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Examples:Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)—a large-scale collective effort find details about a person or event (Internet slang)—lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)—Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies—the number of molecules in a mole, about 6.022 x 10^23—talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently—bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording—(coll.) (used express disapproval, annoyance etc about sth)—born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. complain about one's fate)—(loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)—Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, published from 1964 about 1976—agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable—gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable—A summer insect (which does not live see winter) cannot talk about ice—When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do—many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom); no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others—boring person constantly cawing about disaster—extensive but not refined (idiom); know something about everything—hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents—"Pregnancy-oriented Economy", new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China—catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)—homeless and miserable (idiom); wander about in a desperate plight—uncle (term used address a man about the age of one's father)—keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones—sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof [idiom.]—talk about sth. often overlooked or non-confirmable—miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb. or sth)— |