English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is a combination of the twenty...
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of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek...
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In Japanese, counter words or counters (助数詞, josūshi) are measure words used with numbers to count things, actions, and events. Counters are added directly...
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of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek...
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of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek...
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Countertenor (redirect from Counter-tenor)
Purcell wrote significant music for a higher male voice that he called a "counter-tenor", for example, the roles of Secrecy and Summer in The Fairy-Queen...
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Counterintelligence (redirect from Counter-espionage)
Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) or counterespionage (counter-espionage) is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program...
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The Counter-Enlightenment refers to a loose collection of intellectual stances that arose during the European Enlightenment in opposition to its mainstream...
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Currency-counting machine (redirect from Banknote counter)
counts money—either stacks of banknotes or loose collections of coins. Counters may be purely mechanical or use electronic components. The machines typically...
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l'Oye (Thierry De Mey, 2001, 28min) Fase (Thierry De Mey, 2002, 58min) Counter Phrases (Thierry De Mey, 2004) Prélude à la mer (Thierry De Mey, 2009, 16min)[...
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Counter-battery fire (sometimes called counter-fire) is a battlefield tactic employed to defeat the enemy's indirect fire elements (multiple rocket launchers...
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(1996) Corrente – China Version (2000) Bubo bubo (2002) Jubilees (2002) Counter Phrases (2002–03) Souvenir (2010) Red House (2013) Aventures (2013) Shadow...
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The phrase "thoughts and prayers" is criticized by political activists, who say the phrase is a replacement for action such as gun control or counter-terrorism...
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Countersteering (redirect from Counter-steering)
of the phenomena around countersteering, the phrase positive steering is sometimes used. Other phrases are "PRESS – To turn, the motorcycle must lean"...
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Achterland (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Herman Van Eyken, 1994) Counter Phrases (Thierry De Mey, 2004) With others: Solum solum, alleen maar aarde...
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A Coulter counter is an apparatus for counting and sizing particles suspended in electrolytes. The Coulter counter is the commercial term for the technique...
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recruit or "missionize" Jews. In response, some Jewish groups have formed counter-missionary organizations to discourage missionary and messianic groups...
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cases, the English translation is "a nail dislodges a nail", though these phrases are not exclusively used to refer to the hangover cure.[citation needed]...
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Countershading (redirect from Counter shading)
mechanism, counter-illumination, adds the creation of light by bioluminescence or lamps to match the actual brightness of a background. Counter-illumination...
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Blason (redirect from Counter-blason)
included subversion of Petrarchan conventions). The term Blason populaire is a phrase in which one culture or ethnic group increases its own self-esteem by belittling...
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Fase, with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Michèle Anne De Mey 2004: Counter Phrases, group of ten filmed choreographies, with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker...
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is a "confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases", most often used to describe a symptom of a neurological or mental disorder...
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Chinese classifier (redirect from Chinese counter)
"group" (Ahrens 1994, p. 239, note 3) measures. "Classifier phrases" are similar to noun phrases, but with a classifier rather than a noun as the head (Cheng...
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of 3–4 August, when anti-immigration protesters clashed with police and counter-protesters, attacked homes and businesses owned by immigrants, and attacked...
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message "No, we haven't be [sic] hacked. Get a sense of humor." Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, two tactical multiplayer first-person...
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List of English-language expressions related to death (category Lists of English phrases)
This is a list of words and phrases related to death in alphabetical order. While some of them are slang, others euphemize the unpleasantness of the subject...
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Omakase (category Japanese words and phrases)
usually refers to an extended sushi dinner, ideally eaten at the sushi counter, where the chef prepares one piece of fish at a time, announces its name...
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Foobar (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
syllable of the misquoted sacred chant phrase 'foo mane padme hum.' Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning." One book[which?] describing...
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War on drugs (redirect from Counter-narcotics)
gastrointestinal disease, "vapors", and on. Drugs were also sold over-the-counter as home remedies, and in refreshments. Laudanum, a powdered opium solution...
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name has not yet been determined. Another reason for the use of names and phrases in the military is that they transmit with a lower level of cumulative...
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