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1poise — I n. 1) to keep, maintain one s poise 2) to lose one s poise 3) the poise to + inf. (do you have enough poise to speak without notes?) II v. (D; refl.) ( to brace oneself ) to poise for (she poised herself for the ordeal) * * * [pɔɪz] maintain… …
2lose — verb 1 not keep ADVERB ▪ forever VERB + LOSE ▪ be about to, be going to, be likely to, stand to ▪ The company stands to lose if this deal falls through …
3head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… …
4Chris Evert's Grand Slam history — Main article: Chris Evert Evert won 18 Grand Slam Tournaments in her career. Chris Evert won eighteen grand slam tournaments for her career (two Australian Open s, seven French Open s, three Wimbledon Championships , and six US Opens), and played …
5head — I n. upper part of the body 1) to nod; shake one s head 2) to bare; bow; drop, hang, lower; lift, raise; move; poke, stick; scratch; toss; turn one s head (to scratch one s head in amazement; to poke one s head around the comer) 3) to hold one s… …
6tongue — tongueless, adj. tonguelike, adj. /tung/, n., v. tongued, tonguing. n. 1. Anat. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking. See diag. under… …
7fly — I v 1. take wing, wing one s way, take off, take to the air, become airborne; soar, sail, zoom, cruise, coast, sweep, skim, Inf. kite; glide, plane, volplane, sailplane; dart, flit, flirt, hop, volitate. 2. float, hover, drift, hang, poise, float …
8blow — blow1 [blō] vi. blew, blown, blowing [ME blowen < OE blawan < IE * bhlē : see BLAST] 1. to move with some force: said of the wind or a current of air 2. to send forth air with or as with the mouth 3. to pant; be breathless …
9Asha Bhosle — Infobox Musical artist Name = Asha Bhosle Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = Asha Mangeshkar Born = Birth date and age|1933|9|8 Sangli, Bombay Presidency, British India Origin = Instrument = Voice type = Genre …
10balance — /ˈbæləns / (say baluhns) noun 1. an instrument for weighing, typically a bar poised or swaying on a central support according to the weights borne in scales (pans) suspended at the ends. 2. power to decide as by a balance; authoritative control.… …