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  • 81Northern elephant seal — Male, female and pup Conservation status …

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  • 82couple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. join, tie, link; yoke, unite, pair; marry. See junction, marriage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pair] Syn. duo, twosome, two; see pair . 2. [*A few] Syn. some, several, a handful; see few . See Synonym …

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  • 83have — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. own, hold, retain, possess, keep, maintain. See possession. n., informal, rich person (see money). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be in possession of] Syn. possess, take unto oneself, hold; see own 1 . 2.… …

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  • 84mate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. companion, chum, comrade; counterpart; consort, spouse; husband, wife. See friend, marriage, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One of a pair] Syn. complement, analog, counterpart; see match 2 . 2. [A… …

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  • 85score — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. account, reckoning, tally, record; reason; twenty; music, orchestration, arrangement, chart (sl.); notch, scratch. See debt, music, credit, furrow. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tally] Syn. stock,… …

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  • 86couple — [13] The notion underlying couple is of ‘joining’. The noun came into English via Old French from Latin cōpula ‘tie, connection’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and the verb apere ‘fasten’ (source of English apt,… …

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  • 87footle — [19] Footling appears to have originated as a euphemistic equivalent to fucking. It probably comes from a dialectal footer ‘mess about, fuck around’, which may well have been acquired from French foutre ‘copulate with’, a descendant of Latin… …

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  • 88fuck — [16] The most celebrated of the so called ‘Anglo Saxon’ four letter words goes back in written form no further than the early 16th century – a far cry from the Old English period. A personal name John le Fucker, however, recorded from 1278, shows …

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  • 89ram — [OE] Ram is a general West Germanic word for ‘male sheep’, now shared only by Dutch (although German has the derivative ramme ‘rammer’). It may be related to Old Norse ramr ‘strong’, the allusion being to the ram’s strength in butting. This is… …

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  • 90demons and demonology —    A type of spirit that interferes in the affairs of people. The term demon means “replete with wisdom” and is derived from the Greek term DAIMON. The daimones were both good and evil and even included deified heroes. In most cultures, demons… …

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