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  • 411968 — Années : 1965 1966 1967  1968  1969 1970 1971 Décennies : 1930 1940 1950  1960  1970 1980 1990 Siècles : XIXe siècle  XXe …

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  • 42harsh — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acrimonious, ungenial, severe, rough, ungracious; sharp, sour; discordant, hoarse, grating; brutal, heartless, cruel; austere, stern; rigorous, hard. See discourtesy, discord, severity,… …

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  • 43jar — jar1 [dʒa: US dʒa:r] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Old Provençal; Origin: jarra, from Arabic jarrah pot for carrying water ] 1.) a glass container with a wide top and a lid, used for storing food such as ↑jam or ↑honey, or the amount it contains ▪ a jam… …

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  • 44jar — [[t]ʤɑ͟ː(r)[/t]] jars, jarring, jarred 1) N COUNT A jar is a glass container with a lid that is used for storing food. ...yellow cucumbers in great glass jars. 2) N COUNT: oft N of n You can use jar to refer to a jar and its contents, or to the… …

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  • 45jar — jar1 noun 1》 a wide mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery. 2》 Brit. informal a glass of beer. Origin C16: from Fr. jarre, from Arab. jarra. jar2 verb (jars, jarring, jarred) 1》 send a painful or uncomfortable shock through (a… …

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  • 46jar — 1 noun (C) 1 a round glass container with a wide lid, used for storing food such as jam 1 (1) and honey (1) 2 the amount of food, drink, etc contained in a jar: half a jar of peanut butter 3 (singular) the shock of two things hitting each other,… …

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  • 47jar — Ⅰ. jar [1] ► NOUN 1) a wide mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery. 2) Brit. informal a glass of beer. ORIGIN French jarre, from Arabic. Ⅱ. jar [2] ► …

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  • 48ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …

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  • 49Discordant — Dis*cord ant, a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See {Discord}, n.] 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. [1913… …

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  • 50Discordantly — Discordant Dis*cord ant, a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See {Discord}, n.] 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.… …

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