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  • 21subtil — subtil, ile [ syptil ] adj. • fin XIIe; réfect. de l a. fr. soutil 1165; lat. subtilis « fin, délié » I ♦ (Abstrait) 1 ♦ (Personnes) Qui a de la finesse, qui est habile à percevoir, à sentir des nuances, des rapports que la plupart ne discernent… …

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  • 22Shiftless — Shift less, a. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one s own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless… …

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  • 23Shiftlessly — Shiftless Shift less, a. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one s own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a… …

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  • 24Shiftlessness — Shiftless Shift less, a. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one s own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a… …

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  • 25PLEIN — EINE. adj. Qui contient tout ce qu il est capable de contenir. Il est opposé à Vide. Un tonneau plein de vin. Une bouteille pleine. Un verre plein. Un vase plein. Cela est si plein, qu il n y peut rien tenir de plus. Cela n est pas plein, n est… …

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  • 26PLEIN, EINE — adj. Qui contient tout ce qu’il est capable de contenir; il est opposé à Vide. Un tonneau plein de vin. Une bouteille pleine. Cela est si plein, qu’il n’y peut rien tenir de plus. Cela n’est pas plein, n’est pas tout plein, n’est plein qu’à demi …

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  • 27A Modest Proposal — for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick,[1] commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and… …

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  • 28Jonathan Swift — For the high speed ferry operated by Irish Ferries, see HSC Jonathan Swift. Jonathan Swift …

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  • 29Mechanized infantry — U.S. Army mechanized infantry dismount from an M113 armored personnel carrier during training in 1985. Mechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs), or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat …

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  • 30Address (geography) — An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used for describing the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references,… …

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