an uneasy truce

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• truce — truce, *cease fire, armistice, peace are comparable when they mean a state of suspension of hostilities or an agreement for suspending hostilities. The first three terms are commonly interchangeable and each of them can sometimes replace peace,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• truce — [tru:s] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Plural of true agreement (14 17 centuries), from Old English treow keeping of a promise ] an agreement between enemies to stop fighting or arguing for a short time, or the period for which this is arranged ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• truce — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, temporary ▪ A temporary truce had been reached earlier that year. ▪ permanent ▪ three day, week long, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• uneasy — 01. I felt a little [uneasy] asking my boss for the day off to watch my son at his hockey tournament, but he had no problem with it. 02. A feeling of [uneasiness] came over him as he entered the old, empty house. 03. She was obviously [uneasy]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• uneasy — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. causing physical or mental discomfort < uneasy news of captures and killings Marjory S. Douglas > 2. not easy ; difficult 3. marked by lack of ease ; awkward, embarrassed < gave an uneasy laugh > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• truce — n. 1) to agree on, arrange, call, work out a truce 2) to violate a truce 3) to denounce a truce 4) an armed; uneasy truce 5) a truce between …   Combinatory dictionary

• truce — [[t]tru͟ːs[/t]] truces N COUNT A truce is an agreement between two people or groups of people to stop fighting or quarrelling for a short time. The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides... Let s call a… …   English dictionary

• uneasy — un|eas|y [ʌnˈi:zi] adj 1.) worried or slightly afraid because you think that something bad might happen uneasy about ▪ 90% of those questioned felt uneasy about nuclear power. 2.) used to describe a period of time when people have agreed to stop… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• uneasy — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization — UNTSO is an acronym for United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, an organization founded on 29 May 1948 [ [http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/a9a8da193bd46c54852560e50060c6fd!OpenDocument UN Doc A/RES/186 (S… …   Wikipedia

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium