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  • 111For\ Great\ justice — a reaction to a certain situation, usually for demanding something or demonstrating surprise For Great Justice...Give Me Zig …

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  • 112North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) — Irish Channel redirects here. For the neighbourhood of New Orleans, see Irish Channel, New Orleans. Relief map of the Irish Sea. The North Channel lies to the north of the Irish Sea, and the St George s Channel to the south. (Major ports shown as …

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  • 113chess — chess1 /ches/, n. a game played by two persons, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard. [1150 1200; ME < OF esches, pl. of eschec CHECK1] chess2 /ches/, n., pl. chess, chesses. one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge. [1425 75;&#8230; …

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  • 114large - big — Big, large, and great are used to talk about size. They can all be used in front of count nouns, but only great can be used in front of uncount nouns. ◊ describing objects Big, large, and …

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  • 115Supermodelo 2007 — Articleissues copyedit = November 2007 long = November 2007 OR = November 2007 unreferenced = November 2007 weasel = November 2007 orphan = November 2007Supermodelo is a reality TV series in Spain broadcast by Channel Cuatro. The show is based on …

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  • 116wonder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surprise or admiration or its cause Nouns 1. wonder, wonderment, marvel, miracle, miraculousness, astonishment, amazement, bewilderment; amazedness, admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; fascination;&#8230; …

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  • 117List of Dragon Ball episodes — First volume of the Dragon Ball DVD series, released by Toei Entertainment on April 4, 2007 Dragon Ball is the first in a trilogy of anime adaptations of the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Produced by Toei Animation, the anime series …

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  • 118False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic&#8230; …

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  • 119Wonder — (Roget s Thesaurus) &LT; N PARAG:Wonder &GT;N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wonder wonder marvel Sgm: N 1 astonishment astonishment amazement wonderment bewilderment Sgm: N 1 amazedness amazedness &c. &GT;Adj. Sgm: N 1 admiration …

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  • 120History of the England cricket team from 1945 — 1940s= In 1944, an England XI played one day matches at Lord s against West Indies and Australia , England winning both. (These were not limited overs matches.) The following year, with the Second World War having finished in the European theatre …

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