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  • 1Peril at End House — infobox Book | name = Peril at End House title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image. author = Agatha Christie cover artist …

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  • 2peril — per|il [ˈperıl] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin periculum] 1.) [U] literary or formal great danger, especially of being harmed or killed in peril ▪ They put their own lives in peril to rescue their friends. great/grave/serious… …

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  • 3peril — noun 1 great danger ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, dire, grave, great, mortal, serious ▪ imminent ▪ financial …

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  • 4Peril of Sziget — Szigeti veszedelem (Latin Obsidionis Szigetianae, English Peril of Sziget) was the title of the Hungarian epic poem in fifteen parts written by Miklós Zrínyi in 1647 and published in 1651 about the final battle of his great grandfather Miklós… …

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  • 5peril — noun 1 (U) literary great danger, especially of being harmed or killed: in peril: a prayer for those in peril on the sea 2 the perils of a) literary things that can cause great danger: Cook faced the perils of the Atlantic seas. b) things that… …

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  • 6peril — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin periculum more at fear Date: 13th century 1. exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost ; danger < fire put the city in peril > 2. something that imperils ; risk …

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  • 7Yellow Peril — (sometimes Yellow Terror) was a color metaphor for race that originated in the late nineteenth century with immigration of Chinese laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States, and later associated with the Japanese during the …

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  • 8Sharpe's Peril — Infobox Television Film bgcolour = name = Sharpe s Peril caption = format = Military drama Historical fiction runtime = creator = director = Tom Clegg producer = writer = Bernard Cornwell (novel series) Russell Lewis starring = Sean Bean Daragh O …

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  • 9USS Peril (AM-272) — was an Admirable class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the Atlantic Ocean before being transferred to the North Pacific Ocean where she trained&#8230; …

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  • 10Le péril jeune — is a 1994 French film directed by Cédric Klapisch and released in English as Good Old Daze . It is a comedy drama starring among others Romain Duris (Tomasi), Nicolas Koretzky (Momo), Joachim Lombard (Léon), Vincent Elbaz (Alain Chabert), Julien&#8230; …

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