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  • 71article — ar·ti·cle n 1 a: a separate and usu. numbered or otherwise marked section (as of a statute, indictment, will, or other writing) b: a separate point, charge, count, or clause c: a condition or stipulation in a document (as a contract) 2: a… …

    Law dictionary

  • 72Bill Brown (critical theory) — Bill Brown is a professor of English at the University of Chicago. He occupies the named chair previously held by Wayne Booth and is currently chair of the University s English Department. His work focuses on American literature, with his second… …

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  • 73flea-bite —  Trivial sum, object, matter. Usu. mere flea bite A matter of no consequence …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 74ar-1*, themat. (a)re-, heavy basis arǝ-, rē- and i-basis (a)rī̆ -, rēi- —     ar 1*, themat. (a)re , heavy basis arǝ , rē and i basis (a)rī̆ , rēi     English meaning: to move, pass     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fũgen, passen”     Note: Root ar 1*, themat. (a)re , heavy basis arǝ , rē and i Basis (a)rī̆ , rēi : “to move …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 75eg- —     eg     English meaning: a lack of smth.     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Mangel”     Material: Lat. egeō, ēre “ want, be in need; with genit. or abl. to be in want of, to be without, not to have; also to desire, wish for, want “, egestüs “ poverty …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 76straw man — 1. a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow. 2. a person whose importance or function is only nominal, as to cover another s activities; front. 3. a fabricated or conveniently weak or innocuous person, object, matter,… …

    Universalium

  • 77Gordon J. Laing Award — The Gordon J. Laing Award is conferred annually, by the University of Chicago s Board of University Publications, on the faculty author, editor, or translator whose book has brought the greatest distinction to the list of the University of… …

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  • 78broach — verb Broach is used with these nouns as the object: ↑matter, ↑subject, ↑topic …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 79straw man — noun 1. an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds • Syn: ↑scarecrow, ↑strawman, ↑bird scarer, ↑scarer • Derivationally related forms: ↑scare (for: ↑scarer) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 80foreign substance — matter or object in a place that it does not belong, foreign matter …

    English contemporary dictionary