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to stem the tide of events

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  • stem the tide —    If people try to stem the tide, they are trying to stop something unpleasant from getting worse, usually when they don t succeed.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you stem the tide (of events), you stop the development of something… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • The Byzantine Empire —     The Byzantine Empire     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire     The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • tide — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular) the regular rising and lowering of the level of the sea: driftwood on the beach, brought in by the tide | the tide is in/out (=the sea is at a high or low level) see also: high tide, low tide 2 (C) a current… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tide — tide1 [ taıd ] noun ** 1. ) count the way that the level of the ocean regularly rises and falls during the day. The tide comes in or rises, then it turns and goes out or falls, and then turns again. At its highest point the tide is in and it is… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tide — I UK [taɪd] / US noun Word forms tide : singular tide plural tides ** 1) [countable] the way that the level of the sea regularly rises and falls during the day. The tide comes in or rises, then it turns and goes out or falls, and then turns again …   English dictionary

  • tide — tide1 [taıd] n [: Old English; Origin: tid time ] 1.) the tide the regular rising and falling of the level of the sea the tide is in/out (=the sea is at a high or low level) ▪ Is the tide going out or coming in ? ▪ We went for a walk and got cut… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man — infobox Book | name = The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man title orig = translator = image caption = author = James Weldon Johnson illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = African American Novel… …   Wikipedia

  • The Counter-Reformation —     The Counter Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Counter Reformation     The subject will be considered under the following heads:     I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb of Catholic fortunes III. St. Ignatius and the Jesuits,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • The Labours of Hercules — Infobox Book | name = The Labours of Hercules title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image. author = Agatha Christie… …   Wikipedia

  • Doping at the 2007 Tour de France — Part of a series on Doping in sport …   Wikipedia

  • War of the Ring — Infobox Me battle date = 3018 − 3019 Third Age place = Northwestern Middle earth result= Free peoples victory; destruction of Sauron; Arnor and Gondor reunited books = The Lord of the Rings , Unfinished Tales participants = See combatant1 = Free… …   Wikipedia

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