desert island
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desert island — n a small tropical island that is far away from other places and has no people living on it … Dictionary of contemporary English
Desert island — A desert island in Palau. A desert island or uninhabited island is an island that has yet to be (or is not currently) populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often used in movies or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as… … Wikipedia
desert island — UK [ˌdezə(r)t ˈaɪlənd] / US [ˌdezərt ˈaɪlənd] noun [countable] Word forms desert island : singular desert island plural desert islands a small tropical island with no people living on it … English dictionary
desert island — [[t]de̱zə(r)t a͟ɪlənd[/t]] desert islands N COUNT A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives … English dictionary
desert island — /dɛzət ˈaɪlənd/ (say dezuht uyluhnd) noun a small, remote and uninhabited tropical island: *Fending for yourself on a desert island would not be like this: there would be mangoes, breadfruit, milk from coconuts, and fish from the coral reef.… …
Desert Island Discs — Genre Biographical/Musical Running time 43 minutes Country United Kingdom Languages English Home station … Wikipedia
Desert Island (álbum) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Desert Island LP de Cusco Publicación 1981 Grabación – … Wikipedia Español
Desert Island Discs — ist der Titel einer wöchentlichen Kultursendung der BBC. Sie wurde erstmals am 29. Januar 1942 ausgestrahlt und zählt damit zu den am längsten laufenden Hörfunksendungen der Welt. Derzeit wird Desert Island Discs sonntags von 11.15 bis 12.00 Uhr… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Desert Island Discs — [Desert Island Discs] a popular ↑BBC radio programme in which famous people are asked to choose the eight pieces of music they would most like to have with them if they were alone on an island. It has been broadcast since the 1940s … Useful english dictionary
Desert Island Teacher — is an occasional Viz strip created and drawn by John Fardell. The strip features a school teacher (Brian Chalkwright) stranded on a tiny rocky islet after a shipwreck. Stuck for anything else to do, he continues to teach with the assorted… … Wikipedia
Desert Island Discs — Desert Is|land Discs a British radio programme in which famous people talk with the ↑presenter about their lives and choose the eight records they would like to have with them if they were left alone on a ↑desert island (=a small tropical island… … Dictionary of contemporary English
