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111потворствовать — ПОТВОРСТВОВАТЬ, несов., кому чему. Относиться к кому л. снисходительно, не препятствовать, попустительствовать чему л. предосудительному, отрицательному; Син.: попустительствовать, Разг. потакать; Ант.: наказывать [impf. to pander (to); to… …
112blind — [OE] The connotations of the ultimate ancestor of blind, Indo European *bhlendhos, seem to have been not so much ‘sightlessness’ as ‘confusion’ and ‘obscurity’. The notion of someone wandering around in actual or mental darkness, not knowing… …
113blunder — [14] When blunder first entered the language, it meant ‘stumble around blindly, bumping into things’, which gives a clue to its possible ultimate connection with blind. Its probable source was Old Norse blundra ‘shut one’s eyes’, forerunner of… …
114blunt — [12] Blunt originally meant ‘dull, obtuse, foolish’ in English, and it has been speculated that behind it there lay an earlier ‘dull of sight’, linking the word with blind. A possible source would be a derivative of Old Norse blunda ‘shut one’s… …
115eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …
116eye — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light detecting organ in some invertebrates. 2 the eye characterized by the colour of the iris (has blue eyes). 3 the region round the eye (eyes red from weeping). 4 a glass or… …
117eye — I UK [aɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms eye : singular eye plural eyes *** 1) a) one of the two body parts in your face that you use for seeing Close your eyes and go to sleep. He gazed into her eyes as she spoke. The suspect is in his… …
118Saundaryalahari — The Saundarya Lahari meaning Waves Of Beauty is a famous literary work written by Adi Shankara. Its hundred and three shlokas (verses) eulogize the beauty, grace and munificence of Goddess Parvati / Dakshayani, consort of Shiva.The Saundarya… …
119Outta This World — Studio album by JLS Released 19 November 2010 …
120Blindness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blindness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blindness blindness cecity excecation| amaurosis cataract ablepsy| prestriction| Sgm: N 1 dim sightedness dim sightedness &c. 443 Sgm: N 1 ablepsia ablepsia …