PALACES

Meaning of PALACES in English

➡ stately homes

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005

PALACES — Дворцы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALACES — Дворцы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PALACES — (n) дворцы
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PALACES — Дворцы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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PEKING
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BAROQUE PERIOD — era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations, which occurred in …
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IMPERIAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN army ▪ It was a long and bitter struggle with great losses on both …
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GOOD
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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