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abyss Noun 1. a very deep hole in the ground 2. a frightening or threatening situation: the abyss of revolution and war ahead [Greek abussos bottomless]
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abyss Translations n abyss [əˈbis] a very deep or bottomless hole or chasm. bodemlose diepte هَاوِيَة бездна propast afgrund der Abgrund άβυσσος abismo kuristik گودال عمیق kuilu abîme תְהוֹם गहरा कुंड, गर्त्त bezdan végtelen mélység sangat dalam hyldÿpi; tómið abisso 深淵 심연 bedugnė, praraja bezdibenis jurang yang amat dalam afgrond avgrunn przepaść, otchłań abismo abis пропасть priepasť, hlbina brezno ponor avgrund หุบเหวลึก uçurum 深淵 прірва, безодня عمیق thăm thẳm 深渊 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I can see her shining in the sky through the little window by my desk, and tonight she seems calling to me again as she has not called before since that long dead night, and I think I can see, across that awful abyss of space, a beautiful black-haired woman standing in the garden of a palace, and at her side is a little boy who puts his arm around her as she points into the sky toward the planet Earth, while at their feet is a huge and hideous creature with a heart of gold. She saw herself sink from the sublime height of motherhood to the somber depths of unmodified slavery, the abyss of separation between her and her boy was complete. And, so saying, he crept cautiously along and peered over into the abyss, while I remained wondering by what possible means we could overcome this apparently insuperable obstruction. |
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