change+suddenly

  • 21Forum for Democratic Change — The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), founded on December 16, 2004, is the main opposition party in Uganda. FDC was founded as an umbrella body mostly for disenchanted former members and followers President Yoweri Museveni s National Resistance… …

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  • 22presto change-o — interjection Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another. It doesnt just go one, two, three, presto, change o, youre cured …

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  • 23career change —    dismissal from employment    True as far as it goes, but unlikely to be the whole story:     The company s claim that its trading director had suddenly decided it is time for a career change after 23 years with Sainsbury s was a surprise to… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 24(a) change of heart — a decision that what you thought earlier is not true or right now. He d been active in the organization for years, but after a change of heart, Yang left the group. He never wanted a movie made about him, but three months before he died, Chavez… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 25changeable — change|a|ble [ tʃeındʒəbl ] adjective tending to change suddenly and often: UNPREDICTABLE: a period of changeable weather ╾ change|a|bil|i|ty [ ,tʃeındʒə bıləti ] noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26break — 1. v. & n. v. (past broke or archaic brake; past part. broken or archaic broke) 1 tr. & intr. a separate into pieces under a blow or strain; shatter. b make or become inoperative, esp. from damage (the toaster has broken). c break a bone in or… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27break — [brāk] vt. broke, broken, breaking [ME breken < OE brecan < IE base * bhreg > BREACH, BREECH, Ger brechen, L frangere] 1. to cause to come apart by force; split or crack sharply into pieces; smash; burst 2. a) …

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  • 28break — break1 verb (past broke; past participle broken) 1》 separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.     ↘(of waves) curl over and dissolve into foam.     ↘(of the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus) be discharged when the sac is… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29jump — /dʒʌmp / (say jump) verb (i) 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; propel oneself forwards, backwards, upwards, or downwards; leap. 2. to move or go quickly: she jumped into a taxi. 3. to rise suddenly or… …

  • 30jolt — ▪ I. jolt jolt 1 [dʒəʊlt ǁ dʒoʊlt] noun [countable] a shock that causes prices and markets to change suddenly: • Many companies got a jolt from the attempted coup. • The crisis gave a jolt to the world energy markets.   [m0] ▪ II. jolt jolt 2 …

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