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  • 1foolish — foolishly, adv. foolishness, n. /fooh lish/, adj. 1. resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech. 2. lacking forethought or caution. 3. trifling, insignificant, or paltry. [1250 1300; ME… …

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  • 2Foolish Emilyan and the Talking Fish — is one of many Russian Skazi Wonder Tales. This tale, or story, is an old version, retold and translated by Lee Wyndham in her book, Russian Tales of Fabulous Beasts and Marvels. Her book is illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak.Other Russian tales… …

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  • 3foolish — 1 *simple, silly, fatuous, asinine Analogous words: idiotic, imbecilic, moronic (see corresponding nouns at FOOL) Contrasted words: intelligent, clever, quick witted, bright, smart 2 Foolish, silly, absurd, preposterous, as applied to a person,… …

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  • 5not half — (slang) 1. Not moderately 2. Not even half 3. Not at all 4. Very much, exceedingly • • • Main Entry: ↑half * * * not half british spoken phrase used for emphas …

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  • 6Foolish Years — (Serbo Croatian: Lude godine/Луде године) is a popular Yugoslav series of films spawned by a 1977 movie of the same name. The original film as well as its nine sequels were all directed by Zoran Čalić between 1977 and 1992. By its latter part,… …

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  • 7not suffer fools gladly — british phrase to not like being with people who you think are stupid Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to pleasesynonym Main entry: suffer * * * be impatient or intolerant toward people one regards as… …

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  • 8Foolish Wives — Infobox Film name = Foolish Wives image size = caption = DVD Cover director = Erich von Stroheim producer = Irving Thalberg Carl Laemmle writer = Erich von Stroheim narrator = starring = Erich von Stroheim Miss DuPont Maude George music = Sigmund …

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  • 9Foolish Things — Infobox musical artist Name = Foolish Things Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Aurora, Colorado, USA Genre = Rock Alternative Christian Years active = 1997 – 2008 Label = Inpop Records Associated acts …

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  • 10foolish, fatuous — These words, along with silly, simple, asinine, vapid, stupid, witless, and senseless, mean lacking in judgment or intelligence, or both and may ordinarily be used interchangeably. But they do have slightly different meanings and applications. A… …

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