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letters
letters in literature, written messages, ranging from those addressed to the public and those sent from lover to lover, to business letters and thank-you notes. The common quality they share is a lively style, echoing the personality of the sender yet aimed at the mind and heart of the receiver.... Read more |
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Letter of Aristeas
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letter to the Hebrews
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form letter
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letter of credit
letter of credit commercial instrument through which a bank or other financial institution instructs a correspondent institution to advance a specified sum of money to the bearer. The document is called a circular letter of credit when it is not addressed to any particular correspondent. In effect,... Read more |
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letter of marque
letter of marque, a commission issued in Britain by the Lord High Admiral, or by commissioners executing his office, and by the equivalent authorities in other countries, licensing the master of a privately owned ship to cruise in search of enemy merchant vessels, either as reprisal for injuries... Read more |
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The Scarlet Letter
SCARLET LETTER, THE SCARLET LETTER, THE. Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850, the year in which the Clay Compromise postponed the American Civil War, The Scarlet Letter is a romance set in the years from 1642 to 1649, when Puritans were fighting the English civil war over the... Read more |
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Casket Letters
Casket Letters. The contents of a small silver casket, uncovered in 1567, allegedly incriminating Mary Stuart and her lover Bothwell in the murder of her second husband Lord Darnley. The papers consist of eight letters from Mary to Bothwell, a sequence of ‘sonnets’ (totalling 158... Read more |
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Paston Letters
Paston Letters collection of personal and business correspondence, mostly among members of the Paston family of Norfolk, England. The letters cover the years from 1422 to 1529, together with deeds and other documents. The family was at that time actively acquiring land and properties in the area,... Read more |
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Zinoviev Letter
ZINOVIEV LETTER Letter of mysterious provenance purporting to have been sent by Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International (Comintern), to the British Communist Party with instructions to prepare for revolution. The letter was first published on October 25, 1924, four days before a... Read more |
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LETTER
...handwriting have produced a wide range of letter forms.Naming letters In the GREEK alphabet, each letter has a name that is not directly related...kiss, often in a series written in a letter. Letters in word use and word-formation ... |
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FOUR-LETTER WORD
FOUR-LETTER WORD. A word of four letters considered vulgar or obscene and referring to sex...and piss from Old French. The phrase four-letter was first attested in print in 1923 and four-letter word in 1934. There are, in addition, some... |
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Boston News‐Letter
Boston News‐Letter (1704–76), originally a handwritten...English papers, so that the News‐Letter was sometimes a year behind time in foreign...the title to The Boston Weekly News‐Letter and New‐England Chronicle and later to... |
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Purloined Letter, The
Purloined Letter, The, detective story by Poe, published...a royal lady from whom he has stolen a letter than she cannot have made public. After...search, the prefect concludes that the letter is not on the minister's person or premises... |
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Drapiers Letters, The
Drapier's Letters, The, a series of pamphlets...published a series of four letters in which he prophesied economic...into circulation; a fifth letter of protest, also signed...addressed to Molesworth. The letters produced an immense effect... |
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LETTER WORD
LETTER WORD, also letter name. A WORD or NAME formed from the letters, usually the first letters, of several other words: BBC from British Broadcasting Corporation, NATO from North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is a kind of ABBREVIATION... |
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Drapier's Letters
Drapier's Letters (1724–5), seven pamphlets...of the Drapier's stand in A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Midleton. A Letter to ... Lord Viscount Molesworth...surrendered his patent, it and the letter to Midleton being published only... |
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Letters from an American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, 12 essays by Crèvecoeur...different parts of animal nature. Half of the letters are concerned with the education, employment...therefore entertain new ideas. The eleventh letter describes a visit to John Bartram, and... |
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letter of marque
letter of marque, a commission issued in Britain...themselves also sometimes referred to as letters of marque, though more usually called privateers. The earliest mention of such a letter is in 1293 and they continued to be issued... |
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Turkish Spy, Letters Written by a
Turkish Spy, Letters Written by a, eight volumes published...European literature, the pseudo-foreign letters, of which the Lettres persanes of Montesquieu...chief example.A continuation to the Letters, probably by Defoe, was published in... |
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Corinthians, Pauls letters to the
...Corinthians, Paul's letters to the Placed in the NT immediately after Paul's letter to the Romans. One commentator...surrounding the two extant letters sent by Paul to his turbulent...those who carried the letters.Paul replied in 1 Corinthians...it was ... |
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letter
...in tennis [as adj.] a letter jacket. 2. a written...or messenger: he sent a letter to Mrs. Falconer. ∎ (letters) a legal or formal document...of the law as well as the letter. 4. (letters) literature: the world... |
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form letter
...perhaps items in the body of the letter. The letter is stored as a word-processor...specific information. If a number of letters are to be produced at once, then...other information. If only one letter at a time is produced, then the... |
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Hebrews, letter to the
Hebrews, letter to the About 200 CE Clement of Alexandria referred to this letter as written by Paul, but there is nothing in the text about...Corinth (1 Cor. 1–4) and in his (first) letter Paul deals with some of the points raised in the... |
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Colossians, Pauls letter to the
...the In the NT, the seventh letter of Paul. Religious teachers had...sentences are unlike other Pauline letters. Many little words (particles like...but’) typical of other letters are absent in Col.; the great...connection with the authentic letter of Paul to ... |
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chain letter scam
chain letter scam A semi-criminal activity...number of other users. The letter asks for a sum of money to...recipient is asked to send the letter to a number of friends. Theoretically...recipients do not bother with chain letters, do not send money, and... |
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letter of marque
letter of marque märk (usually letters of marque) in full letter of mark and reprisal 1. a license to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy. 2. a ship carrying such a license. |
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pastoral letters
pastoral letters. Official letters of a bishop to all members of his diocese. They are distinguished from ‘encyclical letters’ addressed by the bishop only to his clergy. |
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Intimate Letters
Intimate Letters (Listy důvěrné). Sub-title of Janáček...it is autobiographical in content, the letters concerned being those he wrote to Kamila...and 1928 (he wanted to call it ‘Love Letters’). F.p. Brno 1928; f.p. in... |
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Aristeas, Letter of
Aristeas, Letter of. A Jewish pseud-epigraphical letter which contains a legend of how the LXX came to be miraculously written. Its composition has been variously dated between 200 BC and AD 33. |
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letter
letter • noun 1. capital letters synonyms: alphabetical...letters) a man of letters synonyms: learning...culture. phrase: to the letter he followed her instructions...every detail.Types of Letters acknowledgment ... |
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letters
letters • plural noun a man of letterssynonyms: learning, scholarship, erudition, education, culture, cultivation, literature, humanities, belles lettres. |
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capital
...wherewithal, means, assets, wealth, resources, investment capital; informal cash, dough, bread, loot, bucks. 3. he wrote the name in capitals synonyms: capital letters, uppercase letters, block letters; informal caps. |
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literally
...literallysynonyms: word for word, verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, exactly, precisely, faithfully, closely, strictly, strictly speaking, to the letter, accurately. 2. literally thousands of peoplesynonyms... |
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verbatim
verbatim • adverb I memorized his monologue verbatimsynonyms: word for word, letter for letter, line for line, to the letter, literally, exactly, precisely, accurately, closely, faithfully. |
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sign
...signs synonyms: symbol, mark, cipher, letter, character, figure, hieroglyph, ideogram...at emblem. • verb 1. he signed the letter synonyms: write one's name on, autograph...perceptible indication of something (the letter was a manifestation of his guilt), and... |
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exactly
...accurately, precisely, correctly, unerringly, faultlessly, perfectly; verbatim, word for word, letter for letter, to the letter, faithfully. • exclamation “She escaped?” “Exactly.” synonyms: precisely, yes, that... |
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word
...summarize, in summary. word for word 1. they took down the speeches word for word synonyms: verbatim, letter for letter, to the letter; exactly, faithfully. 2. a word-for-word translation synonyms: verbatim, literal, exact, direct... |
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courier
courier • noun send the letter/information by couriersynonyms: messenger, special messenger, letter carrier, mail carrier, bearer, runner, conveyor, envoy, emissary, harbinger, herald. |
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note
...he dropped me a note synonyms: message, communication, letter, line; formal epistle, missive. 5. this note is legal tender...heed, take notice of, pay attention to, take in. 2. the letter noted the ministers' concern synonyms: mention, refer to... |
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Letters and their role in revealing class and personal identity in Pride and...
...Clarissa, published a letter-writing manual entitled Familiar Letters on Important Occasions...identity through letters in conjunction with...constructions of letter writing etiquette...style and tone of letters in addition to their...their ... |
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LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER:...
I REFER to the News Letter article "Sinn Fein told: dream on" (November 28). What a totally stupid attitude to adopt when almost every politician... |
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LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER:...
I REFER to the News Letter article "Sinn Fein told: dream on" (November 28). What a totally stupid attitude to adopt when almost every politician... |
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Letters of credit more critical today. (advice on advantages of letters of...
...more tenants are turning to letters of credit to provide the landlord...purchase of physical commodities, letters of credit are increasingly...commercial leases. Advantages or Letter or Credit The main advantage of a letter of credit to a tenant is that... |
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From letter writing to report writing: bridging the gap. (techniques for good...
...bridge the gap between letters and reports. Letter writing and report writing...grading and mail their letters. The second letter assignment is a message...world. Many of the letters fail the test. For example, one letter ... |
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Warning letters off 38% for first half of 2002: Terrorism, counsel review are...
...analysis is based on letters released to the...published in Warning Letter Bulletin. Based...2001. With 149 letters issued, the Center...Foods' (CFSAN) letter output is only 7...of the warning letters in March. Letter output ... |
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LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: THEIR MOTIVE AND CONTENT.
...multiple recommendation letters. Get assurances of all your letter writers before asking...receivers of recommendation letters. This will aid letter writers in focus, intensity...prepare seeking such letters. Give requested ... |
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Symmetrical letter patterns.
...an odd number of letters the central letter, if not repeated...which use only one letter of the alphabet: Type 1. single letters equally-spaced...with some other letter (*X...TYPE 1 Single letters equally-spaced... |
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LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER: LETTER:...
I REFER to the News Letter article "Sinn Fein told: dream on" (November 28). What a totally stupid attitude to adopt when almost every politician... |
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Letter from the editor
...threatened to call other letter writers to see if their letters have been edited for space...guarantee that we will run your letter and not edit it? No and no. Letters that we print are a sampling. A short letter does not guarantee it will... |
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