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le terz

  • n  the literary culture
    this book shows American letters at its best
  • n  scholarly attainment
    he is a man of letters
  • n  a written message addressed to a person or organization
  • n  the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    his grandmother taught him his letters
  • n  owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
  • n  a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
  • n  an award earned by participation in a school sport
    he won letters in three sports
  • v  win an athletic letter
  • v  set down or print with letters
  • v  mark letters on or mark with letters

  • For months, residents of the southern frontier city where the Taliban was born have awoken to "night letters" left on their doorsteps and pasted on walls ordering them to boycott .
  • A new book codifies the agony of romantic love Dear Ralph, Your four love letters arrived today.
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Politico
    This isn't about me,Obama said. "This debate is about the letters I read when I sit in the Oval Office every day, and the stories I hear at town hall meetings.This debate is not a game for these Americans, and they cannot afford to wait...
  • Dick Vitale in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    When I saw those letters, whether I'd ever gotten in the Hall of Fame or not, that was going to be my hall of fame,said Vitale, 68, who was forced off the air for two months after throat surgery.
  • Lane Kiffin in USA Today
    I'm sure we'll get one of those letters that really means nothing as Bobby got last week, but Florida and Alabama live on,Kiffin said.

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