…the fifth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of spring…
…a barren and virtually uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Norway, annexed by Norway in 1929…
…1 May, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honouring workers…
…a resort city in extreme southern New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean; population 3,686 (est. 2008)…
…a pretty girl chosen and crowned in traditional celebrations of May Day…
…(1912–95), US writer and poet; born in Belgium; born Eleanore Marie Sarton. Her many volumes of poetry include The Land of Silence (1953) and In Time Like Air (1958). She also wrote novels such as Faithful Are the Wounds (1955), Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965), and As We Are Now (1973) and memoirs such as I Knew a Phoenix (1959), Plant Dreaming Deep (1968), and At Eighty-Two (1996)…
…(1832–88), American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women (1868-9), based on her New England childhood. Alcott was involved in diverse reform movements, including women’s suffrage…
…as effectively as possible under the circumstances…
…used to convey the speaker’s opinion that a reaction is appropriate or unsurprising…
…according to the circumstances (used when referring to two or more alternatives)…
…that may or may not be so (implying that this is not a significant consideration)…
…used at the beginning of a letter, notice, or testimonial when the identity of the reader or readers is unknown…
…even a person of low status or importance has rights…
…the month of May, especially in relation to the season of spring in which it falls…
…it would be understandable if one mistakenly did a particular thing…
…do not discard your winter clothes until the end of May…
…(1946-), US actress; daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli; full name Liza May Minnelli. In 1965, she won a Tony Award for her role in Flora, the Red Menace on Broadway. Notable movies: The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), Cabaret (1972), Arthur (1981), and Stepping Out (1991)…
…if the penalty for two offences is the same, you might as well commit the more serious one, especially if it brings more benefit…
…used to express indifference to an insult or abuse…
…(1906–90), US air force officer; full name Curtis Emerson LeMay; known as Old Iron Pants. During World War II, he conducting a massive bombing campaign against Japan. After directing the Berlin Airlift in 1948, he was the commanding general of the US Strategic Air Command 1948–57 and Air Force chief of staff 1961–65…
…(b.1919), British novelist and short-story writer, brought up in Rhodesia; full name Doris May Lessing. An active communist in her youth, she frequently deals with social and political conflicts in her fiction, especially as they affect women. Notable novels: The Grass is Singing (1950); The Golden Notebook (1962). Nobel Prize for Literature (2007)…
…(1946-), US actress; daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli; full name Liza May Minnelli. In 1965, she won a Tony Award for her role in Flora, the Red Menace on Broadway. Notable movies: The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), Cabaret (1972), Arthur (1981), and Stepping Out (1991)…
…(1899–1983), American actress; born Gloria May Josephine Svensson. She was a major star of silent films such as Sadie Thompson (1928) but is now chiefly known for her performance as the fading movie star in Sunset Boulevard (1950)…
