Dictionary

The Dictionary of Austin Literacy¹

The Bible

• Acts 10:10 – “while the food was being prepared, he fell into a deep trance.”
• Ecclesiastes 9:7 – “eat your bread and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.”
• John 1:47 – “an Israelite in whom is no guile.”
• Psalm 108:2 – “I will awaken the dawn.”
• Zechariah 4:10 – “do not despise the day of small beginnings.”

Proverbs and Idioms

• Austin’s Law
• Bubblewrap
• College Widow
• Hypothetical
• Rimshot
• Shocking
• Success
• Sucky chum
• Trash

Big Ideas

• Long Defeat, The

1. After The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3th ed., edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. www.bartleby.com/59/. [4-12-2009]. [↩]