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  • 51To smell a rat — Rat Rat (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of… …

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  • 52Wood rat — Rat Rat (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of… …

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  • 53Metrodorus of Athens — For other people of the same name, see Metrodorus. Metrodorus of Athens was an Athenian philosopher and painter who flourished in the 2nd century BC. It chanced that Aemilius Paulus, visiting Athens on his return from his victory over Perseus of… …

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  • 54by chance — 1. Perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, peradventure, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it. 2. As it happened, as luck would have it, it so happened that, accidentally, it so chanced that …

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  • 55Jatayu (Ramayana) — chanced upon the stricken and dying Jatayu in their search for Sita, he informs them of the fight between him and Ravana and the direction in which Ravana had gone (i.e., south).In this context, the contribution of Jatayu s brother, Sampaati, is… …

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  • 56chance — [[t]tʃɑ͟ːns, tʃæ̱ns[/t]] ♦ chances, chancing, chanced 1) N VAR: oft N of ing/n, N that If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen. Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia?... This partnership has… …

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  • 57chance — I UK [tʃɑːns] / US [tʃæns] noun Word forms chance : singular chance plural chances *** 1) a) [countable, usually singular] an opportunity for you to do something, especially something that you want to do get/have a chance: We work together… …

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  • 58chance — chance1 [ tʃæns ] noun *** 1. ) count usually singular an opportunity for you to do something, especially something that you want to do: OPPORTUNITY: chance for: The meetings are very short, so there is little chance for real discussion. the… …

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  • 59chance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia fall, from Latin cadent , cadens, present participle of cadere to fall; perhaps akin to Sanskrit śad to fall off Date: 14th century 1. a. something that happens… …

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  • 60Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …

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