(speak in favour of)

  • 11speak in — phr verb Speak in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accent, ↑debate, ↑dialect, ↑favour, ↑jargon, ↑tone …

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  • 12favor, favour — I n. friendly act, service 1) to do, grant (smb.) a favor, favour 2) to perform a favor, favour (for smb.) approval liking 3) to curry favor, favour with; to vie for smb. s favor, favour 4) to find, gain favor, favour with; to find favor, favour… …

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  • 13put in a good word for —  Speak in favour of (usu. a person) …

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  • 14Mu'allaqat — The Mu‘allaqāt (Arabic: المعلقات, [al muʕallaqaːt]) is the title of a group of seven long Arabic poems or qasida (singular qaṣīda, plural qaṣā id) that have come down from the time before Islam. Each is considered the best work of these pre… …

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  • 15motion — noun 1 movement ADJECTIVE ▪ smooth, steady ▪ quick, rapid, swift ▪ gentle ▪ circular …

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  • 16просить — ПРОСИТЬ1, несов. (сов. попросить), кого что о чем, чего и с инф. Разговаривая с кем л., обращаться (обратиться) к кому л., настоятельно призывая удовлетворить какие л. нужды, какое л. желание, исполнить, соблюсти что л.; Син.: выпрашивать,… …

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  • 17Sydney Smith — This article is about the English writer Sydney Smith.Sydney Smith (June 3, 1771, Woodford, Essex, England – February 22, 1845 London), was an English writer and AnglicanFact|date=July 2008 clergyman.LifeSydney was the son of merchant Robert… …

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  • 18William O'Brien — (Irish Parliamentary Party) should not be confused with his contemporary William X. O Brien (ITGWU) or with William Smith O Brien (Young Irelanders). For other people of the same name, see William O Brien (disambiguation). William O Brien (2… …

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  • 19Politics of Bahrain — takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, with an executive appointed by the king, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and a bi cameral legislature, with the Chamber of Deputies elected by universal suffrage, and the Shura Council… …

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