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  • 1Grandmother House — (Хенгчун,Тайвань) Категория отеля: Адрес: No.36, Ln. 1, Hengbei Rd., Hengchun Tow …

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  • 2grandmother — ► NOUN ▪ the mother of one s father or mother. ● teach one s grandmother to suck eggs Cf. ↑teach one s grandmother to suck eggs …

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  • 3Grandmother Jia — (Chinese: 賈母; Pinyin: Jiǎ Mǔ) ,often called the Dowager, is a major character in Dream of the Red Chamber. She is the daughter of Marquis Shi of Jinling. She is also Baoyu and Daiyu s grandmother and the most respected authority of the Jia Clan.… …

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  • 4grandmother's footsteps — ˌgrandmother s ˈfootsteps 7 [grandmother s footsteps] noun uncountable (BrE) a children s game in which one child stands with his or her back to the others while they try to walk towards the child without being heard or seen to move when he or… …

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  • 5Grandmother — Grand moth er, n. The mother of one s father or mother. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6Grandmother's Bay, Saskatchewan — Grandmother s Bay is a First Nations settlement on Otter Lake which is part of the Churchill River system. The community is part of the Lac La Ronge band. It is about 100 kilometres north of La Ronge …

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  • 7grandmother — (n.) early 15c., from GRAND (Cf. grand) (adj.) + MOTHER (Cf. mother) (n.1), probably on analogy of Fr. grand mère. Replaced earlier GRANDAME (Cf. grandame) (c.1200) and O.E. ealdemodor …

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  • 8grandmother — [gran′muth΄ər, grand′muth΄ər, gra′muth΄ər] n. 1. the mother of one s father or mother: also a term of respectful familiarity to any elderly woman 2. a female ancestor …

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  • 9Grandmother cell — The grandmother cell, also known as the gnostic neuron, is a hypothetical neuron that represents a person s grandmother or, more generally, any complex and specific concept or object. [http://www.as.wvu.edu/daly/439/readings/Gross%202002%20Grandmo… …

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  • 10Grandmother hypothesis — The grandmother hypothesis is meant to explain why menopause, rare in mammal species, arose in human evolution, and how late life infertility could actually confer an evolutionary advantage. The hypothesis suggests that this is because of risks… …

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