i could scarcely believe my eyes
1can't believe your eyes/ears — ◇ If you can t believe your eyes/ears or can hardly/scarcely believe your eyes/ears, you are very surprised at or upset by what you are seeing or hearing. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw what he was wearing. • • • Main Entry: ↑believe …
2believe — be|lieve W1S1 [bıˈli:v] v [: Old English; Origin: belefan, from lyfan, lefan to allow, believe ] 1.) [T not in progressive] to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth ▪ You shouldn t believe everything you read. ▪ I… …
3not believe (your) (own) eyes — to think that something you see is not likely to be real. She looked so different in a uniform, I couldn t believe my eyes. Usage notes: sometimes scarcely or hardly are used instead of not: When he found the ring in the grass, he could scarcely… …
4Order of Preachers — Order of Preachers † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …
5Alexander MacDonell — Alexander MacDonell † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alexander MacDonell First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, at Inchlaggan in Glengarry, Scotland; d. 14 January, 1840, at Dumfries, Scotland. His early education was… …
6St. Athanasius — St. Athanasius † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria; Confessor and Doctor of the Church; born c. 296; died 2 May, 373. Athanasius was the greatest champion of Catholic belief on the subject of the Incarnation… …
7Denis Avey — Born 1919 Essex Allegiance …
8John Singleton Copley — For the British lawyer and politician of this name, see John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst. John Singleton Copley Portrait of Copley by Gilbert Stuart Birth name John Singleton Copley …
9defend — 1 Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack. Defend implies the use of means to ward off something that actually threatens or to repel something that actually attacks {raise a large army to defend …
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… …