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  2. The dogs of war (phrase) - Wikipedia

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    In a literal reading, "dogs" are the familiar animals, trained for warfare; "havoc" is a military order permitting the seizure of spoil after a victory; and "let slip" is to release from the leash. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Shakespeare's source for Julius Caesar was The Life of Marcus Brutus from Plutarch 's Lives , and the concept of the war dog ...

  3. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  4. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).

  5. Olethros - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Greek mythology, Olethros / ˈ ɒ l ɪ ˌ θ r ɒ s / (Greek: ὄλεθρος) was the Greek concept or personification [citation needed] of "havoc" or "ruin". Olethros translates roughly in ancient Greek to "destruction", but often with a positive connotation, as in the destruction required for and preceding renewal.

  6. Aangan (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Aangan / ˈ ɑː ŋ ɡ ə n / (Urdu: آنگن, romanized: Āṅgan, lit. 'courtyard'), alternatively spelled Angan, is a period novel by Pakistani novelist and short story writer Khadija Mastoor. Published in 1962, it is hailed as a masterpiece of Urdu literature.

  7. Aag Ka Darya - Wikipedia

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    Aag Ka Darya (Urdu: آگ کا دریا; River of Fire) is a landmark historical Urdu-language novel written by Qurratulain Hyder providing context to the partition of the Indian subcontinent into two nation-states. It has been described as "one of the Indian Subcontinent's best known novels". [1]

  8. Dhuan (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    Dhuan (Smoke), from which the collection takes its title, was first published in the Urdu magazine Saqi. The story deals with the awakening of sexual urges in a twelve-year old boy, Masud. [6] In Cuhe daan (Mousetrap), Manto depicts the early discovery of romantic love by teenagers. [6]

  9. Reek - Wikipedia

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    Reek (fictional creature), a fictional creature in the Star Wars universe Reek, name given to Theon Greyjoy by Ramsay Bolton in A Song of Ice and Fire Other uses