Wetrytoanswerreaders' letters aspromptlyas we can.
In thosedayspeopleused to write a lot more letters.
I had alovely,long,chattyletter from myfriendthismorning.
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Letters, notes and cards
aerogramme
air letter
billet-doux
chain letter
Christmas card
correspondence
get-well card
greetings card
handbill
hate mail
invitation
junk mail
place card
poison-pen letter
postcard
PPS
PS
rejection
round robin
wire
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letternoun[C](SYMBOL)
A2
any of the set ofsymbolsused to write alanguage,representingasoundin thelanguage:
字母
the letter D字母D
the letter of the lawformal
theexactwords of thelawand notitsmoreimportantgeneralmeaning
法律的准确字面意义
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What letter does itstartwith?
How many letters are there in thealphabet?
Z is the last letter of thealphabet.
Ournamesallstartwith the letter P.
Letter S is thelongestletter in theEnglishdictionary.
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Lettering & alphabets
ABC
all caps
alphabet
alphabetically
ascender
Braillist
camel case
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
initial
penmanship
phonetic
pictogram
pictograph
pinyin
roman
Roman alphabet
shorthand
upper case
vowel
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Rules & laws
letternoun[C](PRIZE)
US
aprizein theshapeof the first letter of thenameof a highschooloruniversity, given to astudentforachievementinsportand sometimes otheractivities, and oftenwornon aspecialjacketorsweater:
Anaturallygiftedathlete, heearnedfour letters inbasketballand two more inbaseballat highschool.
Mymissionwas towina letter inbasketballby thetimeI was aseniorin highschool.
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Shewona letter intennisatuniversity.
Studentsreceive5pointsfor anawardreceivedin theactivity, like anathleticletter or a writingprize.
Heearnedsevenvarsityletters: four inwrestlingand three inathletics.
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Prizes, rewards and medals
(the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbowidiom
Academy Award
award
bemedalled
blue ribbon
booby prize
bronze
gold medal
gong
grab bag
Grammy
honour
Oscar
platinum disc
prize
Pulitzer Prize
stake
the golden boot
the wooden spoon
VC
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Idiom
to the letter
letter
adjective[before noun]
USuk/ˈlet.ər/us/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
used to refer to astandardsizeofpaperin the US, 8.5inchesby 11inches:
（美国）标准信纸（长11英寸，宽8.5英寸）
Fliers are usuallyprintedeither on lettersizeorlegalsizepaper.印传单的纸一般是标准信纸或法律规格纸。
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Publishing: paper & stationery
A3
A5
acid-free
assembler
backspace
ballpoint pen
chalk
foolscap
fountain pen
gift wrap
grammage
hanging chad
notepad
propelling pencil
pulp
quill
quire
qwerty
ream
slate
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Mass, area, weight & volume in general
letter
verb[I]
USuk/ˈlet.ər/us/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
If astudentletters in aparticularsport, they are given aprizeforachievementinsportin theshapeof the first letter of thenameoftheirhighschooloruniversity, which is oftenwornon aspecialjacketorsweater:
She letteredinfivevarsitysportsat Berkeley lastyear.
Twelvefreshmenlettered for the Tigers lastseason.
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She waspresidentof her highschoolclassall fouryearsand lettered in severalsports.
He was the first UCLAstudentto letter in foursports(baseball,football,basketball, andathletics) in asingleyear.
She was a three-sportstar, lettering infootball,tennis, andbasketball.
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Prizes, rewards and medals
(the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbowidiom
Let us explore the figures and the letters, as morphemes-and-graphemes of sense, visual text.
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He went on to give examples, adding to those he had discussed in previous letters.
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Does the fact that letters precede mimesis make them an exception to its order?
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In the text the closing reference to "dead letters" can be read as preceding both specular and figurative models.
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In the accidental juxtaposition of these two letters, an important connection may stand revealed.
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One-half of the pairs were identical, and one-half were different because of a change in one of the letters or line segments.
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Without a fixed standard of pronunciation, people before the introduction of letters pronounced their words in innumerably different ways.
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A large number are letters of friendship, having no other purpose than to convey sentiments appropriate to the cultivation of amicitia.
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Other letters were written by pastors sent out in response to such requests, reporting their progress and appealing for further help.
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By late summer 1798, he had found enough letters to make a prominent feature of them in the edition.
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There were seventeen, none of which had ever been published before; they comprised the largest single collection of the poet's letters he would ever find.
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The second volume, however, had a number of letters as well as an unfinished play to make the required length.
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Initially, an entry in a reading lexicon which matches the sequence of letters that one has detected is located.
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Another patient could name letters but could not sound them out, suggesting a problem at the level of grapheme to phoneme assignment.
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The letters are first" parsed" into their appropriate graphemic units.
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Collocationswithletter
letter
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angry letter
I have not had one singleangryletter, or notangryletter, from any organisation about my amendments since they were tabled, which was quite a long time ago.
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anonymous letter
Anyanonymousletterhad to be examined.
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bold letters
The most important addition is the insertion of short highlights and conclusions in bold letters throughout the text, on almost every page.
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