to gain sb's favour
11Parable of the Unjust Steward — The Parable of the Unjust Steward or Shrewd Manager was a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament Gospel of Luke. In the parable, a steward who is about to be fired curries favor with the master s debtors by forgiving some of their… …
12Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury — (March 3, 1583 ndash; August 20, 1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher.LifeHe was the eldest son of Richard Herbert of Montgomery Castle (a member of a collateral branch of the family of the Earls of… …
13Geld oder Leben — Infobox Album Name = Geld oder Leben Type = studio Artist = Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung Released = Start date|1985 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = EMI Columbia Producer = Reviews = Last album = A la Carte (1984) This album = Geld oder… …
14Henry Savile (Bible translator) — Sir Henry Savile (November 30 1549 – February 19, 1622), Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton, was the son of Henry Savile of Bradley, near Halifax in Yorkshire, England, a member of an old county family, the Saviles of Methley,… …
15Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna — (February 18, 1635 June 10, 1680), was a Swedish statesman.He completed his studies at Uppsala University and then visited most of the European states and laid the foundations of that deep insight into international politics which afterwards… …
16Forum of Caesar — The Forum of Caesar, also known as Caesaris [Hornblower, Simon and Antony Spawforth. The Oxford Classical Dictionary . 3d Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.] , is a section of the Forum Romanum in Rome. It was built by Julius Caesar in 46 …
17Malaysian English vocabulary — Malaysian English is a form of English used and spoken in Malaysia as a second language. Malaysian English is primarily used in informal speech.Many Malay and Malaysian words or phrases that describe Malaysian culture have become part of… …
18Tolstoy, Pyotr Andreyevich, Count — ▪ Russian statesman (Graf) born 1645, Russia died 1729, Solovetsky Monastery, Solovetsky Island, in the White Sea, Russian Empire diplomat and statesman who was a close collaborator and influential adviser of Peter I the Great of Russia… …
19Mediator (Christ as Mediator) — • A mediator is one who brings estranged parties to an amicable agreement. In New Testament theology the term invariably implies that the estranged beings are God and man, and it is appropriated to Christ, the One Mediator Catholic Encyclopedia.… …
20conciliate — /kənˈsɪliˌeɪt / (say kuhn silee.ayt) verb (t) (conciliated, conciliating) 1. to overcome the distrust or hostility of, by soothing or pacifying means; placate; win over. 2. to bring about by conciliation: to conciliate an agreement. 3. to render… …
