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  • 21Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (Brahms) — The Four Pieces for Piano , Op. 119 ( Klavierstücke Op.119), 1893, are four character pieces for piano by the German composer Johannes Brahms. The collection is the last composition by Brahms and also the last work to be published during his… …

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  • 22trepidancy — noun an excessive nervous agitation …

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  • 23shake — {{11}}shake (n.) late 14c., from SHAKE (Cf. shake) (v.). As a type of instantaneous action, it is recorded from 1816. Phrase fair shake honest deal is attested from 1830, Amer.Eng. The shakes nervous agitation is from 1620s. Shakeout business… …

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  • 24nadgers — n pl British 1. the testicles. The word was probably used in this sense merely due to the resemblance to knackers. It has not been widely used since the 1960s. a kick in the nadgers 2. the nadgers a state of nervous agitation, irritation,… …

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  • 25nervousness — n. 1. Strength, force, power, vigor, forcibleness. 2. Timidity, timorousness, trepidation, tremor, flutter, nervous agitation, weakness …

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  • 26free — adj Free, independent, sovereign, autonomous, autarchic, autarkic are comparable when they mean not subject to the rule or control of another. The same differences in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding nouns freedom,… …

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  • 27flurry — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a gust or squall (of snow, rain, etc.). 2 a sudden burst of activity. 3 a commotion; excitement; nervous agitation (a flurry of speculation; the flurry of the city). v.tr. ( ies, ied) confuse by haste or noise; agitate.… …

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  • 28tizzy — n. (pl. ies) (also tizz, tiz) colloq. a state of nervous agitation (in a tizzy). Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn …

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  • 29international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 30France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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