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  • 1get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… …

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  • 2get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… …

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  • 3get\ the\ brush-off — v. phr. slang 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children. 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. Frank and Jane had an argument, so the… …

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  • 4The National Enquirer — (also commonly known as the Enquirer ) is an American supermarket tabloid now published by American Media Inc (AMI). Founded in 1936, the tabloid has gone through a variety of changes over the years, and is currently well known for its articles… …

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  • 5The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans — one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow .Plot summaryThe monotony of pea soup fog shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit fr …

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  • 6The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street — The Twilight Zone episode Scene from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street …

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  • 7The BFG — (which stands for Big Friendly Giant ) is a children s book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, first published in 1982. An animated film based on the book was released in 1989 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG… …

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  • 8The Eyeopener — is one of two weekly student newspapers at Ryerson University in Toronto. It has a circulation of 10,000 copies per week during the school year. The Eyeopener is published by Rye Eye Publishing Inc., owned by the students of Ryerson, as a non… …

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  • 9idea — noun 1 plan/suggestion ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, brilliant, clever, excellent, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, wonderful ▪ …

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  • 10idea — i|dea W1S1 [aıˈdıə] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(plan/suggestion)¦ 2¦(knowledge)¦ 3¦(aim/intention)¦ 4¦(how you imagine something to be)¦ 5¦(belief/opinion)¦ 6¦(principle)¦ 7 have an idea (that) 8 get the wrong idea 9 have the right idea …

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