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  • 1Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004 film) — Infobox Chinese Film name = Letter from an Unknown Woman image size = caption = director = Xu Jinglei producer = Dong Ping Xu Jinglei Zhao Yijun Ma Paobing writer = Xu Jinglei Stefan Zweig (novella) starring = Xu Jinglei Jiang Wen Lin Yuan Sun… …

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  • 2Virago — Vi*ra go (?; 277), n.; pl. {Viragoes}. [L. virago, intis, from vir a man. See {Virile}.] 1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior. [1913 Webster] To… …

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  • 3Viragoes — Virago Vi*ra go (?; 277), n.; pl. {Viragoes}. [L. virago, intis, from vir a man. See {Virile}.] 1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior. [1913… …

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  • 4termagant — n. Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman …

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  • 5Illus — [ His name is spelled Ιλλός or Ιλλους in Greek, and Illus , Ellus or Hyllus in Latin. The name Patricius is attested only in Victor of Tunes, and is a mistake for his title of Patrician .] (d. 488) was a Byzantine general, who played an important …

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  • 6shrew — small mammal, O.E. screawa shrew mouse, unknown outside English, perhaps from P.Gmc. *skreu to cut (see SHRED (Cf. shred)). Alternative O.E. word for it was scirfemus, from sceorfan to gnaw. The meaning peevish, malignant, clamorous, spiteful,… …

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  • 7fury — n. 1. Rage, frenzy, madness, furor, storm of anger. 2. Impetuosity, vehemence, fierceness, turbulence, headlong rush. 3. Goddess of Vengeance, avenging deity. 4. Vixen, virago, hag, shrew, termagant, beldam, Xantippe, turbulent woman …

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  • 8shrew — n. 1. Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury, turbulent woman. 2. Shrew mouse …

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  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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