Definition von (book) im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Black Book
- Any of several documents or books that have (or had) black covers
- Book of Common Prayer
- The book containing the liturgy of the Church of England; compiled by Thomas Cranmer in 1549 following the Act of Uniformity
- Book of Mormon
- A sacred text of the Latter-Day Saint movement, published in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr
- Book of the Dead
- The ancient Egyptian funerary text
- Domesday Book
- A record of the great survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror
- Good Book
- The Christian Bible
- Holy Book
- The Bible
- absey book
- An ABC book; abecedary; a primer
'I shall beseech you' — that is question now / And then comes answer like an Absey book: / 'O sir,' says answer, 'at your best command; / At your employment; at your service, sir:'.
- absey-book
- An ABC book; a primer. - Shakespeare, King John, I,i
- account book
- A book in which accounts are kept. - Swift
- address book
- A small book where one writes other people's addresses and phone numbers in
- address book
- The "Address book" stores contact information (especially e-mail addresses and other data, like postal addresses). It's generally included in Internet suites and operating system customizations
- address-book
- Attributive form of address book
address-book entry.
- airport book
- A book to be read in one sitting, especially during plane travel
- autograph book
- a book in which one collects and displays autographs
- baby book
- A book containing photographs and written records of a child's development
- bath book
- A waterproof book for children that can be read in the bath
- blot one's copy book
- to damage one's own reputation through bad behavior
- blue book exam
- Type of test used at many post-secondary schools in the US. The normally include one or more essays or short-answer questions
- blue book exams
- plural form of blue book exam
- book
- A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book
- book
- To leave
He was here earlier, but he booked.
- book
- A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet)
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
- book
- To reserve (something) for future use
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
- book
- A major division of a long work
Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.
- book
- To write down
They booked that message from the hill.
- book
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets
I have three copies of his first book.
- book
- four of a kind
- book
- To penalise (someone) for an offence
The police booked him for driving too fast.
- book
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use
a book of raffle tickets.
- book
- Records of the accounts of a business
- book
- A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement)
- book
- The script of a musical
- book
- To receive the highest grade in a class
The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
- book
- To travel very fast
He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
- book
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. If initially blank, commonly referred to as a notebook
She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
- book award
- In law school, an award or recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement)
- book awards
- plural form of book award
- book burning
- The destruction, removal, or recalling of books, motion pictures, electronic games, the taking of television programs off the air, or the shutting down of Web sites as a form of censorship, especially motivated by religious or political objections to the material
- book club
- A commercial organization offering subscribers a selection of books from a catalogue
- book club
- A group of people who meet to discuss the books they have been reading
- book clubs
- plural form of book club
- book entries
- plural form of book entry
- book entry
- A bond or similar security for which no certificate is issued, but ownership is recorded on computer
- book keeping
- Maintaining the accounts, by written record in the books, or by electronic data entries
- book lung
- A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids
- book of condolence
- a book, containing blank leaves, in which people may sign their name and write a short message as a symbol of sympathy; often in response to a high profile death or series of deaths
- book signing
- An event where an author signs copies of her/his books for fans
- book signings
- plural form of book signing
- book up
- To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets
- book value
- The value of an asset as reflected on an entity's accounting books, without accounting for appreciation or depreciation
- book value
- The price for which an item or service should be bought or sold, usually as related in a printed collection of prices for similar items or services
- book-burning
- The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain
- book-learned
- Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books
Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play — Dryden.
- book-learning
- Knowledge acquired from reading books, as opposed to knowledge gained through experience or feeling; theoretical or academic knowledge as opposed to practical or common-sensical knowledge
Harry's education has included book learning and practical learning, but he's been absorbing the lessons of the heart as well—kindness, courage, loyalty, and the virtue that Dumbledore places above all others: love.
- book-signing
- Attributive form of book signing
book-signing tour.
- brag book
- a small personal photo album
- bring someone to book
- To penalise someone for a punishable offence
The perpetrators of this atrocity must be brought to book.
- burn book
- A book for writing unpleasant information about others
- by the book
- In a manner which adheres strictly to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures
As far as he is concerned, he umpired by the book.
- by-the-book
- Adhering strictly to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures
Given the troubled Bayou State's long history of rogues and demagogues, the most unusual thing about Gov. Jindal may be his record of by-the-book ethics.
- closed book
- A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling
Her courteous, sedate, inexorable husband, whose will she could not bend, whom she could not cajole, whose mind was a closed book to her — a book which had lain by her hand for three years, which she had never had the curiosity to open! — Prisoners by Mary Cholmondeley.
- closed-book
- referring to exams in which external resources such as glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc are prohibited
- coffee table book
- A large, hardback non-fiction book, often with lavish illustrations
- coffee-table book
- Alternative spelling of coffee table book
- coloring book
- A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media
- comic book
- A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories, primarily in serialized form, usually fiction
- commonplace book
- a personal notebook or journal in which memorabilia, quotations etc were written
- cookery book
- cook book
- double-book
- To mistakenly book or reserve something for two people, when there is only space for one
- e-book
- electronic book, a book published in electronic form
- e-book reader
- A lightweight hardware device used to read e-books
- electronic book
- A book published in electronic form
- every trick in the book
- All possible means, both honest and dishonest
The solicitor tried every trick in the book to get me to sign the contract, but I wasn't having any of it!.
- every trick in the book
- All possible knowledge of a subject matter
He was always one step ahead of me, as he seems to know every trick in the book.
- exercise book
- A booklet for students, containing either problems and exercises or blank pages for writing answers
- funny book
- A comic book
- guest book
- a feature of a website performing a similar function to a physical guest book
- guest book
- a type of ledger in which visitors to a particular establishment, such as a bed and breakfast or a museum, may leave comments about the establishment
- guide book
- A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area
- have more chins than a Chinese phone book
- To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin")
My friend, Hank Zona, used to nod his head in someone's direction and whisper, That guy has more chins than a Chinese phone book..
- joke book
- A book containing a collection of jokes
- know every trick in the book
- to know all that is known about a certain discipline
- little black book
- An address book, especially one in which the details of previous lovers are recorded
- make book
- To be very confident
Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper..
- make book
- To gamble, either by placing or taking bets
In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.
- mug book
- A book containing mug shots, pictures of faces
- off book
- No longer needing the script to rehearse
'So if Antigone wants to be off book, I think the rest of you should be off book too.'.
- off book
- below the list price
in the winter of 1957-58 prices were 60 percent off book..
- off-book
- off the books, not officially recorded
- open book
- Something of which salient aspects are obvious or easily interpreted
But I have never argued – and never will – that our most sensitive national security matters should be an open book.
- open book
- An open book decomposition
- open book
- A person who through naivete responds candidly to questions or openly displays their emotions or intentions
Emile's most striking characteristic is that he hides nothing. He is an open book, acting the same in private as in public — Emile is worse at disguising his feelings than any man in the world..
- open book decomposition
- A decomposition of a 3-manifold into a link and a fibration over the circle by surfaces bounded by that link
- open book decompositions
- plural form of open book decomposition
- open-book
- Attributive form of open book
open-book decomposition.
- open-book
- referring to exams in which external resources such as glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc may be used
- phone book
- A book used to find phone numbers; a telephone directory in book form; telephone book
- phrase book
- A (usually pocket-sized) book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two languages and intended for travellers who wish to communicate with locals while in other countries (or regions in which a different language is spoken)
- phrase-book
- Attributive form of phrase book
This term would be useful as a phrase-book entry.
- picture book
- A book for young children in which the narrative is accompanied by illustrations
- poll book
- An official register, formerly used to record votes at an election
- poll book
- Lists of voters and who they voted for at Parliamentary and other elections, before the introduction of the secret ballot
- prayer book
- A book containing religious prayers
- prayer book
- A small holystone
- prayer book
- The Book of Common Prayer
- read like a book
- To be able to judge someone's thoughts by their body language
I love playing poker against Maria because I can read her like a book.
- red book
- title given to a variety of official books with red binding
- red book
- a book supposedly belonging to the devil and containing the signature of those in league with him
- reference book
- A book providing factual information
The Red Book is the standard reference book for those naming inorganic chemical compounds.
- reference book
- such a book that may not be borrowed
I wanted to take out the encyclopedia, but the librarian said it was a reference book.
- slam book
- traditionally a notebook passed from student to student in which questions are written and answered anonymously. Questions often focus on such issues as which girl is most popular, who is a dog, and which teacher is the worst dressed.It is kept as a token of sweet nostalgic evidence of time spent together at campus
- statute book
- All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book
- sticker book
- A pre-arranged booklet for the collection and placement of stickers as child entertainment
- sticker book
- A booklet of self-adhesive stickers especially for use as rewards for children
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- To adopt an idea or practice of another person
- telephone book
- A printed telephone directory
Because they are generally quite thick, old telephone books are sometimes used in informal tests of a weapon's cutting ability.
- throw the book at
- To apply the harshest possible punishment to
- throw the book at
- To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible
- trade book
- A book that is marketed to a general audience (as opposed to books that have specialized audiences, such as academic books). Most fiction titles are trade books
- turn up for the book
- a very unexpected, usually pleasant, surprise
Her mother kept well away from us, which was a turn up for the book, and for the time being at any rate, I was a model husband.
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone
- you can't tell a book by its cover
- Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover
- book
- {i} printed work which is bound together; publication; notebook; bundle, set of things (such as: stamps, matches, tickets and more) bound together
- book
- A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example. His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant best-seller the author of a book on politics. reference books
- book
- {f} record, inscribe; indicate; order in advance; reserve
- book
- Pieces of uncured gum rubber or rubber-coated fabric placed between cloth pages or canvas sheets to prevent cohesion
- course book
- A course book is a textbook that students and teachers use as the basis of a course
- audio book
- A taped reading of a book or book condensation reproduced in audiocassette form
- book out
- Leave or cause to leave a hotel
- trade book
- A book that is published for and sold to the general public
- book
- {v} to enter in a book, note down, register
- book
- {n} a volume in which we read or write
- commonplace-book
- {n} a book for general heads
- doomsday-book
- {n} a book for registering estates
- day book
- The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station; (synonym) blotter, police blotter, rap sheet, charge sheet
