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Browsing By Tag "liaison"
Pronunciation : Li`ai`son"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. See Ligature, and cf. Ligation.]
Definition : Defn: A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Dear comrade Received your letter, for which I thank you. Apologies for the belated reply, but I have been very busy of late. Anyway, eight days ago I sent off my editions of the artwork of Sim and Castelao on the Spanish Revolution. The publications that you sent me from Paris have yet to arrive. I am delighted that you have sent me them. I get the Japanese newspaper regularly and know of the proposal for a Far Eastern Congress. But I don’t reckon a congress is feasible, given current circumstances in Asia. For a start, there is no way of traveling abroad from here without the permission of the government and correspondence destined for Japan is subject to censorship here and over there. I regret that I am not in a position to bring ... (From : Kate Sharpley Library, http://www.katesharpleylibr....)