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91in a bit — in a minute, within a short time Can we go? asked the girl. In a bit, her mother replied …
92devil's bit — noun 1》 (also devil s bit scabious) a blue flowered scabious with a short rootstock (said in folklore to have been bitten off by the devil). [Succisa pratensis.] 2》 N. Amer. a blazing star. [Chamaelirium luteum.] …
93post-o|bit — «pohst OH biht, OB iht», noun, adjective. –n. a written agreement signed by a borrower promising to pay a certain sum of money to the lender on the death of a person whose heir the borrower expects to be. –adj. effective after a person s death.… …
94tur|bit — «TUR biht», noun. any one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, rounded body, a short beak, and a ruffle or frill on the neck and breast. ╂[apparently < Latin turbō top2; see etym. under turbine (Cf. ↑turbine) (because of its plump,… …
95Toba Tek Singh (short story) — Toba Tek Singh, written by Saadat Hasan Manto, is a short story, published in 1955, about inmates in a Lahore asylum who are to be deported to India following the 1947 partition. The story is a powerful satire on the relationship between India… …
96Краткосрочная терапия (short-term therapy) — К. т. претерпела значительные изменения. Были разраб. новые модели и проведены исслед., посвященные оценке рез тов и сравнительной эффективности методик К. т.; изменения в области предоставления психиатрических услуг населению тж способствовали… …
97The Fair at Sorochyntsi (short story) — The Fair at Sorochyntsi is the first story in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Ukrainian born Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. Later in the 19th century the story was adapted as an opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky (left… …
98Couple of tinnies short of a slab — someone a bit simple minded or mentally impaired …
99Shingle short on the roof of life — a bit slow …
100couple of tinnies short of a slab — Australian Slang someone a bit simple minded or mentally impaired …
