Make+a+short+visit

  • 31Prelude (short story) — Prelude is a 1918 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published by the Hogarth Press in July 1918, and later reprinted in Bliss and Other Stories . [Katherine Mansfield, Selected Stories , Oxford World s Classics, explanatory notes]… …

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  • 32cut something short — to make something last for less time than planned I m sorry we had to cut our visit short …

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  • 33put make an appearance — put in/make/an appearance phrase to go somewhere for a short time, especially because you feel you have an obligation to go there I think I ought to put in an appearance at the office before lunch. Thesaurus: to arrive in a place, or to enter a… …

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  • 34look in — make a short visit or call. → look …

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  • 35Call — An option that gives the right to buy the underlying futures contract. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. call call 1 [kɔːl ǁ kɒːl] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to telephone someone: • She called the airport to ask about… …

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  • 36call — The period at market opening or closing during which futures contract prices are established by auction. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary An option that grants the holder the right to purchase an instrument in the future at a price established… …

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  • 37stop — stop1 W1S1 [stɔp US sta:p] v past tense and past participle stopped present participle stopping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not move)¦ 2¦(not continue)¦ 3¦(pause)¦ 4¦(prevent)¦ 5¦(stay)¦ 6 will/would stop at nothing (to do something) 7 stop short of (doing)… …

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  • 38stop — 1 verb stopped, stopping 1 NOT MOVE OR CONTINUE (I, T) to no longer move or continue to do something, or to make someone or something do this: Stop, thief! | stop sth: Apply pressure to stop the bleeding. | You ll have to stop the generator, it s …

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  • 39look in — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English loken in, from looken, loken to look + in 1. : to direct one s gaze to the interior of something children … look in at the open door H.W.Longfellow 2. : to enter (as a room or building) for the purpose… …

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  • 40call — /kɔl / (say kawl) verb (t) 1. to cry out in a loud voice. 2. (of a bird or other animal) to utter (its characteristic cry). 3. to announce; proclaim: to call a halt. 4. to read over (a roll or list) in a loud voice. 5. to attract the attention of …