grasp of an issue

  • 1Core of Kandrakar (W.I.T.C.H. special issue) — Infobox comic book title title = Core of Kandrakar* caption = (*) Fourth Special Issue of W.I.T.C.H. (original cover) publisher = Disney main char team = Will Vandom Irma Lair Taranee Cook Cornelia Hale Hay Lin Core of Kandrakar is the title of… …

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  • 2To take issue — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …

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  • 3be unable to see the wood (or N. Amer. the forest) for the trees — fail to grasp the main issue because of over attention to details. → wood …

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  • 4wood — noun 1》 the hard fibrous material forming the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.     ↘(the wood) wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks.     ↘a golf club with a wooden or other head that …

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  • 5be unable to see the the forest for the trees — ► be unable to see the wood (or N. Amer. the forest) for the trees fail to grasp the main issue because of over attention to details. Main Entry: ↑wood …

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  • 6be unable to see the wood for the trees — ► be unable to see the wood (or N. Amer. the forest) for the trees fail to grasp the main issue because of over attention to details. Main Entry: ↑wood …

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  • 7Wood — n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. b this cut for timber or for fuel, or for use in crafts, manufacture, etc. 2 (in sing. or pl.) growing trees densely occupying a tract of… …

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  • 8wood — n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. b this cut for timber or for fuel, or for use in crafts, manufacture, etc. 2 (in sing. or pl.) growing trees densely occupying a tract of… …

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  • 9cannot see the forest for the trees — fail to grasp the main issue because of overattention to details …

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  • 10Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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