…a unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require…
…(especially of a telegram or official message) in ordinary language, rather than in code or cipher…
…a direction to be ready to fence, taking the opening position for action…
…(of a bathroom) immediately adjoining a bedroom and forming part of the same set of rooms…
…in approximately parallel formation at an oblique angle to a particular direction…
…the rule that a pawn making a first move of two squares instead of one may nevertheless be immediately captured by an opposing pawn on the fifth rank…
…(in a professional kitchen) the preparation of dishes and ingredients before the beginning of service…
…a movement in which a dancer jumps straight upwards and completes at least one full revolution in the air before landing…
…a city in Provence in southern France; population 145,721 (2006)…
…a small heatproof dish in which individual portions of food can be cooked and served…
…a skewer or spit on which chunks of meat or fish are barbecued, grilled, or roasted…
…the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad…
