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  • 41Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …

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  • 42Gothic language — Infobox Language name=Gothic region=Oium, Dacia, Italy, Gallia Narbonensis, Hispania. extinct=mostly extinct by the 8th century, remnants may have lingered into the 17th century familycolor=Indo European fam2=Germanic fam3=East Germanic… …

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  • 43cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …

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  • 44Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural&#8230; …

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  • 45fix — [[t]fɪ̱ks[/t]] ♦♦♦ fixes, fixing, fixed 1) VERB If something is fixed somewhere, it is attached there firmly or securely. [be V ed prep/adv] It is fixed on the wall... [be V ed prep/adv] Most blinds can be fixed directly to the top of the window&#8230; …

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  • 46Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which&#8230; …

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  • 47Relative clauses — ◊ GRAMMAR A relative clause is a subordinate clause which gives more information about someone or something mentioned in the main clause. The relative clause comes immediately after the noun which refers to the person or thing being talked about …

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  • 48relative clauses — ◊ GRAMMAR A relative clause is a subordinate clause which gives more information about someone or something mentioned in the main clause. The relative clause comes immediately after the noun which refers to the person or thing being talked about …

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  • 49Near East — The original Near East; that is, the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the eastern question. The term is only meaningful as a contrast to Far East. Much of the original extent is south; moreover, countries such as Greece disavow any association&#8230; …

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  • 50Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,&#8230; …

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