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1the dust settles — things quiet down she hoped that the dust would settle quickly and the episode be forgotten * * * the dust settles used to talk about what happens when things become clear or calm after a period of change or confusion I ll call you as soon as the …
2when the dust settles — after an activity stops. We always believed that when the dust settled, the court would rule in our favor. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form until the dust settles: You meet lots of people when you travel on business, and until the dust… …
3dust — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine ▪ airborne ▪ radioactive ▪ house, household ▪ desert (esp. AmE …
4The Informant (book) — infobox Book | name = The Informant title orig = translator = image caption = author = Kurt Eichenwald illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = Lysine price fixing conspiracy genre = publisher =… …
5Dust (His Dark Materials) — Dust in Philip Pullman s trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a mysterious cosmic particle that is integral to the plot. In Northern Lights, Lord Asriel reveals the origins of the term Dust to be from a passage from the slightly alternate… …
6The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases — The Tertiary Phase , Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase are radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything , So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions… …
7The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) — The Oxford Movement (1833 1845) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Oxford Movement (1833 1845) The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. The conception which lay at its base, according to the Royal Commission on… …
8dust — [[t]dʌ̱st[/t]] ♦♦♦ dusts, dusting, dusted 1) N UNCOUNT Dust is very small dry particles of earth or sand. Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move... He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust. 2) N UNCOUNT Dust is the very small… …
9dust has settled — To say that the dust has settled means that the situation has become calmer after a series of unpleasant or chaotic events. After her difficult divorce, she waited until the dust had settled before making any plans …
10The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …