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  • 51Agony (Oppressor album) — Infobox Album Name = Agony Type = studio Artist = Oppressor Released = 1996 Recorded = Genre = Technical death metal Length = 37:43 Label = Olympic Producer = Reviews = Last album = Oppression Live/As Blood Flows (1995) This album = Agony (1996)… …

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  • 52agony — [14] Agony is one of the more remote relatives of that prolific Latin verb agere (see AGENT). Its ultimate source is the Greek verb ágein ‘lead’, which comes from the same Indo European root as agere. Related to ágein was the Greek noun agón,… …

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  • 53agony — [[t]æ̱gəni[/t]] agonies N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Agony is great physical or mental pain. A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests... They sat and listened as she called out in agony... As a young man he suffered… …

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  • 54agony aunt — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms agony aunt : singular agony aunt plural agony aunts British a woman whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people s letters. The American word is advice… …

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  • 55agony column — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms agony column : singular agony column plural agony columns British a part of a newspaper or magazine where someone gives advice to people by answering letters about their problems. The American word is advice… …

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  • 56agony uncle — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms agony uncle : singular agony uncle plural agony uncles British a man whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people s letters. The American word is advice… …

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  • 57agony — [14] Agony is one of the more remote relatives of that prolific Latin verb agere (see AGENT). Its ultimate source is the Greek verb ágein ‘lead’, which comes from the same Indo European root as agere. Related to ágein was the Greek noun agón,… …

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  • 58agony — n. (pl. ies) 1 extreme mental or physical suffering. 2 a severe struggle. Phrases and idioms: agony aunt colloq. a person (esp. a woman) who answers letters in an agony column. agony column colloq. 1 a column in a newspaper or magazine offering… …

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  • 59Agony in the Garden (Bellini) — Infobox Painting| title=The Agony in the Garden artist=Giovanni Bellini year=c. 1459 1465 type=Tempera on panel height=81 width=127 museum=National Gallery, LondonThe Agony in the Garden is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni… …

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  • 60agony — /ag euh nee/, n., pl. agonies. 1. extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering. 2. a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement: an agony of joy. 3. the struggle preceding natural death: mortal… …

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