BOWRING

Meaning of BOWRING in English

Bowring BrE AmE ˈbaʊ ə r ɪŋ

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BOWRING, SIR JOHN — born Oct. 17, 1792, Exeter, Devonshire, Eng. died Nov. 23, 1872, Claremont, near Exeter English author and diplomat who was …
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BOWRING TREATY — (1855), agreement between Siam (Thailand) and Britain that achieved commercial and political aims that earlier British missions had failed to …
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ASCEND — əˈsend also aˈ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English ascenden, from Latin ascendere, adscendere, from ad- + -scendere (from …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: MEDIA-AND-PUBLISHING: MAGAZINES — MAGAZINES: Ebony at 50 It was 1945 and World War II had ended when the premiere issue of Ebony magazine …
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JAPANESE LITERATURE — the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, in the Chinese classical …
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JAPAN — Castle at Matsumoto, Japan. Japanese Nihon or Nippon country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a …
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HEINE, HEINRICH — born Dec. 13, 1797, Dsseldorf, Prussia died Feb. 17, 1856, Paris in full Christian Johann Heinrich Heine, original name (until …
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GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philospoher, …
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SWING — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a door swings open/shut (= moves forward to open or backwards to shut ) …
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STREETWALKER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Even in the snow on Christmas Eve the streetwalkers were out. ▪ His parishioners had …
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STANDING — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a regular/standing army (= permanent and existing whether there is a war or not …
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REEL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB back ▪ Once again he blasted out at the first attempt, reeling back …
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HIDING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hiding place ▪ He had watched the farm workers from his hiding place. hiding …
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GRAB — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES catch/grab/seize etc hold of sth (= start holding something quickly and firmly ) ▪ …
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DISCOVER — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES amazed to see/find/discover sth ▪ Visitors are often amazed to discover how little the town …
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CAUSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cause of stress ▪ Balancing work and family is the main cause of …
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AXE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN ice ▪ Straps/attachment points: ice axe loop and snap. ▪ He urged mountain …
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A HAPPY FAMILY IS BUT AN EARLIER HEAVEN — Счастливая семейная жизнь – это досрочный рай. Bowring (Бауринг).
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