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61take stock of the situation — If you take stock of a situation you assess all the aspects in order to form an opinion. He took time to take stock of the situation before making a suggestion …
62Cazenove (stock broker) — Cazenove is a British stockbroker, founded in 1823 by Philip Cazenove, with a long and illustrious history. Although the firm refuses to comment on its relations to the Royal Family, it is widely assumed that it is the appointed stockbroker to… …
63lock, stock and barrel — everything, kit and caboodle They took everything in the shed lock, stock and barrel …
64take stock in — have faith in, believe She took no stock in the idea that women could not work as firefighters as well as men …
65take stock in usually negative — have faith in, believe She took no stock in the idea that women could not work as firefighters as well as men …
66UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
67The Brehon Laws — The Brehon Laws † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Brehon Laws Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until… …
68literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
69Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …
70Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias — Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duke of Caxias …
