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  • 101To enter on the boards — Board Board (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of …

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  • 102To go by the board — Board Board (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of …

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  • 103To make a good board — Board Board (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of …

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  • 104To make short boards — Board Board (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of …

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  • 105hard knocks — noun plural Date: 1849 rough unsparing treatment (as in use or in life) often used in the phrase school of hard knocks …

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  • 106slash-and-burn — adjective Date: 1939 1. characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture 2. extremely ruthless and unsparing < slash and burn tactics > < slash and burn criticism > …

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  • 107unsparingly — adverb see unsparing …

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  • 108Edvard Munch — This article is about the Norwegian artist. For the German philologist, see Eduard Munk. Edvard Munch Munch in 1921 Born 12 December 1863(1863 12 12) …

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  • 109Joseph Conrad — Infobox Writer name = Joseph Conrad birthdate = birth date|1857|12|3|df=y birthplace = Berdychiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) deathdate = death date and age|1924|8|3|1857|12|3|df=y deathplace = Bishopsbourne, England occupation = Novelist&#8230; …

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  • 110Jerome — Saint Jerome redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Jerome (disambiguation) and Jerome (disambiguation). Saint Jerome Saint Jerome visited by angels by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi Priest, Confessor, Theolo …

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