| The Canterbury Tales |
an unfinished series of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the fourteenth century. |
| the chase |
hunting, esp. as a sport or profession. [2 definitions] |
| the die is cast |
a decision has been made and will not be reversed. |
| thee |
the objective case of thou (used chiefly in earlier literature and religious writing); you. |
| the few |
the minority of people, or the elite group within a group. |
| theft |
the act or an instance of stealing; thievery. |
| The Gambia |
a West African country on the Atlantic coast, surrounded by Senegal. [2 definitions] |
| the goods |
(informal) evidence of wrongdoing. |
| the gory details |
(informal) all the details, esp. unpleasant or sensational ones. |
| The Hague |
the seat of government and site of the monarch's residence in the Netherlands. (Cf. Amsterdam.) |
| The Iliad |
an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that narrates the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks. |
| theine |
caffeine. |
| their |
a possessive form of they; of or belonging to those ones already mentioned. [2 definitions] |
| theirs |
that or those belonging to or connected with the people or things already mentioned. |
| theism |
belief in the existence of one God that created the world and is known through revelation. (Cf. deism.) [2 definitions] |
| the last straw |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| the lesser of two evils |
the option that is not as bad as the other option, even though both are bad. |
| the long haul |
a relatively short or long distance. [2 definitions] |
| them |
the persons or things already mentioned; a form of "they" used as the object of a verb or preposition. [2 definitions] |
| thematic |
of or relating to a theme. |
| theme |
the central topic of a speech, discourse, sermon, essay, or other literary work. [3 definitions] |