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  • 1sheer — 01. The rock climber was able to go up a [sheer] wall of rock using only the most basic equipment. 02. Drinking and driving is [sheer] stupidity, and it puts others needlessly at risk. 03. The woman was wearing a [sheer] black nightgown with… …

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  • 2The Last Puritan — The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel was written by the American philosopher George Santayana. The novel is set largely in the fictional town of Great Falls, Connecticut; Boston; and England, in and around Oxford. It relates the life …

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  • 3The Chaplin Revue — Directed by Charlie Chaplin Starring Charlie Chaplin Editing by Paul Davies Derek Parsons …

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  • 4sheer — 1 adjective 1 sheer luck/happiness/stupidity etc luck, happiness etc with no other feeling or quality mixed with it: It was sheer bliss not having to get up. | sheer hypocrisy 2 the sheer weight/size etc of used to emphasize how heavy, big etc… …

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  • 5sheer — sheer1 [ʃıə US ʃır] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Old Norse skArr pure ] 1.) the sheer weight/size etc used to emphasize that something is very heavy, large etc the sheer weight/size etc of ▪ The sheer size of the country makes… …

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  • 6drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ …

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  • 7The Lake of Tears — infobox Book | name = The Lake of Tears title orig = translator = image caption = author = Emily Rodda illustrator = cover artist = Marc Mcbride country = Australia language = English series = Deltora Quest genre = Fantasy novel publisher =… …

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  • 8The Machine's Child — infobox Book | name = The Machine s Child title orig = translator = image caption = First edition hardback cover, 2006 author = Kage Baker illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Company genre =… …

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  • 9The Matrix Online — MxO redirects here. For the Japanese manga, see M×0. The Matrix Online Developer(s) Monolith Productions Publisher(s) …

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  • 10The Icemark Chronicles — is a series of books consisting of The Cry of the Icemark , followed by Blade of Fire , and Last Battle of the Icemark [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905294700 Amazon.co.uk: The Last Battle of the Icemark (Icemark Chronicles): Books: Stuart Hill… …

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