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  • 21milk — milk1 W3S2 [mılk] n [: Old English; Origin: meolc, milc] 1.) [U] a white liquid produced by cows or goats that is drunk by people ▪ a bottle of milk ▪ Would you like some milk in your tea? ▪ a pint of semi skimmed milk 2.) [U] a white liquid… …

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  • 22The Limeliters — Infobox musical artist Name = The Limeliters Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = New York City, New York, United States Genre = Folk Years active = 1959–1965, 1981 present Label = Elektra, RCA, Warner… …

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  • 23land — 1 noun 1 NOT SEA (U) the solid dry part of the Earth s surface: After 21 days at sea we sighted land. | by land: It s quicker by land than sea. | on land: The crocodile lays its eggs on land. 2 GROUND (U) ground, especially when used for farming… …

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  • 24land — land1 [ lænd ] noun *** 1. ) uncount an area that someone owns, often including the buildings on it. You can also refer to someone s lands, and this has the same meaning: The company bought the land last year. Some of his land had been flooded.… …

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  • 25land */*/*/ — I UK [lænd] / US noun Word forms land : singular land plural lands Collocations: Country is the usual word for talking about a large area of land with recognized political borders, like Italy, Mexico, or Japan: Brazil is a big country. ♦ the… …

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  • 26HONEY — (Heb. דְּבָשׁ). The principal honey of Israel seems to have been a thick syrup made from either grapes or dates, called dibs in Arabic. It is often mentioned in lists of foodstuffs of the land (e.g., Deut. 8:8; II Sam. 17:29; II Chron. 31:5; for… …

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  • 27MILK — The milk most commonly mentioned in the Bible is that of sheep and goats (Prov. 27:27; Deut. 32:14), but cows milk was also known and was consumed at least in the form of curds (Isa. 7:21–22). Milk is considered among the finest of foods (Deut.… …

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  • 28Little House on the Prairie — Infobox Book name = Little House on the Prairie image caption = Little House on the Prairie book cover, illustrated by Garth Williams author = Laura Ingalls Wilder illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series =… …

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  • 29German settlements in the Riverina — In Australia, a number of German settlements in the Riverina were established in the late nineteenth century. The settlements were populated by Germans migrating both from established German settlements in South Australia and directly from… …

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  • 30The Muny Repertory — The Muny, or the Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, is a not for profit municipally owned outdoor theatre, the largest in the United States. It operates solely in the summer, and its first official season… …

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