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Allusion I- 1-15
Allusion a Day book I 1-15
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English
11th Grade
11/19/2009
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Crossing the Rubicon
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Julius Caesar
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Crossing the Rubicon
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irreversible step
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Once in a Blue Moon
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approximately every three years
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Once in a Blue Moon
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occurs rarely
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Achilles Heel
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River Styx
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Achilles Heel
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area of vulnerability
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Sirens
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Mythological Sea Creatures
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Sirens
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luring to destruction
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All that Glitters is not Gold
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Aristotle
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All that Glitters is not Gold
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deceptive appearances
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Thirty pieces of Silver
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Judus
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Thirty Pieces of Silver
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reward for betrayal
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Mrs. Grundy
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Speed the Plough
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Mrs. Grundy
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conventional prudishness
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Read the Riot Act
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English Common Law
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Read the Riot Act
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stern warning
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Sacred Cow
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Hinduism
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Sacred Cow
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cannot be interfered with
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Ivory Tower
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fairy tales
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Ivory Tower
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out of touch with reality
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Sound and Fury
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Macbeth
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Sound and Fury
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meaningless uproar
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Pearls before Swine
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value that isn't appreciated
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Pearls before Swine
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Sermon on the Mount
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Crocodile Tears
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before devouring prey
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Crocodile Tears
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false sympathy
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Gordian Knot
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Alexander the Great
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Gordian Knot
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complex problem
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Pound of Flesh
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Shylock
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Pound of Flesh
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insistence on repayment
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