and near and are even booking into local hotels.
  I've booked into hotel rooms under so many assumed names that I couldn't remember how to sign the bill.
  A snowstorm dominated the news and led to hundreds of people taking time off work or booking into hotels rather than donning their boots to stride through the slush.
  Imagine booking into this hotel, with its romantic associations, and being faced with this brute of a building
  We booked into the hotel in the next village - an institution that prided itself on its local cuisine.
  On arrival we booked into the hotel and then the festivities began with our annual pre-dive get-together.
  So next time you fly away for business or pleasure consider the advantages of renting a serviced apartment rather than booking into a hotel.
  Being pampered, of course, is one of the main reasons why people book into luxury hotels, and it would be churlish to resent it.
  It's not what you expect when you book into a nice hotel.
  They had booked into hotels near to the union's Clapham Junction head office a week before.
  By December 4, he had booked into the Plaza Hotel in Honolulu.
  He said that he would book into a hotel that suited him.
  The girl's parents called police on August 26 when they discovered she had booked into the Leamington hotel after telling them she was going to stay with a friend.
  He was feeling quite mellow after the usual hassle of the journey and booking into the hotel.
  Synonyms
  register, check in, enrol, record/log one's arrival
3. 1.3 Engage (a performer or guest) for an event.
  the promoter booked him for another appearance
  Example sentencesExamples
  But Thomas does not stop at booking the artists.
  He booked me on a show in Alabama, but didn't know who the audience was.
  According to the panel report, he was responsible for booking Western artists for the Harbour Fest.
  He has been booked to perform three times this season by Reading, Yeovil and Swindon.
  Each month the society holds a concert booking artists from all over the UK and abroad.
  Several senior speakers from Scotland's main IT markets are booked for the networking event.
  A promoter who booked them to play in Ripley, Derbyshire, suggested he change his name to Cliff Richard.
  We've booked a band for the night and some other guest artists will also play.
  He is booked perform one of his routines live on national television.
  No, but they can determine whether or not someone should take a risk on booking an artist.
  The singer was originally booked for a small concert in Hangzhou on June 12, sponsored by an ice tea company.
  Work got underway booking performers as far back as last September and work on the parade for concepts and ideas got underway in March.
  Even if they've never heard you speak, the fact that you were booked as a speaker gives you instant credibility.
  So I was surprised when I heard where we had been booked to perform this Patrick's Day - Niagara, the Canadian side.
  Many acts have been booked to perform both on the main stage in Castlewellan and in several smaller venues in Newcastle, Ballynahinch and Downpatrick.
  However the programme for this year is going to be hard to improve on as some of the best artistes in Ireland and abroad are booked to perform.
4. 1.4be booked up Have all places reserved; be full.
  at weekends we're usually booked up
  Example sentencesExamples
  But yet again the photographer was turned away because the gallery was booked up.
  Any builder of any worth is booked up from now till kingdom come, and they don't do too badly on the money front either.
  And because the doctors' time is being booked up by patients who don't turn up, it means everyone has to wait longer to see their GP.
  All places have been booked up this weekend, but the sessions will also be available next Saturday.
  People can come on the night but it may be booked up so they should book in advance.
  ‘My clinic is booked up until 2006, with a waiting list of nine to ten months, and my colleagues also have waiting lists of up to 12 months,’ he said.
  Since then, it has become a popular venue for exhibitions and is booked up until well into 2006.
  Every place we'd tried was booked up, so we were getting a bit panicky.
  All my rooms were booked up by congress delegates.
  The Evening Press made a call to the centre to ask what accommodation was available and was told by that most hotels were booked up this weekend.
2Make an official note of the personal details of (a person who has broken a law or rule)
the cop booked me and took me down to the station
Example sentencesExamples
- He was arrested in a San Francisco residence and brought to the San Jose Main Jail where he was booked on several counts of armed robbery.
- Clients who do stop in these areas are often harassed by police by flashing their lights or booking them for traffic offences.
- Nonetheless, officers booked him on charges of theft.
- After a sobriety test, he was booked on suspicion of two misdemeanor charges
- He was booked on suspicion of making threats with intent to terrorize and on suspicion of interfering with a person's civil rights.
- The 39-year-old singer was booked on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon late on Friday.
- A number of people were booked quite unnecessarily, causing anger and disbelief that such an innocent action could result in such draconian measures.
- She was booked on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge and released on $600 bail.
- He was also booked for selling alcohol after hours.
- After new inmates are booked, they're interviewed, sometimes for as long as 45 minutes.
- Eventually you'll get booked by the cops and handed a fine.
- We went over to the Palm Beach County Jail where I was booked on this single charge, filed a not guilty plea, went in there and smiled for the mug shot.
- Officers took the inebriated tourists to the Pattaya police station and booked them on charges of physical assault and drunk and disorderly behavior.
- She was booked on misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid driver license.
- He was transported back to Bayview Station where he was booked on weapons, narcotics, the warrant and illegal encampment charges.
1. 2.1Soccer (of a referee) note down the name of (a player) who is cautioned for foul play.
  McMahon was booked for a foul
  Example sentencesExamples
  He says players over here are booked for minor offences by referees who operate by the letter of the law and claimed the same offences would go unpunished in all other major European leagues.
  Once a player's been booked there is always a possibility that if he does anything else he will get sent off.
  If players haven't been booked or sent off, or there aren't shenanigans in a game, then it's considered a boring match.
  That is important now, because referees are liable to book players for trivial things.
  The referee books him for a poorly concealed piece of play-acting.
3US informal no object Leave suddenly.
they just ate your pizza and drank your soda and booked
Example sentencesExamples
- We gotta book—fast.
- It was time to book out of here. I jumped onto the bike and started to pedal, heading for the mainland.
- Look, I gotta book. I'll see you guys later.
- You gotta book, Officer. I gotta stay.
1. 3.1 Move quickly; hurry.
  my sister and I booked to the playground
  I didn't hear the verdict because I had to book it to work
  Example sentencesExamples
  I started booking it due north, trying my best to move as quickly as I could without losing my footing.
  He was booking through a parking lot recently when a car lurched backward.
  He's booking through that park.
  We better book if we're gonna go to P.E.
  She waved bye-bye and booked out of there.
  Then he just booked it around the corner and we never saw him again.
  Book, man! Can't you run? Something wrong with your legs?

Phrases

bring someone to book

Officially punish someone or call them to account for their behaviour.
the murderer will be found and brought to book
Example sentencesExamples
- He seemed unfazed that an array of high-tech gadgetry was to be deployed in his street with the aim of bringing him to book.
- And he warned the troublemakers that they would be brought to book over the next few months using evidence gathered on the night and CCTV video footage of the disorder.
- The council should be bringing someone to book.
- He said: ‘They are committing environmental crimes and our dedicated enforcement teams will be using all their investigative resources to track them down and bring them to book.’
- But they can be brought to book under legislation governing companies making false and misleading claims.
- Officers want teachers to join them on night-time patrol so they can identify juvenile troublemakers and help bring them to book.
- It's good that he has been brought to book and sends out a strong message to others.
- And officers have warned the criminals that they have taken an extra special interest in bringing them to book.
- If you are found guilty of corruption, you will be brought to book.
- When we find them, we'll bring them to book and lock them away for a long, long time.
Synonyms
scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book

by the book

Strictly according to the rules.
a cop who doesn't exactly play it by the book
Example sentencesExamples
- But hey, life's too short to play it by the book all the time.
- No, I am just trying to do the whole thing by the book according to my right as a qualified resident foreigner.
- Business as usual, even when done strictly by the book, is not necessarily the safest way of operating.
- Now, this might appear to be a time to play things strictly by the book in order to protect your biggest lifetime investment.
- We even have to keep an open mind about whether there were any dealings that weren't strictly by the book.
- Do you think the TV stations are playing by the book in not running excessively violent stuff at 8.30?
- It's not because all of these corporations are doing it just by the book.
- They follow procedure and go by the book; he ignores the rules if it means getting the job done.
- For such policemen, I have no feelings, they ought to be dealt with strictly by the book.
- The referee played it by the book and said that League rules say that if the pitch isn't fit at 12 noon it won't get any better.
Synonyms
according to the rules, in accordance with the rules, within the law, abiding by the law, lawfully, legally, legitimately, licitly

close the books

Make no further entries at the end of an accounting period; cease trading.
branches will be asked to close their books at the end of December
Example sentencesExamples
- We're still closing the books on 2003, and there will be a summary article in the April issue of the magazine.
- One can also appreciate how the bean counters want to be able to close the books with a positive result against any negative expense.
- Shareholder requirements for dividends made it necessary to define an accounting period, close the books and calculate profits.
- In fact, Vermont closed the books on its 2003 fiscal year with a $10.4 million surplus, even as California, Massachusetts, and many other states battle huge deficits.
- This focus is consistent with the practice of closing the books of account annually.
- It adds that that the aim is ‘to clear the accounts and to close the books for the years up to March 1995’.
- He suggests that a club owner spend the extra money to hire an accountant to formally close the books at the end of the year.
- Now, as companies close the books on another quarter, the lack of pricing power combined with weak demand is sapping the top and bottom lines.
- I'll eat my hat if his successor does not close the books at the end of 2004 with a small surplus.
- The Dow and Nasdaq were ready to close the books on their first down years since 1990.

in someone's bad (or good) books

In disfavour (or favour) with someone.
you could say he is in my bad books
Example sentencesExamples
- They say: ‘Let's try and be in their good books.’
- Jon defended me gallantly, earning him a little tick in my good books.
- Apparently all the folk in Deerness had heard of my good deed, and that seems to have put me in their good books.
- He's back in their good books, so his odds remain long.
- After half-an-hour of this taunting and torture, the only place his men would have been was in his bad books.
- And since she answered my silly questions with patience and saccharine sweetness, she is in my good books.
- Ministers and officials in the state see to it that they stay in their good books.
- I still didn't think it would be a good idea to go by there alone - especially since I was now in his bad books.
- The matron, who was in charge of us, was a formidable figure and you didn't want to get in her bad books.
- She's a terrible snob and I'm sure she's only inviting you because it's the done thing and she wants to be polite as well as keep in my good books.
Synonyms
in favour, popular, friendly, friends

in my book

In my opinion.
that counts as a lie in my book
Example sentencesExamples
- They all had vests but not one of them had opted for a tie, another transgression in my book.
- The party was a real laugh, lovely people, tasty food - a good combo in my book!
- So anything which helps interns find their way around a community which can be very intimidating must, in my book, be a good thing.
- Celebrities who can rough it on the streets with the homeless are okay in my book.
- At the press of a button, I could tell what temperature it was in their nursery too, which takes spying to a whole new level in my book.
- It was a fish soup, no doubt made from yesterday's unsold fish - but that's a good thing in my book.
- Admittedly he is inclined to forget things like birthdays, but that's not a cardinal sin, not in my book, anyway.
- Forgive the caveman economics, but keeping the lights and heating on comes a long way ahead of saving the planet, in my book.
- True democracy, in my book, is one person one vote on any decision that effects the society that is voting.
- So in my book that makes it really controllable, even in bad weather.
Synonyms
for my part, for my own part, for myself, according to my way of thinking, to my mind, in my estimation, as far as i am concerned, in my opinion, in my view, in my own opinion, in my own view, from my own point of view, from where i stand, from my standpoint, as i see it, if you ask me, for my money, in my book

make (or open) a book

Take bets and pay out winnings on the outcome of a race or other contest or event.
the bookies opened a book on his successor
Example sentencesExamples
- It will probably do worse - since the kind of events he wants to make book on are even more unpredictable and emotional than elections.
- In fact Betfair has nothing in particular to do with racing or any other sport on which it makes a book.
- You can think of it as an American alternative to those famous London betting shops that will make book on just about anything.
- IG Index and its spread betting competitors garner publicity by making a book on ‘grey market’ prices ahead of initial public offerings (IPOs).
- The company is always game to open a book on most events and we do get some unusual requests.
- The bookmakers have opened a book on the Anti-Litter League quoting Kilkenny city as favourite to win at odds of 10/1.
- If I knew how to open a book (the bookie kind, I know how to open book-books) I would.
- Major organizations are making book on who will be the next Miss World; check out this site for the current odds, and place a bet if you are so inclined.
- Meanwhile, a quintessentially Wodehousian plot is brewing in nearby Tottleigh Castle, where staff is making book on the identity of Lady's Alyce's husband-to-be.

on the books

Contained in a list of members, employees, or clients.
the club have six top foreign players on their books
Example sentencesExamples
- The first three players on the books have the talent to form the nucleus of a premiership winning side.
- He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
- This includes several dozen refugees from the former Yugoslavia who are on the books of an employment agency.
- He was on the books of top rugby union club Leicester Tigers as a junior but has switched to the League code.
- He was one of the 50,000 or so people on the books of YouGov, the internet pollsters, but was hardly ever asked for his views.
- The ailing team have finally resigned from division two with only seven or eight players on the books.
- The garage closes with 15 employees on the books, all of whom are entitled to transfer to the incoming dealer in Preston.
- Discloses for the first time that six current members of the United first team squad are now on the books of the modelling agency.
- We have only got thirteen players on the books who have made more than 20 Premiership appearances.
- Said player would be placed on the books, which would then be made available for clubs anxious to strengthen their squads.

People of the Book

Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims.
Example sentencesExamples
- Do the People of the Book in the verse refer to the Jews and Christians of all times?
- The People of the Book will say a prayer, thanking God / Yahweh / Allah for the food.
- It is often said by Muslims that there is respect in traditional Islam for the People of the Book - that is, Jews and Christians.
- Muslim men are permitted to marry non-Muslim women from the People of the Book - i.e. Jews and Christians.
- Some modern thinkers call for recognition of the ties binding the People of the Book together as a means of promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
- We cannot marry in any circumstances among the followers of other religious barring the People of the Book.
- Instead, there is a far greater possibility that such marriages will positively influence the women of the People of the Book by inducing them to accept Islam.
- Then the people of the Qu'ran join with the People of the Book, admiring their common prophets.
- The ultimate challenges of the People of the Book have never been physical ones.
- The Jews became known as the People of the Book, a title given them by Mohammed.

suit someone's book

Be convenient for someone.
it didn't suit her book at all to be moved
Example sentencesExamples
- My sister is quick to call somebody a friend, even somebody she hardly knows, if it suits her book.
- It is typical of the minimisation the Leader of the Opposition is capable of when it suits his book.
- Decide what type of work activities best suit your book.
- Sorry if that doesn't suit your book or your plans for us but when you said for us to go home you forgot one thing.
- Of course many of us have to relearn these lessons in a new cycle because changes in monetary policy seldom suit our book at the time.
- Price your liquidity accurately for each of your client segments and recognize which flows suit your book and which don't, so that you can.
- It might suit his book to allege that, but that is not the position of my honourable friend.

take a leaf out of someone's book

Imitate or emulate someone in a particular way.
worm-watchers should take a leaf out of Darwin's fieldcraft book and sit still to observe the action
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm going to take a leaf out of your book, at least for a couple of days, and spend my time eating and sleeping by turns.
- If only those responsible for devising the new routes and timetables for our buses could take a leaf out of their book.
- He wished more young people would take a leaf out of his book and follow his example.
- He carried the club at times last season, but others must take a leaf out of his book.
- You have some genuine elected members who care for their community so perhaps take a leaf out of their book.
- He seems very pleasant and hard working, a few could do with taking a leaf out of his book.
- They gave an as near to perfect display of football as possible and what a pity some of our male teams don't take a leaf out of their book.
- We may all stand disgusted when we see the state of some foreign prisons, but maybe we should take a leaf out of their book.
- Perhaps those intent on putting up ludicrously-priced properties under the guise of ‘regeneration’ around here could take a leaf out of their book.
- I hope you do not mind Catherine, I am taking a leaf out of your book and asking anyone that passes this way to please call around and offer your support to John and his family.
- I hope others take a leaf out of your book and I look forward to working with you again next year.
Synonyms
imitate, copy, reproduce, mimic, mirror, echo, follow, model oneself on, take as a model, take as an example

throw the book at

informal Charge or punish (someone) as severely as possible.
get this lot down to the station and throw the book at them
Example sentencesExamples
- Her bond has been set at $50,000 and it would be nice if a judge throws the book at her.
- Will you, Mr Speaker, sort out the chief whip and throw the book at her?
- We're going to throw the book at you, or at least some facts, from our presidential election research editorial guide.
- I hope that the prosecutors and law enforcement officers also take this seriously and throw the book at him if he is caught.
- We have always said we're prepared to throw the book at the terrorists, because that's who we've got to concentrate upon.
- I suppose its best that I ask the Corporation to take away my bin and throw the book at me as you cannot get blood out of a stone - and I am that stone.
- If the charges are proved, throw the book at the perpetrators, but not until.
- You can't throw the book at anyone because it is happening.
- So they're basically saying to people, ‘If we ever find out that the claims that you made were false, look out, we're going to throw the book at you.’
- But this is their opportunity to appear tough on racial sensitivity and they're going to throw the book at us.
- And considering my contempt for the Ivy League, I hope, you know, they throw the book at them.
- But if he doesn't, I'm sure the government is prepared to throw the book at him.
- And last week, in the run-up to his visit, the Kremlin was continuing to throw the book at the company.
- Speeders beware: judge may throw the book at you
- I hope the NYC police throw the book at this woman.
- If so, then I do hope that the feds are throwing the book at her - I want her to fry for this!
- The United States sees children killing each other in the classroom, but you can't just throw the book at them.
- As far as we are concerned, we will throw the book at them and we would expect that magistrates do the same.
- If he's guilty, they should throw the book at him.
- Does this make you feel like throwing the book at your unsolicited informant, and to lose interest in reading on?
Synonyms
scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book

write the book

Used in reference to particular expertise or proficiency in a subject, area of activity, etc.
they actually care about the product they are making and they wrote the book on customer service
he pretty much writes the book on how to be perfect in the media
Example sentencesExamples
- They could write the book on luxury, whether it's stays in country houses on the shores of magical lochs or voyages through the Outer Hebrides.
- He's the man who wrote the book on duplicity.
- Here were two football powers who wrote the book on heroics and football legends, rewriting it in a game and on a stage like this.
- Clooney plays Miles Massey, a hotshot divorce attorney who wrote the book on prenuptial agreements.
- The way she goes on, you'd think she wrote the book on fidelity.
- California wrote the book on approachability.
- I could write the book on rehab.
- The only thing Robert is willing to reveal about the special guest mentor is that they could "write the book on vulnerability."
- I know how the whole ‘need-to-know’ system works: in fact I wrote the book on it!

you can't judge a book by its cover

proverb Outward appearances are not a reliable indication of the true character of someone or something.
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite the admonition that you can't judge a book by its cover, I tend to find that, increasingly, you can.
- This book defies the old adage that claims you can't judge a book by its cover.
- They seemed all right at first but I suppose you can't judge a book by its cover.
- Anyone who says you can't judge a book by its cover is an idiot.
- And I think that, like this movie says, you can't judge a book by its cover.
- I told you that you can't judge a book by its cover,’ he reminded her, in an ‘I-told-you-so’ type of manner.
- But you can't judge a book by its cover or whatever they say.
- This was just another thing that contributed to the fact you can't judge a book by its cover.
- Guess you can't judge a book by its cover after all.
- Mind you, you can't judge a book by its cover, me old mum used to say.

Origin

Old English bōc (originally also 'a document or charter'), bōcian 'to grant by charter', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boek and German Buch, and probably to beech (on which runes were carved).

The forerunners of the modern book would have been scrolls of papyrus or parchment, or engraved tablets—the first example of what we might recognize as a book came in Roman times. The word book goes back to Old English and has related forms in most of the other northern European languages of the time. Their ancestor was probably a word related to beech (Old English), which would have been a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. A bookmaker is someone who ‘makes a book’. Bookmakers keep a record of bets made with different people, which was originally done in a memorandum book.

Rhymes

betook, brook, Brooke, Chinook, chook, Coke, cook, Cooke, crook, forsook, Gluck, hook, look, mistook, nook, partook, rook, schnook, schtuck, Shilluk, shook, Tobruk, took, undercook, undertook

Definition of book in US English:

book

nounbo͝okbʊk

1A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
a book of selected poems
a book on cats
as modifier a book report
Example sentencesExamples
- Modern books and CDs are often shoddy objects, victims of corporate economies.
- Solving an author's puzzles can be one of the most rewarding things about cracking open a book.
- The first work of mine to be published in a book wasn't a short story or a novel.
- She pictures a woman lying gloomily on the couch reading a book about Maria Callas.
- He cherished some lovely old books containing the folk songs and traditional ballads of our land.
- He didn't want to get in more trouble, and just opened a book, trying to concentrate and read it silently.
- I sat there a while longer, staring down at the vellum pages of the book on the low desk before me.
- If one opens the book at random, it is this multitude of references that catches the eye.
- Rosie bought me the DVD along with a book on philosophy.
- When he retired he wrote a book on medical science for lay people and prospective doctors.
- At any rate, objectivity should be the guiding factor while writing history books, past or present.
- I get up and stretch out my stiff muscles and take the bookmark and put it in the book on the page I was reading.
- The council said there will also be an extra £100,000 for the library book fund.
- You can do so by reading books and informing yourself, which is an aspect that should not be overlooked.
- I was a bit discouraged with the rest of the book after such a wonderful introduction.
- So he launched a new company which packaged the software in paperback book format and charged lower prices.
- I opened a book and quickly skimmed information about the first World War.
- After some serious research he wrote a book on the subject, Ancient Mosaics in Bulgaria.
- The resource books provided are well recognized as being excellent in their area.
- Anthologies of writing and small art books will be available for sale online.
- It's pretty sad, actually… most of my friends haven't opened a book for pleasure in years.
Synonyms
volume, tome, work, printed work, publication, title, opus, treatise
1. 1.1 A literary composition that is published or intended for publication as a book.
  the book is set in the 1940s
  I'm writing a book
  Example sentencesExamples
  I used to do photography seriously, and even wrote a book on photography in schools back in the seventies.
  The firm continued to publish books, and there was talk of opening a bookshop.
  Merely getting books published serves little purpose if no one reads them.
  Tell me about why you write stories and how you came to write a novel rather than a book of short stories.
  His drawings are also found in travel books and the stories of operas by Richard Wagner.
  I wrote my first book on spec, sent it off to nearly 100 publishers and in six weeks I had my first offer.
  He had just published a book of his life story, and it had become a best seller.
  The book, published in an edition of 6,000 copies on 19 December, sold out in a few days.
  I have recently spent many months writing a book on hypnosis for the British Medical Association.
  He likes classical music and books about people who die and come back to life.
  As the publication dates indicate these books are not the fruit of deep or new research.
  Another, working on a novel for young adults, already has books published in that field.
  Henry Miller had published seventeen books when he sent out an appeal to all his friends to help him out.
  He has claimed that he never wanted to be a novelist despite the fact the he has published so many books.
  I love mixing genres, writing essays and kids' books and short stories as well as poems.
  Second, don't open a book with a prologue, because you're wasting time.
  The best films nearly always come from original scripts or second-rate books.
  She is currently at work on a literary thriller and a book of short stories based on her travels
  Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published?
  Writing books about how to make a fortune on the Internet seems like a great method.
  Synonyms
  work, publication, novel, composition, piece, creation, opus
2. 1.2 A main division of a classic literary work, an epic, or the Bible.
  the Book of Genesis
  Example sentencesExamples
  He makes that claim in a short essay on the gospel of Luke in Revelations, a collection of personal responses to books of the Bible.
  The book of Esther is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of God.
  As a theologian he is most famous for his practical work in revising the order of the books of the Bible and arranging them into chapters.
  God always dictated the Torah, as well as other books of the Bible, in the language used by the people at the time.
  When Jerome started work there were already Latin translations of many of the books of the Bible.
  There are some books of the Bible whose authors cannot be known completely.
  There are many commentaries on individual books of the Bible, but the reader who wishes to take a broader view has less choice.
  There are also rough translations of other books of the Bible, currently used for teaching purposes.
  The New Testament contains the books that provide the basis for modern Christianity.
  Set up to follow the order of the books of the Bible, these photos and texts run from Creation to Revelation!
  Of the 42 books of the Bible that Shakespeare drew upon, Ecclesiasticus and Job seem to have been his favourites.
  In the 2nd Century AD the first four books of the New Testament were known as gospels.
  Of course, and that truth is preserved in the 66 books of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.
  Bryan never went into a frenzy, nor did he recite the books of the Bible.
  I found the list he had made of the books of the Bible in the drawer of his bedside table.
  However, in the textual criticism of the books of Scripture this is problematic in several ways.
  And not only does the book of Proverbs have this potential, but almost all the books of the Bible.
  Some readers of the Bible consider the book of Hebrews to be a description of a faith journey.
  Esther is one of the most neglected books of the Old Testament, certainly as far as commentaries are concerned.
  As many have noted, the very last words of the last book of the Jewish Bible end on a similar note.
3. 1.3 The libretto of an opera or musical, or the script of a play.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Keira took out the script book that she hadn't yet returned to the handbag.
  Synonyms
  text, screenplay, libretto, lyrics, score, lines, parts, dialogue, words, manuscript
4. 1.4the books Used to refer to studying.
  he is so deep in his books he would forget to eat
  Example sentencesExamples
  The campus has plenty of spots for students tired of slaving over their books in the library or dorms to get some fresh air.
  And there is naturally also a limit to how many hours they can be poring over their books after many hours at school and three hours of homework.
  But he never wallowed in self pity, and rather spent every available moment with his nose stuck deep in his books.
  On one of those seemingly endless summer days he was poring over his books in the library.
  Many students, sweating over their books, have dreamt of taking a relaxing nap in one of the beautiful forest clearings.
5. 1.5the book The local telephone directory.
  is your name in the book?
  Example sentencesExamples
  And if you have fond memories of a special teacher, why not look them up in the book and say ‘thanks’ one more time?
  Apart from in 2006/7, we are members of the Offa's Dyke Association, find us in the book, or the online entry they have for us.
  We are not a secret organisation, but out of necessity you will not find us in the book.
  New customers who found our number in the book would get the message ‘the number you reached is not in service.’
  Mum told me his surname, and I looked him up in the book, and called him, but his mum told me he was out so I left a message.
6. 1.6the Book The Bible.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Book contains the revelations that spell out what's fair and unfair or right and wrong.
  Of course, no book is more important or more popular than the book - the Bible.
7. 1.7dated, informal A magazine.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their readers nearly always referred to these magazines as 'books'.
  Money meant that no one laughed behind her back when she called magazines books.
  Some older readers still refer to their magazines as 'books'.
  'I read it in a book.' 'What book?' 'Vogue, that's what book.'
  Synonyms
  journal, publication, periodical, paper, proceedings
8. 1.8 An imaginary record or list (often used to emphasize the thoroughness or comprehensiveness of someone's actions or experiences)
  she felt every emotion in the book of love
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is a little known secret in the book of relationships, filed under the chapter on breaking up and I am here to share it.
  Whether or not ‘long distance’ relationships can work is one of those age-old questions in the book of love.
  The way he receives his partner in his hotel room wouldn't count among ‘nice and friendly’ in the book of etiquette.
2with modifier A bound set of blank sheets for writing or keeping records in.
an accounts book
Example sentencesExamples
- She reached into one of her few bags, and pulled out a leather bound book, and began to read.
- DocSearcher doesn't search my email, my address book entries or my browser history.
- As the man walked towards Pierre a man came from the back holding a huge old leather bound book.
- The Narrator looked up from the leather bound book he was reading from; tears were coursing from his eyes.
- He was marking exam papers when by chance he found a blank page in a candidate's answer book.
- Colouring books can occupy a child quietly for a while.
- I went over to this podium in the corner which had a large ledger book opened up on it.
- On his return from the war, he transcribed the diaries into ledger books, filling in gaps from memory.
- She spotted Joel propped up against the wall, reading a thick, leather bound book.
- She put the account book away and walked out to the site where they had been attacked.
- Maura gave him a puzzled glance but closed the account book and made her way to the entrance.
- That brought to mind the leather bound book that she had borrowed from the library.
- He pulled a heavy, leather bound book off from a high shelf, and cracked it open gently.
- She also added two leather bound books to the bag, one was blank but the other was full of spells that Olivia might need for the journey to the Wastes.
- As the reading went on, a guy sitting down in front of me drew an impressionistic sketch into a handmade blank book.
- The three of them then turned to look at the subject of their topic, just in time to see a grey address book fall out with a thud.
- She leaned back against her pillows and tapped her pen against the leather bound book.
- Verona, our daughter, had completed the bicycling clown in her colouring book and was bored.
- It's much more difficult to find a coloring book image of a crawdad than one would think.
- Before he could finish his sentence, Cass drew a green account book from a shelf to the side.
Synonyms
notepad, notebook, pad, memo pad, exercise book, binder
1. 2.1books A set of records or accounts.
  he can do more than balance the books
  Example sentencesExamples
  What's more, balance the books properly and you can avoid the perils of going deeper and deeper into debt.
  To help you balance the books for a night at the movies, here is the admission and snack bar breakdown for the five theatres reviewed.
  But sceptics say he still has to cut spending or raise taxes to balance the books and could raise indirect taxes in next year's budget.
  They balance the books by selling places to students from developing countries.
  The money I put in on departure was to balance the books, but reductions in certain areas will be needed.
  The council said the extra 29 million it has been given will be soaked up by education and there is simply not enough money to balance the books.
  In this study, memoirs and diaries, account books and statistics are used to forge an image of the life that went on in these houses.
  Account books of the period reveal how traders fared in this unusual situation.
  There was a desk in the middle of the room, with account books stacked and arranged neatly around each other.
  With all this extra wealth coming into the city, the council is unable to balance the books.
  His proposal has come as council finance chiefs look to balance the books and keep this year's rise in council tax below five per cent.
  They need to be able to balance the books to continue to provide it.
  That's where the savings are required to balance the books.
  He had then tried to juggle the accounts in a desperate bid to balance the books.
  But now it is understood senior officers say they cannot keep using reserves to balance the books.
  It is believed that the land was not mentioned in the company's books or records or in the annual accounts.
  The council has been struggling to balance the books for years.
  They must sell an expensive player approximately once every 12 months to balance the books.
  Overnight there was a tenfold increase in the valuation put on the city's council homes to balance the books and keep the sell-off on track.
  For example, she bases one chapter on account books devoted to the West Indian trade.
  Synonyms
  accounts, records, archives
2. 2.2 A bookmaker's record of bets accepted and money paid out.
  Example sentencesExamples
  According to both the bookmakers and the form book it's a two-horse race.
3. 2.3the book The first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of bridge.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The person who plays the highest card of the suit led, or who plays the highest trump, wins the book.
  If no one plays a trump, then the highest ranking card to the suit led wins the book.
3A set of tickets, stamps, matches, checks, samples of cloth, etc., bound together.
a pattern book
a book of matches
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to the student samples, items are also sampled into test books.
- Season ticket holders are being urged to bring their entire season ticket books with them to ensure entry to the ground.
- If you feel you can support the club by selling a few books of tickets please don't hesitate to contact any committee or club member.
- He sits again, pulls a book of matches out of his pocket, strikes one and holds it out toward me.
- Junior season ticket books cost £25 for home and away games plus cup competitions.
- Leagues of volunteers will start working the room selling books of Grand Raffle tickets.
- It's just, when you go out into the woods you should carry a book of matches, or some waterproof matches.
- Instead, it was as if the models were swathed in giant fabric sample books, each layer peeling off to reveal another beneath.
- They have books of pictures and samples that you can look through there, and they can do it all.
- All completed ticket books and sponsorship should be returned to the organising committee immediately.
- Those who can write in with the correct guess win a book of stamps!
- Sample books were purchased for the teachers to read based on their preferences.
- He scribbled his address and Com number on the back of a book of matches and gave it to her.
- Current rules allow a passenger to carry two lighters and four books of matches.
- Perry specialised in making books of matches (advertising bars or restaurants, for example).
- Once, when he was driving with his fiancée, a traffic policeman stopped him and took out a ticket book.
- What to do when you are suddenly faced with a wall of wallpaper sample books at your local retail store?
- At our local wallpaper store they gave me several large sample books of discounted wallpaper.
- It was then that he remembered the book of matches in his pocket, and drew it out.
- A book of first class stamps and a letter of apology was the scant compensation offered to a woman who claimed her mail had been stolen.

verbbo͝okbʊk

[with object]

1Reserve (accommodations, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance.
I have booked a table at the Swan
no object book early to avoid disappointment
Example sentencesExamples
- From November to March its rooms are booked up more quickly than umbrellas turn inside out.
- If deemed appropriate, a student union committee could suspend the fraternity's privileges for booking rooms and tables.
- You can support them by booking your tickets or table at the earliest convenience and ensure you're attending a very special Dream Ball.
- Places are fully booked for the Summer Camp.
- The auditorium was packed and places were booked well in advance for this eagerly anticipated show.
- All welcome to come and view the activities and premises on offer or to book a place for your child.
- A little voice at the back of my head is telling me I really should book some accommodation in advance.
- Regretfully only those who have booked places can be accommodated on this occasion
- The tower - including the viewing platform - can be booked for special events.
- The popularity of the event has meant commercial accommodations are sometimes booked one year in advance.
- Whenever I book a ticket in advance, they always put me in the quiet carriage.
- Much coastal and Dales accommodation is already booked up in advance, and Scarborough had to print 10,000 extra holiday brochures to satisfy demand.
- The hotels and guest houses are booked up a year in advance, and anyone who has any sense will spend both days avoiding the main roads and the railway station.
- Space for bicycles is limited on Scotrail trains, and so book a place in advance.
- Similar to one week packages in the Canary Islands, all places were booked well in advance.
- As places are limited it is important that places are booked early.
- Advance tickets can be booked online or by calling 07005 942 579.
- During its long run, the Community Centre was booked out in advance for most of the show nights.
- By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation.
- Excursions can be booked at the guest services desk at the resort.
Synonyms
reserve, make a reservation for, arrange in advance, prearrange, arrange for, order
arrange, programme, schedule, timetable, line up, secure, fix up, lay on
1. 1.1 Reserve accommodations for (someone)
  his secretary had booked him into the Howard Hotel
  with two objects book me a single room at my usual hotel
  Example sentencesExamples
  The hotel they'd booked me was expensive, but I wasn't complaining.
  It started out with me being booked to work for NWA Florida through Eric Loy who is a liaison for the promotion.
  We'd been booked into The Hotel That Time Forgot.
  Around 1,000 guests were flown in on planes chartered from Air India and were booked into two swish hotels.
  Even booking you both into one of the most luxurious hotels in Moncton, Canada.
  My boyfriend brought me to London and surprised me by booking us in at the Met Hotel, absolutely stunning and funky place to stay, I loved it!
  Until we realised we had been booked into the wrong hotel.
  A couple feared for their lives after they were booked into a hotel in what they described as a dangerous drugs ghetto in South Africa.
  We have taken the liberty at booking you at Collelungo, an agriturismo near Castellina.
  They sought out a guest services representative and booked themselves into a 5 star resort, just a 20 minute drive away.
2. 1.2 Engage (a performer or guest) for an occasion or event.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Several senior speakers from Scotland's main IT markets are booked for the networking event.
  We've booked a band for the night and some other guest artists will also play.
  So I was surprised when I heard where we had been booked to perform this Patrick's Day - Niagara, the Canadian side.
  Many acts have been booked to perform both on the main stage in Castlewellan and in several smaller venues in Newcastle, Ballynahinch and Downpatrick.
  Even if they've never heard you speak, the fact that you were booked as a speaker gives you instant credibility.
  Work got underway booking performers as far back as last September and work on the parade for concepts and ideas got underway in March.
  He booked me on a show in Alabama, but didn't know who the audience was.
  No, but they can determine whether or not someone should take a risk on booking an artist.
  He is booked perform one of his routines live on national television.
  He has been booked to perform three times this season by Reading, Yeovil and Swindon.
  Each month the society holds a concert booking artists from all over the UK and abroad.
  But Thomas does not stop at booking the artists.
  The singer was originally booked for a small concert in Hangzhou on June 12, sponsored by an ice tea company.
  According to the panel report, he was responsible for booking Western artists for the Harbour Fest.
  However the programme for this year is going to be hard to improve on as some of the best artistes in Ireland and abroad are booked to perform.
  A promoter who booked them to play in Ripley, Derbyshire, suggested he change his name to Cliff Richard.
3. 1.3be booked up Have all appointments or places reserved; be full.
  I'm booked till, like, 2014
  Example sentencesExamples
  All places have been booked up this weekend, but the sessions will also be available next Saturday.
  ‘My clinic is booked up until 2006, with a waiting list of nine to ten months, and my colleagues also have waiting lists of up to 12 months,’ he said.
  Since then, it has become a popular venue for exhibitions and is booked up until well into 2006.
  And because the doctors' time is being booked up by patients who don't turn up, it means everyone has to wait longer to see their GP.
  Any builder of any worth is booked up from now till kingdom come, and they don't do too badly on the money front either.
  Every place we'd tried was booked up, so we were getting a bit panicky.
  All my rooms were booked up by congress delegates.
  But yet again the photographer was turned away because the gallery was booked up.
  People can come on the night but it may be booked up so they should book in advance.
  The Evening Press made a call to the centre to ask what accommodation was available and was told by that most hotels were booked up this weekend.
2Make an official record of the name and other personal details of (a criminal suspect or offender)
the cop booked me and took me down to the station
Example sentencesExamples
- After a sobriety test, he was booked on suspicion of two misdemeanor charges
- Nonetheless, officers booked him on charges of theft.
- He was also booked for selling alcohol after hours.
- We went over to the Palm Beach County Jail where I was booked on this single charge, filed a not guilty plea, went in there and smiled for the mug shot.
- A number of people were booked quite unnecessarily, causing anger and disbelief that such an innocent action could result in such draconian measures.
- He was arrested in a San Francisco residence and brought to the San Jose Main Jail where he was booked on several counts of armed robbery.
- He was booked on suspicion of making threats with intent to terrorize and on suspicion of interfering with a person's civil rights.
- The 39-year-old singer was booked on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon late on Friday.
- Clients who do stop in these areas are often harassed by police by flashing their lights or booking them for traffic offences.
- She was booked on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge and released on $600 bail.
- After new inmates are booked, they're interviewed, sometimes for as long as 45 minutes.
- She was booked on misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid driver license.
- Officers took the inebriated tourists to the Pattaya police station and booked them on charges of physical assault and drunk and disorderly behavior.
- Eventually you'll get booked by the cops and handed a fine.
- He was transported back to Bayview Station where he was booked on weapons, narcotics, the warrant and illegal encampment charges.
3US informal no object Leave suddenly.
they just ate your pizza and drank your soda and booked
Example sentencesExamples
- It was time to book out of here. I jumped onto the bike and started to pedal, heading for the mainland.
- Look, I gotta book. I'll see you guys later.
- We gotta book—fast.
- You gotta book, Officer. I gotta stay.
1. 3.1 Move quickly; hurry.
  my sister and I booked to the playground
  I didn't hear the verdict because I had to book it to work
  Example sentencesExamples
  We better book if we're gonna go to P.E.
  Then he just booked it around the corner and we never saw him again.
  He's booking through that park.
  She waved bye-bye and booked out of there.
  He was booking through a parking lot recently when a car lurched backward.
  I started booking it due north, trying my best to move as quickly as I could without losing my footing.
  Book, man! Can't you run? Something wrong with your legs?

Phrases

bring someone to book

Bring someone to justice; punish.
Example sentencesExamples
- And officers have warned the criminals that they have taken an extra special interest in bringing them to book.
- He said: ‘They are committing environmental crimes and our dedicated enforcement teams will be using all their investigative resources to track them down and bring them to book.’
- And he warned the troublemakers that they would be brought to book over the next few months using evidence gathered on the night and CCTV video footage of the disorder.
- The council should be bringing someone to book.
- Officers want teachers to join them on night-time patrol so they can identify juvenile troublemakers and help bring them to book.
- If you are found guilty of corruption, you will be brought to book.
- When we find them, we'll bring them to book and lock them away for a long, long time.
- He seemed unfazed that an array of high-tech gadgetry was to be deployed in his street with the aim of bringing him to book.
- It's good that he has been brought to book and sends out a strong message to others.
- But they can be brought to book under legislation governing companies making false and misleading claims.
Synonyms
scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book

by the book

Strictly according to the rules.
a cop who doesn't exactly play it by the book
Example sentencesExamples
- They follow procedure and go by the book; he ignores the rules if it means getting the job done.
- For such policemen, I have no feelings, they ought to be dealt with strictly by the book.
- Business as usual, even when done strictly by the book, is not necessarily the safest way of operating.
- It's not because all of these corporations are doing it just by the book.
- No, I am just trying to do the whole thing by the book according to my right as a qualified resident foreigner.
- We even have to keep an open mind about whether there were any dealings that weren't strictly by the book.
- Now, this might appear to be a time to play things strictly by the book in order to protect your biggest lifetime investment.
- The referee played it by the book and said that League rules say that if the pitch isn't fit at 12 noon it won't get any better.
- Do you think the TV stations are playing by the book in not running excessively violent stuff at 8.30?
- But hey, life's too short to play it by the book all the time.
Synonyms
according to the rules, in accordance with the rules, within the law, abiding by the law, lawfully, legally, legitimately, licitly

in someone's bad (or good) books

In disfavor (or favor) with a person.
Example sentencesExamples
- She's a terrible snob and I'm sure she's only inviting you because it's the done thing and she wants to be polite as well as keep in my good books.
- Ministers and officials in the state see to it that they stay in their good books.
- After half-an-hour of this taunting and torture, the only place his men would have been was in his bad books.
- Jon defended me gallantly, earning him a little tick in my good books.
- Apparently all the folk in Deerness had heard of my good deed, and that seems to have put me in their good books.
- They say: ‘Let's try and be in their good books.’
- And since she answered my silly questions with patience and saccharine sweetness, she is in my good books.
- He's back in their good books, so his odds remain long.
- I still didn't think it would be a good idea to go by there alone - especially since I was now in his bad books.
- The matron, who was in charge of us, was a formidable figure and you didn't want to get in her bad books.
Synonyms
in favour, popular, friendly, friends

in my book

In my opinion.
that counts as a lie in my book
Example sentencesExamples
- Admittedly he is inclined to forget things like birthdays, but that's not a cardinal sin, not in my book, anyway.
- It was a fish soup, no doubt made from yesterday's unsold fish - but that's a good thing in my book.
- Celebrities who can rough it on the streets with the homeless are okay in my book.
- So in my book that makes it really controllable, even in bad weather.
- True democracy, in my book, is one person one vote on any decision that effects the society that is voting.
- They all had vests but not one of them had opted for a tie, another transgression in my book.
- The party was a real laugh, lovely people, tasty food - a good combo in my book!
- At the press of a button, I could tell what temperature it was in their nursery too, which takes spying to a whole new level in my book.
- So anything which helps interns find their way around a community which can be very intimidating must, in my book, be a good thing.
- Forgive the caveman economics, but keeping the lights and heating on comes a long way ahead of saving the planet, in my book.
Synonyms
for my part, for my own part, for myself, according to my way of thinking, to my mind, in my estimation, as far as i am concerned, in my opinion, in my view, in my own opinion, in my own view, from my own point of view, from where i stand, from my standpoint, as i see it, if you ask me, for my money, in my book

on the books

Contained in a book of laws or records.
discriminatory laws still on the books
the longest pitching career on the books
Example sentencesExamples
- He was one of the 50,000 or so people on the books of YouGov, the internet pollsters, but was hardly ever asked for his views.
- Said player would be placed on the books, which would then be made available for clubs anxious to strengthen their squads.
- The ailing team have finally resigned from division two with only seven or eight players on the books.
- This includes several dozen refugees from the former Yugoslavia who are on the books of an employment agency.
- He was on the books of top rugby union club Leicester Tigers as a junior but has switched to the League code.
- The garage closes with 15 employees on the books, all of whom are entitled to transfer to the incoming dealer in Preston.
- The first three players on the books have the talent to form the nucleus of a premiership winning side.
- We have only got thirteen players on the books who have made more than 20 Premiership appearances.
- He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
- Discloses for the first time that six current members of the United first team squad are now on the books of the modelling agency.

People of the Book

Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then the people of the Qu'ran join with the People of the Book, admiring their common prophets.
- We cannot marry in any circumstances among the followers of other religious barring the People of the Book.
- Instead, there is a far greater possibility that such marriages will positively influence the women of the People of the Book by inducing them to accept Islam.
- The Jews became known as the People of the Book, a title given them by Mohammed.
- Some modern thinkers call for recognition of the ties binding the People of the Book together as a means of promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
- Do the People of the Book in the verse refer to the Jews and Christians of all times?
- The People of the Book will say a prayer, thanking God / Yahweh / Allah for the food.
- The ultimate challenges of the People of the Book have never been physical ones.
- It is often said by Muslims that there is respect in traditional Islam for the People of the Book - that is, Jews and Christians.
- Muslim men are permitted to marry non-Muslim women from the People of the Book - i.e. Jews and Christians.

suit someone's book

Be convenient for someone.
it didn't suit her book at all to be moved
Example sentencesExamples
- Sorry if that doesn't suit your book or your plans for us but when you said for us to go home you forgot one thing.
- It is typical of the minimisation the Leader of the Opposition is capable of when it suits his book.
- Of course many of us have to relearn these lessons in a new cycle because changes in monetary policy seldom suit our book at the time.
- Decide what type of work activities best suit your book.
- Price your liquidity accurately for each of your client segments and recognize which flows suit your book and which don't, so that you can.
- My sister is quick to call somebody a friend, even somebody she hardly knows, if it suits her book.
- It might suit his book to allege that, but that is not the position of my honourable friend.

throw the book at

informal Charge or punish (someone) as severely as possible.
Example sentencesExamples
- But this is their opportunity to appear tough on racial sensitivity and they're going to throw the book at us.
- And considering my contempt for the Ivy League, I hope, you know, they throw the book at them.
- So they're basically saying to people, ‘If we ever find out that the claims that you made were false, look out, we're going to throw the book at you.’
- Does this make you feel like throwing the book at your unsolicited informant, and to lose interest in reading on?
- I hope the NYC police throw the book at this woman.
- Her bond has been set at $50,000 and it would be nice if a judge throws the book at her.
- The United States sees children killing each other in the classroom, but you can't just throw the book at them.
- If so, then I do hope that the feds are throwing the book at her - I want her to fry for this!
- And last week, in the run-up to his visit, the Kremlin was continuing to throw the book at the company.
- Speeders beware: judge may throw the book at you
- We're going to throw the book at you, or at least some facts, from our presidential election research editorial guide.
- Will you, Mr Speaker, sort out the chief whip and throw the book at her?
- I suppose its best that I ask the Corporation to take away my bin and throw the book at me as you cannot get blood out of a stone - and I am that stone.
- As far as we are concerned, we will throw the book at them and we would expect that magistrates do the same.
- If he's guilty, they should throw the book at him.
- If the charges are proved, throw the book at the perpetrators, but not until.
- I hope that the prosecutors and law enforcement officers also take this seriously and throw the book at him if he is caught.
- We have always said we're prepared to throw the book at the terrorists, because that's who we've got to concentrate upon.
- But if he doesn't, I'm sure the government is prepared to throw the book at him.
- You can't throw the book at anyone because it is happening.
Synonyms
scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book

write the book

Used in reference to particular expertise or proficiency in a subject, area of activity, etc.
they actually care about the product they are making and they wrote the book on customer service
he pretty much writes the book on how to be perfect in the media
Example sentencesExamples
- California wrote the book on approachability.
- Here were two football powers who wrote the book on heroics and football legends, rewriting it in a game and on a stage like this.
- He's the man who wrote the book on duplicity.
- I know how the whole ‘need-to-know’ system works: in fact I wrote the book on it!
- Clooney plays Miles Massey, a hotshot divorce attorney who wrote the book on prenuptial agreements.
- I could write the book on rehab.
- They could write the book on luxury, whether it's stays in country houses on the shores of magical lochs or voyages through the Outer Hebrides.
- The way she goes on, you'd think she wrote the book on fidelity.
- The only thing Robert is willing to reveal about the special guest mentor is that they could "write the book on vulnerability."

you can't judge a book by its cover

proverb Outward appearances are not a reliable indication of the true character of someone or something.
Example sentencesExamples
- But you can't judge a book by its cover or whatever they say.
- Mind you, you can't judge a book by its cover, me old mum used to say.
- I told you that you can't judge a book by its cover,’ he reminded her, in an ‘I-told-you-so’ type of manner.
- Anyone who says you can't judge a book by its cover is an idiot.
- And I think that, like this movie says, you can't judge a book by its cover.
- Despite the admonition that you can't judge a book by its cover, I tend to find that, increasingly, you can.
- Guess you can't judge a book by its cover after all.
- This book defies the old adage that claims you can't judge a book by its cover.
- They seemed all right at first but I suppose you can't judge a book by its cover.
- This was just another thing that contributed to the fact you can't judge a book by its cover.

close the book on

Lay aside; expend no further energy on.
Congress closed the book on wool subsidies
Example sentencesExamples
- This focus is consistent with the practice of closing the books of account annually.
- Now, as companies close the books on another quarter, the lack of pricing power combined with weak demand is sapping the top and bottom lines.
- He suggests that a club owner spend the extra money to hire an accountant to formally close the books at the end of the year.
- The Dow and Nasdaq were ready to close the books on their first down years since 1990.
- One can also appreciate how the bean counters want to be able to close the books with a positive result against any negative expense.
- We're still closing the books on 2003, and there will be a summary article in the April issue of the magazine.
- Shareholder requirements for dividends made it necessary to define an accounting period, close the books and calculate profits.
- It adds that that the aim is ‘to clear the accounts and to close the books for the years up to March 1995’.
- I'll eat my hat if his successor does not close the books at the end of 2004 with a small surplus.
- In fact, Vermont closed the books on its 2003 fiscal year with a $10.4 million surplus, even as California, Massachusetts, and many other states battle huge deficits.

make book

Take bets on the outcome of an event.
figurative I wouldn't make book on it
Example sentencesExamples
- IG Index and its spread betting competitors garner publicity by making a book on ‘grey market’ prices ahead of initial public offerings (IPOs).
- You can think of it as an American alternative to those famous London betting shops that will make book on just about anything.
- Major organizations are making book on who will be the next Miss World; check out this site for the current odds, and place a bet if you are so inclined.
- The bookmakers have opened a book on the Anti-Litter League quoting Kilkenny city as favourite to win at odds of 10/1.
- Meanwhile, a quintessentially Wodehousian plot is brewing in nearby Tottleigh Castle, where staff is making book on the identity of Lady's Alyce's husband-to-be.
- The company is always game to open a book on most events and we do get some unusual requests.
- If I knew how to open a book (the bookie kind, I know how to open book-books) I would.
- In fact Betfair has nothing in particular to do with racing or any other sport on which it makes a book.
- It will probably do worse - since the kind of events he wants to make book on are even more unpredictable and emotional than elections.

one for the books

An extraordinary feat or event.
Example sentencesExamples
- For a team who have been full of surprises their final capitulation was definitely one for the books.
- But after what I witnessed, what we all saw well, I guess your report will be one for the books, to say the least
- ‘Well that's one for the books. ‘Unknown hole appears in the side of a 22 foot yacht and sinks.’
- This contest was one for the books because of what took place between the chalk lines.
- ‘This was one for the books,’ the boy says, suddenly imitating his father's banal, platitude-ridden speech.
- I already know this night is going to be one for the books so don't miss.
- Somewhere around then though we got drunk in the burger bar which was one for the books.
- As in 1942, Williams provided an early indication that the 1947 season was going to be one for the books.
- Wednesday a week or so back was one for the books!
- And one for the books, the corporate giant giving investors the biggest dividend payout in history.

take a leaf from (or out of) someone's book

Imitate or emulate someone in a particular way.
Gorbachev must take a leaf from Deng's book and offer tangible benefits
Example sentencesExamples
- We may all stand disgusted when we see the state of some foreign prisons, but maybe we should take a leaf out of their book.
- I'm going to take a leaf out of your book, at least for a couple of days, and spend my time eating and sleeping by turns.
- Perhaps those intent on putting up ludicrously-priced properties under the guise of ‘regeneration’ around here could take a leaf out of their book.
- He wished more young people would take a leaf out of his book and follow his example.
- I hope you do not mind Catherine, I am taking a leaf out of your book and asking anyone that passes this way to please call around and offer your support to John and his family.
- You have some genuine elected members who care for their community so perhaps take a leaf out of their book.
- I hope others take a leaf out of your book and I look forward to working with you again next year.
- If only those responsible for devising the new routes and timetables for our buses could take a leaf out of their book.
- He carried the club at times last season, but others must take a leaf out of his book.
- He seems very pleasant and hard working, a few could do with taking a leaf out of his book.
- They gave an as near to perfect display of football as possible and what a pity some of our male teams don't take a leaf out of their book.
Synonyms
imitate, copy, reproduce, mimic, mirror, echo, follow, model oneself on, take as a model, take as an example

Origin

Old English bōc (originally also ‘a document or charter’), bōcian ‘to grant by charter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boek and German Buch, and probably to beech (on which runes were carved).

单词	book
释义	Definition of book in English: book noun bʊkbʊk 1A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. a book of selected poems Example sentencesExamples It's pretty sad, actually… most of my friends haven't opened a book for pleasure in years. If one opens the book at random, it is this multitude of references that catches the eye. Anthologies of writing and small art books will be available for sale online. Rosie bought me the DVD along with a book on philosophy. The council said there will also be an extra £100,000 for the library book fund. He didn't want to get in more trouble, and just opened a book, trying to concentrate and read it silently. He cherished some lovely old books containing the folk songs and traditional ballads of our land. I sat there a while longer, staring down at the vellum pages of the book on the low desk before me. When he retired he wrote a book on medical science for lay people and prospective doctors. I opened a book and quickly skimmed information about the first World War. So he launched a new company which packaged the software in paperback book format and charged lower prices. Modern books and CDs are often shoddy objects, victims of corporate economies. Solving an author's puzzles can be one of the most rewarding things about cracking open a book. I was a bit discouraged with the rest of the book after such a wonderful introduction. I get up and stretch out my stiff muscles and take the bookmark and put it in the book on the page I was reading. After some serious research he wrote a book on the subject, Ancient Mosaics in Bulgaria. You can do so by reading books and informing yourself, which is an aspect that should not be overlooked. She pictures a woman lying gloomily on the couch reading a book about Maria Callas. The resource books provided are well recognized as being excellent in their area. At any rate, objectivity should be the guiding factor while writing history books, past or present. The first work of mine to be published in a book wasn't a short story or a novel. Synonyms volume, tome, work, printed work, publication, title, opus, treatise novel, storybook manual, handbook, guide, companion, reference book paperback, hardback, softback historical yellowback 1.1 A literary composition that is published or intended for publication as a book. he's writing a book about his experiences Example sentencesExamples She is currently at work on a literary thriller and a book of short stories based on her travels The firm continued to publish books, and there was talk of opening a bookshop. Henry Miller had published seventeen books when he sent out an appeal to all his friends to help him out. I used to do photography seriously, and even wrote a book on photography in schools back in the seventies. I wrote my first book on spec, sent it off to nearly 100 publishers and in six weeks I had my first offer. The best films nearly always come from original scripts or second-rate books. He has claimed that he never wanted to be a novelist despite the fact the he has published so many books. As the publication dates indicate these books are not the fruit of deep or new research. Merely getting books published serves little purpose if no one reads them. I have recently spent many months writing a book on hypnosis for the British Medical Association. I love mixing genres, writing essays and kids' books and short stories as well as poems. He likes classical music and books about people who die and come back to life. Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published? He had just published a book of his life story, and it had become a best seller. His drawings are also found in travel books and the stories of operas by Richard Wagner. Tell me about why you write stories and how you came to write a novel rather than a book of short stories. Writing books about how to make a fortune on the Internet seems like a great method. Another, working on a novel for young adults, already has books published in that field. Second, don't open a book with a prologue, because you're wasting time. The book, published in an edition of 6,000 copies on 19 December, sold out in a few days. Synonyms work, publication, novel, composition, piece, creation, opus 1.2 A main division of a literary work or of the Bible. the Book of Genesis Example sentencesExamples There are also rough translations of other books of the Bible, currently used for teaching purposes. He makes that claim in a short essay on the gospel of Luke in Revelations, a collection of personal responses to books of the Bible. Bryan never went into a frenzy, nor did he recite the books of the Bible. And not only does the book of Proverbs have this potential, but almost all the books of the Bible. However, in the textual criticism of the books of Scripture this is problematic in several ways. When Jerome started work there were already Latin translations of many of the books of the Bible. I found the list he had made of the books of the Bible in the drawer of his bedside table. Esther is one of the most neglected books of the Old Testament, certainly as far as commentaries are concerned. In the 2nd Century AD the first four books of the New Testament were known as gospels. Of the 42 books of the Bible that Shakespeare drew upon, Ecclesiasticus and Job seem to have been his favourites. Of course, and that truth is preserved in the 66 books of the Bible, Old and New Testaments. The book of Esther is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of God. There are many commentaries on individual books of the Bible, but the reader who wishes to take a broader view has less choice. Some readers of the Bible consider the book of Hebrews to be a description of a faith journey. As many have noted, the very last words of the last book of the Jewish Bible end on a similar note. God always dictated the Torah, as well as other books of the Bible, in the language used by the people at the time. Set up to follow the order of the books of the Bible, these photos and texts run from Creation to Revelation! The New Testament contains the books that provide the basis for modern Christianity. There are some books of the Bible whose authors cannot be known completely. As a theologian he is most famous for his practical work in revising the order of the books of the Bible and arranging them into chapters. 1.3 The libretto of a musical or opera, or the script of a play. Example sentencesExamples Keira took out the script book that she hadn't yet returned to the handbag. Synonyms text, screenplay, libretto, lyrics, score, lines, parts, dialogue, words, manuscript 1.4one's books Used to refer to studying. he was so deep in his books he would forget to eat Example sentencesExamples And there is naturally also a limit to how many hours they can be poring over their books after many hours at school and three hours of homework. On one of those seemingly endless summer days he was poring over his books in the library. The campus has plenty of spots for students tired of slaving over their books in the library or dorms to get some fresh air. But he never wallowed in self pity, and rather spent every available moment with his nose stuck deep in his books. Many students, sweating over their books, have dreamt of taking a relaxing nap in one of the beautiful forest clearings. 1.5the book The telephone directory for the area in which someone lives. is your name in the book? Example sentencesExamples Mum told me his surname, and I looked him up in the book, and called him, but his mum told me he was out so I left a message. And if you have fond memories of a special teacher, why not look them up in the book and say ‘thanks’ one more time? New customers who found our number in the book would get the message ‘the number you reached is not in service.’ We are not a secret organisation, but out of necessity you will not find us in the book. Apart from in 2006/7, we are members of the Offa's Dyke Association, find us in the book, or the online entry they have for us. 1.6dated, informal A magazine. women's books like Cosmopolitan and Ladies' Home Journal Charlotte's mother always called magazines ‘books’ Example sentencesExamples Money meant that no one laughed behind her back when she called magazines books. Their readers nearly always referred to these magazines as 'books'. 'I read it in a book.' 'What book?' 'Vogue, that's what book.' Some older readers still refer to their magazines as 'books'. Synonyms journal, publication, periodical, paper, proceedings 1.7 An imaginary record or list (often used to emphasize the comprehensiveness of someone's actions or experience) she felt every emotion in the book of love Example sentencesExamples There is a little known secret in the book of relationships, filed under the chapter on breaking up and I am here to share it. The way he receives his partner in his hotel room wouldn't count among ‘nice and friendly’ in the book of etiquette. Whether or not ‘long distance’ relationships can work is one of those age-old questions in the book of love. 2with modifier A bound set of blank sheets for writing in. an accounts book Example sentencesExamples It's much more difficult to find a coloring book image of a crawdad than one would think. Colouring books can occupy a child quietly for a while. She reached into one of her few bags, and pulled out a leather bound book, and began to read. She put the account book away and walked out to the site where they had been attacked. As the man walked towards Pierre a man came from the back holding a huge old leather bound book. Verona, our daughter, had completed the bicycling clown in her colouring book and was bored. She leaned back against her pillows and tapped her pen against the leather bound book. The Narrator looked up from the leather bound book he was reading from; tears were coursing from his eyes. DocSearcher doesn't search my email, my address book entries or my browser history. The three of them then turned to look at the subject of their topic, just in time to see a grey address book fall out with a thud. He was marking exam papers when by chance he found a blank page in a candidate's answer book. She also added two leather bound books to the bag, one was blank but the other was full of spells that Olivia might need for the journey to the Wastes. On his return from the war, he transcribed the diaries into ledger books, filling in gaps from memory. As the reading went on, a guy sitting down in front of me drew an impressionistic sketch into a handmade blank book. Before he could finish his sentence, Cass drew a green account book from a shelf to the side. That brought to mind the leather bound book that she had borrowed from the library. I went over to this podium in the corner which had a large ledger book opened up on it. She spotted Joel propped up against the wall, reading a thick, leather bound book. He pulled a heavy, leather bound book off from a high shelf, and cracked it open gently. Maura gave him a puzzled glance but closed the account book and made her way to the entrance. Synonyms notepad, notebook, pad, memo pad, exercise book, binder ledger, record book, log, logbook, chronicle, journal, diary, daybook British jotter, pocketbook North American scratch pad French cahier 2.1books A set of records or accounts. a bid to balance the books Example sentencesExamples His proposal has come as council finance chiefs look to balance the books and keep this year's rise in council tax below five per cent. The council has been struggling to balance the books for years. But sceptics say he still has to cut spending or raise taxes to balance the books and could raise indirect taxes in next year's budget. To help you balance the books for a night at the movies, here is the admission and snack bar breakdown for the five theatres reviewed. They balance the books by selling places to students from developing countries. The council said the extra 29 million it has been given will be soaked up by education and there is simply not enough money to balance the books. Account books of the period reveal how traders fared in this unusual situation. But now it is understood senior officers say they cannot keep using reserves to balance the books. It is believed that the land was not mentioned in the company's books or records or in the annual accounts. In this study, memoirs and diaries, account books and statistics are used to forge an image of the life that went on in these houses. What's more, balance the books properly and you can avoid the perils of going deeper and deeper into debt. They need to be able to balance the books to continue to provide it. The money I put in on departure was to balance the books, but reductions in certain areas will be needed. That's where the savings are required to balance the books. Overnight there was a tenfold increase in the valuation put on the city's council homes to balance the books and keep the sell-off on track. With all this extra wealth coming into the city, the council is unable to balance the books. They must sell an expensive player approximately once every 12 months to balance the books. There was a desk in the middle of the room, with account books stacked and arranged neatly around each other. For example, she bases one chapter on account books devoted to the West Indian trade. He had then tried to juggle the accounts in a desperate bid to balance the books. Synonyms accounts, records, archives account book, record book, ledger, log, balance sheet, financial statement 2.2 A bookmaker's record of bets accepted and money paid out. Example sentencesExamples According to both the bookmakers and the form book it's a two-horse race. 2.3Soccer The notebook in which a referee writes the names of players who are cautioned for foul play. his name went into the book for a foul on Smyth Example sentencesExamples Newsome's name was soon added to referee's book when he deliberately tripped an opponent. It was the 11 th of the season for a man who is no stranger to the referee's book. 2.4the book The first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of bridge, after which further tricks count towards fulfilling the contract. Example sentencesExamples If no one plays a trump, then the highest ranking card to the suit led wins the book. The person who plays the highest card of the suit led, or who plays the highest trump, wins the book. 3A set of tickets, stamps, matches, samples of cloth, etc., bound together. a pattern book Example sentencesExamples A book of first class stamps and a letter of apology was the scant compensation offered to a woman who claimed her mail had been stolen. Season ticket holders are being urged to bring their entire season ticket books with them to ensure entry to the ground. Instead, it was as if the models were swathed in giant fabric sample books, each layer peeling off to reveal another beneath. Sample books were purchased for the teachers to read based on their preferences. In addition to the student samples, items are also sampled into test books. It's just, when you go out into the woods you should carry a book of matches, or some waterproof matches. Junior season ticket books cost £25 for home and away games plus cup competitions. Once, when he was driving with his fiancée, a traffic policeman stopped him and took out a ticket book. He scribbled his address and Com number on the back of a book of matches and gave it to her. Those who can write in with the correct guess win a book of stamps! If you feel you can support the club by selling a few books of tickets please don't hesitate to contact any committee or club member. Leagues of volunteers will start working the room selling books of Grand Raffle tickets. Perry specialised in making books of matches (advertising bars or restaurants, for example). At our local wallpaper store they gave me several large sample books of discounted wallpaper. Current rules allow a passenger to carry two lighters and four books of matches. They have books of pictures and samples that you can look through there, and they can do it all. What to do when you are suddenly faced with a wall of wallpaper sample books at your local retail store? It was then that he remembered the book of matches in his pocket, and drew it out. He sits again, pulls a book of matches out of his pocket, strikes one and holds it out toward me. All completed ticket books and sponsorship should be returned to the organising committee immediately. verb bʊkbʊk [with object] 1Reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance. I have booked a table at the Swan no object book early to avoid disappointment Example sentencesExamples Whenever I book a ticket in advance, they always put me in the quiet carriage. From November to March its rooms are booked up more quickly than umbrellas turn inside out. Advance tickets can be booked online or by calling 07005 942 579. The popularity of the event has meant commercial accommodations are sometimes booked one year in advance. Space for bicycles is limited on Scotrail trains, and so book a place in advance. If deemed appropriate, a student union committee could suspend the fraternity's privileges for booking rooms and tables. The tower - including the viewing platform - can be booked for special events. By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation. During its long run, the Community Centre was booked out in advance for most of the show nights. You can support them by booking your tickets or table at the earliest convenience and ensure you're attending a very special Dream Ball. All welcome to come and view the activities and premises on offer or to book a place for your child. The auditorium was packed and places were booked well in advance for this eagerly anticipated show. Places are fully booked for the Summer Camp. Regretfully only those who have booked places can be accommodated on this occasion A little voice at the back of my head is telling me I really should book some accommodation in advance. Similar to one week packages in the Canary Islands, all places were booked well in advance. As places are limited it is important that places are booked early. Excursions can be booked at the guest services desk at the resort. Much coastal and Dales accommodation is already booked up in advance, and Scarborough had to print 10,000 extra holiday brochures to satisfy demand. The hotels and guest houses are booked up a year in advance, and anyone who has any sense will spend both days avoiding the main roads and the railway station. Synonyms reserve, make a reservation for, arrange in advance, prearrange, arrange for, order charter, hire informal bag dated engage, bespeak arrange, programme, schedule, timetable, line up, secure, fix up, lay on North American slate 1.1 Reserve accommodation for (someone) his secretary had booked him into the Howard Hotel with two objects book me a single room at my usual hotel Example sentencesExamples It started out with me being booked to work for NWA Florida through Eric Loy who is a liaison for the promotion. They sought out a guest services representative and booked themselves into a 5 star resort, just a 20 minute drive away. My boyfriend brought me to London and surprised me by booking us in at the Met Hotel, absolutely stunning and funky place to stay, I loved it! Around 1,000 guests were flown in on planes chartered from Air India and were booked into two swish hotels. Even booking you both into one of the most luxurious hotels in Moncton, Canada. The hotel they'd booked me was expensive, but I wasn't complaining. We have taken the liberty at booking you at Collelungo, an agriturismo near Castellina. We'd been booked into The Hotel That Time Forgot. A couple feared for their lives after they were booked into a hotel in what they described as a dangerous drugs ghetto in South Africa. Until we realised we had been booked into the wrong hotel. 1.2book in/intono object Register one's arrival at a hotel. he booked in at a hotel Example sentencesExamples Humphry and I arrived late that night and booked into the City Hotel. She explained she was booked into the hotel because of its four star status. If you were alone and the weather was really bad you could always book into a hotel. They booked into the hotel but guests had complained about the couple rowing in their room, the hotel's restaurant and its gardens. We booked into our fleapit hotels and checked out, we got on our buses and got off them again, we signed up on lists and then found that a new list was being drawn up which we were not on. And rather than face the long walk home, some had chosen to book into hotels in the city centre. People travel from far and near and are even booking into local hotels. I've booked into hotel rooms under so many assumed names that I couldn't remember how to sign the bill. A snowstorm dominated the news and led to hundreds of people taking time off work or booking into hotels rather than donning their boots to stride through the slush. Imagine booking into this hotel, with its romantic associations, and being faced with this brute of a building We booked into the hotel in the next village - an institution that prided itself on its local cuisine. On arrival we booked into the hotel and then the festivities began with our annual pre-dive get-together. So next time you fly away for business or pleasure consider the advantages of renting a serviced apartment rather than booking into a hotel. Being pampered, of course, is one of the main reasons why people book into luxury hotels, and it would be churlish to resent it. It's not what you expect when you book into a nice hotel. They had booked into hotels near to the union's Clapham Junction head office a week before. By December 4, he had booked into the Plaza Hotel in Honolulu. He said that he would book into a hotel that suited him. The girl's parents called police on August 26 when they discovered she had booked into the Leamington hotel after telling them she was going to stay with a friend. He was feeling quite mellow after the usual hassle of the journey and booking into the hotel. Synonyms register, check in, enrol, record/log one's arrival 1.3 Engage (a performer or guest) for an event. the promoter booked him for another appearance Example sentencesExamples But Thomas does not stop at booking the artists. He booked me on a show in Alabama, but didn't know who the audience was. According to the panel report, he was responsible for booking Western artists for the Harbour Fest. He has been booked to perform three times this season by Reading, Yeovil and Swindon. Each month the society holds a concert booking artists from all over the UK and abroad. Several senior speakers from Scotland's main IT markets are booked for the networking event. A promoter who booked them to play in Ripley, Derbyshire, suggested he change his name to Cliff Richard. We've booked a band for the night and some other guest artists will also play. He is booked perform one of his routines live on national television. No, but they can determine whether or not someone should take a risk on booking an artist. The singer was originally booked for a small concert in Hangzhou on June 12, sponsored by an ice tea company. Work got underway booking performers as far back as last September and work on the parade for concepts and ideas got underway in March. Even if they've never heard you speak, the fact that you were booked as a speaker gives you instant credibility. So I was surprised when I heard where we had been booked to perform this Patrick's Day - Niagara, the Canadian side. Many acts have been booked to perform both on the main stage in Castlewellan and in several smaller venues in Newcastle, Ballynahinch and Downpatrick. However the programme for this year is going to be hard to improve on as some of the best artistes in Ireland and abroad are booked to perform. 1.4be booked up Have all places reserved; be full. at weekends we're usually booked up Example sentencesExamples But yet again the photographer was turned away because the gallery was booked up. Any builder of any worth is booked up from now till kingdom come, and they don't do too badly on the money front either. And because the doctors' time is being booked up by patients who don't turn up, it means everyone has to wait longer to see their GP. All places have been booked up this weekend, but the sessions will also be available next Saturday. People can come on the night but it may be booked up so they should book in advance. ‘My clinic is booked up until 2006, with a waiting list of nine to ten months, and my colleagues also have waiting lists of up to 12 months,’ he said. Since then, it has become a popular venue for exhibitions and is booked up until well into 2006. Every place we'd tried was booked up, so we were getting a bit panicky. All my rooms were booked up by congress delegates. The Evening Press made a call to the centre to ask what accommodation was available and was told by that most hotels were booked up this weekend. 2Make an official note of the personal details of (a person who has broken a law or rule) the cop booked me and took me down to the station Example sentencesExamples He was arrested in a San Francisco residence and brought to the San Jose Main Jail where he was booked on several counts of armed robbery. Clients who do stop in these areas are often harassed by police by flashing their lights or booking them for traffic offences. Nonetheless, officers booked him on charges of theft. After a sobriety test, he was booked on suspicion of two misdemeanor charges He was booked on suspicion of making threats with intent to terrorize and on suspicion of interfering with a person's civil rights. The 39-year-old singer was booked on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon late on Friday. A number of people were booked quite unnecessarily, causing anger and disbelief that such an innocent action could result in such draconian measures. She was booked on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge and released on $600 bail. He was also booked for selling alcohol after hours. After new inmates are booked, they're interviewed, sometimes for as long as 45 minutes. Eventually you'll get booked by the cops and handed a fine. We went over to the Palm Beach County Jail where I was booked on this single charge, filed a not guilty plea, went in there and smiled for the mug shot. Officers took the inebriated tourists to the Pattaya police station and booked them on charges of physical assault and drunk and disorderly behavior. She was booked on misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid driver license. He was transported back to Bayview Station where he was booked on weapons, narcotics, the warrant and illegal encampment charges. 2.1Soccer (of a referee) note down the name of (a player) who is cautioned for foul play. McMahon was booked for a foul Example sentencesExamples He says players over here are booked for minor offences by referees who operate by the letter of the law and claimed the same offences would go unpunished in all other major European leagues. Once a player's been booked there is always a possibility that if he does anything else he will get sent off. If players haven't been booked or sent off, or there aren't shenanigans in a game, then it's considered a boring match. That is important now, because referees are liable to book players for trivial things. The referee books him for a poorly concealed piece of play-acting. 3US informal no object Leave suddenly. they just ate your pizza and drank your soda and booked Example sentencesExamples We gotta book—fast. It was time to book out of here. I jumped onto the bike and started to pedal, heading for the mainland. Look, I gotta book. I'll see you guys later. You gotta book, Officer. I gotta stay. 3.1 Move quickly; hurry. my sister and I booked to the playground I didn't hear the verdict because I had to book it to work Example sentencesExamples I started booking it due north, trying my best to move as quickly as I could without losing my footing. He was booking through a parking lot recently when a car lurched backward. He's booking through that park. We better book if we're gonna go to P.E. She waved bye-bye and booked out of there. Then he just booked it around the corner and we never saw him again. Book, man! Can't you run? Something wrong with your legs? Phrases bring someone to book Officially punish someone or call them to account for their behaviour. the murderer will be found and brought to book Example sentencesExamples He seemed unfazed that an array of high-tech gadgetry was to be deployed in his street with the aim of bringing him to book. And he warned the troublemakers that they would be brought to book over the next few months using evidence gathered on the night and CCTV video footage of the disorder. The council should be bringing someone to book. He said: ‘They are committing environmental crimes and our dedicated enforcement teams will be using all their investigative resources to track them down and bring them to book.’ But they can be brought to book under legislation governing companies making false and misleading claims. Officers want teachers to join them on night-time patrol so they can identify juvenile troublemakers and help bring them to book. It's good that he has been brought to book and sends out a strong message to others. And officers have warned the criminals that they have taken an extra special interest in bringing them to book. If you are found guilty of corruption, you will be brought to book. When we find them, we'll bring them to book and lock them away for a long, long time. Synonyms scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book by the book Strictly according to the rules. a cop who doesn't exactly play it by the book Example sentencesExamples But hey, life's too short to play it by the book all the time. No, I am just trying to do the whole thing by the book according to my right as a qualified resident foreigner. Business as usual, even when done strictly by the book, is not necessarily the safest way of operating. Now, this might appear to be a time to play things strictly by the book in order to protect your biggest lifetime investment. We even have to keep an open mind about whether there were any dealings that weren't strictly by the book. Do you think the TV stations are playing by the book in not running excessively violent stuff at 8.30? It's not because all of these corporations are doing it just by the book. They follow procedure and go by the book; he ignores the rules if it means getting the job done. For such policemen, I have no feelings, they ought to be dealt with strictly by the book. The referee played it by the book and said that League rules say that if the pitch isn't fit at 12 noon it won't get any better. Synonyms according to the rules, in accordance with the rules, within the law, abiding by the law, lawfully, legally, legitimately, licitly close the books Make no further entries at the end of an accounting period; cease trading. branches will be asked to close their books at the end of December Example sentencesExamples We're still closing the books on 2003, and there will be a summary article in the April issue of the magazine. One can also appreciate how the bean counters want to be able to close the books with a positive result against any negative expense. Shareholder requirements for dividends made it necessary to define an accounting period, close the books and calculate profits. In fact, Vermont closed the books on its 2003 fiscal year with a $10.4 million surplus, even as California, Massachusetts, and many other states battle huge deficits. This focus is consistent with the practice of closing the books of account annually. It adds that that the aim is ‘to clear the accounts and to close the books for the years up to March 1995’. He suggests that a club owner spend the extra money to hire an accountant to formally close the books at the end of the year. Now, as companies close the books on another quarter, the lack of pricing power combined with weak demand is sapping the top and bottom lines. I'll eat my hat if his successor does not close the books at the end of 2004 with a small surplus. The Dow and Nasdaq were ready to close the books on their first down years since 1990. in someone's bad (or good) books In disfavour (or favour) with someone. you could say he is in my bad books Example sentencesExamples They say: ‘Let's try and be in their good books.’ Jon defended me gallantly, earning him a little tick in my good books. Apparently all the folk in Deerness had heard of my good deed, and that seems to have put me in their good books. He's back in their good books, so his odds remain long. After half-an-hour of this taunting and torture, the only place his men would have been was in his bad books. And since she answered my silly questions with patience and saccharine sweetness, she is in my good books. Ministers and officials in the state see to it that they stay in their good books. I still didn't think it would be a good idea to go by there alone - especially since I was now in his bad books. The matron, who was in charge of us, was a formidable figure and you didn't want to get in her bad books. She's a terrible snob and I'm sure she's only inviting you because it's the done thing and she wants to be polite as well as keep in my good books. Synonyms in favour, popular, friendly, friends in my book In my opinion. that counts as a lie in my book Example sentencesExamples They all had vests but not one of them had opted for a tie, another transgression in my book. The party was a real laugh, lovely people, tasty food - a good combo in my book! So anything which helps interns find their way around a community which can be very intimidating must, in my book, be a good thing. Celebrities who can rough it on the streets with the homeless are okay in my book. At the press of a button, I could tell what temperature it was in their nursery too, which takes spying to a whole new level in my book. It was a fish soup, no doubt made from yesterday's unsold fish - but that's a good thing in my book. Admittedly he is inclined to forget things like birthdays, but that's not a cardinal sin, not in my book, anyway. Forgive the caveman economics, but keeping the lights and heating on comes a long way ahead of saving the planet, in my book. True democracy, in my book, is one person one vote on any decision that effects the society that is voting. So in my book that makes it really controllable, even in bad weather. Synonyms for my part, for my own part, for myself, according to my way of thinking, to my mind, in my estimation, as far as i am concerned, in my opinion, in my view, in my own opinion, in my own view, from my own point of view, from where i stand, from my standpoint, as i see it, if you ask me, for my money, in my book make (or open) a book Take bets and pay out winnings on the outcome of a race or other contest or event. the bookies opened a book on his successor Example sentencesExamples It will probably do worse - since the kind of events he wants to make book on are even more unpredictable and emotional than elections. In fact Betfair has nothing in particular to do with racing or any other sport on which it makes a book. You can think of it as an American alternative to those famous London betting shops that will make book on just about anything. IG Index and its spread betting competitors garner publicity by making a book on ‘grey market’ prices ahead of initial public offerings (IPOs). The company is always game to open a book on most events and we do get some unusual requests. The bookmakers have opened a book on the Anti-Litter League quoting Kilkenny city as favourite to win at odds of 10/1. If I knew how to open a book (the bookie kind, I know how to open book-books) I would. Major organizations are making book on who will be the next Miss World; check out this site for the current odds, and place a bet if you are so inclined. Meanwhile, a quintessentially Wodehousian plot is brewing in nearby Tottleigh Castle, where staff is making book on the identity of Lady's Alyce's husband-to-be. on the books Contained in a list of members, employees, or clients. the club have six top foreign players on their books Example sentencesExamples The first three players on the books have the talent to form the nucleus of a premiership winning side. He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession. This includes several dozen refugees from the former Yugoslavia who are on the books of an employment agency. He was on the books of top rugby union club Leicester Tigers as a junior but has switched to the League code. He was one of the 50,000 or so people on the books of YouGov, the internet pollsters, but was hardly ever asked for his views. The ailing team have finally resigned from division two with only seven or eight players on the books. The garage closes with 15 employees on the books, all of whom are entitled to transfer to the incoming dealer in Preston. Discloses for the first time that six current members of the United first team squad are now on the books of the modelling agency. We have only got thirteen players on the books who have made more than 20 Premiership appearances. Said player would be placed on the books, which would then be made available for clubs anxious to strengthen their squads. People of the Book Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims. Example sentencesExamples Do the People of the Book in the verse refer to the Jews and Christians of all times? The People of the Book will say a prayer, thanking God / Yahweh / Allah for the food. It is often said by Muslims that there is respect in traditional Islam for the People of the Book - that is, Jews and Christians. Muslim men are permitted to marry non-Muslim women from the People of the Book - i.e. Jews and Christians. Some modern thinkers call for recognition of the ties binding the People of the Book together as a means of promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation. We cannot marry in any circumstances among the followers of other religious barring the People of the Book. Instead, there is a far greater possibility that such marriages will positively influence the women of the People of the Book by inducing them to accept Islam. Then the people of the Qu'ran join with the People of the Book, admiring their common prophets. The ultimate challenges of the People of the Book have never been physical ones. The Jews became known as the People of the Book, a title given them by Mohammed. suit someone's book Be convenient for someone. it didn't suit her book at all to be moved Example sentencesExamples My sister is quick to call somebody a friend, even somebody she hardly knows, if it suits her book. It is typical of the minimisation the Leader of the Opposition is capable of when it suits his book. Decide what type of work activities best suit your book. Sorry if that doesn't suit your book or your plans for us but when you said for us to go home you forgot one thing. Of course many of us have to relearn these lessons in a new cycle because changes in monetary policy seldom suit our book at the time. Price your liquidity accurately for each of your client segments and recognize which flows suit your book and which don't, so that you can. It might suit his book to allege that, but that is not the position of my honourable friend. take a leaf out of someone's book Imitate or emulate someone in a particular way. worm-watchers should take a leaf out of Darwin's fieldcraft book and sit still to observe the action Example sentencesExamples I'm going to take a leaf out of your book, at least for a couple of days, and spend my time eating and sleeping by turns. If only those responsible for devising the new routes and timetables for our buses could take a leaf out of their book. He wished more young people would take a leaf out of his book and follow his example. He carried the club at times last season, but others must take a leaf out of his book. You have some genuine elected members who care for their community so perhaps take a leaf out of their book. He seems very pleasant and hard working, a few could do with taking a leaf out of his book. They gave an as near to perfect display of football as possible and what a pity some of our male teams don't take a leaf out of their book. We may all stand disgusted when we see the state of some foreign prisons, but maybe we should take a leaf out of their book. Perhaps those intent on putting up ludicrously-priced properties under the guise of ‘regeneration’ around here could take a leaf out of their book. I hope you do not mind Catherine, I am taking a leaf out of your book and asking anyone that passes this way to please call around and offer your support to John and his family. I hope others take a leaf out of your book and I look forward to working with you again next year. Synonyms imitate, copy, reproduce, mimic, mirror, echo, follow, model oneself on, take as a model, take as an example throw the book at informal Charge or punish (someone) as severely as possible. get this lot down to the station and throw the book at them Example sentencesExamples Her bond has been set at $50,000 and it would be nice if a judge throws the book at her. Will you, Mr Speaker, sort out the chief whip and throw the book at her? We're going to throw the book at you, or at least some facts, from our presidential election research editorial guide. I hope that the prosecutors and law enforcement officers also take this seriously and throw the book at him if he is caught. We have always said we're prepared to throw the book at the terrorists, because that's who we've got to concentrate upon. I suppose its best that I ask the Corporation to take away my bin and throw the book at me as you cannot get blood out of a stone - and I am that stone. If the charges are proved, throw the book at the perpetrators, but not until. You can't throw the book at anyone because it is happening. So they're basically saying to people, ‘If we ever find out that the claims that you made were false, look out, we're going to throw the book at you.’ But this is their opportunity to appear tough on racial sensitivity and they're going to throw the book at us. And considering my contempt for the Ivy League, I hope, you know, they throw the book at them. But if he doesn't, I'm sure the government is prepared to throw the book at him. And last week, in the run-up to his visit, the Kremlin was continuing to throw the book at the company. Speeders beware: judge may throw the book at you I hope the NYC police throw the book at this woman. If so, then I do hope that the feds are throwing the book at her - I want her to fry for this! The United States sees children killing each other in the classroom, but you can't just throw the book at them. As far as we are concerned, we will throw the book at them and we would expect that magistrates do the same. If he's guilty, they should throw the book at him. Does this make you feel like throwing the book at your unsolicited informant, and to lose interest in reading on? Synonyms scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book write the book Used in reference to particular expertise or proficiency in a subject, area of activity, etc. they actually care about the product they are making and they wrote the book on customer service he pretty much writes the book on how to be perfect in the media Example sentencesExamples They could write the book on luxury, whether it's stays in country houses on the shores of magical lochs or voyages through the Outer Hebrides. He's the man who wrote the book on duplicity. Here were two football powers who wrote the book on heroics and football legends, rewriting it in a game and on a stage like this. Clooney plays Miles Massey, a hotshot divorce attorney who wrote the book on prenuptial agreements. The way she goes on, you'd think she wrote the book on fidelity. California wrote the book on approachability. I could write the book on rehab. The only thing Robert is willing to reveal about the special guest mentor is that they could "write the book on vulnerability." I know how the whole ‘need-to-know’ system works: in fact I wrote the book on it! you can't judge a book by its cover proverb Outward appearances are not a reliable indication of the true character of someone or something. Example sentencesExamples Despite the admonition that you can't judge a book by its cover, I tend to find that, increasingly, you can. This book defies the old adage that claims you can't judge a book by its cover. They seemed all right at first but I suppose you can't judge a book by its cover. Anyone who says you can't judge a book by its cover is an idiot. And I think that, like this movie says, you can't judge a book by its cover. I told you that you can't judge a book by its cover,’ he reminded her, in an ‘I-told-you-so’ type of manner. But you can't judge a book by its cover or whatever they say. This was just another thing that contributed to the fact you can't judge a book by its cover. Guess you can't judge a book by its cover after all. Mind you, you can't judge a book by its cover, me old mum used to say. Origin Old English bōc (originally also 'a document or charter'), bōcian 'to grant by charter', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boek and German Buch, and probably to beech (on which runes were carved). The forerunners of the modern book would have been scrolls of papyrus or parchment, or engraved tablets—the first example of what we might recognize as a book came in Roman times. The word book goes back to Old English and has related forms in most of the other northern European languages of the time. Their ancestor was probably a word related to beech (Old English), which would have been a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. A bookmaker is someone who ‘makes a book’. Bookmakers keep a record of bets made with different people, which was originally done in a memorandum book. Rhymes betook, brook, Brooke, Chinook, chook, Coke, cook, Cooke, crook, forsook, Gluck, hook, look, mistook, nook, partook, rook, schnook, schtuck, Shilluk, shook, Tobruk, took, undercook, undertook noun.1 phr. Definition of book in US English: book nounbo͝okbʊk 1A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. a book of selected poems a book on cats as modifier a book report Example sentencesExamples Modern books and CDs are often shoddy objects, victims of corporate economies. Solving an author's puzzles can be one of the most rewarding things about cracking open a book. The first work of mine to be published in a book wasn't a short story or a novel. She pictures a woman lying gloomily on the couch reading a book about Maria Callas. He cherished some lovely old books containing the folk songs and traditional ballads of our land. He didn't want to get in more trouble, and just opened a book, trying to concentrate and read it silently. I sat there a while longer, staring down at the vellum pages of the book on the low desk before me. If one opens the book at random, it is this multitude of references that catches the eye. Rosie bought me the DVD along with a book on philosophy. When he retired he wrote a book on medical science for lay people and prospective doctors. At any rate, objectivity should be the guiding factor while writing history books, past or present. I get up and stretch out my stiff muscles and take the bookmark and put it in the book on the page I was reading. The council said there will also be an extra £100,000 for the library book fund. You can do so by reading books and informing yourself, which is an aspect that should not be overlooked. I was a bit discouraged with the rest of the book after such a wonderful introduction. So he launched a new company which packaged the software in paperback book format and charged lower prices. I opened a book and quickly skimmed information about the first World War. After some serious research he wrote a book on the subject, Ancient Mosaics in Bulgaria. The resource books provided are well recognized as being excellent in their area. Anthologies of writing and small art books will be available for sale online. It's pretty sad, actually… most of my friends haven't opened a book for pleasure in years. Synonyms volume, tome, work, printed work, publication, title, opus, treatise 1.1 A literary composition that is published or intended for publication as a book. the book is set in the 1940s I'm writing a book Example sentencesExamples I used to do photography seriously, and even wrote a book on photography in schools back in the seventies. The firm continued to publish books, and there was talk of opening a bookshop. Merely getting books published serves little purpose if no one reads them. Tell me about why you write stories and how you came to write a novel rather than a book of short stories. His drawings are also found in travel books and the stories of operas by Richard Wagner. I wrote my first book on spec, sent it off to nearly 100 publishers and in six weeks I had my first offer. He had just published a book of his life story, and it had become a best seller. The book, published in an edition of 6,000 copies on 19 December, sold out in a few days. I have recently spent many months writing a book on hypnosis for the British Medical Association. He likes classical music and books about people who die and come back to life. As the publication dates indicate these books are not the fruit of deep or new research. Another, working on a novel for young adults, already has books published in that field. Henry Miller had published seventeen books when he sent out an appeal to all his friends to help him out. He has claimed that he never wanted to be a novelist despite the fact the he has published so many books. I love mixing genres, writing essays and kids' books and short stories as well as poems. Second, don't open a book with a prologue, because you're wasting time. The best films nearly always come from original scripts or second-rate books. She is currently at work on a literary thriller and a book of short stories based on her travels Who is it that decides which novels, biographies, poetry and children's books do get published? Writing books about how to make a fortune on the Internet seems like a great method. Synonyms work, publication, novel, composition, piece, creation, opus 1.2 A main division of a classic literary work, an epic, or the Bible. the Book of Genesis Example sentencesExamples He makes that claim in a short essay on the gospel of Luke in Revelations, a collection of personal responses to books of the Bible. The book of Esther is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of God. As a theologian he is most famous for his practical work in revising the order of the books of the Bible and arranging them into chapters. God always dictated the Torah, as well as other books of the Bible, in the language used by the people at the time. When Jerome started work there were already Latin translations of many of the books of the Bible. There are some books of the Bible whose authors cannot be known completely. There are many commentaries on individual books of the Bible, but the reader who wishes to take a broader view has less choice. There are also rough translations of other books of the Bible, currently used for teaching purposes. The New Testament contains the books that provide the basis for modern Christianity. Set up to follow the order of the books of the Bible, these photos and texts run from Creation to Revelation! Of the 42 books of the Bible that Shakespeare drew upon, Ecclesiasticus and Job seem to have been his favourites. In the 2nd Century AD the first four books of the New Testament were known as gospels. Of course, and that truth is preserved in the 66 books of the Bible, Old and New Testaments. Bryan never went into a frenzy, nor did he recite the books of the Bible. I found the list he had made of the books of the Bible in the drawer of his bedside table. However, in the textual criticism of the books of Scripture this is problematic in several ways. And not only does the book of Proverbs have this potential, but almost all the books of the Bible. Some readers of the Bible consider the book of Hebrews to be a description of a faith journey. Esther is one of the most neglected books of the Old Testament, certainly as far as commentaries are concerned. As many have noted, the very last words of the last book of the Jewish Bible end on a similar note. 1.3 The libretto of an opera or musical, or the script of a play. Example sentencesExamples Keira took out the script book that she hadn't yet returned to the handbag. Synonyms text, screenplay, libretto, lyrics, score, lines, parts, dialogue, words, manuscript 1.4the books Used to refer to studying. he is so deep in his books he would forget to eat Example sentencesExamples The campus has plenty of spots for students tired of slaving over their books in the library or dorms to get some fresh air. And there is naturally also a limit to how many hours they can be poring over their books after many hours at school and three hours of homework. But he never wallowed in self pity, and rather spent every available moment with his nose stuck deep in his books. On one of those seemingly endless summer days he was poring over his books in the library. Many students, sweating over their books, have dreamt of taking a relaxing nap in one of the beautiful forest clearings. 1.5the book The local telephone directory. is your name in the book? Example sentencesExamples And if you have fond memories of a special teacher, why not look them up in the book and say ‘thanks’ one more time? Apart from in 2006/7, we are members of the Offa's Dyke Association, find us in the book, or the online entry they have for us. We are not a secret organisation, but out of necessity you will not find us in the book. New customers who found our number in the book would get the message ‘the number you reached is not in service.’ Mum told me his surname, and I looked him up in the book, and called him, but his mum told me he was out so I left a message. 1.6the Book The Bible. Example sentencesExamples The Book contains the revelations that spell out what's fair and unfair or right and wrong. Of course, no book is more important or more popular than the book - the Bible. 1.7dated, informal A magazine. Example sentencesExamples Their readers nearly always referred to these magazines as 'books'. Money meant that no one laughed behind her back when she called magazines books. Some older readers still refer to their magazines as 'books'. 'I read it in a book.' 'What book?' 'Vogue, that's what book.' Synonyms journal, publication, periodical, paper, proceedings 1.8 An imaginary record or list (often used to emphasize the thoroughness or comprehensiveness of someone's actions or experiences) she felt every emotion in the book of love Example sentencesExamples There is a little known secret in the book of relationships, filed under the chapter on breaking up and I am here to share it. Whether or not ‘long distance’ relationships can work is one of those age-old questions in the book of love. The way he receives his partner in his hotel room wouldn't count among ‘nice and friendly’ in the book of etiquette. 2with modifier A bound set of blank sheets for writing or keeping records in. an accounts book Example sentencesExamples She reached into one of her few bags, and pulled out a leather bound book, and began to read. DocSearcher doesn't search my email, my address book entries or my browser history. As the man walked towards Pierre a man came from the back holding a huge old leather bound book. The Narrator looked up from the leather bound book he was reading from; tears were coursing from his eyes. He was marking exam papers when by chance he found a blank page in a candidate's answer book. Colouring books can occupy a child quietly for a while. I went over to this podium in the corner which had a large ledger book opened up on it. On his return from the war, he transcribed the diaries into ledger books, filling in gaps from memory. She spotted Joel propped up against the wall, reading a thick, leather bound book. She put the account book away and walked out to the site where they had been attacked. Maura gave him a puzzled glance but closed the account book and made her way to the entrance. That brought to mind the leather bound book that she had borrowed from the library. He pulled a heavy, leather bound book off from a high shelf, and cracked it open gently. She also added two leather bound books to the bag, one was blank but the other was full of spells that Olivia might need for the journey to the Wastes. As the reading went on, a guy sitting down in front of me drew an impressionistic sketch into a handmade blank book. The three of them then turned to look at the subject of their topic, just in time to see a grey address book fall out with a thud. She leaned back against her pillows and tapped her pen against the leather bound book. Verona, our daughter, had completed the bicycling clown in her colouring book and was bored. It's much more difficult to find a coloring book image of a crawdad than one would think. Before he could finish his sentence, Cass drew a green account book from a shelf to the side. Synonyms notepad, notebook, pad, memo pad, exercise book, binder 2.1books A set of records or accounts. he can do more than balance the books Example sentencesExamples What's more, balance the books properly and you can avoid the perils of going deeper and deeper into debt. To help you balance the books for a night at the movies, here is the admission and snack bar breakdown for the five theatres reviewed. But sceptics say he still has to cut spending or raise taxes to balance the books and could raise indirect taxes in next year's budget. They balance the books by selling places to students from developing countries. The money I put in on departure was to balance the books, but reductions in certain areas will be needed. The council said the extra 29 million it has been given will be soaked up by education and there is simply not enough money to balance the books. In this study, memoirs and diaries, account books and statistics are used to forge an image of the life that went on in these houses. Account books of the period reveal how traders fared in this unusual situation. There was a desk in the middle of the room, with account books stacked and arranged neatly around each other. With all this extra wealth coming into the city, the council is unable to balance the books. His proposal has come as council finance chiefs look to balance the books and keep this year's rise in council tax below five per cent. They need to be able to balance the books to continue to provide it. That's where the savings are required to balance the books. He had then tried to juggle the accounts in a desperate bid to balance the books. But now it is understood senior officers say they cannot keep using reserves to balance the books. It is believed that the land was not mentioned in the company's books or records or in the annual accounts. The council has been struggling to balance the books for years. They must sell an expensive player approximately once every 12 months to balance the books. Overnight there was a tenfold increase in the valuation put on the city's council homes to balance the books and keep the sell-off on track. For example, she bases one chapter on account books devoted to the West Indian trade. Synonyms accounts, records, archives 2.2 A bookmaker's record of bets accepted and money paid out. Example sentencesExamples According to both the bookmakers and the form book it's a two-horse race. 2.3the book The first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of bridge. Example sentencesExamples The person who plays the highest card of the suit led, or who plays the highest trump, wins the book. If no one plays a trump, then the highest ranking card to the suit led wins the book. 3A set of tickets, stamps, matches, checks, samples of cloth, etc., bound together. a pattern book a book of matches Example sentencesExamples In addition to the student samples, items are also sampled into test books. Season ticket holders are being urged to bring their entire season ticket books with them to ensure entry to the ground. If you feel you can support the club by selling a few books of tickets please don't hesitate to contact any committee or club member. He sits again, pulls a book of matches out of his pocket, strikes one and holds it out toward me. Junior season ticket books cost £25 for home and away games plus cup competitions. Leagues of volunteers will start working the room selling books of Grand Raffle tickets. It's just, when you go out into the woods you should carry a book of matches, or some waterproof matches. Instead, it was as if the models were swathed in giant fabric sample books, each layer peeling off to reveal another beneath. They have books of pictures and samples that you can look through there, and they can do it all. All completed ticket books and sponsorship should be returned to the organising committee immediately. Those who can write in with the correct guess win a book of stamps! Sample books were purchased for the teachers to read based on their preferences. He scribbled his address and Com number on the back of a book of matches and gave it to her. Current rules allow a passenger to carry two lighters and four books of matches. Perry specialised in making books of matches (advertising bars or restaurants, for example). Once, when he was driving with his fiancée, a traffic policeman stopped him and took out a ticket book. What to do when you are suddenly faced with a wall of wallpaper sample books at your local retail store? At our local wallpaper store they gave me several large sample books of discounted wallpaper. It was then that he remembered the book of matches in his pocket, and drew it out. A book of first class stamps and a letter of apology was the scant compensation offered to a woman who claimed her mail had been stolen. verbbo͝okbʊk [with object] 1Reserve (accommodations, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance. I have booked a table at the Swan no object book early to avoid disappointment Example sentencesExamples From November to March its rooms are booked up more quickly than umbrellas turn inside out. If deemed appropriate, a student union committee could suspend the fraternity's privileges for booking rooms and tables. You can support them by booking your tickets or table at the earliest convenience and ensure you're attending a very special Dream Ball. Places are fully booked for the Summer Camp. The auditorium was packed and places were booked well in advance for this eagerly anticipated show. All welcome to come and view the activities and premises on offer or to book a place for your child. A little voice at the back of my head is telling me I really should book some accommodation in advance. Regretfully only those who have booked places can be accommodated on this occasion The tower - including the viewing platform - can be booked for special events. The popularity of the event has meant commercial accommodations are sometimes booked one year in advance. Whenever I book a ticket in advance, they always put me in the quiet carriage. Much coastal and Dales accommodation is already booked up in advance, and Scarborough had to print 10,000 extra holiday brochures to satisfy demand. The hotels and guest houses are booked up a year in advance, and anyone who has any sense will spend both days avoiding the main roads and the railway station. Space for bicycles is limited on Scotrail trains, and so book a place in advance. Similar to one week packages in the Canary Islands, all places were booked well in advance. As places are limited it is important that places are booked early. Advance tickets can be booked online or by calling 07005 942 579. During its long run, the Community Centre was booked out in advance for most of the show nights. By the end of the no-pressure sell, the four other guests had booked a consultation. Excursions can be booked at the guest services desk at the resort. Synonyms reserve, make a reservation for, arrange in advance, prearrange, arrange for, order arrange, programme, schedule, timetable, line up, secure, fix up, lay on 1.1 Reserve accommodations for (someone) his secretary had booked him into the Howard Hotel with two objects book me a single room at my usual hotel Example sentencesExamples The hotel they'd booked me was expensive, but I wasn't complaining. It started out with me being booked to work for NWA Florida through Eric Loy who is a liaison for the promotion. We'd been booked into The Hotel That Time Forgot. Around 1,000 guests were flown in on planes chartered from Air India and were booked into two swish hotels. Even booking you both into one of the most luxurious hotels in Moncton, Canada. My boyfriend brought me to London and surprised me by booking us in at the Met Hotel, absolutely stunning and funky place to stay, I loved it! Until we realised we had been booked into the wrong hotel. A couple feared for their lives after they were booked into a hotel in what they described as a dangerous drugs ghetto in South Africa. We have taken the liberty at booking you at Collelungo, an agriturismo near Castellina. They sought out a guest services representative and booked themselves into a 5 star resort, just a 20 minute drive away. 1.2 Engage (a performer or guest) for an occasion or event. Example sentencesExamples Several senior speakers from Scotland's main IT markets are booked for the networking event. We've booked a band for the night and some other guest artists will also play. So I was surprised when I heard where we had been booked to perform this Patrick's Day - Niagara, the Canadian side. Many acts have been booked to perform both on the main stage in Castlewellan and in several smaller venues in Newcastle, Ballynahinch and Downpatrick. Even if they've never heard you speak, the fact that you were booked as a speaker gives you instant credibility. Work got underway booking performers as far back as last September and work on the parade for concepts and ideas got underway in March. He booked me on a show in Alabama, but didn't know who the audience was. No, but they can determine whether or not someone should take a risk on booking an artist. He is booked perform one of his routines live on national television. He has been booked to perform three times this season by Reading, Yeovil and Swindon. Each month the society holds a concert booking artists from all over the UK and abroad. But Thomas does not stop at booking the artists. The singer was originally booked for a small concert in Hangzhou on June 12, sponsored by an ice tea company. According to the panel report, he was responsible for booking Western artists for the Harbour Fest. However the programme for this year is going to be hard to improve on as some of the best artistes in Ireland and abroad are booked to perform. A promoter who booked them to play in Ripley, Derbyshire, suggested he change his name to Cliff Richard. 1.3be booked up Have all appointments or places reserved; be full. I'm booked till, like, 2014 Example sentencesExamples All places have been booked up this weekend, but the sessions will also be available next Saturday. ‘My clinic is booked up until 2006, with a waiting list of nine to ten months, and my colleagues also have waiting lists of up to 12 months,’ he said. Since then, it has become a popular venue for exhibitions and is booked up until well into 2006. And because the doctors' time is being booked up by patients who don't turn up, it means everyone has to wait longer to see their GP. Any builder of any worth is booked up from now till kingdom come, and they don't do too badly on the money front either. Every place we'd tried was booked up, so we were getting a bit panicky. All my rooms were booked up by congress delegates. But yet again the photographer was turned away because the gallery was booked up. People can come on the night but it may be booked up so they should book in advance. The Evening Press made a call to the centre to ask what accommodation was available and was told by that most hotels were booked up this weekend. 2Make an official record of the name and other personal details of (a criminal suspect or offender) the cop booked me and took me down to the station Example sentencesExamples After a sobriety test, he was booked on suspicion of two misdemeanor charges Nonetheless, officers booked him on charges of theft. He was also booked for selling alcohol after hours. We went over to the Palm Beach County Jail where I was booked on this single charge, filed a not guilty plea, went in there and smiled for the mug shot. A number of people were booked quite unnecessarily, causing anger and disbelief that such an innocent action could result in such draconian measures. He was arrested in a San Francisco residence and brought to the San Jose Main Jail where he was booked on several counts of armed robbery. He was booked on suspicion of making threats with intent to terrorize and on suspicion of interfering with a person's civil rights. The 39-year-old singer was booked on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon late on Friday. Clients who do stop in these areas are often harassed by police by flashing their lights or booking them for traffic offences. She was booked on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge and released on $600 bail. After new inmates are booked, they're interviewed, sometimes for as long as 45 minutes. She was booked on misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid driver license. Officers took the inebriated tourists to the Pattaya police station and booked them on charges of physical assault and drunk and disorderly behavior. Eventually you'll get booked by the cops and handed a fine. He was transported back to Bayview Station where he was booked on weapons, narcotics, the warrant and illegal encampment charges. 3US informal no object Leave suddenly. they just ate your pizza and drank your soda and booked Example sentencesExamples It was time to book out of here. I jumped onto the bike and started to pedal, heading for the mainland. Look, I gotta book. I'll see you guys later. We gotta book—fast. You gotta book, Officer. I gotta stay. 3.1 Move quickly; hurry. my sister and I booked to the playground I didn't hear the verdict because I had to book it to work Example sentencesExamples We better book if we're gonna go to P.E. Then he just booked it around the corner and we never saw him again. He's booking through that park. She waved bye-bye and booked out of there. He was booking through a parking lot recently when a car lurched backward. I started booking it due north, trying my best to move as quickly as I could without losing my footing. Book, man! Can't you run? Something wrong with your legs? Phrases bring someone to book Bring someone to justice; punish. Example sentencesExamples And officers have warned the criminals that they have taken an extra special interest in bringing them to book. He said: ‘They are committing environmental crimes and our dedicated enforcement teams will be using all their investigative resources to track them down and bring them to book.’ And he warned the troublemakers that they would be brought to book over the next few months using evidence gathered on the night and CCTV video footage of the disorder. The council should be bringing someone to book. Officers want teachers to join them on night-time patrol so they can identify juvenile troublemakers and help bring them to book. If you are found guilty of corruption, you will be brought to book. When we find them, we'll bring them to book and lock them away for a long, long time. He seemed unfazed that an array of high-tech gadgetry was to be deployed in his street with the aim of bringing him to book. It's good that he has been brought to book and sends out a strong message to others. But they can be brought to book under legislation governing companies making false and misleading claims. Synonyms scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book by the book Strictly according to the rules. a cop who doesn't exactly play it by the book Example sentencesExamples They follow procedure and go by the book; he ignores the rules if it means getting the job done. For such policemen, I have no feelings, they ought to be dealt with strictly by the book. Business as usual, even when done strictly by the book, is not necessarily the safest way of operating. It's not because all of these corporations are doing it just by the book. No, I am just trying to do the whole thing by the book according to my right as a qualified resident foreigner. We even have to keep an open mind about whether there were any dealings that weren't strictly by the book. Now, this might appear to be a time to play things strictly by the book in order to protect your biggest lifetime investment. The referee played it by the book and said that League rules say that if the pitch isn't fit at 12 noon it won't get any better. Do you think the TV stations are playing by the book in not running excessively violent stuff at 8.30? But hey, life's too short to play it by the book all the time. Synonyms according to the rules, in accordance with the rules, within the law, abiding by the law, lawfully, legally, legitimately, licitly in someone's bad (or good) books In disfavor (or favor) with a person. Example sentencesExamples She's a terrible snob and I'm sure she's only inviting you because it's the done thing and she wants to be polite as well as keep in my good books. Ministers and officials in the state see to it that they stay in their good books. After half-an-hour of this taunting and torture, the only place his men would have been was in his bad books. Jon defended me gallantly, earning him a little tick in my good books. Apparently all the folk in Deerness had heard of my good deed, and that seems to have put me in their good books. They say: ‘Let's try and be in their good books.’ And since she answered my silly questions with patience and saccharine sweetness, she is in my good books. He's back in their good books, so his odds remain long. I still didn't think it would be a good idea to go by there alone - especially since I was now in his bad books. The matron, who was in charge of us, was a formidable figure and you didn't want to get in her bad books. Synonyms in favour, popular, friendly, friends in my book In my opinion. that counts as a lie in my book Example sentencesExamples Admittedly he is inclined to forget things like birthdays, but that's not a cardinal sin, not in my book, anyway. It was a fish soup, no doubt made from yesterday's unsold fish - but that's a good thing in my book. Celebrities who can rough it on the streets with the homeless are okay in my book. So in my book that makes it really controllable, even in bad weather. True democracy, in my book, is one person one vote on any decision that effects the society that is voting. They all had vests but not one of them had opted for a tie, another transgression in my book. The party was a real laugh, lovely people, tasty food - a good combo in my book! At the press of a button, I could tell what temperature it was in their nursery too, which takes spying to a whole new level in my book. So anything which helps interns find their way around a community which can be very intimidating must, in my book, be a good thing. Forgive the caveman economics, but keeping the lights and heating on comes a long way ahead of saving the planet, in my book. Synonyms for my part, for my own part, for myself, according to my way of thinking, to my mind, in my estimation, as far as i am concerned, in my opinion, in my view, in my own opinion, in my own view, from my own point of view, from where i stand, from my standpoint, as i see it, if you ask me, for my money, in my book on the books Contained in a book of laws or records. discriminatory laws still on the books the longest pitching career on the books Example sentencesExamples He was one of the 50,000 or so people on the books of YouGov, the internet pollsters, but was hardly ever asked for his views. Said player would be placed on the books, which would then be made available for clubs anxious to strengthen their squads. The ailing team have finally resigned from division two with only seven or eight players on the books. This includes several dozen refugees from the former Yugoslavia who are on the books of an employment agency. He was on the books of top rugby union club Leicester Tigers as a junior but has switched to the League code. The garage closes with 15 employees on the books, all of whom are entitled to transfer to the incoming dealer in Preston. The first three players on the books have the talent to form the nucleus of a premiership winning side. We have only got thirteen players on the books who have made more than 20 Premiership appearances. He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession. Discloses for the first time that six current members of the United first team squad are now on the books of the modelling agency. People of the Book Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims. Example sentencesExamples Then the people of the Qu'ran join with the People of the Book, admiring their common prophets. We cannot marry in any circumstances among the followers of other religious barring the People of the Book. Instead, there is a far greater possibility that such marriages will positively influence the women of the People of the Book by inducing them to accept Islam. The Jews became known as the People of the Book, a title given them by Mohammed. Some modern thinkers call for recognition of the ties binding the People of the Book together as a means of promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation. Do the People of the Book in the verse refer to the Jews and Christians of all times? The People of the Book will say a prayer, thanking God / Yahweh / Allah for the food. The ultimate challenges of the People of the Book have never been physical ones. It is often said by Muslims that there is respect in traditional Islam for the People of the Book - that is, Jews and Christians. Muslim men are permitted to marry non-Muslim women from the People of the Book - i.e. Jews and Christians. suit someone's book Be convenient for someone. it didn't suit her book at all to be moved Example sentencesExamples Sorry if that doesn't suit your book or your plans for us but when you said for us to go home you forgot one thing. It is typical of the minimisation the Leader of the Opposition is capable of when it suits his book. Of course many of us have to relearn these lessons in a new cycle because changes in monetary policy seldom suit our book at the time. Decide what type of work activities best suit your book. Price your liquidity accurately for each of your client segments and recognize which flows suit your book and which don't, so that you can. My sister is quick to call somebody a friend, even somebody she hardly knows, if it suits her book. It might suit his book to allege that, but that is not the position of my honourable friend. throw the book at informal Charge or punish (someone) as severely as possible. Example sentencesExamples But this is their opportunity to appear tough on racial sensitivity and they're going to throw the book at us. And considering my contempt for the Ivy League, I hope, you know, they throw the book at them. So they're basically saying to people, ‘If we ever find out that the claims that you made were false, look out, we're going to throw the book at you.’ Does this make you feel like throwing the book at your unsolicited informant, and to lose interest in reading on? I hope the NYC police throw the book at this woman. Her bond has been set at $50,000 and it would be nice if a judge throws the book at her. The United States sees children killing each other in the classroom, but you can't just throw the book at them. If so, then I do hope that the feds are throwing the book at her - I want her to fry for this! And last week, in the run-up to his visit, the Kremlin was continuing to throw the book at the company. Speeders beware: judge may throw the book at you We're going to throw the book at you, or at least some facts, from our presidential election research editorial guide. Will you, Mr Speaker, sort out the chief whip and throw the book at her? I suppose its best that I ask the Corporation to take away my bin and throw the book at me as you cannot get blood out of a stone - and I am that stone. As far as we are concerned, we will throw the book at them and we would expect that magistrates do the same. If he's guilty, they should throw the book at him. If the charges are proved, throw the book at the perpetrators, but not until. I hope that the prosecutors and law enforcement officers also take this seriously and throw the book at him if he is caught. We have always said we're prepared to throw the book at the terrorists, because that's who we've got to concentrate upon. But if he doesn't, I'm sure the government is prepared to throw the book at him. You can't throw the book at anyone because it is happening. Synonyms scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, lecture, criticize, pull up, take to task, haul over the coals, bring to book write the book Used in reference to particular expertise or proficiency in a subject, area of activity, etc. they actually care about the product they are making and they wrote the book on customer service he pretty much writes the book on how to be perfect in the media Example sentencesExamples California wrote the book on approachability. Here were two football powers who wrote the book on heroics and football legends, rewriting it in a game and on a stage like this. He's the man who wrote the book on duplicity. I know how the whole ‘need-to-know’ system works: in fact I wrote the book on it! Clooney plays Miles Massey, a hotshot divorce attorney who wrote the book on prenuptial agreements. I could write the book on rehab. They could write the book on luxury, whether it's stays in country houses on the shores of magical lochs or voyages through the Outer Hebrides. The way she goes on, you'd think she wrote the book on fidelity. The only thing Robert is willing to reveal about the special guest mentor is that they could "write the book on vulnerability." you can't judge a book by its cover proverb Outward appearances are not a reliable indication of the true character of someone or something. Example sentencesExamples But you can't judge a book by its cover or whatever they say. Mind you, you can't judge a book by its cover, me old mum used to say. I told you that you can't judge a book by its cover,’ he reminded her, in an ‘I-told-you-so’ type of manner. Anyone who says you can't judge a book by its cover is an idiot. And I think that, like this movie says, you can't judge a book by its cover. Despite the admonition that you can't judge a book by its cover, I tend to find that, increasingly, you can. Guess you can't judge a book by its cover after all. This book defies the old adage that claims you can't judge a book by its cover. They seemed all right at first but I suppose you can't judge a book by its cover. This was just another thing that contributed to the fact you can't judge a book by its cover. close the book on Lay aside; expend no further energy on. Congress closed the book on wool subsidies Example sentencesExamples This focus is consistent with the practice of closing the books of account annually. Now, as companies close the books on another quarter, the lack of pricing power combined with weak demand is sapping the top and bottom lines. He suggests that a club owner spend the extra money to hire an accountant to formally close the books at the end of the year. The Dow and Nasdaq were ready to close the books on their first down years since 1990. One can also appreciate how the bean counters want to be able to close the books with a positive result against any negative expense. We're still closing the books on 2003, and there will be a summary article in the April issue of the magazine. Shareholder requirements for dividends made it necessary to define an accounting period, close the books and calculate profits. It adds that that the aim is ‘to clear the accounts and to close the books for the years up to March 1995’. I'll eat my hat if his successor does not close the books at the end of 2004 with a small surplus. In fact, Vermont closed the books on its 2003 fiscal year with a $10.4 million surplus, even as California, Massachusetts, and many other states battle huge deficits. make book Take bets on the outcome of an event. figurative I wouldn't make book on it Example sentencesExamples IG Index and its spread betting competitors garner publicity by making a book on ‘grey market’ prices ahead of initial public offerings (IPOs). You can think of it as an American alternative to those famous London betting shops that will make book on just about anything. Major organizations are making book on who will be the next Miss World; check out this site for the current odds, and place a bet if you are so inclined. The bookmakers have opened a book on the Anti-Litter League quoting Kilkenny city as favourite to win at odds of 10/1. Meanwhile, a quintessentially Wodehousian plot is brewing in nearby Tottleigh Castle, where staff is making book on the identity of Lady's Alyce's husband-to-be. The company is always game to open a book on most events and we do get some unusual requests. If I knew how to open a book (the bookie kind, I know how to open book-books) I would. In fact Betfair has nothing in particular to do with racing or any other sport on which it makes a book. It will probably do worse - since the kind of events he wants to make book on are even more unpredictable and emotional than elections. one for the books An extraordinary feat or event. Example sentencesExamples For a team who have been full of surprises their final capitulation was definitely one for the books. But after what I witnessed, what we all saw well, I guess your report will be one for the books, to say the least ‘Well that's one for the books. ‘Unknown hole appears in the side of a 22 foot yacht and sinks.’ This contest was one for the books because of what took place between the chalk lines. ‘This was one for the books,’ the boy says, suddenly imitating his father's banal, platitude-ridden speech. I already know this night is going to be one for the books so don't miss. Somewhere around then though we got drunk in the burger bar which was one for the books. As in 1942, Williams provided an early indication that the 1947 season was going to be one for the books. Wednesday a week or so back was one for the books! And one for the books, the corporate giant giving investors the biggest dividend payout in history. take a leaf from (or out of) someone's book Imitate or emulate someone in a particular way. Gorbachev must take a leaf from Deng's book and offer tangible benefits Example sentencesExamples We may all stand disgusted when we see the state of some foreign prisons, but maybe we should take a leaf out of their book. I'm going to take a leaf out of your book, at least for a couple of days, and spend my time eating and sleeping by turns. Perhaps those intent on putting up ludicrously-priced properties under the guise of ‘regeneration’ around here could take a leaf out of their book. He wished more young people would take a leaf out of his book and follow his example. I hope you do not mind Catherine, I am taking a leaf out of your book and asking anyone that passes this way to please call around and offer your support to John and his family. You have some genuine elected members who care for their community so perhaps take a leaf out of their book. I hope others take a leaf out of your book and I look forward to working with you again next year. If only those responsible for devising the new routes and timetables for our buses could take a leaf out of their book. He carried the club at times last season, but others must take a leaf out of his book. He seems very pleasant and hard working, a few could do with taking a leaf out of his book. They gave an as near to perfect display of football as possible and what a pity some of our male teams don't take a leaf out of their book. Synonyms imitate, copy, reproduce, mimic, mirror, echo, follow, model oneself on, take as a model, take as an example Origin Old English bōc (originally also ‘a document or charter’), bōcian ‘to grant by charter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boek and German Buch, and probably to beech (on which runes were carved). noun.1 phr.
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