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PRONUNCIATION OF WEIRD SISTERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEIRD SISTERS

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Weird sisters is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WEIRD SISTERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

weird sisters

Three Witches

The Three Witches or Weird Sisters are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Their origin lies in Holinshed's Chronicles, a history of England, Scotland and Ireland. Other possible sources influencing their creation aside from Shakespeare's own imagination include British folklore, contemporary treatises on witchcraft including King James I and VI's Daemonologie, Scandinavian legends of the Norns, and ancient classical myths concerning the Fates, the Greek myths of the Moirai and the Roman myths of the Parcae. Portions of Thomas Middleton's play The Witch were incorporated into Macbeth around 1618. Shakespeare's witches are prophets who hail the general Macbeth early in the play with predictions of his rise as king. Upon committing regicide and taking the throne of Scotland, Macbeth hears the trio deliver ambiguous prophecies threatening his downfall. The witches' dark and contradictory natures, their "filthy" trappings and activities, as well as their interaction with the supernatural all set an ominous tone for the play.

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Synonyms and antonyms of weird sisters in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «weird sisters» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEIRD SISTERS

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The translations of weird sisters from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «weird sisters» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怪异姐妹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hermanas extrañas
570 millions of speakers

English

weird sisters
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अजीब बहनों
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأخوات غريبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

странные сестры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

weird Sisters
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অদ্ভুত বোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sœurs étranges
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saudara perempuan yang pelik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zauberschwestern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奇妙な姉妹
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이상한 자매
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aneh sadulur
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chị em lạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசித்திரமான சகோதரிகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विलक्षण बहिणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kader tanrıçaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

weird sisters
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziwne siostry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивні сестри
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

surorile ciudate
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

παράξενο αδελφές
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

vreemd susters
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

konstiga systrar
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

rare søstre
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEIRD SISTERS»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEIRD SISTERS»

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The Weird Sisters
This is the "delightful" (People) New York Times bestseller that's earned raves from Sarah Blake, Helen Simonson, and reviewers everywhere-the story of three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much.
Eleanor Brown, 2011
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"We Three": The Mythology of Shakespeare's Weird Sisters
Original Scholarly Monograph
Laura Annawyn Shamas, 2007
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The Weird Sisters: A Romance
Delve into this gripping family epic from popular Irish-born writer Richard Dowling, best known for the novel The Mystery of Killard.
Richard Dowling, 2012
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The Case of the Weird Sisters
Three old crones plan a deadly accident for their wealthy half-brother Alice Brennan is going to marry a millionaire.
Charlotte Armstrong, 2012
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Dracula
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (November 8, 1847 ? April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula.
Bram Stoker, 2007
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The Color of Summer: or The New Garden of Earthly Delights
Atropos, Lachesis, and Chloe, I mean Clotho, a.k.a. the Fickle Fates, a.k.a. the Three Weird Sisters, were getting ready for their evening walk. Every evening it was their job to knit Skunk in a Funk's fate, so they always carried gigantic knitting  ...
Reinaldo Arenas, 2001
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Sealed With a Curse: A Weird Girls Novel
Celia Wird and her three sisters are just like other 20-something girls—with one tiny exception: they're products of a backfired curse that has given each of them unique powers that make them, well, weird… The Wird sisters are content ...
Cecy Robson, 2012
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Understanding Macbeth: A Student Casebook to Issues, ...
Holinshed offers two inconsistent descriptions of the witches, calling them "either the weird sisters, that is (as ye would say) the goddesses of destiny, or else some nymphs or fairies, endued with knowledge of prophecy by their necromat- ical ...
Faith Nostbakken, William Shakespeare, 1997
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Fantasies of Female Evil: The Dynamics of Gender and Power ...
Accordingly, Macbeth begins with the weird sisters' chant that "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (1.1.11), so that conventional distinctions between good and evil are immediately under question. Macbeth echoes them in his observation that "So foul ...
Cristina León Alfar, 2003
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Macbeth Paperback Book
Now you can reach today's adolescents with the universal messages of great literature.
William Shakespeare, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEIRD SISTERS»

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Weird Sisters Theatre Mixes Fairy Tales And The Modern Female
The Weird Sisters Theatre Project is doing just that. The company has melded fairy tales and the modern female through a series of short plays called "A Night of ... «WABE 90.1 FM, Jul 15»
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Joanna Gruesome found a recipe for Peanut Butter, and it's sticking …
The group's debut record, Weird Sisters, was a feedback-laden blast of sunny pop, ebullient and wicked, like an over-caffeinated Velocity Girl covering old punk ... «A.V. Club, May 15»
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Weird Sisters' prom-inspired fundraiser in line with overall mission
The Weird Sisters Theatre Project, a group of locals who since 2012 have worked together to advance the role of women in Atlanta theater, is hosting its annual ... «Creative Loafing Atlanta, May 15»
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Today's Fringenda: Weird Sisters Edition
After a day of "rest", which we spent writing, editing, and at the hospital, we're back on the beat for CapFringe IX, Day... 5? Six? Does the Monday count? We're ... «Washington City Paper, Jul 14»
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The Weird Sisters Present LATE: A COWBOY SONG by Sarah Ruhl …
The Weird Sisters Theatre Project continue their 2014 summer season with Late: A Cowboy Song by Sarah Ruhl at Actor's Express theatre, July 21-August 5. «Broadway World, Jun 14»
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Weird Sisters Theatre Project to Present CRIMINAL HEARTS at …
The Weird Sisters Theatre Project, a professional theatre company in residence at the New American Shakespeare Tavern, returns to Aurora Theatre with Jane ... «Broadway World, Jun 14»
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On My Nightstand: 'The Weird Sisters' proves blood thicker than water
In case you missed 'The Weird Sisters', published in 2011, now is the time to look it up. You won't be disappointed as you enjoy family dynamics in a very ... «Concord Monitor, Jul 13»
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Three Weird Sisters enticing Troy shoppers
The Three Weird Sisters opened at 5 E. Main St., in mid-March. The business features unique art and antiques and décor for home and garden. “It has just fallen ... «Dayton Daily News, Mar 13»
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Women in science: Weird sisters?
James Watson was thrilled to catch an illicit glimpse of Rosalind Franklin's X-ray photograph suggesting the double-helical structure of DNA. He was much less ... «Nature.com, Mar 13»
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Weird sisters: When Shakespeare plays second fiddle
Brown's first novel, The Weird Sisters, follows a Shakespeare scholar's three daughters as they return to their Ohio hometown when their mother is stricken with ... «The Hook, Mar 12»

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