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English-Dutch dictionary. 2013.
English-Dutch dictionary. 2013.
honour — [[t]ɒ̱nə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ honours, honouring, honoured (in AM, use honor) 1) N UNCOUNT Honour means doing what you believe to be right and being confident that you have done what is right. The officers died faithful to Poland and to the honour of a… … English dictionary
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