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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) — Infobox Film name = The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) caption = director = Tony Richardson producer = writer = Alan Sillitoe starring = Tom Courtenay Michael Redgrave James Bolam Ray Austin John Thaw Alec McCowen released = 1962… … Wikipedia
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (disambiguation) — The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner may refer to one of the following:*The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, short story by Alan Sillitoe *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (song) *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner… … Wikipedia
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner — is a story by the British writer Alan Sillitoe published in 1958, and it is contained in a collection of short stories published under the same title. In the film, which is based on the book s title story, an impoverished Nottingham teenager has… … Wikipedia
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (song) — * The British heavy metal group Iron Maiden adapted the short story into the song of the same name on their Somewhere in Time album. * British Oi! and punk band The Angelic Upstarts included a song of the same name on their Reason Why? album. *… … Wikipedia
long-distance — adj [only before noun] 1.) travelling over a long distance long distance runner long distance lorry driver long distance travel/journey/flight/commuting etc 2.) long distance call a telephone call to a place that is far away ≠ ↑local >long… … Dictionary of contemporary English
long-distance — adjective * covering large distances: A long distance bus collided with a truck, causing several fatalities. a long distance runner/swimmer a. a long distance phone call is one you make to someone far away ╾ ,long distance adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
long-distance — long′ dis′tance adj. 1) tgp of, from, or between distant places: a long distance phone call[/ex] 2) for, over, or covering long distances: a long distance runner[/ex] 3) tgp by long distance telephone service: to call someone long distance[/ex] • … From formal English to slang
long-distance — ☆ long distance [lôŋ′dis′təns ] adj. 1. to or from a distant place or places [long distance telephone calls] 2. that covers a long distance [a long distance runner] adv. by long distance telephone service … English World dictionary
long-distance — adj. covering long distances; as, a long distance runner; a long distance telephone call. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
long-distance — I. adjective Date: 1884 1. of or relating to telephone communication with a distant point especially outside a specified area 2. a. situated a long distance away b. going or covering a long distance < long distance roads > < a long distance… … New Collegiate Dictionary
