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  • 111Nguyễn Xuân Minh — In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Minh. Nguyen Xuan Minh is currently the… …

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  • 112Тайлер Рекс — Реальное имя: Гейб Тафт …

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  • 113Bacon (Francis) and man’s two-faced kingdom — Francis Bacon and man’s two faced kingdom Antonio Pérez Ramos Two closely related but distinct tenets about Bacon’s philosophy have been all but rejected by contemporary historiography. The first is Bacon’s attachment to the so called British… …

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  • 114proportions — n. extent 1) to assume, take on proportions 2) epic; epidemic; menacing proportions (the outbreak assumed epidemic proportions) * * * epidemic take on proportions menacing proportions (the outbreak assumed epidemic proportions) [ extent ] to… …

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  • 115ominous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inauspicious, bodeful, fateful. See warning, prediction, threat. Ant., unthreatening. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. foreboding, portentous, threatening, forbidding, fateful, baleful, menacing,… …

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  • 116dangerous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not safe] Syn. perilous, unsafe, hazardous, risky, precarious, treacherous, unprotected, unshielded, unsheltered, critical, serious, vulnerable, exposed, involving risk, full of risk, threatening, alarming, portentous,… …

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  • 117threatening — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. alarming, menacing, dangerous, aggressive, intimidating; see also ominous , sinister , unsafe . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. intimidating, menacing, terrorizing, frightening, scary, sinister, ominous, impending,… …

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  • 118menace — {{11}}menace (n.) c.1300, declaration of hostile intent, also act of threatening, from O.Fr. menace menace, threat (9c.), from V.L. minacia threat, menace (also source of Sp. amenaza, It. minaccia), singular of L. minaciæ threatening things, from …

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  • 119threatening — I. a. 1. Menacing, minatory, minacious, comminatory. 2. Impending, impendent, imminent. II. n. Commination, threat, denunciation, menace, menacing …

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  • 120threatening — adjective 1) a threatening letter Syn: menacing, intimidating, bullying, frightening, hostile; formal minatory 2) banks of threatening clouds Syn: ominous, sinister, menacing, alarming, portentous, dark …

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