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  • 101knot´less — knot1 «not», noun, verb, knot|ted, knot|ting. –n. 1. a) a fastening made by tying or twining together pieces of one or more ropes, strings, or cords: »a square knot, a slipknot, a knot in a shoelace. b) …

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  • 102spring´less — spring «sprihng», verb, sprang or sprung, sprung, spring|ing, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to rise or move suddenly and lightly; leap or jump: »to spring to attention. I sprang to my feet. The dog sprang at the thief. He sprang to his sleigh, to his …

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  • 103more haste, less speed — proverb you make better progress with a task if you don t try to do it too quickly * * * ˌmore ˈhaste, ˌless ˈspeed idiom (BrE, saying) you will finish doing sth sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes… …

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  • 104To make one's hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …

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  • 105The Road Less Traveled (Battlestar Galactica) — Infobox Television episode Title =The Road Less Traveled Caption =No image yet available Series =Battlestar Galactica Season =4 Episode =7 Airdate =May 2, 2008 Production = 407 Writer =Mark Verheiden Director =Michael Rymer Guests = Episode list …

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  • 106more or less — A phrase qualifying a statement of an absolute and definite amount, 46 Am J1st Sales § 155, for the purpose of providing against slight, accidental variations. M. W. Kellogg Co. v Standard Steel Fabricating Co. (CA10 Okla) 189 F2d 629, 26 ALR2d… …

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  • 107I could(n’t) care less. — sent. I don’t care! (The affirmative version does not make sense, but is widely used, nonetheless.) □ So you’re late. I couldn’t care less. □ I could care less if you fell off a cliff …

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  • 108To make terms — Term Term, n. [F. terme, L. termen, inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.] 1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.… …

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  • 109I'll Make a Habit of It! — Infobox animanga/Header name = I ll Make a Habit of It! caption = ja name = 超くせになりそう ja name trans = Chō Kuse ni Narisō genre = Romantic comedyInfobox animanga/Anime title = director = studio = Studio Kikan network = flagicon|Japan NHK network… …

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  • 110of two evils choose the less — Cf. ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics II. ix. 1109a κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν, we must as a second best course, it is said, take the least of the evils; CICERO De Officiis III. xxix. minima de malis, of evils choose… …

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