从1965年开始，历时44年，Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary终于编纂完成(From The Times, July 6, 2009: After a 44-year labour of love, world’s biggest thesaurus is born)。
Roget's Thesaurus是著名的同类词汇编，而Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary是Roget's version的两倍，60万个单词、80万个意思，分为23万多类/子类。It contains almost the entire vocabulary of English, from Old English to the present day, giving a unique insight into the development of the language.
1978年，存放惟一一份手稿的大楼着火，虽然手稿没事，但还是把人吓了一跳。
After that the slips were written in triplicate and stored in three different locations. 打那以后手稿卡片都写成一式三份，放在三个不同地方。
Triplicate: Each of a set of three identical objects or copies (Wiktionary)。“一式三份”是中文常用词，如果你原来不知道英语怎么说，这下知道了吧？
Monday 6 July 2009
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