West Germanic languages. The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The three most prevalent West Germanic languages are English, German, and Dutch.
a bird's eye view. âº a view from a very high place that allows you to see a large area: Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower if you want a bird's eye view of Paris. (Definition of âa bird's eye viewâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âa bird's eye viewâ.
The product of a large store of reading has been here secreted anew for the reader who desires to see, in bird's-eye view, the light and shade of a long and varied period of poetic literature, by way of preparation for Shakespeare, [9] (with a full essay upon whom the volume closes,) explaining Shakespeare, so far as he can be explained by literary ...