emily

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name

A female given name from Latin.

1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale I am thy mortal foe, and it am I That so hot loveth Emily the bright, That I would die here present in her sight.

People will please their fancies, and every lady has her favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. - - - Emily, in which all womanly sweetness seems bound up - perhaps this is the effect of association of ideas - I have known so many charming Emilys

phrase

Acronym of early money is like yeast, i.e. it "raises dough", or makes more money.

Or, remember EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast — it makes dough grow.

I admonish my campaign workers to remember EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast. Men and women give to institutions, programs, and campaigns that are successful. They give to programs that are popular.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, anxious, associated, bright, brightest, busy, duller, early

Emily seemed anxious about her upcoming job interview next week.

VERB + EMILY

call, remember

I still remember Emily from my chemistry class in high school.

EMILY + NOUN

dickinson, girlfriend, home, money, student, tofu

Emily's girlfriend surprised her with tickets to the concert last weekend.

PREP.

in, on, than, until

Emily waited in the hospital lobby until her test results came back.

ADV.

distantly, such

Emily distantly remembered the old house where she spent her childhood summers.

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1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale I am thy mortal foe, and it am I That so hot loveth Emily the bright, That I would die here present in her sight.

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This may have accounted for Emma's Christian name, for it had seemed to Beatrix unfair to call her daughter Emily, a name associated with her grandmother's servants rather than the author of The Wuthe

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Or, remember EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast — it makes dough grow.

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I admonish my campaign workers to remember EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast. Men and women give to institutions, programs, and campaigns that are successful. They give to programs that are popular.

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Remember the acronym EMILY: Early Money Is Like Yeast. It grows and grows. The money you put away in your twenties will be a huge pot of gold for your future.

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