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  • 1The three Rs — R R ([aum]r). R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 178, 179, and 250 254. R is the dog s letter and hurreth in the sound …

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  • 2the three R's — {n. phr.} (W)riting, reading, and (a)rithmetic, the three basic skills of an elementary education. * /Barry has completed the three R s, but otherwise he has had little formal education./ …

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  • 3the three R's — {n. phr.} (W)riting, reading, and (a)rithmetic, the three basic skills of an elementary education. * /Barry has completed the three R s, but otherwise he has had little formal education./ …

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  • 4The Three Tenors — is a name given to a consort of singers who held concerts under this banner during the 1990s and early 2000s: Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and Italian Luciano Pavarotti. The trio began their collaboration with a concert at the… …

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  • 5The Three Weeks — or Bein ha Metzarim (Hebrew: בין המצרים, Between the cf In Dire Straits ) is a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples. The Three Weeks start on the seventeenth day of the Jewish month of Tammuz the …

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  • 6The Adventure of the Three Gables — by Arthur Conan Doyle Released 1926 Series The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Client(s) Mary Maberly Set in Unknown Villain(s) Isadora Klein The Adventure of the Three Gables , one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short …

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  • 7The Three Ravens — “The Three Ravens” (Roud [http://library.efdss.org/cgi bin/query.cgi?cross=off index roud=on query=5 field=20 5] ) is a folk ballad, printed in the song book Melismata [cite book author = Thomas Ravenscroft, William Ravenscroft title = Melismata… …

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  • 8The Adventure of the Three Students — one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes .ynopsisSherlock Holmes finds himself in a famous university town (probabl …

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  • 9The Three Graces — The term The Three Graces may refer to:* Charites, known in Greek mythology as The Three Graces, goddesses of such things as charm, beauty, and creativity. In Roman black irish mythology they were known as the Gratiae. * An art topic depicted in… …

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  • 10The Three Friends and Jerry — is an animated television series which aired in the United States on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. A Swedish/British co production, the series was created by Magnus Carlsson and produced by Happy Life Productions and TV Loonland.PlotJerry is a… …

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