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  • 121Service — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the act of helping or doing work for another or for a community etc. 2 work done in this way. 3 assistance or benefit given to someone. 4 the provision or system of supplying a public need, e.g. transport, or (often in pl.) the… …

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  • 122cab|a|ret — «KAB uh ma>A, KAB uh ray», noun. 1. a) a restaurant offering singing and dancing as entertainment. b) the entertainment: »Students in Leipzig were…putting on a satirical cabaret (Manchester Guardian Weekly). 2. a set of dishes for coffee or… …

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  • 123glib´ness — glib «glihb», adjective, glib|ber, glib|best. 1. speaking or spoken smoothly and easily: »A glib salesman sold her a set of dishes that she did not want. SYNONYM(S): voluble, smooth tongued. See syn. under f …

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  • 124glib´ly — glib «glihb», adjective, glib|ber, glib|best. 1. speaking or spoken smoothly and easily: »A glib salesman sold her a set of dishes that she did not want. SYNONYM(S): voluble, smooth tongued. See syn. under f …

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  • 125ALLEN, MEL — (Melvin Israel; 1913–1996), U.S. sportscaster, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Julius, a traveling shirt salesman, and Anna, scion of a rabbinical family and related to simon dubnow and shmarya levin …

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  • 126Setting — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

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  • 127setting — set|ting [ setıŋ ] noun count *** ▸ 1 where someone/something is ▸ 2 time/place in story ▸ 3 position of controls ▸ 4 dishes etc. for 1 person ▸ 5 metal part of jewelry ▸ 6 music added to words 1. ) the place where someone or something is, and… …

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  • 128metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… …

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