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  • 101squint — 1. verb /skwɪnt/ a) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression The children squinted to frighten each other. b) To look or glance sideways …

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  • 102Gharlane of Eddore (pen name) — David G. Potter (April 3, 1947– June 13, 2001) was a computer technician at California State University, Sacramento who was widely known for acerbic, scathingly humorous and knowledgeable postings to Usenet science fiction newsgroups. He assumed… …

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  • 103Metallic dragon (Dungeons & Dragons) — The following is a list of the metallic dragons, fictional creatures from the role playing game Dungeons Dragons. In this setting metallic dragons are of good alignment[1] . Bahamut is the deity of good dragons. Metallic dragons have played a… …

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  • 104throw — throw1 [ θrou ] (past tense threw [ θru ] ; past participle thrown [ θroun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 send object through air ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 move (someone/something) suddenly ▸ 4 be forced to go to place ▸ 5 look etc. in direction ▸ 6… …

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  • 105Schiller — German (the “squinting cut” or “squinter” or glance strike ) One of the Meisterhau. 1. According to Ringeck, to step in and strike at the opponent’s weak when they are in the Pflug in order to knock it aside and then thrust or cut. Often used to… …

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  • 106oblique — adjective 1) an oblique line Syn: slanting, slanted, sloping, at an angle, angled, diagonal, aslant, slant, slantwise, skew, askew, cater cornered, kitty corner Ant: straight …

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  • 107askance — adv 1. suspiciously, mistrustfully, distrustfully, dubiously, doubtfully; disapprovingly, unapprovingly, disdainfully, scornfully, askew. 2. sideways, obliquely, indirectly, evasively, slyly, out of the corner of one s eye, with a side glance;… …

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  • 108throw — I UK [θrəʊ] / US [θroʊ] verb Word forms throw : present tense I/you/we/they throw he/she/it throws present participle throwing past tense threw UK [θruː] / US [θru] past participle thrown UK [θrəʊn] / US [θroʊn] *** 1) [intransitive/transitive]… …

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  • 109askance — /əsˈkæns / (say uhs kans) adverb 1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: he looked askance at my offer. 2. with a side glance; sideways. Also, askant /əsˈkænt/ (say uhs kant). {origin uncertain} …

  • 110psychoanalysis —    by Victoria Grace   Baudrillard s work revolves first and foremost around a defiant critique and rejection of any form of productivist logic characteristic of western modernity. This logic, enshrined in semiology, is evident in its twin… …

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