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Traditional English :: Halacha
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hala.html - n. (also Halakah) Jewish law and jurisprudence, based on the Talmud. Halachic adj. [Aram. halakah law] |
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Traditional English :: halal
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hala.html - v. & n. (also hallal) --v.tr. (halalled, halalling) kill (an animal) as prescribed by Muslim law. --n. (often attrib.) meat prepared in this way; lawful food. [Arab. halal lawful] |
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Traditional English :: halation
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hala.html - n. Photog. the spreading of light beyond its proper extent in a developed image, caused by internal reflection in the support of the emulsion. [irreg. f. HALO + -ATION] |
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English Idioms :: hale and hearty
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hala.html - {adj. phr.} In very good health; well and strong. * /Grandfather will be 80 years old tomorrow, but he is hale and hearty./ * /That little boy looks hale and hearty, as if he is never sick./ |
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English Idioms :: half
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hala.html - See: GO HALVES, GO OFF HALF-COCKED also GO OFF AT HALF COCK, IN HALF, SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER, TIME AND A HALF, TOO-BY HALF. |
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English Idioms :: half a loaf is better than no bread
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hala.html - Part of what we want or need is better than nothing. - A proverb. * /Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the lady would only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none./ Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. |
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