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  • 11Sleep Tight (Angel) — Infobox Television episode Title = Sleep Tight Series = Angel Caption = {Caption|} Season = 3 Episode = 16 Airdate = March 4, 2002 Production = 3ADH16 Writer = David Greenwalt Director = Terrence O Hara Guests = Andy Hallett (Lorne) Stephanie… …

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  • 12Air-tight stove — An air tight stove is a wood burning stove designed to burn solid fuel, traditionally wood, in a controlled fashion so as to provide for efficient and controlled fuel use, and the benefits of stable heating or cooking temperatures. They are made… …

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  • 13hold tight — verb hold firmly, usually with one s hands She clutched my arm when she got scared • Syn: ↑cling to, ↑hold close, ↑clutch • Derivationally related forms: ↑clutch (for: ↑clutch) …

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  • 14strain — {{11}}strain (n.1) injury caused by straining, 1550s, from STRAIN (Cf. strain) (v.). The meaning passage of music (1570s) probably developed from a verbal sense of to tighten the voice, originally the strings of a musical instrument (late 14c.).… …

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  • 15strain — strain1 strainingly, adv. strainless, adj. strainlessly, adv. /strayn/, v.t. 1. to draw tight or taut, esp. to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one s ears to catch a sound. 3. to… …

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  • 16strain — I. /streɪn / (say strayn) verb (t) 1. to draw tight or taut; stretch, especially to the utmost tension: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one s ears to catch a sound. 3. to impair, injure, or weaken by stretching or… …

  • 17strain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English streen progeny, lineage, from Old English strēon gain, acquisition; akin to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere to heap up more at strew Date: 13th century 1. a. lineage, ancestry b. a group of presumed …

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  • 18strain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stretch, make taut; strive, exert; sprain; overtax, overstretch; filter, percolate. See cleanness, egress, exaggeration. n. effort, exertion; pressure; line of descent, stock, ancestry; streak,… …

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  • 19strain — strain1 [strān] vt. [ME streinen < OFr estraindre, to strain, wring hard < L stringere, to draw tight: see STRICT] 1. to draw or stretch tight 2. to exert, use, or tax to the utmost [to strain every nerve] 3. to overtax; injure by… …

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  • 20stretch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extend, lengthen, spread, expand, increase; stretch out, sprawl; informal, exaggerate, strain, force. n. expansion, reach, range; length, field, expanse; elasticity; long run, distance, home or… …

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