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  • 1БОНÆДДÆДÆР МИТÆ КÆНЫН — Æнæбары архайдтытæ, митæ кæнын. Мышиная возня. Petty intrigues, petty cares. Развæлгъау сын нывгонд чи уыд, уыцы фæлгæты мидæг марионеткæйау змæлгæйæ æгъуыз æмæ æндзыгæй бонæддæдæр кодтой. (Х.1993. 16.) …

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  • 2The Looking Glass Wars — infobox Book | name = The Looking Glass Wars title orig = translator = image caption = author = Frank Beddor illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Fantasy, Novel publisher = Dial release date =… …

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  • 3The Dance of Death (play) — The Dance of Death ( Dödsdansen ) is a play in two parts written by August Strindberg in 1900. PlotIn Part I, Edgar (the Captain) and his wife Alice live in a granite fortress on a desolate island. Bored and embittered, they torment each other… …

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  • 4conspiracy — conspirative, adj. conspiratorial /keuhn spir euh tawr ee euhl, tohr /, conspiratory, adj. conspiratorially, adv. /keuhn spir euh see/, n., pl. conspiracies. 1. the act of conspiring. 2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan… …

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  • 5conspiracy — con•spir•a•cy [[t]kənˈspɪr ə si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) the act of conspiring 2) a plan or agreement formulated, esp. in secret, by two or more persons to commit an unlawful, harmful, or treacherous act 3) a group of persons for a secret, unlawful,… …

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  • 6Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany     Germany     † …

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  • 7china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 8China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 9Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

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  • 10India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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