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  • 11man of few words — See a man of few words …

    English idioms

  • 12(a) man of few words — a man who speaks only when necessary. He was respected as a man of few words and significant actions …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 13FEW WORDS — …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 14Few — (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer} (f[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Fewest}.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe[ a], pl. fe[ a]we; akin to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. {Paucity}.]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15say a few words —    to make a speech    Would that they were only a few on most occasions …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 16of few words — idi not talkative; laconic; taciturn …

    From formal English to slang

  • 17few — /fju:/ quanountifier, noun (plural) 1 a few/the few (no comparative) a small number (of): I ve got a few books on gardening. | I ll pop into the supermarket and get a few bits and pieces. | only a few hundred yards past the crossroads | It s one… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18Words Worth — Infobox animanga/Header name = Words Worth caption = ja name = ワーズ・ワース ja name trans = genre = EroticInfobox animanga/Game title = developer = flagicon|Japan ELF Corporation publisher = genre = Eroge, RPG ratings = 18+ platforms = Windows… …

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  • 19Words and Music (play) — Samuel Beckett wrote the radio play, Words and Music between November and December 1961. [Both James Knowlson ( Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett , p 497) and Stan Gontarski ( The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett , p 650) quote these… …

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  • 20Words of Institution — The Words of Institution are those used, inserted into a narrative of the Last Supper, in Christian Eucharistic liturgies to recall those used by Jesus on that occasion. Eucharistic scholars sometimes refer to them simply as the verba (Latin for… …

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