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  • 1exaggeration — UK [ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms exaggeration : singular exaggeration plural exaggerations a) [countable] a comment or description that makes something seem better, worse, larger, more important etc than it really is To describe it as… …

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  • 2exaggeration — ex|ag|ger|a|tion [ ıg,zædʒə reıʃn ] noun count a comment or description that makes something seem better, worse, larger, more important, etc. than it really is: To describe it as depression would be an exaggeration she was just not very happy. a… …

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  • 3exaggeration — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, gross, huge, wild ▪ mild, slight … OF EXAGGERATION ▪ degree …

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  • 4exaggeration — ex|ag|ge|ra|tion [ıgˌzædʒəˈreıʃən] n [U and C] a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is ▪ It would be an exaggeration to say that we were close friends. ▪ It is no exaggeration to say… …

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  • 5Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 6Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 7The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …

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  • 8Joseph Goebbels — Goebbels redirects here. For other people named Goebbels, see Goebbels (surname). Dr. Joseph Goebbels Chancellor of Germany In office 30 April …

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  • 9C. Y. O'Connor — C.Y. O Connor, circa 1890s Born 11 January 1843(1843 01 11) Gravelmount, Castletown, County Meath Died 10 March …

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  • 10Charles O’Connor (Ingenieur) — Charles O’Connor Charles Yelverton O’Connor (* 11. Januar 1843[1] in Gravelmount, Castletown, County Meath in Irland; † 10. März 1902 am Robbs Jetty in Western Australia), war ein irischer Ingenieur, eine „legendäre Figur des f …

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