book1 nounbook2 verb
bookbook1 /bʊk/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINbook1
Origin:
Old English bocEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a book by Charles Dickens
- a book of matches
- a secondhand book dealer
- an address book
- Do you have any books on astronomy?
- Eric's reading a book by William Faulkner.
- Have you read this book?
- I'm reading a book about a little girl who was a slave in 19th century Atlanta.
- I think Muriel Spark is a great writer, I love her books.
- I went and got a library book about it.
- It's a pretty good book.
- She wrote a book of short stories, but it never got published.
- What book are you reading at the moment?
- His book had to be published by the obscure Middle Passage Press.
- In September 1930, on a day selected by his grandmother, he opened an exercise book and waited for inspiration.
- It told me, he will write books of status.
- Seth was paging through a book.
- That is the sad story Jim Carlton tells in his forthcoming book about Apple Computer.
- The book was an immediate success.
- We can not have the voluptuous strengths of new technology, but books have the attraction of maturity.
THESAURUStypes of book
noun [countable] a book about imaginary people and events: · The film is based on Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel.· a historical novel
noun [uncountable] books that describe imaginary people and events: · She reads a lot of romantic fiction.
noun [uncountable] novels and plays that are considered to be important works of art: · I’m studying American literature at university.
noun [uncountable] books that describe real people and events: · Men tend to prefer non-fiction.
noun [uncountable] books about imaginary events in the future or space travel
noun [countable] a book such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, which you look at to find information
noun [countable] a book about a particular subject that you use in a classroom
British English British English noun [countable] a book that you have to study as part of your course
noun [countable] a book telling visitors about a city or country
noun [countable] a book for children with many pictures in it
noun [countable] a book that has a hard stiff cover
noun [countable] a book that has a paper cover
noun [countable] a book about a real person’s life, written by another person
noun [countable] a book that someone has written about their own life
British English (also cookbook American English) noun [countable] a book that tells you how to cook different meals
Longman Language Activatora book · I think Muriel Spark is a great writer, I love her books.· What book are you reading at the moment?book by · a book by Charles Dickensbook about · I'm reading a book about a little girl who was a slave in 19th century Atlanta.book on something (=a book giving information about a particular subject) · Do you have any books on astronomy?book of something (=a book containing several examples of the same kind of writing) · She wrote a book of short stories, but it never got published.library book (=a book that you borrow from a library) · I went and got a library book about it.secondhand book (=a book that has already been owned by someone else) · a secondhand book dealer
also softback a book with a cover made of stiff paper: · Usually the hardback comes out first and the paperback comes out after.· a softback romantic novelin paperback (=published as a paperback): · The two books you need for the regular assignment are both inexpensive and in paperback.
a book with a hard cover: · The hardback version spent three weeks on the Times bestseller list.in hardback (=published as a hardback): · The book is published by HarperCollins, and costs $15 in hardback and $4.95 in paperback.
a very popular book that a lot of people buy: · Already a best-seller in Japan, Quovis comes out in English later this year.· Her book has been an international best-seller for over a decade.· Nader's book, 'Unsafe at Any Speed', became a surprise best-seller.best-seller list (=an official list of books that people are buying the most): · J K Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books were number one on the best-seller list for months.
to not know anything about a subject · Don't ask me. I know nothing at all about fixing cars.· No one else at school knew anything about jazz.know nothing of formal · When he arrived in Venice he knew almost nothing of its history or culture.
informal to know nothing at all about how to do something: · I'm amazed how he puts all the bits of the computer back together. I wouldn't have a clue.have no idea/not have a clue about: · After nine years of marriage, he still didn't have a clue about what she really wanted.have no idea/not have a clue how/what/where etc: · It became clear that the sales people didn't have any idea how to sell the new products.
British a subject that is a closed book to someone is one that they know nothing about, and that they believe they will never understand: · For many people, science is something of a closed book.
ways of saying that a law is officially accepted if a new or suggested law becomes law , it is officially accepted and starts to exist: · The Education Bill finally became law last month.· Until the Food Protection Bill became law, the ministry had no power to ban dangerous pesticides.
British also be on the books American if a law gets onto the statute book , it officially becomes a law: · The Employment Bill was passed in 1982 but did not reach the statute book until 1984.· The laws have been on the books for decades, but city officials failed to enforce them.
to obey a law, rule, or custom to do what a law or rule says you must do: · Drivers obey speed laws only when they think the police are near.obey the law: · All citizens must obey the law and be loyal to the Constitution.obey the rules: · She was one of those people who obeyed the rules and was never irresponsible.
formal if you comply with a law or a decision, you do what it says you must do: · Companies must comply with European employment laws.· Failure to comply with these conditions could result in prosecution.
to accept and obey a decision, rule, agreement etc, even though you may not agree with it: · Those are the rules and regulations -- we don't make them but we have to abide by them.· Players have to abide by the referee's decision.· Generally, journalists abide by an agreed code of practice.
to always obey the law or rules closely and not ignore them: · If you keep to the rules nothing can go wrong.· Keep to the law, but apart from that, do whatever you have to do to find this man.· Do you always keep to the speed limit when you're driving?
informal to do something exactly as it should be done, especially so that there is no chance of anything going wrong: · Everyone in the party has a responsibility to stick to the rules agreed by the party conference.· Failure to stick to the safety rules could result in disaster.
to be correct according to a rule or regulation: · British meat products now have to conform to strict hygiene regulations.· Many classroom interactions do not conform to the rules of normal conversation.
formal to take notice of and obey rules, laws, customs etc: · You can avoid danger by observing these simple rules.· Too many accidents are occurring at work because employers are not observing safety regulations.· We try to observe the local customs so that we don't offend people.
formal to obey the law or customs of a place, especially because you believe it is important to obey them: · The President is expected to respect the constitution.· He's an honest, responsible citizen who respects the law and is dedicated to his family.
to obey the rules and behave in an acceptable way in your job or in an organization, even if you do not want to, do not agree etc: · They didn't agree, but as government employees they had to toe the line.· Gail realized that she had to toe the line if she wanted to keep her job.
to do something exactly according to the rules or instructions, rather than in your own way: · Police must always go completely by the book when making arrests.· My financial advisor is very straight - he does everything by the book.
to punish someone severely to immediately punish someone for something they have just done, because you want to make it clear that their actions are completely unacceptable: come down on for: · Mrs Green really came down on him for swearing.come down heavily/hard on somebody (=punish someone very severely): · In the examinations we shall come down hard on any student who attempts to cheat.· The authorities are threatening to come down more heavily on drink-driving offences.
informal if someone in authority throws the book at someone, they give them the severest punishment that can be given: · Unless you plead guilty, the prosecutors will throw the book at you.· Superior Court Judge Stephen Rosen threw the book at Davidson, sentencing him to six years in prison and ordering him to pay $1.6 million in restitution.
WORD SETSabstract, nounagony aunt, nounagony column, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantiquarian, adjectiveappendix, nounarticle, nounauthor, nounautobiography, nounback, nounbackslash, nounbackspace, nounballoon, nounbanner headline, nounbestiary, nounbest-seller, nounbibliography, nounbibliophile, nounbind, verbbinder, nounbinding, nounbiographer, nounbiography, nounblackout, nounbold, adjectiveboldface, nounbook, nounbookbinding, nounbooklet, nounbookmark, nounbookmobile, nounbookplate, nounbookseller, nounbookshop, nounbookstall, nounbookstore, nounbound, adjectivebox, nounbraille, nounbroadsheet, nounbrochure, nounbubble, nounbulletin, nounby-line, nouncalendar, nouncaption, nouncarry, verbcatalogue, nouncentrefold, nounchain letter, nounchapbook, nounchapter, nounchequebook journalism, nouncircular, nouncirculation, nouncity desk, nouncity editor, nounclassified ad, nounclip, nounclipping, nouncodex, nouncol, collection, nouncolour supplement, nouncolumn, nouncolumnist, nouncomic, nouncomic strip, nouncommentary, nouncommentator, nouncompanion, nouncompendium, nouncomposition, nouncompositor, nouncontribute, verbcontributor, nouncopy, nouncopy editor, nouncopyist, nouncorrespondent, nouncoursebook, nouncover girl, nouncover story, nouncross-refer, verbcross-reference, nouncutting, noundaily, noundesk, noundiarist, noundiary, noundictionary, noundime novel, noundirectory, noundog-eared, adjectivedoorstep, verbdotted line, noundraft, noundraft, verbDTP, noundust jacket, nouned., edit, verbedition, nouneditor, nouneditorial, nouneditorship, nounemend, verbencyclopedia, nounentry, nounerratum, nounet al, adverbet cetera, adverbexclusive, nounexposure, nounexpurgated, adjectivefeature, nounff, figure, nounfiller, nounfinancial supermarket, Fleet Street, fly leaf, nounfolio, nounfollow-up, nounfont, nounfootnote, nounforeword, nounformat, nounformat, verbfrontispiece, nounfull-page, adjectivefull stop, nounfunny papers, noungagging order, galley, noungazette, noungazetteer, nounghost, verbghost writer, noungloss, noungloss, verbglossary, nounglossy, noungonzo journalism, noungossip column, noungraphic design, nounguide, nounguillotine, nounhack, nounhagiography, nounhalftone, nounhandbill, nounhandbook, nounhardback, nounhardcover, nounheading, nounheadline, nounheadline, verbheadword, nounhistory, nounhumorist, nounillustrate, verbillustration, nounimpression, nounimprimatur, nounimprint, nounindent, verbindentation, nounindex, nounindex, verbinsert, nouninset, nouninset, verbinstalment, nouninterpolate, verbISBN, nounissue, nounitalicize, verbitalics, nounjacket, nounjournal, nounjournalese, nounjournalism, nounjournalist, nounjourno, nounl, landscape, nounlayout, nounleader, nounleading article, nounleaf, nounletter-size, adjectivelibrary, nounlimited edition, nounlined, adjectiveLinotype, nounliterature, nounlocal paper, nounlocal rag, nounloose-leaf, adjectivelower case, nounmag, nounmagazine, nounmanuscript, nounmargin, nounmasthead, nounmezzotint, nounmicrofiche, nounmisprint, nounmonograph, nounmonthly, nounmorocco, nounmuckraking, nounN/A, N.B., news, nounnews agency, nounnewshound, nounnewsletter, nounnewspaper, nounnewsprint, nounnews release, nounnon-fiction, nounnote, nounnotebook, nounnotice, nounnumber, nounobituary, nounoffprint, nounoffset, adjectiveomnibus, nounop. cit., open letter, nounorgan, nounoverleaf, adverboverprint, verbp., pagination, nounpamphlet, nounpamphleteer, nounpap, nounpaparazzi, nounpaper, nounpaperback, nounpaperboy, nounpaper girl, nounpaper round, nounpaper shop, nounpara, passage, nounpaste-up, nounperiodical, nounpersonal ad, nounpersonal column, nounphrasebook, nounpicture book, nounpiece, nounplate, nounpocketbook, nounpp., prequel, nounpress, nounpress baron, nounpress box, nounpress conference, nounpress corps, nounpress cutting, nounpress gallery, nounpressman, nounpress office, nounpress release, nounprint, verbprint, nounprinted matter, nounprinter, nounprinting, nounprinting ink, nounprinting press, nounproblem page, nounproof, nounproofread, verbpublication, nounpublish, verbpublisher, nounpublishing, nounpull-out, nounquarterly, adjectivequarterly, nounquarto, nounquire, nounquotation, nounquote, verbrag, nounreader, nounreadership, nounreading, nounream, nounred ink, nounreference, nounreference book, nounreference library, nounrelease, verbreprint, verbreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectivereview, nounreview, verbreviewer, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrider, nounroman, nounsans serif, nounsaturation, nounscare story, nounscoop, nounscoop, verbsection, nounserif, nounset, verbsilk screen, adjectivesketch, nounslipcase, nounsmall ad, nounsoft porn, nounsource, nounspace, nounspine, nounsplash, verbspoiler, nounstay of execution, nounstop press, nounstory, nounstorybook, nounstringer, nounstrip, nounstrip cartoon, nounsub, nounsub, verbsubedit, verbsub-editor, nounsubheading, nounsubscribe, verbsubscriber, nounsubscription, nounsuperscript, adjectivesupplement, nounsymposium, nounsyndicate, verbtable, nountabloid, nountext, nounthumb index, nountitle page, nountome, nountract, nountreatise, nountrot, nountype, nountypeface, nountypescript, nountypesetting, nountypographer, nountypography, nounvanity press, nounvellum, nounvignette, nounvol., volume, nounweekly, nounwell-thumbed, adjectivewoodblock, nounwrite-up, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
I am writing to confirm a booking for a single room for the night of 6 June. The restaurant is fully booked this evening. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). a recipe book a shelf of self-help books The first thing to do is book a venue.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· What book are you reading at the moment?
(=look at the pages quickly)· I looked through the book until I found the right section.
· He’s written several interesting travel books.
· The book is published by Penguin.
(=it is published for the first time)· Everyone was waiting for the new Harry Potter book to come out.
(also take out a book British English) (=from a library)· You can borrow up to six books from the library.
(=to a library)· Please return all your books before the end of term.
(=arrange to continue borrowing it from a library)· If you need to renew a book, you can do it by phone.
book + NOUN (also book store American English)· I got it from that little book shop in the village.
(=a person, shop, or company selling books)· High street book sellers are experiencing a drop in sales.
British English (=a ticket that you can use to pay for a book)· She always bought me book tokens for my birthday.
(=an article giving critical opinions of a book)· She had a book review published in the student magazine.
(=an event at which publishers and authors show new books)
· In the introduction to this book I referred to a conversation between myself and a young student.
· The most useful section of the book is the list of suppliers of artists’ materials.
phrases· His picture is on the cover of the book.
· The first chapter of the book is about his childhood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a book or a file on your computer, where you keep people’s addresses)
British English, schedule an appointment American English (=make an appointment)· Have you booked another appointment at the clinic?· I’ve scheduled your appointment for 9.30.
(=a book of cheques that your bank gives you to use)· When you open a bank account you will be given your own cheque book.
· an impressive Roman coin collection
I am writing to confirm a booking for a single room for the night of 6 June. (=telling you how to cook food)· She opened her cookery book and chose a recipe.
· There was a blonde girl on the magazine cover.
(=use every possible excuse)· He used every excuse in the book to avoid seeing the doctor.
(also a service fee American English) (=a charge you pay when buying a ticket)· Tickets for the concert are £45, plus a booking fee.
(=give false figures in a company’s financial records)
(=reserve a seat on a particular plane)· I booked the flight over the Internet.
The restaurant is fully booked this evening. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules).· I booked the holiday online.
· The instruction manual for the camera is over 150 pages long.
· She's gone into town to change her library books.
· She has a new collection of poems coming out soon.
· He had two books of poetry published.
· He has just brought out another poetry book.
(=book containing prayers)
a recipe book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)
· Car sales have fallen every month for the past two years.
· You can book seats online.
a shelf of self-help books (=in a restaurant)· I've booked a table for four at a local restaurant.
· We booked our tickets well in advance.
· Britain is heavily involved in the arms trade.
· Kyushu looks so lovely in the travel books.
The first thing to do is book a venue.· Not the comic book characters, soup cans, flags and targets, of course.· The film dramatises and elaborates these fears in a knockabout, comic-book style with slightly implausible plot complications.· You can use the programs to edit photos and create greeting cards, certificates, comic books, labels and other goodies.· It's a comic book sort of thing, doing everything in your power to present yourselves as greater than your audience.· Alcohol, comic books and mouthwash all bask under the superior reputation of the market.· Tex Avery cartoons of comic book bodies and slapstick violence.· I had a ton of comic books, too.
NOUN· The address book stores all the essential name and address details and provides room for telephone numbers and a general comment.· Ray Rawlins called everybody he knew and told them to bring whisky; then he went through his address book for girls.· For example, they might send themselves to all the contacts in your email address book.· After the address book came the false names.· A basic address book can be up and working in under half an hour.· All of human existence was no more than a huge address book.
· There are individual differences, but all history books tend to organise information in an hierarchical way.· The history book could not get by in the same manner.· The Prescot Playhouse Players brought the history books to life at the town's pageant this week.· In his home, he had more labor history books than the Library of Congress.· Alas, like so many things which get into the history books, it wasn't quite like that.· But those are experiences which Clinton and his contemporaries in leadership know only from the history books.· The first pictorial record of flowers from a sixteenth-century garden marks the highlight of this sale of travel and natural history books.· Indeed, the 1996 campaign season is headed for the history books as the most costly in history.
· These would be commercial travellers, wanting to write up their order books in peace.· The other driving force is cold cash and order books.· Payment will be made in arrears every four weeks or quarterly, whichever you prefer. Order book.· And nobody's order books had been full this summer.· Now one has a healthier order book while the other finds its delivery times and its storage needs slashed.· By 1950 the order book was full to overflowing.· Rolls-Royce has a strong order book in aero gas turbines and the prospect of further large orders in a buoyant aircraft market.· It hopes its own order book is solid but knows that double ordering is going on in the sector.
· It's in the phone book.· Inside the booth, he secured the door with his foot and thumbed through the phone book.· This is rough on the phone company, which still organizes the phone book by first names.· That whittled the field down from the white pages of the Paris phone book.· Nicola Hammond looked in the phone book.· She had to look up the number in the phone book.· And there didn't seem to be a phone book.· Hicks moved the phone book out of her way.
· Bodiam is a picture book castle and a favourite with children of all ages.· They listen to stories, memorize nursery rhymes, look at picture books and gain other experiences that prepare them to read.· Roald Dahl's last picture book tells how Billy rescued the tiny Minpins from the smoke belching Gruncher.· A five-page picture book is needed to explain the steps required to release and lift the hood of army vehicles.· Apparently she often approached him with a picture book or toy to engage him in play with her.· One of the greatest historians for children is the author Jean Fritz who has written historical novels and picture books.· Colouring books help their writing skills ... picture books help their reading skills ... counting books help them with their numbers.· One-night picture books require parents to select and begin a new story every night.
· We need to see the comfort a confused old person derives from holding a prayer book or rosary.· A congregation in Tampa sent over some prayer books, while Unity of Leesburg donated a pulpit.· At her girdle hung a gold chain and cross, and she carried a handkerchief and a little prayer book bound in gold.· The care with which Christians had treasured their Bibles, prayer books and hymn books was very touching.· When he reached his church, he missed the prayer book, and hurried back.· Some of them wept as the preacher opened up his prayer book and the coffin was gently lowered into the grave.· These prayers will be found in the prayer book immediately after the psalms.· The vicar paced behind, holding his prayer book, his hair floating up and down in the draught from the door.
· As a visual aid to anatomical familiarity, a reference book such as this has undoubted value.· In the meantime, publishers continue to publish, between two covers, all sorts of reference books.· Make yourself a present of Silences and keep it by you as a reference book.· Perhaps if the rest of the writing had had the same approach we would have a worthy materials reference book.· Forms of address and titles for important personages can be found in reference books.· Although U/V, ozone and protein skimmers were known, reference books often claimed they were unnecessary.· The panel will explore the recruit's experience with reference books of any sort.
· But what happens if there are two Acts on the statute books which conflict with one another?· Most work at uninspiring tasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draft memos for their higher-ups.· The hon. Gentleman said that I had said that we would keep internment on the statute book.· The southern states now relied on tightening enforcement measures already on the statute books and increasing the alertness of the patrols.· The number of laws on the statute book increases cumulatively since governments repeal relatively few laws.· I repeat what I have said before: internment has been retained on the statute book.· It is clear that the Government are determined that the Bill will be on the statute book before the general election.· Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.
· A revaluation of the brewer's 1,600 pubs showed that they are now worth £255million more than their book value.· It was sold at current book value.· The goodwill reflects the premium over book value Wells paid for its Los Angeles-based rival.· It can be drawn up on the basis of historic-cost book values, current-cost book values or market values.· Now they carry a collective book value of more than $ 8, 000.· Describe what is meant by the net book value and the written down value of an asset?· Perhaps the best way to understand book value is by means of an example.
VERB· Mr Lamont declared the Tories stuck to their election pledges but he faces immense pressure to balance the books.· Nature always balances her books, and Jupiter had lost exactly as much momentum as Discovery had gained.· Jobs threat: Five teachers at York's Lowfield School could face redundancy unless the opted-out school can balance its books.· All supply people dreamed of a way to balance the books once and for all-without all that trading and shuffling.· Voice over Derby had one more chance to balance the books but Paul Kitson wasted a glorious opportunity by blasting wide.· How has it balanced its books with the rest of the world?· But the council had to balance its books, he said.· As treasurer of the R.A.D.D., he once balanced the books, which had a serious deficit, with a handsome donation.
· At last he closed his books and went to bed.· He is holding a closed book, signifying a mystery, possibly a stage in the alchemical process.· The police have closed the book on the Hannah Davies case.· Before every architect closes this book in disgust, let me explain.· He closed the book and slipped it into a polythene bag.· The goal of reading is to be done with it, to be able to close the book and play.· And, by definitively closing the book on the past, the language of socialism also remains trapped in Stalinism's wreckage.· I closed the book, touching it gently.
· Joan and her sister Ruth appeared early in the saga, and young Paul opened the very first book of the series.· Slowly she would open the book and begin the story.· Before you even open the book, make sure that you are comfortable.· She opens a book, hands it to me, points to a passage.· He opened a book with his thumbnail, as if afraid of dirtying his fingers.· I looked over and saw that Gordon had opened a book.· Is there any point in opening a book on who our Howard will drop to make way for rodders.· He turned the chair around, positioning himself with his back to the window, and opened the book.
· The Norwich Union has published a useful book called Education Planning.· Paul and I are the only Grunwalds who are not publishing a book this month.· Another way of finding useful or appropriate things to read is to look at library catalogues which have been published as books.· The Alcoholics Anonymous World Services publishes a book whose purpose is to provide an interpretation of the twelve steps.· Kletz also plans to publish a book that Patrick Eddington is writing about his Gulf War findings.
· But what I really want is for the book to be read and enjoyed by the people who read the other books.· We can read the books children are reading, find out what happens in class, ask what the guidance counselor said.· There are few things worse than being bludgeoned into reading a book you hate.· I read the books and all that stuff.· This will help you to decide whether you really need to read the whole book or only certain parts of it.· Maybe the best thing to do in this case is to just stay home and read the book.· How could his son become a priest if he read such books?
· In 1975 author Francis Hitching was commissioned to write a book and television documentary entitled Earth Magic.· Though I hardly seemed qualified to write a book about a twenty-year marriage, the novel came easily.· Before they left, the priest wrote in their temple books.· This knowledge allows him to trace the development of Proustian themes and reconstruct how Proust wrote his book, step by step.· I would stay here for a year, study the language, live with people, write my book.· Although I began to research the subject, I never wrote that book.· There is no story, no plot, no action-nothing but a man sitting alone in a room and writing a book.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be in somebody’s good/bad booksPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be singing from the same hymn book/sheet► don’t judge a book by its cover► take a leaf out of somebody’s book► learned books/works etc► have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper► the record books► be singing from the same hymn sheet/book► suit somebody’s book► a turn-up for the book(s)
1printed pages [countable] a set of printed pages that are held together in a cover so that you can read them: - No company had yet lost government business for failure to comply, but the law was on the books.
- No such district-wide resolution is on the books for clothing that promotes alcohol.
- The five-bedroom house is on the books of Jackson-Stops & Staff with Stimsons at £250,000.
- Well, in my book, if you steal, you deserve to get caught.
- But they accuse me of lying in my book.
- C., in my book, is U. S. Sen.
- During his stay he took much interest in my books and asked to borrow one.
- I put this down in my book.
- So I put everything in my book, such-and-such-a-thing, such-and-such-a-thing.
- So I went on until just after refreshment time: Spoke to Mr so-and-so - lots of things in my book.
- These stages are described in more detail in my books First Feelings and Playground Politics.
- Which is just ducky, in my book.
- Angelina was determined to bring Sir Thomas to book as soon as she could.
- Nor has Mr Wahid's government made much progress in bringing the army to book for human-rights offences.
- The House can rest assured that the Government will take every action possible to bring villains to book.
- We saw their books, and they've lost $29 million this year.
- Rules are not to be broken - Barb does everything by the book.
- Hopefully when I get a new tank set up, I will have more success in numbers by going by the book.
- In the three years covered by the book he loses his virginity, his father and, briefly, his mind.
- Instead of managing by the book, this is strictly managing by the storybook.
- Mr and Mrs X and their children live in the house in the corner by the books.
- Nothing has gone by the book in this case.
- The decision to go ahead was made, by the book, Vaughan says.
- They play it by the book - their book not mine.
- Throughout Defense, people buy by the book.
- But your own past can be a closed book, even at fourteen.
- He is holding a closed book, signifying a mystery, possibly a stage in the alchemical process.
- I can not believe that it can be right that this late in the game Poetry is still a closed book.
- I tell myself it's a closed book, but my cover story becomes an old man's compensation.
- Linear preoccupation in the past remains a closed book to modern understanding.
- The highly organised St Stephen's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her!
- The kitchenette is a closed book.
- The Shoah will never be a closed book.
- For course details details and advance booking forms contact:.
- However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.
- If we could list those we'd have advance warning of shortage problems on the assembly lines two months before they occur.
- It will also repay advance bookings.
- Perhaps the most widely used online service is travel planning, both to research a destination and to do advance bookings.
- Significant moments in history do not happen without some kind of advance warning.
- The most obvious features are the tall watchtowers scattered across the Silk Road to provide advance warning of Xiongnu attack.
- All supply people dreamed of a way to balance the books once and for all-without all that trading and shuffling.
- As treasurer of the R.A.D.D., he once balanced the books, which had a serious deficit, with a handsome donation.
- But it is still difficult balancing the books.
- Mr Lamont declared the Tories stuck to their election pledges but he faces immense pressure to balance the books.
- Saving seed can help balance the books, but it's not to be undertaken lightly.
- The days of balancing the books are over.
- Voice over Derby had one more chance to balance the books but Paul Kitson wasted a glorious opportunity by blasting wide.
- We are now considering new taxes to balance the books.
- Dress is formal and block bookings are available.
- And, by definitively closing the book on the past, the language of socialism also remains trapped in Stalinism's wreckage.
- Rady made a motion to close the book on the matter.
- The police have closed the book on the Hannah Davies case.
- But your own past can be a closed book, even at fourteen.
- He is holding a closed book, signifying a mystery, possibly a stage in the alchemical process.
- I can not believe that it can be right that this late in the game Poetry is still a closed book.
- I tell myself it's a closed book, but my cover story becomes an old man's compensation.
- Linear preoccupation in the past remains a closed book to modern understanding.
- The highly organised St Stephen's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her!
- The kitchenette is a closed book.
- The Shoah will never be a closed book.
- Bristol brought on record club buy Ray Atteveld for the injured Martin Scott after 16 minutes.
- Four were circulars - two were reminders that his subscriptions to a book club and the golf club were overdue.
- I think we all know that the book clubs are not naive.
- Last fall, Winfrey decided to give fiction a boost by creating her on-air book club.
- The kids belong to a book club.
- The recently reestablished library club was described and the possibility of a book club considered.
- Officials at the bank were found to have cooked the books.
- The directors of the company made millions from cooking the books before the fraud investigators caught them.
- We've just found out Alec's been cooking the books.
- Lost himself in a welter of ambitions, unsafe buildings, cheaper materials; he cooked the books to make more blocks.
- Martin I hate to disturb you when you're cooking the books, but there's a delivery.
- One solution would be to make the cities more habitable, but a much more sure-fire way is cooking the books.
- When it came to cooking the books, Dennis was in the Raymond Blanc class.
- Antiques Fair, Social Centre, Yarm.
- Attractions include over 100 trade stands, refreshment tents and licensed bars, caravan site and craft fair.
- Champagne was also prospering during this time from the great trade fairs.
- Chartwell Travel is offering discounted air fares to the Frankfurt Book Fair from £108 return.
- Eighty countries plan to attend the Baghdad trade fair in November.
- Running alongside was a trade fair.
- Then, on the third day, he would be a guest at a trade fair held in New Jersey.
- How to turn a tightly compressed event into a full-length book?
- I think I'm back in Corinne's good books again.
- All by all this is one of the better books on chemometrics.
- And by the way, I still believe Dermot Somers' was immeasurably the better book.
- I gave her the best books To read; she read them greedily.
- Male speaker I think it's the best book I ever read.
- So which is the better book?
- The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.
- The Bourne Identity is the best book I've read or ever will read.
- The result is a candidate for the best book on illuminated manuscripts ever written.
- Alas, like so many things which get into the history books, it wasn't quite like that.
- And straight into the history books at Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
- Democrats want a convention for the history books.
- Every New Hampshire presidential primary is one for the history books.
- Moms have always worked, but it was a big secret left out of the history books.
- The battle is important in the history books as one of the final skirmishes in that war, as Gen.
- The blighters have even been immortalised in the history books.
- Where does the dividing line come between yesterday's news and the history books?
- An in-depth study of the production of hand-written illuminated manuscripts by medieval monks.
- Here there are 100,000 old books and illuminated manuscripts, some dating back to the tenth century.
- His own collection of miniatures was begun, he has said, because he could not afford to purchase entire illuminated manuscripts.
- It selects 140 illuminated books such as the Sherborne Missal and the Bedford Hours.
- She also restored illuminated manuscripts for Ruskin.
- The result is a candidate for the best book on illuminated manuscripts ever written.
- The screens of our word-machines glow as serenely as illuminated manuscripts.
- I'd always thought of Jeff as an open book.
- Our foreign dealings are an open book generally a check book.
- To them my future was an open book.
- Robert Sabuda is fast gaining a reputation as a master of the art of making intricate and appealing pop-up books.
- I can read you like a book - some book I've read six times already.
- Library books can be renewed by telephone.
- But not in his set books!
- Galsworthy was a set book: I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart.
- One of the set texts for Advent dealt with the birth of John the Baptist.
- So was Naipaul, the writer of a book which was a classroom set text.
- When a graphics element is placed on a page there is now an option to set text wraparound.
- Some of those old laws are still on the statute book.
- I repeat what I have said before: internment has been retained on the statute book.
- It is clear that the Government are determined that the Bill will be on the statute book before the general election.
- The Act enshrines principles social workers fought hard to get on the statute book.
- The fact remains that internment is on the statute book and is available to the Government to use.
- The hon. Gentleman said that I had said that we would keep internment on the statute book.
- The number of laws on the statute book increases cumulatively since governments repeal relatively few laws.
- Judge Smith threw the book at Flynn, fining him $1.6 million and giving him six years in prison.
- From the beginning, he seemed determined to throw the book at her.
- In short, they threw the book at him.
- A £10 book token will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened on Thursday 7 March.
- I tried every trick in the book to reform him.
- Victoria used every trick in the book to undermine Patsy in order to get the new job colleagues knew Patsy had earned.
- Cheryl wrote the book on being irresponsible.
- Hartley wrote the book on self-serving.
- It wrote the book on quality control.
I’ve just started reading a book by Graham Greene. a cookery bookbook about/on a book about cats2to write in [countable] a set of sheets of paper held together in a cover so that you can write on them: a black address book a notebook3set of things [countable] a set of things such as stamps, matches, or tickets, held together inside a paper cover: a cheque book4books [plural] a)accounts written records of the financial accounts of a business: An accountant will examine the company’s books. a small firm that is having problems balancing the books (=keeping its profits and spending equal)on the books They have £50 billion worth of orders on the books. → cook the books at cook1(3) b)jobs the names of people who use a company’s services, or who are sent by a company to work for other peopleon somebody’s books an agent with a lot of popular actors on his books5by the book exactly according to rules or instructions: She feels she has to go by the book and can’t use her creativity.do/play something by the book The police were careful to do everything by the book.6a closed book a subject that you do not understand or know anything about: Chemistry is a closed book to me.7be in somebody’s good/bad books informal used to say that someone is pleased or annoyed with you8law be on the books if a law is on the books, it is part of the set of laws in a country, town, area etc9part of a book [countable] one of the parts that a very large book such as the Bible is divided intobook of the Book of Isaiah10in my book spoken said when giving your opinion: In my book, nothing is more important than football.11bring somebody to book to punish someone for breaking laws or rules, especially when you have been trying to punish them for a long time: War criminals must be brought to book. → statute book, → take a leaf out of somebody’s book at leaf1(2), → read somebody like a book at read1(16), → suit somebody’s book at suit2(5), → a turn-up for the book at turn-up(2), → throw the book at somebody at throw1(26)GRAMMAR: Patterns with book• You read something in a book: · I read about him in a book at school.• You say a book about a subject or a book on a subject: · I like books about sport. ✗Don’t say: I like books of sport.• A book of essays, poems etc is one that contains several essays, poems etc: · It’s a book of interviews with artists.• You say a book by someone: · I’m reading a book by John Gray. ✗Don’t say: I’m reading a book of John Gray.COLLOCATIONSverbsread a book· What book are you reading at the moment?look through a book (=look at the pages quickly)· I looked through the book until I found the right section.write a book· He’s written several interesting travel books.publish a book· The book is published by Penguin.a book comes out (=it is published for the first time)· Everyone was waiting for the new Harry Potter book to come out.borrow a book (also take out a book British English) (=from a library)· You can borrow up to six books from the library.return a book (=to a library)· Please return all your books before the end of term.renew a book (=arrange to continue borrowing it from a library)· If you need to renew a book, you can do it by phone.book + NOUNa book shop (also book store American English)· I got it from that little book shop in the village.a book seller (=a person, shop, or company selling books)· High street book sellers are experiencing a drop in sales.a book token British English (=a ticket that you can use to pay for a book)· She always bought me book tokens for my birthday.a book review (=an article giving critical opinions of a book)· She had a book review published in the student magazine.a book fair (=an event at which publishers and authors show new books)the introduction/preface/foreword to a book· In the introduction to this book I referred to a conversation between myself and a young student.a section of a book· The most useful section of the book is the list of suppliers of artists’ materials.phrasesthe cover of a book· His picture is on the cover of the book.a chapter of a book· The first chapter of the book is about his childhood.THESAURUStypes of booknovel noun [countable] a book about imaginary people and events: · The film is based on Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel.· a historical novelfiction noun [uncountable] books that describe imaginary people and events: · She reads a lot of romantic fiction.literature noun [uncountable] novels and plays that are considered to be important works of art: · I’m studying American literature at university.non-fiction noun [uncountable] books that describe real people and events: · Men tend to prefer non-fiction.science fiction noun [uncountable] books about imaginary events in the future or space travelreference book noun [countable] a book such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, which you look at to find informationtextbook noun [countable] a book about a particular subject that you use in a classroomset book British English, course book British English noun [countable] a book that you have to study as part of your courseguidebook noun [countable] a book telling visitors about a city or countrypicture book noun [countable] a book for children with many pictures in ithardcover/hardback noun [countable] a book that has a hard stiff coverpaperback noun [countable] a book that has a paper coverbiography noun [countable] a book about a real person’s life, written by another personautobiography noun [countable] a book that someone has written about their own liferecipe book/cookery book British English (also cookbook American English) noun [countable] a book that tells you how to cook different mealsbook1 nounbook2 verb
bookbook2 ●●○ S3 verb VERB TABLE
book
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | book |
| he, she, it | books | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | booked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have booked |
| he, she, it | has booked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had booked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will book |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have booked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am booking |
| he, she, it | is booking | |
| you, we, they | are booking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was booking |
| you, we, they | were booking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been booking |
| he, she, it | has been booking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been booking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be booking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been booking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dawkins was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.
- I booked a table for two at 8:00.
- Nelson was booked for a tour of Japan in August.
- Now, on Montana highways, you can really book.
- You'll have to book by tomorrow if you want the lower price.
- But if you can book a ticket, the fare is good for nearly a year.
- I did not book his seat.
- I was booked in San Diego last night, you know?
- So he set the play in a hotel room, and Frank and Betty Spencer were the honeymoon couple who booked in.
- The open-top bus can be booked, the extra supplies of silver polish ordered.
THESAURUSto arrange to do something
to organize or make plans for something such as a meeting, party, or trip: · He had arranged to meet Marcia outside the restaurant.· The company arranges skiing trips.
especially British English spoken to arrange something, especially for someone else: · John had fixed up for me to give a talk.· I’ve fixed an appointment for you at the doctor’s.
(also -ise British English) to make the arrangements for an event, especially a big public event: · They had organized a protest against the war.
(also fix a time/date British English) to arrange for something to happen at a particular time or on a particular day: · Have you set a date for the wedding yet?· We fixed a time for me to visit.
to arrange to stay in a place, go to a theatre, travel on a plane etc: · I’ve booked the flight to Zurich.· He had reserved a table at the restaurant.
to arrange all the details of an event: · Uncle James is making all the funeral arrangements.
Longman Language Activatorto arrange to use a plane, train, hotel room, restaurant etc · I'd like to reserve a seat on the next plane to Atlanta.· Marge and I are thinking of booking a holiday in Malaysia this year.· You'd better book now while they still have a vacancy.be booked up/be fully booked (=all the tickets, seats etc have been booked) · The lady at the bed and breakfast says she's booked up till February.booked solid (=all the tickets for a play, show etc have been completely booked for a long period of time and it is impossible to get any) · The show was booked solid for months to come.
an arrangement you make with a hotel, airline, restaurant etc so that they will keep a room or seat for you to use at a later time or date: · There might be trouble getting hotel reservations the week of the festival.have a reservation: · "I'd like a table for two please." "Do you have a reservation, madam?"make a reservation: · She packed her bags, then called the airport and made a reservation on the last flight out of Los Angeles.cancel a reservation: · I have to work late tonight, so I cancelled our dinner reservations.
especially British an arrangement you make with a hotel, theatre, etc so that they will keep a room or seat for you to use at a later time or date: · I'd like to cancel my booking, please.· Advance bookings for the show currently total more than £100,000.make a booking: · You can make a provisional booking over the phone.
when all of something has been sold if a shop, ticket office etc sells out of goods or tickets, or if goods or tickets sell out , all of them are sold so there are no more available: · I went to the store to get some bread but they had sold out.· Sunday newspapers often sell out by 10 o'clock.sell out of: · They opened at 8 o'clock, and by 8.30 they had sold out of tickets for the big game.be sold out (=when all the tickets for a performance or sports event have been sold): · We couldn't get tickets anywhere - the show was completely sold out.
if a play, football game, concert etc is a sell-out , it is very popular and all the tickets for it have been sold: · The band's European tour was a sell-out.sell-out crowd: · The Mariners beat the Angels in front of a sell-out crowd.
if a product or the shop selling the product is out of stock , the shop does not have any of that product available now, because they have sold all of it: · The scooters are popular and are often out of stock.· We're out of stock, but we can put one on order for you.
if a hotel, restaurant, or organized trip somewhere is booked up or fully booked , all the places have been bought and there are no more available: · Flights to the US are all booked up this time of year.· Popular campsites are fully booked on weekends for most of the summer.· All the hotels in the area are booked up months in advance.
WORD SETSassociation football, nounbook, verbbooking, nouncentre, nouncorner, nounextra time, nounFC, footballer, nounfootie, nounfree kick, nounfullback, nounhalf, nounhandball, nounhead, verbheader, nounkick, nounleg, nounmidfield, nounpenalty, nounpenalty area, nounpenalty kick, nounpenalty shoot-out, nounred card, nounrush, verbsoccer, nounstriker, nounsweeper, nounthrow-in, nountransfer list, nounyellow card, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYbook + NOUN I am writing to confirm a booking for a single room for the night of 6 June. The restaurant is fully booked this evening. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules). a recipe book a shelf of self-help books The first thing to do is book a venue.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· People often book their holidays in January.
· I booked the whole trip on the Internet.
· He picked up the phone and booked a flight to Barcelona.
· It’s cheaper if you book your train ticket in advance.
(=in a restaurant)· I’ll book a table for 7.30 tomorrow evening.
· Ross found a good hotel and booked a room.
· She booked me a seat on the 9 am flight.
· Students are advised to book a place on the course early.
adverbs· We recommend you book early to avoid disappointment.
· There are only 20 places, so it is essential to book well in advance.
(=on the Internet)· It’s much easier to book tickets online.
(=all the seats, tickets etc are sold)· I’m afraid that show is fully booked.
(=all the seats, tickets etc are sold for a long period)· The restaurant’s booked solid for the whole of the Christmas period.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a book or a file on your computer, where you keep people’s addresses)
British English, schedule an appointment American English (=make an appointment)· Have you booked another appointment at the clinic?· I’ve scheduled your appointment for 9.30.
(=a book of cheques that your bank gives you to use)· When you open a bank account you will be given your own cheque book.
· an impressive Roman coin collection
I am writing to confirm a booking for a single room for the night of 6 June. (=telling you how to cook food)· She opened her cookery book and chose a recipe.
· There was a blonde girl on the magazine cover.
(=use every possible excuse)· He used every excuse in the book to avoid seeing the doctor.
(also a service fee American English) (=a charge you pay when buying a ticket)· Tickets for the concert are £45, plus a booking fee.
(=give false figures in a company’s financial records)
(=reserve a seat on a particular plane)· I booked the flight over the Internet.
The restaurant is fully booked this evening. There was no doubt that the referee had gone by the book (=had obeyed all the rules).· I booked the holiday online.
· The instruction manual for the camera is over 150 pages long.
· She's gone into town to change her library books.
· She has a new collection of poems coming out soon.
· He had two books of poetry published.
· He has just brought out another poetry book.
(=book containing prayers)
a recipe book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)
· Car sales have fallen every month for the past two years.
· You can book seats online.
a shelf of self-help books (=in a restaurant)· I've booked a table for four at a local restaurant.
· We booked our tickets well in advance.
· Britain is heavily involved in the arms trade.
· Kyushu looks so lovely in the travel books.
The first thing to do is book a venue.· It promised about 25,000 people who have already booked that they will get refunds of up to £70 each.· Visitors have already booked every hotel room within 80 miles of downtown Atlanta.
· Oddly the cottage was fully booked when we tried to take it again at Easter.· Coming back, we stood all the way from Naples to Paris on a fully booked train.· Berths only become available to staff or relatives when the ship is not fully booked.· The trip is now fully booked and money for tickets should be paid in as soon as possible.· No one knows how many are coming; the fully booked hotels say perhaps 100,000.· Two coaches are fully booked with dozens more Italia-bound by air, mini-bus and car.
NOUN· In similar lessons in all sorts of schools, the students go on to scour textbooks and library books for more facts.· Now, the same children borrow educational toys and games from Washington as if they were library books.
· Full details of this scheme will be given to fans when they book their places for the trip.
· Ardiles was critical of the performance of referee Edward Parker, who booked eight players.
· Wearily, Kelly made her way back to her car, drove to the nearest hotel and booked a room.· Visitors have already booked every hotel room within 80 miles of downtown Atlanta.· I booked two rooms at the Hotel Colombi from Frankfurt Airport.· It will allow users to check out availability, pricing and book a room instantly.· If you were sleeping with me, I'd have booked a double room.· Parents have the option of staying in the kids' rooms or booking an adjacent room.· Just off the square, in the quieter area of the Saarlandstrasse, the Joyces found a hotel and booked a room.· Instead of booking a class, the passenger booked different forms of sleeping arrangement rather like booking a hotel room.
· Some airlines even allow customers to book seats.· I did not book his seat.· They've all booked a seat on the plane, too.· What does the bloke expect ... if you booked a seat at the theatre ... then lost your ticket ... your problem.· And you can book your seat now by contacting the society at Banbridge 25131.
· Sergio had booked a table at a new restaurant called Senzala.· Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30.
· Friends said that the couple, from Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, booked the trip at the last minute.· Some 250 passengers were booked on the return trip to Hamburg via Lisbon.· Once you've booked your trip, don't bother packing loads of clothes.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be singing from the same hymn book/sheet► don’t judge a book by its cover► take a leaf out of somebody’s book► learned books/works etc► have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper► the record books► be singing from the same hymn sheet/book► suit somebody’s book► a turn-up for the book(s)
1[intransitive, transitive] to make arrangements to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, go to a theatre etc at a particular time in the future: - I'm all booked up this week, but I can see you on Monday.
- Both of the safari buses were booked up solid for the month after that.
- But all flights were booked up.
- His courses in Wengen and Tignes can be booked up through Supertravel: 01-584 5060.
- Nicholas Hytner is booked up years ahead on both opera and theatre.
- So it's no surprise that a safety seminar for women was booked up within days of being announced.
- For course details details and advance booking forms contact:.
- However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.
- If we could list those we'd have advance warning of shortage problems on the assembly lines two months before they occur.
- It will also repay advance bookings.
- Perhaps the most widely used online service is travel planning, both to research a destination and to do advance bookings.
- Significant moments in history do not happen without some kind of advance warning.
- The most obvious features are the tall watchtowers scattered across the Silk Road to provide advance warning of Xiongnu attack.
- All supply people dreamed of a way to balance the books once and for all-without all that trading and shuffling.
- As treasurer of the R.A.D.D., he once balanced the books, which had a serious deficit, with a handsome donation.
- But it is still difficult balancing the books.
- Mr Lamont declared the Tories stuck to their election pledges but he faces immense pressure to balance the books.
- Saving seed can help balance the books, but it's not to be undertaken lightly.
- The days of balancing the books are over.
- Voice over Derby had one more chance to balance the books but Paul Kitson wasted a glorious opportunity by blasting wide.
- We are now considering new taxes to balance the books.
- Dress is formal and block bookings are available.
- And, by definitively closing the book on the past, the language of socialism also remains trapped in Stalinism's wreckage.
- Rady made a motion to close the book on the matter.
- The police have closed the book on the Hannah Davies case.
- But your own past can be a closed book, even at fourteen.
- He is holding a closed book, signifying a mystery, possibly a stage in the alchemical process.
- I can not believe that it can be right that this late in the game Poetry is still a closed book.
- I tell myself it's a closed book, but my cover story becomes an old man's compensation.
- Linear preoccupation in the past remains a closed book to modern understanding.
- The highly organised St Stephen's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her!
- The kitchenette is a closed book.
- The Shoah will never be a closed book.
- Bristol brought on record club buy Ray Atteveld for the injured Martin Scott after 16 minutes.
- Four were circulars - two were reminders that his subscriptions to a book club and the golf club were overdue.
- I think we all know that the book clubs are not naive.
- Last fall, Winfrey decided to give fiction a boost by creating her on-air book club.
- The kids belong to a book club.
- The recently reestablished library club was described and the possibility of a book club considered.
- Officials at the bank were found to have cooked the books.
- The directors of the company made millions from cooking the books before the fraud investigators caught them.
- We've just found out Alec's been cooking the books.
- Lost himself in a welter of ambitions, unsafe buildings, cheaper materials; he cooked the books to make more blocks.
- Martin I hate to disturb you when you're cooking the books, but there's a delivery.
- One solution would be to make the cities more habitable, but a much more sure-fire way is cooking the books.
- When it came to cooking the books, Dennis was in the Raymond Blanc class.
- Antiques Fair, Social Centre, Yarm.
- Attractions include over 100 trade stands, refreshment tents and licensed bars, caravan site and craft fair.
- Champagne was also prospering during this time from the great trade fairs.
- Chartwell Travel is offering discounted air fares to the Frankfurt Book Fair from £108 return.
- Eighty countries plan to attend the Baghdad trade fair in November.
- Running alongside was a trade fair.
- Then, on the third day, he would be a guest at a trade fair held in New Jersey.
- How to turn a tightly compressed event into a full-length book?
- I think I'm back in Corinne's good books again.
- All by all this is one of the better books on chemometrics.
- And by the way, I still believe Dermot Somers' was immeasurably the better book.
- I gave her the best books To read; she read them greedily.
- Male speaker I think it's the best book I ever read.
- So which is the better book?
- The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.
- The Bourne Identity is the best book I've read or ever will read.
- The result is a candidate for the best book on illuminated manuscripts ever written.
- Alas, like so many things which get into the history books, it wasn't quite like that.
- And straight into the history books at Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
- Democrats want a convention for the history books.
- Every New Hampshire presidential primary is one for the history books.
- Moms have always worked, but it was a big secret left out of the history books.
- The battle is important in the history books as one of the final skirmishes in that war, as Gen.
- The blighters have even been immortalised in the history books.
- Where does the dividing line come between yesterday's news and the history books?
- An in-depth study of the production of hand-written illuminated manuscripts by medieval monks.
- Here there are 100,000 old books and illuminated manuscripts, some dating back to the tenth century.
- His own collection of miniatures was begun, he has said, because he could not afford to purchase entire illuminated manuscripts.
- It selects 140 illuminated books such as the Sherborne Missal and the Bedford Hours.
- She also restored illuminated manuscripts for Ruskin.
- The result is a candidate for the best book on illuminated manuscripts ever written.
- The screens of our word-machines glow as serenely as illuminated manuscripts.
- I'd always thought of Jeff as an open book.
- Our foreign dealings are an open book generally a check book.
- To them my future was an open book.
- Robert Sabuda is fast gaining a reputation as a master of the art of making intricate and appealing pop-up books.
- I can read you like a book - some book I've read six times already.
- Library books can be renewed by telephone.
- But not in his set books!
- Galsworthy was a set book: I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart.
- One of the set texts for Advent dealt with the birth of John the Baptist.
- So was Naipaul, the writer of a book which was a classroom set text.
- When a graphics element is placed on a page there is now an option to set text wraparound.
- Some of those old laws are still on the statute book.
- I repeat what I have said before: internment has been retained on the statute book.
- It is clear that the Government are determined that the Bill will be on the statute book before the general election.
- The Act enshrines principles social workers fought hard to get on the statute book.
- The fact remains that internment is on the statute book and is available to the Government to use.
- The hon. Gentleman said that I had said that we would keep internment on the statute book.
- The number of laws on the statute book increases cumulatively since governments repeal relatively few laws.
- Judge Smith threw the book at Flynn, fining him $1.6 million and giving him six years in prison.
- From the beginning, he seemed determined to throw the book at her.
- In short, they threw the book at him.
- A £10 book token will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened on Thursday 7 March.
- I tried every trick in the book to reform him.
- Victoria used every trick in the book to undermine Patsy in order to get the new job colleagues knew Patsy had earned.
- Cheryl wrote the book on being irresponsible.
- Hartley wrote the book on self-serving.
- It wrote the book on quality control.
Have you booked a holiday this year? The flight was already fully booked (=no more seats were available). To get tickets, you have to book in advance. The show’s booked solid (=all the tickets have been sold) until February.2[transitive] to arrange for someone such as a singer to perform on a particular date: The band was booked for a benefit show in Los Angeles.3be booked up a)if a hotel, restaurant etc is booked up, there are no more rooms, places, seats etc still available: The courses quickly get booked up. b)if someone is booked up, they are extremely busy and have arranged a lot of things they must do: I’m all booked up this week – can we get together next Friday?4[transitive] to arrange for someone to go to a hotel, fly on a plane etc: I’ve booked you a flight on Saturday.book somebody on/in etc I’ll book you in at the Hilton.5[transitive] to put someone’s name officially in police records, along with the charge made against them: Smith was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.6[transitive] British English when a referee in a sports game books a player who has broken the rules, he or she officially writes down the player’s name in a book as a punishmentCOLLOCATIONSbook + NOUNbook a holiday· People often book their holidays in January.book a trip· I booked the whole trip on the Internet.book a flight· He picked up the phone and booked a flight to Barcelona.book a ticket· It’s cheaper if you book your train ticket in advance.book a table (=in a restaurant)· I’ll book a table for 7.30 tomorrow evening.book a room/hotel· Ross found a good hotel and booked a room.book a seat· She booked me a seat on the 9 am flight.book a place on something· Students are advised to book a place on the course early.adverbsbook early· We recommend you book early to avoid disappointment.book (well) in advance· There are only 20 places, so it is essential to book well in advance.book online (=on the Internet)· It’s much easier to book tickets online.be fully booked (=all the seats, tickets etc are sold)· I’m afraid that show is fully booked.be booked solid (=all the seats, tickets etc are sold for a long period)· The restaurant’s booked solid for the whole of the Christmas period.book in (also book into something) phrasal verb British English to arrive at a hotel and say who you are etc SYN check in: Several tourists were booking in.