James Bond
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4.2
- proper noun
- Literature
- James Bond never has to deal with real life.
- James Bond movie
- James Bond film
- James Bond flick
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Examples
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You're quite a man, Mr. James Bond.
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You must be Mr. James Bond, right?
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Sounds like something out of a James Bond movie.
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My friends call me James Bond.
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Tell him James Bond is here.
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Is anyone out there a fan of the James Bond films?
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If you could be any James Bond villain, which one would you be?
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We happened to be watching an old James Bond movie starring Sean Connery in "From Russia With Love."
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The latest James Bond film lacks the preposterous fun we've come to expect from 007.
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In the latest film, James Bond faces his most challenging adversary yet.
Synonyms
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4.1
A fictional British spy called 007 who appears in novels and films
Surface Forms
Morphology
James + Bond
This is a fixed proper name referring to a specific cultural character; knowing the constituents ('James' as a personal name and 'bond' as a common noun) does not allow a B1 learner to infer the specialized meaning 'fictional British secret agent (007)'. The reference is encyclopedic and culture-specific rather than compositional, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
James Bond may come from a real man: Ian Fleming saw the plain name on a book by an American bird expert called James Bond and liked how ordinary and strong it sounded. So the simple name became the famous 'spy' in his books and films, and today James Bond means the well-known agent '007'.