Bi·ble (b??b?l)n.1. a. The sacred book of Christianity, a collection of ancient writings including the books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament.b. The Hebrew Scriptures, the sacred book of Judaism.c. A particular copy of a Bible: the old family Bible.d. A book or collection of writings constituting the sacred text of a religion.2. often biblea. A book considered authoritative in its field: the bible of French cooking.b. A document containing in-depth details about a movie or television series that writers and production staff consult in order to avoid continuity errors.[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin biblia, from Greek, pl. of biblion, book, diminutive of biblos, papyrus, book, from Bublos, Byblos.]BOOKS OF THE BIBLEBooks of the Hebrew Scriptures appear as listed in the translation by the Jewish Publication Society of America. Books of the Christian Bible appear as listed in the Jerusalem Bible, a 1966 translation of the 1956 French Roman Catholic version. The Old Testament books shown in italic are considered apocryphal in many Christian churches, but they are accepted as canonical in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian and the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Church. The Christian Old Testament parallels the Hebrew Scriptures with the exception of these books.
“The Ballot or the Bullet”
Mal·colm X (m?l?k?m ?ks?) Originally Malcolm Little. 1925-1965. American activist. A member of the Nation of Islam (1952-1963), he advocated separatism and black pride. After converting to orthodox Islam, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity (1964) and was assassinated in Harlem.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Malcolm X (?ks) n (Biography) original name Malcolm Little. 1925?65, US Black civil-rights leader: assassinatedCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Mal?colm X (?mæl k?m ??ks) n. (Malcolm Little), 1925?65, U.S. civil-rights activist and religious leader. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Terrestrial Paradise”
Garden of Edenn. See Eden.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Garden of Eden n (Bible) the full name for Eden1 Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014E?den (?id n) n. 1. Also called Garden of Eden. the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8?24. 2. a delightful place. 3. a state of bliss. [
“Summer Camp”
sum?mer camp` n. a camp, esp. one for children, operated during the summer and providing facilities for sleeping, eating, and recreation. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Subject To” Mortgage
mort·gage (môr?g?j)n.1. A loan for the purchase of real property, secured by a lien on the property.2. The document specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a loan.3. The repayment obligation associated with such a loan: a family who cannot afford their mortgage.4. The right to payment associated with such a loan: a bank that buys mortgages from originators.5. The lien on the property associated with such a loan.tr.v. mort·gaged, mort·gag·ing, mort·gag·es 1. To pledge (real property) as the security for a loan.2. To make subject to a claim or risk; pledge against a doubtful outcome: mortgaged their political careers by taking an unpopular stand.[Middle English morgage, from Old French : mort, dead (from Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Latin mortuus, past participle of mor?, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots) + gage, pledge (of Germanic origin).]Word History: In early Anglo-Norman law, property pledged as security for a loan was normally held by the creditor until the debt was repaid. Under this arrangement, the profits or benefits that accrued to the holder of the property could either be applied to the discharge of the principal or taken by the creditor as a form of interest. In his Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae (1189), Ranulf de Glanville explains that this latter type of pledge, in which the fruits of the property were taken by the creditor without reduction in the debt, was known by the term mort gage, which in Old French means “dead pledge.” Because of Christian prohibitions on profiting from money lending, however, the mortgage was considered a species of usury. The preferred type of pledge, in which the property’s profits went to paying off the debt and thus continued to benefit the borrower, was known in Old French by the term vif gage, “living pledge.” By the time of the great English jurist Thomas Littleton’s Treatise on Tenures (1481), however, the mortgage had evolved into its modern form?a conditional pledge in which the property (and its profits) remain in possession of the debtor during the loan’s repayment. This led Littleton and his followers, such as the influential jurist Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), to explain the mort in mortgage in terms of the permanent loss of the property in the event the borrower fails to repay, rather than of the loss of the profits from the property over the duration of the loan.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.mortgage (?m????d?) n1. (Banking & Finance) an agreement under which a person borrows money to buy property, esp a house, and the lender may take possession of the property if the borrower fails to repay the money2. (Banking & Finance) the deed effecting such an agreement3. (Banking & Finance) the loan obtained under such an agreement: a mortgage of £148 000. 4. (Banking & Finance) a regular payment of money borrowed under such an agreement: a mortgage of £447 per month. vb (tr) (Banking & Finance) to pledge (a house or other property) as security for the repayment of a loanadj (Banking & Finance) of or relating to a mortgage: a mortgage payment. [C14: from Old French, literally: dead pledge, from mort dead + gage security, gage1] ?mortgageable adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014mort?gage (?m?r g?d?) n., v. -gaged, -gag?ing. n. 1. a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed. 2. the deed by which such a transaction is effected. 3. the rights conferred by it, or the state of the property conveyed. v.t. 4. to convey or place (property) under a mortgage. 5. to place under advance obligation; pledge. [1350?1400; Middle English
“still photo”
pho·to·graph (f??t?-gr?f?)n. An image, especially a positive print, recorded by exposing a photosensitive surface to light, especially in a camera.v. pho·to·graphed, pho·to·graph·ing, pho·to·graphs v.tr. To take a photograph of.v.intr.1. To practice photography.2. To be the subject for photographs: She photographs well.pho?to·graph?a·ble adj.pho·tog?ra·pher (f?-t?g?r?-f?r) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.photograph (?f??t???r??f; -??ræf) n (Photography) an image of an object, person, scene, etc, in the form of a print or slide recorded by a camera on photosensitive material. Often shortened to: photo vb (Photography) to take a photograph of (an object, person, scene, etc)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014pho?to?graph (?fo? t??græf, -?gr?f) n. 1. a picture produced by photography. v.t. 2. to take a photograph of. v.i. 3. to practice photography. 4. to be photographed; be the subject of a photograph, esp. in some specified way: The children photographed well. [1839] pho?to?graph`a?ble, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.photographPast participle: photographedGerund: photographingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativephotographphotographPresentI photographyou photographhe/she/it photographswe photographyou photographthey photographPreteriteI photographedyou photographedhe/she/it photographedwe photographedyou photographedthey photographedPresent ContinuousI am photographingyou are photographinghe/she/it is photographingwe are photographingyou are photographingthey are photographingPresent PerfectI have photographedyou have photographedhe/she/it has photographedwe have photographedyou have photographedthey have photographedPast ContinuousI was photographingyou were photographinghe/she/it was photographingwe were photographingyou were photographingthey were photographingPast PerfectI had photographedyou had photographedhe/she/it had photographedwe had photographedyou had photographedthey had photographedFutureI will photographyou will photographhe/she/it will photographwe will photographyou will photographthey will photographFuture PerfectI will have photographedyou will have photographedhe/she/it will have photographedwe will have photographedyou will have photographedthey will have photographedFuture ContinuousI will be photographingyou will be photographinghe/she/it will be photographingwe will be photographingyou will be photographingthey will be photographingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been photographingyou have been photographinghe/she/it has been photographingwe have been photographingyou have been photographingthey have been photographingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been photographingyou will have been photographinghe/she/it will have been photographingwe will have been photographingyou will have been photographingthey will have been photographingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been photographingyou had been photographinghe/she/it had been photographingwe had been photographingyou had been photographingthey had been photographingConditionalI would photographyou would photographhe/she/it would photographwe would photographyou would photographthey would photographPast ConditionalI would have photographedyou would have photographedhe/she/it would have photographedwe would have photographedyou would have photographedthey would have photographedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
“Step On”
step on vb (intr, preposition) 1. to place or press the foot on2. informal to behave harshly or contemptuously towards3. (Recreational Drugs) slang to adulterate drugs4. step on it informal to go more quickly, hurry upCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
“Standard Model”
standard modeln. A theory in quantum physics that explains the properties, behaviors, and interactions of the elementary particles and the fundamental forces other than gravitation in terms of broken gauge symmetries.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.standard model n (General Physics) physics a theory of fundamental interactions in which the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions are described in terms of the exchange of virtual particles Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
“Squeeze Box”
squeeze·box (skw?z?b?ks?)n. An accordion.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
“Snake Pit”
snake pitn. Slang 1. A place full of disorder, lawlessness, and often malice.2. A mental hospital, especially one that is overcrowded and chaotic.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.snake? pit` or snake?pit`, n. 1. a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients. 2. an intensely chaotic or disagreeable place or situation. [after a novel with the same title (1946) by Mary Jane Ward (b. 1905), U.S. novelist] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.