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04/09/2025

– SHELLEY

N.
1. Mary (Wollstonecraft). 1797–1851, British writer; author of Frankenstein (1818); the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley
2. Percy Bysshe. 1792–1822, British romantic poet. His works include Queen Mab (1813), Prometheus Unbound (1820), and The Triumph of Life (1824). He wrote an elegy on the death of Keats, Adonais (1821), and shorter lyrics, including the odes ""To the West Wind"" and ""To a Skylark"" (both 1820). He was drowned in the Ligurian Sea while sailing from Leghorn to La Spezia

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03/09/2025

– KARLOFF

N.
Boris, real name William Pratt. 1887–1969, English film actor, famous for his roles in horror films, esp Frankenstein (1931)

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02/09/2025

– OCCULT

SINGULAR N.
The occult is the knowledge and study of supernatural or magical forces.
Occult is also an adjective.

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01/09/2025

– PROMETHEUS

N.
Greek mythology
a Titan, who stole fire from Olympus to give to humankind and in punishment was chained to a rock, where an eagle tore at his liver until Hercules freed him

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31/08/2025

– GHOST STORY

COUNTABLE N.
A ghost story is a story about ghosts.

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30/08/2025

– LAKE GENEVA

a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)

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29/08/2025

– DOG

1. COUNTABLE N.
A dog is a very common four-legged animal that is often kept by people as a pet or to guard or hunt. There are many different breeds of dog.
2. COUNTABLE N.
You use dog to refer to a male dog, or to the male of some related species such as wolves or foxes.
3. COUNTABLE N.
If someone calls a man a dog, they strongly disapprove of him.
4. COUNTABLE N.
People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality.
5. COUNTABLE N.
If someone calls a woman or girl a dog, they mean that she is unattractive.
6. V.
If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time.
7. PLURAL N.
The dogs is a sports meeting where dogs, especially greyhounds, race and people bet on which dog will win.
8. See also dogged, guide dog, prairie dog, sniffer dog
9. See dog's dinner/breakfast
10. See dog eat dog
11. See going to the dogs
12. See to let sleeping dogs lie
13. See you can't teach an old dog new tricks

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28/08/2025

– SCHNAUZER

N.
a wire-haired breed of dog of the terrier type, originally from Germany, having a greyish coat and distinctive beard, moustache, and eyebrows

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27/08/2025

– AKITA

N.
a large powerfully-built dog of a Japanese breed with erect ears, a typically white coat, and a large full tail carried curled over its back

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26/08/2025

– LABRADOODLE

N.
a type of dog that is a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle

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25/08/2025

– CHOW-CHOW

N.
1. a thick-coated breed of the spitz type of dog with a curled tail and a characteristic blue-black tongue; it came originally from China Often shortened to: chow
2. a Chinese preserve of ginger, orange peel, etc in syrup
3. a mixed vegetable pickle

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24/08/2025

– WEIMARANER

N.
a breed of hunting dog, having a very short sleek grey coat and short tail

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