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I knew that my experience was a supreme experience, and that another such could not be contained in my life.... And Diaz was so close, so at one with me.... A hush descended on the music, and I found myself playing strange disturbing chords with the left hand, irregularly repeated, opposing the normal accent of the bar, and becoming stranger and more disturbing.

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  1. noun The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind: a child's first experience of snow.
  2. noun Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill: a lesson taught by experience; a carpenter with experience in roof repair.
  3. noun The knowledge or skill so derived.
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  • As strange as your experience has been and as harsh as your father's treatment of you was, did it never occur to you to present the matter to me, especially since it seems so tangled with my own daughter's life? —  Robin Hobb
  • I would imagine the experience will be awe-inspiring. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Mihora said one of the most important parts of the experience was the chance to work with other head and neck surgeons in a team effort to help injured troops. —  Media Newswire
  • All that you need to fully take advantage of the experience is a PC or desktop, and an internet connection. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • EDIT: I can't see it until I scroll over it, so my experience is the same as the OP —  PinStack.com
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knowledge ·  history ·  activity ·  character ·  life ·  skill

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experience:   experiences ·  experiencing ·  experienced
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experientia, from experiēns, experient-, present participle of experīrī, to try; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English experience, experiens, from Old French experience, French expérience = Provencal experientia, esperientia = Spanish Portuguese experiencia = Italian esperienza, sperienza, esperienzia, sperienzia, from Latin experientia, a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience, from experien(t-)s, present participle of experiri, try, put to the test, undertake, undergo, from ex, out, + periri, go through, in past participle peritus, experienced, expert: see expert and peril.
  2. from experience, n.
 

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