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  • 1short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …

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  • 2Encounter at Farpoint — Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Enterprise overlooks the space creature and its mate …

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  • 3Encounter — may mean:*Encounter (Christian event), an annual Christian worship event in Preston, UK * Encounter (magazine), a literary magazine *Encounter killing, a type of extrajudicial killings in which police shoot down gangsters in alleged police… …

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  • 4encounter — vb *meet, face, confront Analogous words: collide, conflict, clash, *bump: brave, beard, defy, challenge (see FACE) encounter n Encounter, skirmish, brush. In their military senses (compare BATTLE) an encounter is a sudden hostile meeting that is …

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  • 5Encounter Bay — from Port Elliot, South Australia Encounter Bay is located on the south central coast of South Australia, some 100 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the encounter on 8 April 1802 between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas… …

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  • 6Encounter with a Hick — is a short story by Jonathan Brand from Harlan Ellison s science fiction anthology Dangerous Visions …

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  • 7Encounter in the Dawn — Infobox short story | name = Encounter in the Dawn author = Arthur C. Clarke country = United Kingdom language = English genre = Science fiction published in = Amazing Stories publication type = publisher = media type = pub date = June July, 1953 …

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  • 8Short Circuit — This article is about the 1986 movie. For other uses, see Short Circuit (disambiguation). Short Circuit Theatrical release poster Directed by John Badham …

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  • 9Encounter Bay — 36.182225139.283752 Koordinaten: 36° 11′ S, 139° 17′ O …

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  • 10encounter — 1 verb (T) 1 to experience problems, difficulties, or opposition when you are trying to do something: We encountered a serious setback when two members of the expedition were injured. 2 to meet someone or experience something unexpectedly: I… …

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