frustrated ambitions
1frustrated — adjective disappointingly unsuccessful (Freq. 2) disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions their foiled attempt to capture Calais many frustrated poets end as pipe smoking teachers his best efforts were thwarted • Syn: ↑defeated, ↑ …
2French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
3literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
4Causes of World War I — For the article on the war itself, see World War I. The rulers of Germany, France, Russia, Austria Hungary, and the United Kingdom attempting to keep the lid on the simmering cauldron of imperialist and nationalist tensions in the Balkans to… …
5Bone rank system — Hangul 골품제도 Hanja 骨品制度 Revised Romanization …
6Donald McIntosh Johnson — For other people called Don or Donald Johnson, see Don Johnson (disambiguation). Dr Donald McIntosh Johnson (17 February 1903 – 5 November 1978) was a British general practitioner, author and politician who was a Member of Parliament for nine… …
7Spoon River — ▪ river, Illinois, United States river in west central Illinois, U.S. It rises at the confluence of the West Fork Spoon and East Fork Spoon rivers in Stark county and flows south and southwest to a point west of Lewistown, where it turns… …
8fire — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 destructive flames ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge ▪ fierce, raging ▪ serious ▪ catastrophic, devasta …
9Saura, Carlos — b. 1932, Huesca Filmmaker Saura s early work is characterized by a thinly veiled critique of social and political orthodoxies institutionalized in the wake of the Civil War. La caza (The Shoot) (1965) and La prima Angélica (Cousin Angelica) …
10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
