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• considerable — meaning ‘much; a lot of’ is used in BrE only of abstract things, such as attention, concern, delay, difficulty, distance, doubt, evidence, expense, experience, improvement, influence, interest, pain, pleasure, progress, sums of money, talent,… …   Modern English usage

• considerable — 01. Mike has made a [considerable] amount of money investing in the stock market. 02. We re thinking of buying a house now that prices have come down [considerably] in the last year. 03. The gas station is a [considerable] distance from here. 04 …   Grammatical examples in English

• The Pretty Things — Infobox musical artist Name = The Pretty Things Img capt = The Pretty Things, ca. 1966 Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Electric Banana Born = Died = Origin = London, England Instrument = Genre = British… …   Wikipedia

• The Awful Green Things From Outer Space — ( AGTFOS ) is a two player board game developed and illustrated by Tom Wham inspired by the Kinji Fukasaku motion picture, The Green Slime . It originally appeared as an insert in Dragon Magazine #28 (1979), and subsequently as a boxed game… …   Wikipedia

• All Things Are Lights — is a novel written by Robert Shea. It is the story of a fictional 13th century French troubadour named Roland.Set amongst the historical details of Louis IX s failed crusade to Egypt and the extermination of the Cathars in France, Shea uses a… …   Wikipedia

• List of things named after Glenn T. Seaborg — Nobel Prize winning chemist Glenn T. Seaborg is known for his considerable legacy. At one time, Seaborg was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest entry in Marquis Who s Who. Glenn T. Seaborg s legacy was cemented… …   Wikipedia

• Oxnead — St Michael s Church, Oxnead Oxnead is a lost settlement in Norfolk, England, roughly three miles south east of Aylsham. It now consists mostly of St Michael’s Church and Oxnead Hall. It was the principal residence of the Paston family from 1597… …   Wikipedia

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium