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  • 101work — 1 verb DO A JOB 1 (I) to do a job that you are paid for: Harry is 78, and still working. (+ for): David works for the BBC. | work as a secretary/builder etc: She works as a management consultant for a design company. | work long hours/nights etc …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 102corrosion — n 1. gnawing, eating out or away, consumption, consuming, devouring, corroding, rusting, Both Chem. oxidation, oxidizing; erosion, eroding, attrition, detrition, wearing, wearing down or away, wear and tear, wasting away; abrasion, abrading,… …

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  • 103touch — v 1. feel, finger, thumb, palm; hold, pick up, handle, manipulate, twiddle, trifle with, play with; palpate, poke around in; examine or investigate or study with the hands, stroke, caress, pet, fondle, paw, Sl. feel up, Yiddish. glet; massage,… …

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  • 104wear — v 1. dress in, don, put on, slip into or on, get into, step into; display, show off, parade, flaunt, flourish, Inf. sport; bear, carry, exhibit, show, manifest, evince, reveal; assume, adopt. 2. impair, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, canker,… …

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  • 105come off — phrasal verb Word forms come off : present tense I/you/we/they come off he/she/it comes off present participle coming off past tense came off past participle come off 1) come off something [intransitive/transitive] to fall off something that you… …

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  • 106charms, verbal —    In a general sense, all traditional spoken formulas to bring good luck or good health are charms, apart from explicit prayers such as God bless her and all who sail in her , said when launching a ship. So are those that turn aside evil, like… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 107bhrēi-, bhrī̆- —     bhrēi , bhrī̆     English meaning: to pierce, cut with smth. sharp     Deutsche Übersetzung: “with scharfem Werkzeug schneiden, etc”     Note: extension from bher .     Material: O.Ind. bhrīṇ a nti “be hurt” (Pf. bibhrüya Dhütup.), Av.… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary