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  • 31dodgy — /doj ee/, adj., dodgier, dodgiest. 1. inclined to dodge. 2. evasively tricky: a dodgy manner of dealing with people. 3. Chiefly Brit. risky; hazardous; chancy. [1860 65; DODGE + Y1] * * * …

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  • 32Witchcraft — • As commonly understood, involves the idea of a diabolical pact or at least an appeal to the intervention of the spirits of evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Witchcraft     Witchcraft …

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  • 33Martin von Dunin —     Martin von Dunin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin von Dunin     Archbishop of Gnesen and Posen, born 11 Nov., 1774, in the village of Wat near the city of Rawa, Poland; died 26 Dec., 1842. in the city of Posen. He studied theology in the… …

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  • 34St. Patrick —     St. Patrick     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Patrick     Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493.     He had for his parents Calphurnius and… …

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  • 35GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS —    one of England s greatest artists in portrait and landscape painting, born at Sudbury, Suffolk; he early displayed a talent for drawing, and at 14 was sent to London to study art; when 19 he started as a portrait painter at Ipswich, having by… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 36service — n. work done for others 1) to do, offer, perform, provide, render a service 2) custom; meritorious; public; yeoman ( loyal ) service 3) professional; social (BE) services (a fee for professional services) 4) service to (she received an award for… …

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  • 37aplomb — a|plomb [ ə plam ] noun uncount a confident relaxed manner, when dealing with a difficult situation …

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  • 38play — I. v. n. 1. Sport, disport, frolic, skip, frisk, gambol, revel, romp, caper, make merry, make fun. 2. Trifle, toy, wanton, dally. 3. Hover, flutter, sport, wave. 4. Game, gambler. 5. Act (on the stage), take a part, personate a character. 6.… …

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  • 39extemporaneous — extemporaneous, extempore, extemporary, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unpremeditated mean composed, concocted, devised, or done at the moment rather than beforehand. Extemporaneous, extempore, and extemporary in their more general applications… …

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  • 40aplomb — UK [əˈplɒm] / US [əˈplɑm] noun [uncountable] a confident relaxed manner when dealing with a difficult situation …

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