Written in the local Chichewa language, the words were a reference to the vendors carrying out the attacks, organizers said.

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One drawback was that in the teach-me mode, we didn't see all of the examples of compound kanji words that the reference mode gave us. (A kanji can have different readings and, depending on the character or characters it is combined with, different meanings.) App creator Rory Prior says he is considering adding a vocabulary-training feature to the teach-me mode to address that.

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They issued a 15-point declaration full of fine words about loving God and one's neighbour, but omitting any reference to the thorny problems of apostasy and religious conversion in the Middle East.

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With a grammar and words to fill it, the reader is equipped for the business end of the book: reference.

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This is high season for the library, which was established in 1934 with the express aim of assembling a trove of reference books "treating all recognized breeds and everything in which the dog is concerned, " in the words of the library's founders.

WSJ: A Library With a Pedigree | American Kennel Club Research Library | By Joanne Kaufman

Billed as part travel guide and part cultural, historical reference, it explores history, art and architecture, furniture and antiques, cooking, immigration, and English words of Dutch origin.

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