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  • 21Letter-spacing — In typography, letter spacing, also called tracking, refers to the amount of space between a group of letters to affect density in a line or block of text. Since the advent of personal computers the term tracking is frequently used. In… …

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  • 22Letter and spirit of the law — The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, he is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the letter ) of the law, but not the intent of those… …

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  • 23letter — n. & v. n. 1 a a character representing one or more of the simple or compound sounds used in speech, any of the alphabetic symbols. b (in pl.) colloq. the initials of a degree etc. after the holder s name. c US a school or college initial as a… …

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  • 24Letter of credence — A letter of credence is a formal letter sent by one head of state to another head of state that formally grants diplomatic accreditation to a named individual (usually but not always a diplomat) to be their ambassador in the country of the head… …

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  • 25short — I [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES ♦ shorter, shortest (Please look at category 24 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ GRADED If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does… …

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  • 26short — 1 adjective LENGTH/HEIGHT/DISTANCE 1 measuring a small amount in distance or length: a short corridor with two rooms on each side | a short skirt | It s a short drive from the airport. | Anita had her hair cut short. 2 PERSON someone who is short …

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  • 27Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina — The Letter to The Grand Duchess Christina , written in 1615 by Galileo Galilei was an essay on the relation between the revelations of the Bible and the new discoveries then being made in science.Christina, daughter of Charles III of Lorraine and …

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  • 28Short I with tail — Cyrillic alphabet navbox Heading=Cyrillic letter Short I with tail uuc=048A|ulc=048BShort I with tail (majuscule:unicode|Ҋ, minuscule:unicode|ҋ) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It is used in Kildin Sami to represent the voiceless palatal… …

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  • 29short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 30Short, sharp shock — The phrase Short, sharp shock is a phrase meaning punishment that is quick and severe. [ [http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/short+sharp+shock Dictionary definition] ] It was most famously used in Gilbert and Sullivan s 1885 comic opera The… …

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