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A abbr. 1. accusative 2. Games ace 3. across 4. adenine 5. alto 6. ampere 7. or Å angstrom 8. area

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a 1 or A  () n. pl. a's or A's also as or As 1. The first letter of the modern English alphabet. 2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter a. 3. The first in a series. 4. Something shaped like the letter A. 5. A The best or highest in quality or rank: grade A milk. 6. Music a. The sixth tone in the scale of C major or the first tone in the relative minor scale. b. A key or scale in which A is the tonic. c. A written or printed note representing this tone. d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone. 7. A One of the four major blood groups in the ABO system. Individuals with this blood group have the A antigen on the surface of their red blood cells, and the anti-B antibody in their blood serum. Idiom: from A to Z Completely; thoroughly.

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a 2  (;  when stressed) indef.art. 1. Used before nouns and noun phrases that denote a single but unspecified person or thing: a region; a person. 2. Used before terms, such as few or many, that denote number, amount, quantity, or degree: only a few of the voters; a bit more rest; a little excited. 3. a. Used before a proper name to denote a type or a member of a class: the wisdom of a Socrates. b. Used before a mass noun to indicate a single type or example: a dry wine. 4. The same: birds of a feather. 5. Any: not a drop to drink. Usage Note: In writing, the form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound, regardless of its spelling (a frog, a university). The form an is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound (an orange, an hour).·An was once a common variant before words beginning with h in which the first syllable was unstressed; thus 18th-century authors wrote either a historical or an historical but a history, not an history. This usage made sense in that people often did not pronounce the initial h in words such as historical and heroic, but by the late 19th century educated speakers usually pronounced initial h, and the practice of writing an before such words began to die out. Nowadays it survives primarily before the word historical. One may also come across it in the phrases an hysterectomy or an hereditary trait. These usages are acceptable in formal writing.

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a 3  () prep. In every; to each; per: once a month; one dollar a pound.

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a 4  () aux.v. Informal Have: He'd a come if he could. [Middle English, alteration of haven, to have; see have.]

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a 5 abbr. 1. acceleration 2. are (measurement)

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a or A

Noun

pl [a's, A's] or As

1. the first letter of the English alphabet

2. from A to B from one place to another: I just want a car that takes me from A to B

3. from A to Z from start to finish

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a

Adjective

(indefinite article)

1. used preceding a singular count noun that has not been mentioned before: a book, a great shame

2. used preceding a noun or adjective of quantity: a litre of wine, a great amount has been written, I swim a lot and walk much more

3. each or every; per: I saw him once a week for six weeks

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A

1. Music the sixth note of the scale of C major

2. ampere(s)

3. atomic: an A-bomb

A Abbreviation of adenine, ampere, angstrom, area

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Å Abbreviation of angstrom

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Noun	1.	A - a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation angstrom, angstrom unit metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms micromicron, picometer, picometre - a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm - a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
	2.	A - any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol, vitamin A fat-soluble vitamin - any vitamin that is soluble in fats retinol, vitamin A1 - an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene dehydroretinol, vitamin A2 - a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1
	3.	A - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) deoxyadenosine monophosphate nucleotide, base - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
	4.	A - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA adenine biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry purine - any of several bases that are derivatives of purine deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules" ribonucleic acid, RNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"
	5.	A - the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" amp, ampere current unit - a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time milliampere, mA - one thousandth of an ampere abamp, abampere - a unit of current equal to 10 amperes
	6.	a - the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
	7.	A - the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen group A, type A blood group, blood type - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

 Translations

A

n A [ei]

one of the notes in the musical scale.

n A flat [ˌei ˈflat]

(music) a note that is a semitone lower than A.

n A sharp [ˌei ˈʃaːp]

(music) a note that is a semitone higher than A.

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10 Affirmations List For Today - Jan 31, 2009

10 Affirmations List For Today - Jan 31, 2009

1 - I'm Grateful For This New Day
2 - I Know Good Things Are Going To Happen Today
3 - I'm Looking For New Opportunities
4 - I'm Also Creating Time & Space That's Reserved Just For Me
5 - I DO Enjoy Being Busy
6 - I Also Enjoy Being Centered & Focused
7 - I'm Pacing Myself & Enjoying Every Moment
8 - I'm Writing Down My 10 Affirmations Today
9 - I'm Reading Them Out Loud To Myself
10 - I'm Living These Affirmations Today, And I'm Making My Life Be GREAT- 

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WORD OF THE DAY

Bird

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bird  (bûrd) n. 1. a. Any of the class Aves of warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered vertebrates with forelimbs modified to form wings. b. Such an animal hunted as game. c. Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food: put the bird in the oven. 4. Slang A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane. 5. Slang A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable: a sly old bird. 6. Chiefly British Slang A young woman. 7. Slang a. A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry. b. Discharge from employment: lost a big sale and nearly got the bird. 8. An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward. intr.v. bird·ed, bird·ing, birds 1. To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings. 2. To trap, shoot, or catch birds.

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bird

Noun

1. a two-legged creature with feathers and wings, which lays eggs and can usually fly Related adjective avian

2. Slang, chiefly Brit a girl or young woman

3. Informal a person: he's a rare bird

4. a bird in the hand something definite or certain

5. birds of a feather people with the same ideas or interests

6. kill two birds with one stone to accomplish two things with one action [Old English bridd]

bird  (bûrd) Any of numerous warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals of the class Aves. Birds have wings for forelimbs, a body covered with feathers, a hard bill covering the jaw, and a four-chambered heart. A Closer Look It is generally believed that birds are descended from dinosaurs and probably evolved from them during the Jurassic Period. While most paleontologists believe that birds evolved from a small dinosaur called the theropod, which in turn evolved from the thecodont, a reptile from the Triassic Period, other paleontologists believe that birds and dinosaurs both evolved from the thecodont. There are some who even consider the bird to be an actual dinosaur. According to this view, the bird is an avian dinosaur, and the older dinosaur a nonavian dinosaur. Although there are variations of thought on the exact evolution of birds, the similarities between birds and dinosaurs are striking and undeniable. Small meat-eating dinosaurs and primitive birds share about twenty characteristics that neither group shares with any other kind of animal; these include tubular bones, the position of the pelvis, the shape of the shoulder blades, a wishbone-shaped collarbone, and the structure of the eggs. Dinosaurs had scales, and birds have modified scalestheir feathersand scaly feet. Some dinosaurs also may have had feathers; a recently discovered fossil of a small dinosaur indicates that it had a featherlike covering. In fact, some primitive fossil birds and small meat-eating dinosaurs are so similar that it is difficult to tell them apart based on their skeletons alone.

Noun	1.	bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds cock - adult male bird hen - adult female bird nester - a bird that has built (or is building) a nest night bird - any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc bird of passage - any bird that migrates seasonally protoavis - most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs archaeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx - extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds Sinornis - sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds Ibero-mesornis - sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds archaeornis - extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds carinate, carinate bird, flying bird - birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles passeriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless nonpasserine bird - chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird - any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals beak, neb, nib, pecker, bill - horny projecting mouth of a bird gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds cuculiform bird - birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight caprimulgiform bird - long-winged nonpasserine birds piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood trogon - forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water furcula - a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) pennon, pinion - wing of a bird bird's foot - the foot of a bird uropygium - posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow croupe, rump, croup, hindquarters - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks air sac - any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds preen gland, uropygial gland - oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds syrinx - the vocal organ of a bird twitterer - a bird that twitters bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
	2.	bird - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food fowl bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings wishbone, wishing bone - the furcula of a domestic fowl poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food drumstick - the lower joint of the leg of a fowl second joint, thigh - the upper joint of the leg of a fowl wing - the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" giblet, giblets - edible viscera of a fowl oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl parson's nose, pope's nose - the tail of a dressed fowl meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
	3.	bird - informal terms for a (young) woman   dame, wench, chick, doll, skirt fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
	4.	bird - a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt boo, Bronx cheer, razz, razzing, snort, hiss, hoot, raspberry cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
	5.	bird - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers shuttle, shuttlecock, birdie badminton equipment - equipment for playing the game of badminton
Verb	1.	bird - watch and study birds in their natural habitat birdwatch observe - watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"

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A really Touching Story

A TRUE STORY     Spend some time to read this! Really touching! I was walking around in a Big Bazar store making shopping,  when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.  The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.  Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''Aunty, are you sure  I don't have enough money?'' I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy    the dolll, my dear.'' The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally,  I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.  'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much .  Iwanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so  that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.'  His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God.  Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so  I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. '' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and  aid: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until  I come back from the mall.'  Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.  He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister  won't forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me,  but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. ' Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.  I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again,  just in case you do have enough money for the doll?'' 'OK' he said,  I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and  we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.  The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money! ' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before  I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll,  so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have  enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask  God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.  My mommy loves white roses.' I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.  I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.. Then I remembered a local news  paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who  hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away,  and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether  to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would  not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that  the young woman had passed away.. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch  of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young  woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.  She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the  photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.  I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.  The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still,  to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second,  a drunk driver had taken all this away from him. PLEASE DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE.

Some unknown facts about Barack Obama

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

• He has read every Harry Potter book

• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali

• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars

• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia

• He can speak Spanish

• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead

• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea

• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't

• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name

• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived

• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy

• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books

• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees

• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date

• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker

• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol

• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician

• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine

• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)

• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside

• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal

• His house in Chicago has four fire places

• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita

• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry

• He uses an Apple Mac laptop

• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300

• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits

• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes

• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)

• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire

• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers

• He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother

• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

• His speciality as a cook is chilli

• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"

• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life

• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

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