{v. phr.}, {informal} To make a strong impression on; surprise greatly. * /Helen hit Joe right between the eyes the moment he saw her./ * /It was a wonderfully lifelike picture, and it hit Sol right between the eyes./ * /To learn that his parents

Christian holiday commemorating the New Testament stories of the Holy Spirit descenting upon the Apostles of Jesus

French philosopher and writer

verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, radically, seriously, severely, significantly ▪ His position within the government has been seriously undermined. ▪ completely, totally

noun (AmE) record of education, jobs, etc. ⇨ See also ↑curriculum vitae ADJECTIVE ▪ impressive ▪ brief, short ▪ extensive, long ▪ online

A slate gray or bluish discoloration of the skin and deep tissues, due to the deposit of insoluble albuminate of silver, occurring after the medicinal administration for a long period of a soluble silver salt; formerly fairly common from use of…

noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, serious, terrible ▪ complete, total ▪ common, widespread ▪ simple

adj. Abundant is used with these nouns: ↑crop, ↑evidence, ↑harvest, ↑mineral, ↑rainfall, ↑remains, ↑resource, ↑supply, ↑wildlife

agg. passivo, debole, condizionato CONTR. autonomo, indipendente

(n.) O.E. leah open field, meadow, piece of untilled ground, earlier læch, recorded in place names, from P.Gmc. *laukhaz (Cf. O.H.G. loh cluster of bushes, and probably also Flem. loo, which forms the second element in Waterloo), from PIE *louquo

1560s (implied in stolidity), from M.Fr. stolide (16c.), from L. stolidus insensible, dull, brutish, properly unmovable, related to stultus foolish, from PIE root *stel to put, stand (see STALL (Cf. stall) (n.1))

verb Exert is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attraction, ↑authority, ↑control, ↑dominance, ↑effect, ↑effort, ↑fascination, ↑force, ↑impact, ↑influence, ↑leverage, ↑