still life

  • 101Study in Still Life — is a witty satirical short story by science fiction author Eric Frank Russell. It depicts one man s struggle to outwit a choking bureaucracy, and come out ahead. It was first published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in January… …

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  • 102Charles Stuart (still life artist) — For the landscape painter active between 1881 to 1904, see Charles Stuart (landscape painter). Charles Stuart was a British still life artist who was active between 1854 and 1868.[1] Some confusion arises because there was a painter of landscapes …

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  • 103life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ …

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  • 104Still — Still, a. [Compar. {Stiller}; superl. {Stillest}.] [OE. stille, AS. stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or halt. Cf. {Still}, adv.] 1. Motionless; at… …

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  • 105life — The plural is lives except that the art term still life has the plural form still lifes …

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  • 106still — still: Das westgerm. Adjektiv mhd. stille, ahd. stilli, niederl. stil, engl. still ist eine Bildung zu der unter ↑ stellen dargestellten idg. Wurzel und bedeutete ursprünglich »stehend, unbeweglich« (so in den erst nhd. zusammengerückten… …

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  • 107Still-Leben — Adriaen van Utrecht: Stillleben mit einem Strauß verblühender Blumen (Öl auf Leinwand, ca. 1642) Als Stillleben bezeichnet man in der Geschichte der europäischen Kunsttradition die als Arrangement eigenständige Darstellung von in der Regel… …

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  • 108still — still1 /stil/, adj., stiller, stillest, n., adv., conj., v. adj. 1. remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still. 2. free from sound or noise, as a place or persons; silent: to keep still about a matter. 3. subdued or low …

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  • 109still — 1. adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 not or hardly moving. 2 with little or no sound; calm and tranquil (a still evening). 3 (of sounds) hushed, stilled. 4 (of a drink) not effervescing. n. 1 deep silence (in the still of the night). 2 an ordinary… …

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  • 110Life on Mars (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Life on Mars caption = genre = Time travel Police procedural picture format= PAL (576i) runtime = 60 minutes creator = Matthew Graham Tony Jordan Ashley Pharoah starring = John Simm Philip Glenister Liz White Dean… …

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