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• Camel —    From the Hebrew gamal, to repay or requite, as the camel does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels, having, however, the common characteristics of being ruminants without horns, without muzzle, with nostrils forming …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• strain at a gnat and swallow a camel — be meticulous about small details and ignore the large ones …   English contemporary dictionary

• Steve Swallow — Datos generales Nacimiento 10 de abril de 1940 (71 años) …   Wikipedia Español

• Steve Swallow — 2006 Stephen W. „Steve“ Swallow (* 4. Oktober 1940 in New York City) ist ein US amerikanischer Jazz Bassist. Als einer der ersten Bassisten nach Monk Montgomery benutzte er Ende der sechziger Jahre die Bassgitarre, für die er mit adäquater… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Unskillfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unskillfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unskillfulness unskillfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 want of skill want of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence incompentency Sgm: N 1 inability inability infel …   English dictionary for students

• The Fantastic Flying Journey — (ISBN 0755104366) is a children s book written by Gerald Durrell. It is a story about three children and their great uncle Lancelot travelling around the world in a hot air balloon. It has been published by Conran Octopus, in 1987. It is… …   Wikipedia

• Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Grayfriars — The Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Grayfriars is a fascinating view into the Reformation in Denmark between the years 1527 and 1532 when the Franciscans were literally hounded out of Denmark. Introduction The Chronicle of the Expulsion of the… …   Wikipedia

• gnat — gnatlike, adj. /nat/, n. 1. any of certain small flies, esp. the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae. 2. Brit. mosquito. 3. strain at a gnat… …   Universalium

• Hypocrisy — • The pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hypocrisy     Hypocrisy …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Greyfriars — The Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Greyfriars is a historical writing on the Reformation in Denmark between the years 1527 and 1532 when the Franciscans eventually were forced to leave Denmark. Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Chronicle of the… …   Wikipedia

• Matthew 23 — 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.… …   The King James version of the Bible