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• handful — [[t]hæ̱ndfʊl[/t]] handfuls 1) N SING: usu N of n A handful of people or things is a small number of them. He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar... One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy. 2) N COUNT: usu… …   English dictionary

• Child mortality — Child mortality, also known as under 5 mortality, refers to the death of infants and children under the age of five. In 2010, 7.6 million children under five died [1], down from 8.1 million in 2009,[2] 8.8 million in 2008,[3] and 12.4 million in… …   Wikipedia

• handful — hand|ful [ˈhændful] n 1.) an amount that you can hold in your hand handful of ▪ The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us. 2.) a handful of sth a very small number of people or things ▪ There were only a handful of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Child Ballads — Illustration by Arthur Rackham of The Twa Corbies The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century. The collection was… …   Wikipedia

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• handful — noun 1 (C) an amount that you can hold in your hand (+ of): a handful of nuts 2 a handful of a very small number of people or things: Only a handful of countries have implemented these regulations. 3 a handful informal someone, especially a child …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia — This is a Timeline of Aboriginal history of Western Australia 1629 1829Aboriginal life in the two centuries from 1629 to 1829, was characterized by the increased presence of Europeans around the Western Australian coastline. First contact,… …   Wikipedia