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house of prayer — house of God.
hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
in dependent of — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
in the event of — something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
in the hands of — under the control of
in the light of — in view of, given
in the midst of — amid, among
in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
in the teeth of — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
in the thick of — in the midst of: a fight, etc.
inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
inflation-proof — not affected by inflation
infoword office — (tool) A suite of applications for Unix including a word processor, spreadsheet and database.
inoffensiveness — The state or condition of being inoffensive.
irrespective of — regardless of sth
isle of sheppey — an island in SE England, off the N coast of Kent in the Thames estuary: separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow channel. Chief towns: Sheerness, Minster. Pop: 37 852 (2001 est). Area: 80 sq km (30 sq miles)
isthmus of suez — a strip of land in NE Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: links Africa and Asia and is crossed by the Suez Canal
john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
judge of appeal — a judge who sits in a Court of Appeal
kidasa software — (company) A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
kingdom of ends — (in Kantian ethics) a metaphorical realm to which belong those persons acting and being acted upon in accordance with moral law.
kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
knock spots off — to outstrip or outdo with ease
lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
land of promise — Promised Land.
law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
law of identity — the law that any proposition implies itself.
law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
lay of the land — the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.
leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
legacy software — legacy system
legion of honor — a French order of distinction instituted in 1802 by Napoleon with membership being granted for meritorious civil or military services.
legion of merit — a decoration ranking below the Silver Star and above the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to U.S. and foreign military personnel for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the U.S.
liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
lie of the land — the topography of the land
line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
line of descent — someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
lord of misrule — (in England) a person formerly chosen to direct the Christmas revels and sports.
louis of nassau — 1538–74, a leader (1568–74) of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain: died in battle
magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
make a hames of — to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of

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