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121Acts 5 — 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath… …
122dreadnought — dread·nought s.f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS milit. tipo di corazzata molto veloce, armata con cannoni di grosso calibro, che ebbe largo impiego durante la prima guerra mondiale {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1910. ETIMO: comp. di (to) dread avere… …
123Dreadnought — battleship, lit. fearing nothing, from DREAD (Cf. dread) + NOUGHT (Cf. nought). Mentioned as the name of a ship in the Royal Navy c.1596, but modern sense is from the name of the first of a new class of British battleships mainly armed with big… …
124ought — ought1 modal verb (3rd singular present and past ought) 1》 used to indicate duty or correctness. ↘used to indicate a desirable or expected state. ↘used to give or ask advice. 2》 used to indicate something that is probable. Origin OE āhte …
125nothing — noun 1) all my efforts add up to nothing Syn: not a thing, not anything, nil, zero, naught/nought; informal zilch, zip, nada, diddly squat, squat Ant: something 2) forget it it s nothing …
126dreadnought — dread•nought or dread•naught [[t]ˈdrɛdˌnɔt[/t]] n. mil a type of battleship with primary armament consisting entirely of heavy caliber guns • Etymology: dread+nought; so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first… …
127naught — or nought [[t]nɔt[/t]] n. 1) nothing 2) a cipher (0); zero 3) lost; ruined 4) worthless; useless 5) Obs. not • come to naught Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE nauht, nāwiht=nā no I+wiht thing. Cf. nought, wight I, whit …
128duck — I. /dʌk / (say duk) noun (plural ducks, duck) 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterised by a broad, flat bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a squat… …
