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61List of fantasy novels — This page lists a broad variety of fantasy novels (and novel series) some old, some new; some famous, some obscure; some well written, some ill written and so may be considered a representative slice of the field. The books appear in alphabetical …
62fool — fool1 /foohl/, n. 1. a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. 2. a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of royal or noble rank for amusement: the court fool. 3. a person who has been tricked or deceived into… …
63crossing legs — John Aubrey commented in 1686: To sit cross legged or with our fingers pectinated, shutt together, is accounted bad. Friends will psuade us from it. The same conceit was religiously observed by ye ancients as is observable from Pliny , and… …
64Chance — I (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of assignable cause. < N PARAG:Chance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 chance chance indetermination accident fortune hazard hap haphazard chance medley random luck raccroc casualty …
65Charles Holland (cyclist) — Charles Holland Personal information Full name Charles Holland Born 20 September 1908(1908 09 20) Aldridge, England, United Kingdom Died 15 December 1989(1989 12 15) (aged 81) …
66misfortune — I noun accident, adverse event, adverse fortune, adverse lot, adverse luck, adversity, affliction, backset, bad fortune, bad luck, bale, blow, calamitas, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, comedown, destruction, disadvantage,… …
67grief — n 1. anguish, misery, Archaic. bale, dolor, Archaic. dole; sorrow, sadness, woe, ruth, heartache, heartbreak, broken heart; ache, hurt, pain, suffering, Archaic. teen; torture, torment, agony; lamentation, bereavement, mourning; wretchedness,… …
68hard cheese — noun bad luck • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑misfortune, ↑ …
69hard knocks — noun a state of misfortune or affliction debt ridden farmers struggling with adversity a life of hardship • Syn: ↑adversity, ↑hardship • Derivationally related forms: ↑adverse (for: ↑ …
70affliction — n 1. adversity, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination, desolation; misery, wretchedness, agony, torture, torment, distress, suffering, Archaic. bale; woe, grief, dolor, sorrow, sadness, anguish, anxiety, unhappiness, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart;… …
