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Англо-русский перевод 1780S

1780-е

American English-Russian dictionary. Американский Англо-Русский словарь. 2012

TOMATO — Any fruit of the numerous cultivated varieties of Lycopersicon esculentum , a plant of the nightshade family. The plant is …
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SUWANNEE RIVER — River, southeastern Georgia and northern Florida, U.S. The river rises in the Okefenokee Swamp and enters the Gulf of Mexico …
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PARACHUTE — Umbrella-like device for slowing the descent of a body falling through the atmosphere. Separate panels sewn together form a canopy …
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MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS — orig. Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart born Jan. 27, 1756, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg died Dec. 5, 1791, Vienna Austrian …
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GALVANI, LUIGI — born Sept. 9, 1737, Bologna, Papal States died Dec. 4, 1798, Bologna, Cisalpine Republic Italian physician and physicist. His early …
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COULOMB, CHARLES-AUGUSTIN DE — born June 14, 1736, Angoulême, France died Aug. 23, 1806, Paris French physicist. After serving as a military engineer in …
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CIMAROSA, DOMENICO — born Dec. 17, 1749, Aversa, Kingdom of Naples died Jan. 11, 1801, Venice Italian opera composer. Son of a stonemason, …
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CHAPULTEPEC — Rocky hill, southwest of Mexico City , Mexico. The Aztec s fortified it and built a religious centre and a …
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BODONI, GIAMBATTISTA — born Feb. 16, 1740, Saluzzo, Piedmont died Nov. 29, 1813, Parma, French Empire Italian typographer. Son of a printer, he …
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AIRSHIP — or dirigible Lighter-than-air aircraft with steering and propulsion systems. Airships could be nonrigid (blimps), semirigid, or rigid. They all included …
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POLONAISE — also spelled Polonese, in clothing, a coatlike dress, originally worn by Polish women, that was extremely popular in the 1770s …
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CONJURING — also called magic, prestidigitation, or sleight of hand the theatrical representation of the defiance of natural law. Legerdemain, meaning light, …
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COLONIALISM
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CADDY — container for tea. A corrupt form of the Malay kati, a weight of a little more than a pound (or …
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BUSTLE — item of feminine apparel for pushing out the skirt in back just below the waist; although used at various times …
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BOXING — sport, both amateur and professional, involving attack and defense with the fists in which the two contestants wear padded gloves, …
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ART, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF — social and economic factors that influence the creation of art and how it is received. It is necessary to begin …
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WESTMORELAND — county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S., located just east of Pittsburgh and bounded to the north and northeast by the Kiskiminetas and …
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WALKER, THOMAS — born Jan. 25, 1715, King and Queen County, Va. died Nov. 9, 1794, Albemarle County, Va. American physician, land speculator, …
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TRUMBULL, JOHN — born April 24, 1750, Westbury, Conn. died May 11, 1831, Detroit, Michigan Territory American poet and jurist, known for his …
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TASSIE, JAMES — born July 15, 1735, Pollokshaws, near Glasgow, Scot. died June 1, 1799, London, Eng. Scottish gem engraver and modeler known …
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TANDY, JAMES NAPPER — born 1740, Dublin died Aug. 24, 1803, Bordeaux, Fr. Irish politician, ineffectual revolutionary, and popular hero memorialized in the Irish …
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SYNOPTIC GOSPELS — the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the New Testament. Since the 1780s, the first three books of the …
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SUWANNEE RIVER — river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp, southeastern Georgia, U.S., and meandering generally south-southwestward across northern Florida to enter the Gulf …
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STEMANN, POUL CHRISTIAN — born April 14, 1764, Copenhagen died Nov. 25, 1855, Copenhagen Danish premier who championed absolute monarchy against the rising tide …
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ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA — also called Leamington Spa town, Warwick district, administrative and historic county of Warwickshire, England. It lies along the River Leam, …
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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH — also called Episcopal Church, autonomous church in the United States. It was part of the Anglican Communion, formally organized in …
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PARIS GUN — any of several long-range cannon produced by the German arms manufacturer Krupp in 191718 during World War I. The guns …
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OTSEGO — county, central New York state, U.S., comprising a rugged upland region bordered by the Unadilla River to the west and …
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ITALY, FLAG OF — vertically striped green-white-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. A rich history of flags and coats of …
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MILL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cotton mill (= factory where cotton is made into thread or cloth ) …
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