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  • 61Ben Davies (tenor) — Ben Davies (January 6 1858 ndash; March 28 1943) was a Welsh tenor singer, who appeared in opera with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, in operetta and light opera, and on the concert and oratorio platform. He was spoken of as a successor of Edward… …

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  • 62Compositions by Liliuokalani — The following is a list of compositions by Liliʻuokalani. Queen Liliʻuokalani was the only queen and the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, having been deposed by the Committee of Public Safety in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893.… …

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  • 63Malcolm Sargent discography — His Master s Voice, Sargent s main recording company from 1924 to 1967 The conductor Malcolm Sargent s career as a recording artist began in the days of acoustic recording, shortly before the introduction of the microphone and electrical… …

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  • 64drift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, heap, deposit; movement, deviation; tendency, meaning.See assemblage, motion, direction. v. i. proceed aimlessly; pile up. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tendency in movement] Syn. bent, tenor, trend …

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  • 65float — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. glide, drift, be wafted, hover, soar, be buoyed up. n. ferry, ship, raft; launch. See ascent. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A watertight vessel used for buoyancy] Syn. buoy, air cell, air cushion, lifesaver …

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  • 66glide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. float, flow, skim; slip, slide, coast; skate, swim, ski. See motion, aviation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A gradual downward motion] Syn. sinking, descent, loss of altitude, downward spiral, landing… …

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  • 67whiff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. puff, waft, blast; inhalation. See odor, wind. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scent, puff, fume; see smell 1 , 2 . v. Syn. inhale, sniff, scent; see smell 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. puff of air …

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  • 68Transference — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Transference >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 transfer transfer transference Sgm: N 1 translocation translocation elocation| Sgm: N 1 displacement displacement Sgm: N 1 metastasis metastasis metathesis Sgm: N …

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  • 69wait — [12] Wait originally meant ‘look, spy’. But the notion of remaining in hiding, keeping a watch on one’s enemies’ movements led via the sense ‘remain, stay (in expectation)’ to, in the 17th century, ‘defer action’. The word was borrowed from Old… …

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  • 70плавать — ПЛАВАТЬ1, несов. Двигаться в разных направлениях по поверхности или в глубине воды; передвигаться при помощи приспособленных для этого органов (о рыбах и животных, живущих в воде); не тонуть, держаться на поверхности жидкости [impf. (of fish,… …

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