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arts

/ɑɹts/ noun A2
  1. The study of languages and literature.
  2. The study of literature, philosophy, and the arts.
  3. The liberal arts.
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One more practiced in the arts of great cities would have hid her blushes beneath a veil, or, at least, have cast down her thickly fringed lashes, so as to have concealed the liquid lustre of her animated eyes; but, on the contrary, the delighted girl looked around her with a smile that seemed to say: “If you are my friends, rejoice with me, for I am very happy.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 23 · C1
However, I will use all the magic arts I know of to keep you from harm.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 11 · B2
She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 88 · B2
Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor, is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 18 · B2

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