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sit down under an insult — silently withstand an insult, remain silent after an offense … English contemporary dictionary
stand silently by — sit/stand ˌsilently ˈby idiom to do or say nothing to help sb or deal with a difficult situation • We can t sit silently by and let them arrest him! Main entry: ↑silentlyidiom … Useful english dictionary
sit — verb 1 on a chair, etc. ADVERB ▪ motionless, still ▪ Just sit still! ▪ quietly ▪ He would sit quietly and watch what was happening. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
silently — adv. Silently is used with these verbs: ↑beg, ↑close, ↑creep, ↑cry, ↑curse, ↑drift, ↑eat, ↑enter, ↑file, ↑follow, ↑fume, ↑grieve, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
Nashville sit-ins — Nashville s sit in campaign targeted downtown lunch counters such as this one at Walgreens drugstore. The Nashville sit ins, which … Wikipedia
Moment of silence — For other uses, see Moment of silence (disambiguation). One minute silence redirects here. For the band, see One Minute Silence. Minute of silence redirects here. For the Soviet radio program, see Minute of Silence. A moment of silence is the… … Wikipedia
American Pygmy Kingfisher — male Conservation status … Wikipedia
Political cinema — in the narrow sense of the term is a cinema which portrays current or historical events or social conditions in a partisan way in order to inform or to agitate the spectator. Political cinema exists in different forms such as documentaries,… … Wikipedia
Turntable Timmy — is a book authored by Michael Perry and illustrated by Doug Cunningham, and is a soon[when?] to be an animated cartoon. The book is published by Last Gasp, and the cartoon series is animated by Rebel Static. Contents 1 The Book 2 … Wikipedia
Maurice Hutcheson — Maurice Albert Hutcheson (May 7, 1897 January 9, 1983) was a carpenter and an American labor leader. He was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America from 1952 to 1972. He was nicknamed Maurice the Silent for his… … Wikipedia
