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Examples:can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready give and take—plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)—(cf Book of Songs) How fashion an ax handle? You need an ax—revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book—reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)—Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history—Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament—lit. stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc—Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)—The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames—famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)—final remarks (at the end of a book or article)—Joint Publishing, book store chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948—observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come—recording of a person reading the text of a book—one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old)—make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour—the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc)—different trades, worlds apart (idiom); sb. outside the profession, it is a closed book— |