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au·gen

 (ou′gən)
pl.n.
Large, eye-shaped mineral grains occurring in foliated metamorphic rocks such as schist and gneiss.

[German Augen, eyes, plural of Auge, eye, from Middle High German ouge, from Old High German ouga; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
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This is a crisp and noble word, but it fails to pierce the marrow of the impulse which has gathered this friendly meeting and produced diese Anblick--eine Anblich welche ist gut zu sehen--gut fu"r die Augen in a foreign land and a far country--eine Anblick solche als in die gew:ohnliche Heidelberger phrase nennt man ein "scho"nes Aussicht!" Ja, freilich natu"rlich wahrscheinlich ebensowohl!
Fredrik augen blazed over early on and Ronan Finn forced Hakon Opdal into a smart flying save to keep out a vicious drive from the edge of the box.
At the university itself, a marker commemorates his training days at the Augen Clinic, the university eye clinic.
dass ich doch in meinen Augen hatte is one of the most emphatic works by Erben.
Man muss nur die Agenda der Nachhaltigkeitsprobleme durchgehen, um eine betrachtliche Anzahl singularer und zugleich globaler Probleme vor Augen zu haben.
This is used along with a march-like theme reminiscent of the walking figures in songs like Mahler's "Die zwei blauen Augen" (from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen), which alternate with static chords under recitative sections.
Ellsworth): Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz; Fasch: Horn Concerto for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D Major FaWB L:D18; Chuck Mangione (arr.
Gansel writes that the only German her Jewish Hungarian father knew was the phrase "Du bist ein stuck fleisch mit zwei augen": You are a piece of meat with two eyes.
Superbly narrated by Jenna Augen, this complete and unabridged audio book edition of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" is an extraordinary, memorable, entertaining, and highly recommended addition to personal, family, school, and community library audio book collections.