adj. Figuratively, as: "The pond was literally full of fish"; "The ground was literally alive with snake" etc.

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A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

to torture someone who may or may not be guilty until they tell you they're guilty

A dead sinner revised and edited.
The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool."

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To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
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(n.) An intoxicant distilled primarily from fermented grain mash, whisky is a catalyst for terrible decision making, stupidity and easily avoided injuries when consumed. This is generally referred to as "having a good time".

n. A person who goes to the capital of his country to increase his own; one who makes laws and money.
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(adj.) separate and distinct, as in pieces, like the body parts of one's relatives after one has offended the local mafioso

to be confused with discreet

Among the Greeks a coffin which, being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it. The sarcophagus known to modern obsequiographers is commonly a product of the carpenter's art.
(also: art)
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(n.) that which is other and distinct from humanity, either in the sense of being a feral beast, some sort of supernatural entity, or craig

One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady of splendid promise, dissembled purpose and disappointing performance.
(also: war)

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A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.
(also: logic)

(n.) one afflicted by madness or frenzy; one who dances like they've never danced before

(n.) remarks stemming from a lack of trust or faith (in the statement, person, group or existence in general), thereby using humour and disbelief as protection.

marcus antonious (83-30 BC) is a dead roman guy.

once a sidekick to julius caesar, whom he served faithfully as a general but also humiliated a few times by routinely turning up to the senate pig-bastard drunk (this got him into a pissing match with cicero).

when julius kicked the bucket, marc took over as big cheese and set to work thrashing his old master's assassins. however, he was beaten to the punch by augustus caesar, the adopted son of the late caesar, who managed to take control of rome while marcy went skulking around the eastern world looking for allies. this led marc antony to shack up with cleopatra vii, with whom he had a torrid love affair. this sordid romance came to an end when marc antony's armies were well and truly smashed in actium, and he committed suicide to escape octavian's reprisal.

a dead british guy named william shakespeare wrote a little ditty about it.

(n.) a shirker, a slacker, a loafer, an idler, a layabout, a goldbricker, a lazybones, a laggard, a skiver, an indolent, a sloth, a faineant, an otiose, a lollygagger

the list goes on

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
(also: Nietzsche)

A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
(also: gentlewomen)

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machine used to make people's voices less pleasant for usage in humorous similes.

(n.) european country; country you call when you need a replacement germany. famous for old classical musicians or something