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  • 91come up in the world — or[rise in the world] {v. phr.} To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance. * /He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife s baked goods from a pushcart./ Compare: GET AHEAD.… …

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  • 92dead to the world — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * /Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o clock this morning./ 2. As if dead; unconscious. * /Tom was hit on the head by a baseball and was dead to the world for two hours./ …

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  • 93for all the world — {adv. phr.} 1. Under no circumstances. * /Betty said she wouldn t marry Jake for all the world./ 2. Precisely; exactly. * /It began for all the world like a successful baseball season for the UIC Flames, when suddenly they lost to the Blue Demons …

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  • 94Homosexuality laws of the world — s.Same sex relationships legalSame sex relationships illegallegend|#a9a9a9|No info on penalty] The countries of the world have a wide variety of laws relating to sexual relations between people of the same sex everything from full legal… …

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  • 95on top of the world — or[sitting on top of the world] also (Southern)[sitting on high cotton] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Feeling pleased and happy; feeling successful. * /John was on top of the world when he found out that he got into college./ * /When Ruth won first… …

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  • 96on top of the world — or[sitting on top of the world] also (Southern)[sitting on high cotton] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Feeling pleased and happy; feeling successful. * /John was on top of the world when he found out that he got into college./ * /When Ruth won first… …

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  • 97All the World's a Stage (album) — Infobox Album | Name = All the World s a Stage Type = Live album Artist = Rush Released = September 29 1976 Recorded = June 11 13, 1976 Genre = Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock Length = 1:19:32 Label = Anthem (Canada), Mercury Producer =… …

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  • 98carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders — See: WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON ONE S SHOULDERS …

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  • 99carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders — See: WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON ONE S SHOULDERS …

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  • 100List of tallest churches in the world — From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian churches have been among the tallest buildings. Starting in 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington… …

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