Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
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gianello della torre (1500 – 1585) was a renaissance-era inventor who made his home in spain (where his name is best known) and could have been as famous as his contemporary leonardo da vinci, if people's brains were capable of storing the names of more than one renaissance-era inventor
does not have a ninja turtle named after him
does not have a ninja turtle named after him
(n.) something one gives up in order to appease a temperamental deity or wife
(v.) to make something into a sacrifice by sacrificing it. ya dig?
(v.) to make something into a sacrifice by sacrificing it. ya dig?
(n.) an unexpectedly successful colony of the americas originally established as a free range insane asylum. at one point was marketed as a luxury vacation destination until the tourism board realized they weren't fooling anyone.
to sing some medieval Hebrew poetry that you've half-memorized out of a book along with all the other congregants. If you want to seek a true connection to God beyond mere recitation, the translation can be found on the opposite-facing page.
A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
(also: marriage)
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(also: marriage)
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A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
(also: women)
(also: queen elizabeth i)
(also: governing people)
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(also: women)
(also: queen elizabeth i)
(also: governing people)
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The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.
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To get the sense of something written, if it has any.Commonly, it has not.
(also: reading)
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(also: reading)
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(n.) an academic discipline based around finding out what happened back in the past
and, the even more difficult bit, finding out what really happened in the past
and, the even more difficult bit, finding out what really happened in the past
A candid man of affairs.
It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companions lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. When Voltaire's turn came he said: "Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story."
(also: story)
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It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companions lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. When Voltaire's turn came he said: "Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story."
(also: story)
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a sport involving fighting from Eastern Asia. While sports such as boxing and wrestling do involve fighting, they are not from Eastern Asia, and are thus not classified as martial arts
(n.) one with admirable qualities worthy of emulation and laudable achievement, like being a main character; one who is not a zero
not a greek sandwich
not a greek sandwich
(n.) the grinning killer of the ocean depths, a squeaking sexual predator, a maritime molester, a blowholed bastard, a swirling nest of aquatic evil
considered one of nature's surprisingly intelligent animals
considered one of nature's surprisingly intelligent animals
(n.) uh... ham.
an eastern european nation known for the strong bones of its peasant women and the exceptional quality of its turnips
Coofl is a useless website that the founder begging for help. He should find different method and place to promote his website (also: naked tax advice)
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
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