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  • 121sour grapes — noun plural Etymology: from the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach some grapes he had desired disparaged them as sour Date: 1760 disparagement of something that has proven unattainable < his criticisms&#8230; …

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  • 122blame — I. transitive verb (blamed; blaming) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French blamer, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphēmein Date: 13th century 1. to find fault with ; censure < the right to praise or blame&#8230; …

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  • 123type — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin typus, from Latin & Greek; Latin typus image, from Greek typos blow, impression, model, from typtein to strike, beat; akin to Sanskrit tupati he injures and probably to&#8230; …

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  • 124Abraham Lincoln — This article is about the American president. For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). Abraham Lincoln …

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  • 125Claude Monet — Not to be confused with Édouard Manet, another painter of the same era. Monet redirects here. For MONET, see Multiwavelength optical networking. For database management, see MonetDB. Claude Monet …

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  • 126Christian mythology — is the body of myths associated with Christianity. In the study of mythology, the term myth refers to a traditional story, often one which is regarded as sacred and which explains how the world and its inhabitants came to have their present&#8230; …

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  • 127Creation science — or scientific creationism is a movement within creationism which attempts to use scientific means to disprove the accepted scientific theories on the history of the Earth, cosmology and biological evolution and prove the Genesis account of&#8230; …

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  • 128Euphemism — A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, [ [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/Euphemism Euphemism] Webster s Online&#8230; …

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