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  • 21fig leaf — ► NOUN ▪ a leaf of a fig tree used to conceal the genitals in paintings and sculpture. ORIGIN with reference to the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible, who made clothes out of fig leaves after becoming aware of their nakedness …

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  • 22fig — [ fıg ] noun count a soft fruit with purple or green skin and a lot of small seeds inside. It grows on a fig tree. not give a fig about/for something BRITISH INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED to not care at all about something not worth a fig worth nothing …

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  • 23fig — Ⅰ. fig [1] ► NOUN ▪ a soft pear shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds. ● not give (or care) a fig Cf. ↑not give a fig ORIGIN Old French figue from Latin ficus. Ⅱ …

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  • 24fig paste — fig paste, Turkish confection, consisting of a semitransparent, sweetened, and flavored fig paste cut into small blocks and dusted with fine sugar; loukoum …

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  • 25Fig Records — is a record label founded in the summer of 2005 by Sara Saljoughi. Initially based in Montreal, it has been located in Toronto since September 2006. The first release on the label was an EP of folkish psychedelia by Toronto group The Saffron Sect …

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  • 26Fig|a|ro — «FIHG uh roh», noun. an original and witty liar, a stock character in drama and opera …

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  • 27And Now for Something Completely Different — DVD cover Directed by Ian MacNaughton Produced by …

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  • 28fig|eat|er — «FIHG EE tuhr», noun. a large, green beetle of the southern United States that feeds on grasses, young corn, and ripe fruit …

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  • 29fig|ur|al — «FIHG yuhr uhl», adjective. 1. having to do with figures, or delineation by figures: »A collection of Lalique glass in the sale will include jardinieres, bowls and figural pieces (New York Times). 2. Music. figurate …

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  • 30under one's own vine and fig tree — person on his own property, person surrounded by his own possessions …

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