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  • 121Colin Ward — (* 14. August 1924 in Wanstead, Essex; † 11. Februar 2010) war ein britischer Schriftsteller. Er wurde als „einer der größten anarchistischen Denker der vergangenen 50 Jahre und Pionier der Sozialgeschichte“ bezeichnet[1] und schrieb vor allem zu …

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  • 123chuckle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ light, little, quiet, slight, soft ▪ deep, low ▪ hearty …

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  • 124happy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fortunate, lucky; gay, contented, joyous, ecstatic; felicitous, apt; glad. See agreement, cheerfulness, pleasure, occasion. Ant., sad, II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In good humor] Syn. joyous, joyful,… …

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  • 125noise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. uproar, hubbub, din, racket, clamor, pandemonium; crash, rattle, clatter. See loudness, sound. Ant., silence, quiet. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sound] Syn. sound, sonance, something heard, something… …

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  • 126laughing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. chortling, giggling, chuckling; see happy 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Deserving laughter: comic, comical, farcical, funny, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible. See LAUGHTER. 2. Emitting a murmuring… …

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  • 127chuckle — chuck|le [ˈtʃʌkəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: chuck [i] to cluck (14 19 centuries), from the sound] to laugh quietly ▪ What are you chuckling about? >chuckle n ▪ Rosie gave a little chuckle …

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  • 128chuckle — (v.) 1590s, frequentative of M.E. chukken make a clucking noise (late 14c.), of echoic origin. It originally meant noisy laughter. Chucklehead blockhead (18c.) is perhaps connected with CHUCK (Cf. chuck) (v.). Related: Chuckled; chuckling. The… …

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