cest la croix et la bannière

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/ˈdɛvəl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An evil creature.

Definition: (with article) The chief devil; Satan.

Definition: A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.

Definition: The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

Example: The devil in me wants to let him suffer.

Definition: A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

Example: Those two kids are devils in a toy store.

Definition: A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

Example: That math problem was a devil.

Definition: (with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.

Example: She is having a devil of a time fixing it.

Definition: A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

Definition: A dust devil.

Definition: (Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.

Definition: (in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.

Example: devil strip

Definition: A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Definition: A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Definition: A Tasmanian devil.

Definition: An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

Phonetic: "/ˈdɛvəl/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

Definition: To annoy or bother.

Definition: To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

Definition: To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/d͡ʒɒb/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A task.

Example: A job half done is hardly done at all.

Definition: An economic role for which a person is paid.

Example: He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.

Definition: (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.

Example: He had had a nose job.

Definition: A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).

Definition: A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

Definition: A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

Definition: Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

Definition: A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).

Example: Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.

Phonetic: "/d͡ʒɒb/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.

Definition: To work as a jobber.

Definition: To take the loss.

Definition: To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.

Definition: (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

Example: We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.

Definition: To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Definition: To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

Definition: To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

Definition: To hire or let in periods of service.

Example: to job a carriage