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  • 61frase — (Del lat. phrasis < gr. phrasis < phradso, explicar, hacer comprender.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 LINGÜÍSTICA Unidad lingüística, formada por una o más palabras, que presenta un enunciado completo, que se basta así mismo. SINÓNIMO cláusula 2… …

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  • 62pro|ver´bi|al|ly — pro|ver|bi|al «pruh VUR bee uhl», adjective. 1. a) of a proverb. b) expressed in a proverb: »proverbial wisdom. c) like a proverb: »proverbial brevity, a proverbial saying. 2. that has become a proverb: »the proverbial stitch in time. 3.… …

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  • 63pro|ver|bi|al — «pruh VUR bee uhl», adjective. 1. a) of a proverb. b) expressed in a proverb: »proverbial wisdom. c) like a proverb: »proverbial brevity, a proverbial saying. 2. that has become a proverb: »the proverbial stitch in time. 3. Figurative. well known …

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  • 64Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 65Infinite monkey theorem — Not to be confused with Hundredth monkey effect. Given enough time, a hypothetical monkey typing at random would, as part of its output, almost surely produce all of Shakespeare s plays. In this image a chimpanzee is giving it a try. The infinite …

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  • 66Martin Farquhar Tupper — Martin Tupper redirects here. For the founder of Shaw University, see Henry Martin Tupper. Martin F. Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper (July 17, 1810, London – November 1889, Albury, Surrey) was an English writer, and poet, and the author of… …

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  • 67Parables — • A comparison, or a parallel, by which one thing is used to illustrate another. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Parables     Parables      …

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  • 68Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Introduction — The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides a general history of proverbs in common use in Britain in the last two hundred years. Some of the proverbs have been in use throughout the English speaking world for many years; others… …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 69FOLKLORE — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction …

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  • 70JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …

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