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  • 61cold — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ceald, cald; akin to Old High German kalt cold, Latin gelu frost, gelare to freeze Date: before 12th century 1. a. having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans < it is …

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  • 62Loganberry — Taxobox name = Loganberry image width = 280px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta unranked classis = eudicot ordo = Rosales familia = Rosaceae genus = Rubus species = R. × loganobaccus binomial = Rubus × loganobaccus binomial authority = L.H …

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  • 63cold — 1 adjective 1 OBJECTS/SURFACES/LIQUIDS/ROOMS ETC having a low temperature: a blast of cold air | We slept on the cold ground. | feel cold: The office always feels so cold first thing on Monday morning. | ice/stone/freezing cold (=very cold): The&#8230; …

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  • 64on the fly — adverb on the run or in a hurry she wrote those letters on the fly * * * while in motion or progress his deep shot was caught on the fly ■ Computing during the running of a computer program without interrupting the run * * * on the fly 1 :&#8230; …

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  • 65Ertebølle culture — The Ertebølle culture (ca 5300 BC 3950 BC) (Danish pronunciation: IPA| [ˈæɐdəˌbølə] ) is the name of a hunter gatherer and fisher culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia, but&#8230; …

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  • 66List of games on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue — This is a list of games featured on BBC Radio 4 s long running antidote to panel games , I m Sorry I Haven t a Clue. Some are featured more frequently than others. Contents 1 The Bad Tempered Clavier 2 Blues 3 Board o …

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  • 67cold call — 1. noun A sales call either by telephone or personal presence, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the call. I got a cold call in the middle of dinner from someone trying to sell encyclopedias. 2. verb To call someone&#8230; …

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  • 68cold — cold1 W1S1 [kəuld US kould] adj comparative colder superlative coldest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(objects/surfaces/liquids/rooms)¦ 2¦(weather)¦ 3 be/feel/look/get cold 4¦(food)¦ 5¦(lacking feeling)¦ 6 get/have cold feet 7 give somebody the cold shoulder …

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  • 69ad-lib — ad lib1 [ ,æd lıb ] verb intransitive or transitive to say something in a speech, play, etc. without preparing or writing it before you say it: IMPROVISE: I lost the notes for my talk and had to ad lib. ad lib ad lib 2 [ ,æd lıb ] adjective,&#8230; …

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  • 70extempore — 1550s (adv.), 1630s (n.), from L. phrase ex tempore offhand, in accordance with (the needs of) the moment, lit. out of time, from ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + tempore, ablative of tempus (gen. temporis) time. Of speaking, strictly without&#8230; …

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