PEARS

Meaning of PEARS in English

(1910–86)

an English singer with a tenor voice, who worked a lot with Benjamin Britten . In 1948 they started the Aldeburgh Festival together. Pears was made a knight in 1978.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005

PEARS — plural of pear present third singular of pear
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEARS — /pairz/ , n. Peter , 1910-86, British tenor.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARS — Pears family name (i) BrE AmE pɪəz AmE pɪ ə rz , (ii) BrE AmE peəz AmE pe ə rz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PEARS — Pears, Sir Peter /pɪəz $ pɪərz/ BrE AmE (1910–86) a British ↑ tenor (=a male singer with a fairly high …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEARS — Перз (фирменное название туалетного мыла концерна "Юнилевер" (Unilever)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
PEARS — spear
Anagrams English vocabulary
PEARS — Груши
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEARS — Груша
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PEARS — "Перз" (фирменное название туалетного мыла концерна "Юнилевер" [Unilever])
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
PEARS — Груши
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
APPLES AND PEARS BRIT. — apples and pears Brit. rhyming slang stairs. → apple
Concise Oxford English vocab
PEARS, SIR PETER (NEVILLE LUARD) — born June 22, 1910, Farnham, Surrey, Eng. died April 3, 1986, Aldeburgh, Suffolk British tenor, a singer of outstanding skill …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEARS, SIR PETER — Pears, Sir Peter /pɪəz $ pɪərz/ BrE AmE (1910–86) a British ↑ tenor (=a male singer with a fairly high …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAND PEAR — noun 1. : snow pear 2. a. : a Chinese pear ( Pyrus pyrifolia ) with large white flowers and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUINCE — fruit tree of the genus Cydonia, of the rose family (Rosaceae). The much-branched shrubs or small trees have entire leaves …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEAR — any of several species of the genus Pyrus, especially Pyrus communis, of the rose family (Rosaceae), which is one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
RUSSELL, BERTRAND
Britannica English vocabulary
ROSALES — rose order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Rosidae. Its members include some of the best-known ornamental …
Britannica English vocabulary
MEDFORD — city, Middlesex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Mystic River just north of Boston. It was founded in …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOCUMENT: CHARLES C. COFFIN: FOUR YEARS OF FIGHTING: ... — Autobiographies written by Union soldiers and journalists often included accounts of conversations with newly-freed slaves; the section of Sherman's memoir …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEAR — ( pears) A pear is a sweet, juicy fruit which is narrow near its stalk, and wider and rounded at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be saved from extinction ▪ There are hopes that the animals have now been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAUCEPAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES dustbin/saucepan etc lid ▪ the name on the coffin lid COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SALAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. a salad …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES prickly pear COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE prickly ▪ He was an old countryman with …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a green field ▪ All around the house were green fields and rolling hills. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAMBLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc ▪ Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AWAIT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fate awaits sb formal (= a fate will happen to someone ) ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cherry/peach/apple etc tree ▪ We planted a peach tree in the backyard. ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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