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  • 81Ten Tragic Days — Mexican citizens surrounding the citadel of Mexico City …

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  • 82Owen Coffin — This article is about the Nantucket sailor. For the Connecticut governor, see Owen Vincent Coffin. Owen Coffin (1804–1821) was a 17 year old sailor aboard the Nantucket whaleship Essex when it set sail for the Pacific Ocean on a sperm whale… …

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  • 83Крушение «Эссекса» — Китовая атака на «Эссекс». Рисунок Томаса Никерсона Крушение «Эссекса»  инцидент, произошедший с американским китобойным судном «Эссекс», капитаном которого был Джордж Поллард (младший). В 1820 году в южной части Тихого океана судно было… …

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  • 84scene — n. division of a play 1) to play; rehearse a scene 2) to steal ( dominate ) a scene display of anger, feelings 3) to make a scene 4) an awkward, painful scene location 5) at, on a scene (she was at the scene of the crime) 6) on the national scene …

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  • 85grievous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. intense, sad; severe, flagrant, appalling, atrocious. See pain, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Distressing] Syn. disquieting, upsetting, troublesome; see disturbing . 2. [Mournful] Syn. dismal …

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  • 86uncomfortable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uneasy; cramped; disturbed, restless; embarrassing, difficult; unpleasant, distressing. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Troubled in body or mind] Syn. distressed, ill at ease, uneasy,… …

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  • 87agonizing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. excruciating, tormenting, torturous, distressing; see disturbing , painful 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Extraordinarily painful or distressing: anguishing, excruciating, harrowing, tormenting, torturous. See… …

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  • 88disturbing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disquieting, upsetting, distressing, troubling, perturbing, bothersome, irksome, unpleasant, provoking, annoying, alarming, unsettling, painful, discomforting, nettling, inauspicious, foreboding, consequential,… …

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  • 89painful — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Referring to physical anguish] Syn. sore, raw, aching, throbbing, burning, torturing, hurtful, biting, piercing, sharp, severe, caustic, tormenting, smarting, extreme, grievous, griping, stinging, lacerating, bruised,… …

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  • 90worrisome — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. troublesome, anxiety provoking, disturbing, distressing, disquieting, unnerving. ANT.: reassuring, calming, relaxing II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Troubling to the mind or emotions: disquieting, disruptive,… …

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