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• go to great lengths — (to do something) to try very hard to achieve something. I went to great lengths to explain the situation to him but he still didn t seem to understand …   New idioms dictionary

• go to great lengths to do something — go to great lengths (to do something) to try very hard to achieve something. I went to great lengths to explain the situation to him but he still didn t seem to understand …   New idioms dictionary

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• Alfred the Great — (849 899)    The most important and influential of the Saxon kings of England, Alfred has been known as the Great since the sixteenth century. As king of Wessex he was involved in a prolonged struggle with the Danes, who invaded England almost… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• length — [[t]le̱ŋθ[/t]] ♦♦ lengths 1) N VAR: oft with poss, oft amount in N, N of amount The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side. It is about a metre in length. ...the length of the fish...… …   English dictionary

• go — 1 verb past tense went, past participle gone, 3rd person singular present tense goes TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SPEAKER 1 LEAVE SOMEWHERE (I) to leave a place to go somewhere else; depart: I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay. | It s late; I must… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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