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    Original file (681 × 1,085 pixels, file size: 20.24 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 400 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  3. The Number Devil - Wikipedia

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    Robert is a young boy who suffers from mathematical anxiety due to his boredom in school. His mother is Mrs. Wilson. He also experiences recurring dreams—including falling down an endless slide or being eaten by a giant fish—but is interrupted from this sleep habit one night by a small devil creature who introduces himself as the Number Devil.

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    personal calendar *(US: appointment book, appointment calendar, datebook) personal journal digital radio any radio that receives a digital signal a radio with a digital display: dim (trans. v.), dimmer (switch) to reduce the intensity of a domestic, industrial or other light; hence dimmer (switch)

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a slang term meaning sexually aroused (American horny) * a male or female given name or nickname deriving from the names Randall, Randolph, or Miranda range: a line, collection, etc. of products or merchandise, as in top of the range (US: top of the line) a type of kitchen stove like that featured on the TV programme The 1900 House

  6. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014), by Bernie Hobbs. The phobia was created to mock name bias, a form of discrimination studied by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago ...

  7. Category:English masculine given names - Wikipedia

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    This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.

  8. The Foot Book - Wikipedia

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    The Foot Book is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1968. Intended for young children, it seeks to convey the concept of opposites through depictions of different kinds of feet. The text of The Foot Book is highly stylized, containing the rhymes, repetitions, and cadences typical of Dr. Seuss's work.

  9. The Book of Opposites - Wikipedia

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    “This is a bold and fascinating mystery novel of ideas", said Ian McEwan of the book in advance of its publication. "John David Morley enfolds science and human loss with great fictional cunning." "John David Morley enfolds science and human loss with great fictional cunning."