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Traditional English :: vixen
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vixin.html - n. 1 a female fox. 2 a spiteful or quarrelsome woman. vixenish adj. vixenly adj. [ME fixen f. OE, fem. of FOX] |
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English Idioms :: vibes
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vixin.html - {n.} Psychic emanations radiating from an object, situation, or person. * /I don't think this relationship will work out - this guy has given me bad vibes./ |
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English Idioms :: vicious circle
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vixin.html - {n. phr.} A kind of circular or chain reaction in which one negative thing leads to another. * /Some people take so many different kinds of medicine to cure an illness that they develop other illnesses from the medicine and are thus caught in a vicious circle./ |
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English Idioms :: Vietnam syndrome
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vixin.html - {n.}, {informal} An attitude in government circles that diplomacy may be more effective in solving local political problems in other countries than the use of military force, stemming from the failure of the U.S. military intervention in Vietnam. * /The pundits of Foggy Bottom display the Vietnam syndrome these days when it comes to Iran./ |
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English Idioms :: view
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vixin.html - See: IN VIEW, IN VIEW OF, TAKE A DIM VIEW OF. |
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English Idioms :: vine
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vixin.html - See: DIE ON THE VINE or WITHER ON THE VINE, CLINGING VINE. |
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