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Definition: No Matter What Happens |
No Matter What HappensAdverb1. In spite of all obstacles; "we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: No Matter What HappensSynonyms: come hell or high water (adv), whatever may come (adv). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Do you understand me? Winning that ticket, Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me it brought me to you. And I'm thankful for that, Rose. I'm thankful. You must do me this honor, Rose. Promise me you'll survive. That you won't give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) Well, you gotta live no matter what happens. (Stagecoach; writing credit: Ernest Haycox; Dudley Nichols) | |
Clever | Life lesson: No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "no matter what happens"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | was passiert, ganz gleich (no matter). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | onay attermay atwhay appenshay | ||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 6F      4D 61 74 74 65 72      57 68 61 74      48 61 70 70 65 6E 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101111 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001000 01100001 01110000 01110000 01100101 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N o   M a t t e r   W h a t   H a p p e n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 006F      004D 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072      0057 0068 0061 0074      0048 0061 0070 0070 0065 006E 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48812476786867184257746786242678282718085 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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