Useful english dictionary. 2012.
double standard — double standards N COUNT (disapproval) If you accuse a person or institution of applying double standards in their treatment of different groups of people, you mean that they unfairly allow more freedom of behaviour to one group than to another.… … English dictionary
double bind — dou·ble bind dəb əl bīnd n a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate response to be made * * * a situation in which one person receives conflicting messages from… … Medical dictionary
Ryanair — For the unrelated American passenger airline, see Ryan International Airlines. For the unrelated American cargo only airline, see Ryan Air Services. Ryanair IATA FR … Wikipedia
Open skies — For other uses, see Open skies (disambiguation). Open skies is an international policy concept which calls for the liberalization of rules and regulations on international aviation industry most specially commercial aviation opening a free market … Wikipedia
ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
List of Gilmore Girls episodes — The following is a list of episodes of the television show Gilmore Girls, an American comedy drama series created by Amy Sherman Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. The series made its debut on The WB on October 5, 2000, and… … Wikipedia
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
