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1hither and thither — adverb from one place or situation to another we were driven from pillar to post • Syn: ↑from pillar to post * * * ˌhither and ˈthither | ˌhither and ˈyon idiom (especially literary) in many different directions • People began rushing hither and… …
2Over head and ears — Over O ver ([=o] v[ e]r), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [ u]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [ o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. ype r, Skr. upari. [root]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper }, {Orlop}, {Super }, {Sovereign},… …
3Liederkreis Op. 24 — Liederkreis, Op. 24 is a song cycle for voice and piano composed by Robert Schumann on nine poems by Heinrich Heine. The cycle was composed and published in 1840.This song cycle was one of the earlier products of Schumann’s Liederjahr (Year of… …
4from pillar to post — adverb from one place or situation to another (Freq. 1) we were driven from pillar to post • Syn: ↑hither and thither * * * phrasal : from one place or one situation to another : hither and thither the libr …
5Brain — This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). A chimpanzee brain The brain is …
6Technology of the Song Dynasty — The Song Dynasty ( zh. 宋朝; 960–1279 CE) provided some of the most significant technological advances in Chinese history, many of which came from talented statesmen drafted by the government through imperial examinations.The ingenuity of advanced… …
7India — /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.… …
8Causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus — Palestinians The causes and explanations of the exodus of Palestinian Arabs that arose during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War are a matter of great controversy among historians of, and commentators on …
9Eusebia (empress) — Eusebia (†360, full name Flavia Aurelia Eusebia, sometimes known as Aurelia Eusebia) was the second wife of Emperor Constantius II. Main sources for the knowledge about her life are Julian s panegyric Speech of Thanks to the Empress Eusebia in… …
10Kakinomoto no Hitomaro — (Hitomaro) (fl. 689–700) The acknowledged genius of the huge eighth century Japanese poetry anthology called the MAN’YŌSHŪ, the court poet Hitomaro, as he is familiarly known, is widely regarded as master of the verse form called the chōka, or …
