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  • 1distance — noun 1 amount of space between two points ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, huge, large, long, vast ▪ …

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  • 2distance — dis|tance1 [ dıstəns ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the amount of space between two people or things: distance from: It is important to consider distance from public transportation when buying a house. distance to: They started to walk the… …

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  • 3distance — I UK [ˈdɪstəns] / US noun Word forms distance : singular distance plural distances *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the amount of space between two people or things distance from: It is important to consider distance from public transport when… …

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  • 5short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …

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  • 6Short Sunderland — infobox Aircraft name = Sunderland type = Military flying boat manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = designer = first flight = 16 October 1937 introduced = 1938 retired = 1967 status = primary user = Royal Air Force more users = French Navy… …

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  • 7Short Empire — infobox Aircraft name = Empire type = Flying boat mail carrier manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = The BOAC Short C Class flying boat G AFBL Cooee , at Rod El Faray, Egypt, c. 1942 designer = first flight = 3 July 1936 introduced = retired =… …

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  • 8William Hope Hodgson's short stories — This page contains information about the short stories of William Hope Hodgson.=The Sargasso Sea Stories=For further details about William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea cycle of stories, see the article on William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea… …

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  • 9Belgian stay-behind network — The Belgian stay behind network, colloquially called Gladio [(Explain gladio )] , was a secret mixed civilian and military unit, trained to form a resistance movement in the event of a Soviet invasion and part of a network of similar… …

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  • 10The distance (boxing) — The distance, in boxing, refers to the full number of rounds in boxing matches. It is frequently used in the expression going the distance, which means fighting a full bout without being knocked out.[1] If a match goes the distance without a… …

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