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  • 111Aotus —   Micos nocturnos …

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  • 112Ясин, Ахмед — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Ясин. Ахмед Ясин (слева) с Ясиром Арафатом, август 1997 г. Шейх Ахмед Исмаил Ясин (араб …

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  • 113grabbag — grab bag n. 1. A container filled with articles, such as party gifts, to be drawn unseen. 2. Slang. A miscellaneous collection: The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints. * * * …

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  • 114cocktail — cocktail1 /kok tayl /, n. 1. any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened. 2. a… …

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  • 115grab bag — 1. a container or receptacle from which a person at a party or the like draws a gift without knowing what it is. 2. any miscellaneous collection. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 116Ketuvim — Seph. /keuh tooh veem /; Ashk., Eng. /keuh tooh vim/, n. Hebrew. the Hagiographa. Also, Ketubim. Cf. Tanach. [kathubhim lit., writings] * * * ▪ biblical literature (Hebrew), English  Writings , Greek  Hagiographa        the third division of the… …

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  • 117omnium-gatherum — /om nee euhm gadh euhr euhm/, n., pl. omnium gatherums. a miscellaneous collection. [1520 30; < L omnium of all (gen. pl. of omnis) + pseudo L gatherum a gathering] * * * …

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  • 118rhapsody — /rap seuh dee/, n., pl. rhapsodies. 1. Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. 2. an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm. 3. an epic poem, or a part of such a poem, as a book of the Iliad,&#8230; …

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  • 119Southeast Asia — Southeast Asian. the countries and land area of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. * * * Vast region of Asia lying east of the Indian subcontinent and south of China. It includes …

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  • 120Nennius — ▪ Welsh historian and poet flourished c. 800       Welsh antiquary who between 796 and about 830 compiled or revised the Historia Brittonum, a miscellaneous collection of historical and topographical information including a description of the&#8230; …

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