stubborn opposition
1stubborn — adjective 1 determined not to change your mind, even when people think you are being unreasonable: a stubborn streak (=a stubborn part of your character): I knew you d be too stubborn to listen! | stubborn as a mule (=very stubborn) 2 stubborn… …
2stubborn */ — UK [ˈstʌbə(r)n] / US [ˈstʌbərn] adjective Word forms stubborn : adjective stubborn comparative stubborner superlative stubbornest 1) a) a stubborn person is not willing to change their ideas or to consider anyone else s reasons or arguments b)… …
3stubborn — stub|born [ stʌbərn ] adjective * 1. ) a stubborn person is not willing to change their ideas or consider anyone else s reasons or arguments a ) showing that you are not willing to listen or change what you think: a stubborn look/voice/chin 2. )… …
4stubborn — [ˈstʌbən] adj 1) not willing to change your ideas or decisions Stop being so stubborn![/ex] stubborn anger/pride[/ex] 2) very difficult to change, defeat, or remove stubborn opposition[/ex] stubborn weeds/stains[/ex] stubbornly adv stubbornness… …
5stout resistance — stubborn opposition …
6Taiwan — /tuy wahn /, n. Wade Giles, Pinyin. a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895 1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Formosa. * *… …
7Leon Trotsky — Infobox Officeholder name = Leon Trotsky nationality = Russian small caption = order =People s Commissar for Army and Navy Affairs term start =March 13, 1918 term end =January 6, 1925 vicepresident = deputy =Ephraim Sklyansky predecessor =Nikolai …
8Romania — /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 21,399,114; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest. Romanian, România /rddaw mu nyah/. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet… …
9România — /rddaw mu nyah/; Eng. /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. Romanian name of ROMANIA. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a Communist peoples republic in 1947 and the… …
10The Byzantine Empire — The Byzantine Empire † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …
