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  • 1shut — 1 /SVt/ verb past tense and past participle past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting 1 (I, T) to close something, or to become closed: The door shut with a bang. | She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. | Laruelle put… …

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  • 2door — [ dɔr ] noun count *** 1. ) a large flat object you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle: a little house with a red door The door creaked slowly open. There was a draft coming from under the door. open/close/shut the… …

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  • 3door — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ open ▪ closed, shut ▪ locked, unlocked ▪ half open ▪ The door was half ope …

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  • 4slam — slam1 [ slæm ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to shut a door or lid with great force so that it makes a loud noise, often because you are angry: He ran from the room, slamming the door behind him. slam the door shut: She slammed the door shut in his… …

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  • 5slam — I UK [slæm] / US verb Word forms slam : present tense I/you/we/they slam he/she/it slams present participle slamming past tense slammed past participle slammed ** 1) [transitive] to shut a door or a lid with great force so that it makes a loud… …

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  • 6shut — shut1 W2S1 [ʃʌt] v past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting [: Old English; Origin: scyttan] 1.) [I and T] to close something, or to become closed ▪ Shut the window, Ellen! ▪ I heard his bedroom door shut. ▪ She lay down on …

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  • 7door */*/*/ — UK [dɔː(r)] / US [dɔr] noun [countable] Word forms door : singular door plural doors 1) a) a large flat object that you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle a little cottage with a red door The door creaked slowly… …

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  • 8slam — slam1 [slæm] v past tense and past participle slammed present participle slamming ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door etc)¦ 2¦(put something somewhere)¦ 3¦(hit with force)¦ 4¦(criticize)¦ 5 slam on the brakes 6 slam the door in somebody s face ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600… …

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  • 9The Cottage — Infobox Film name = The Cottage image size = caption = director = Paul Andrew Williams producer = Ken Marshall writer = Paul Andrew Williams starring = Andy Serkis Jennifer Ellison Doug Bradley Georgia Groome Dave Legeno Reece Shearsmith Steve O… …

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  • 10The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) — Infobox Film name = The Pit and the Pendulum image size = caption = Original 1961 theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown director = Roger Corman producer = Roger Corman James H. Nicholson (Exec Prod) Samuel Z. Arkoff (Exec Prod) writer =… …

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