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  • 1if the cap fits, wear it — Used with reference to the suitability of names or descriptions as demonstrated by the behaviour of the person concerned. Cf. if the shoe fits, wear it. The cap in question was originally a dunce’s cap, as is shown by the following: 1600 N.… …

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  • 2if the cap fits — (or if the cap fits, wear it) Brit used to say that something said about a person is true and the person should accept it as true They may not like being called careless, but if the cap fits, wear it. [=(US) if the shoe fits, wear it] • • • Main… …

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  • 3The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap — Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) Nintendo …

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  • 4CAP Scientific — Ltd was a British defence software company. CAP merged with Sema Metra SA in 1988 as Sema Group plc which was acquired by Schlumberger in 2001 to become SchlumbergerSema, itself acquired by Atos Origin in 2004. A defence joint venture with… …

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  • 5The Fisherman and the Jinni — is the second top level story told by Shahrazad in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.ynopsisThere was an old, poor fisherman who caste his net four times a day and only four times. One day he went to the shore and cast his net. When he… …

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  • 6The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — North American box art Dev …

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  • 7fit — fit1 W2S1 [fıt] v past tense and past participle fitted also fit AmE present participle fitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(right size/shape)¦ 3¦(enough space)¦ 4¦(equipment/part)¦ 5¦(match/be suitable)¦ 6 fit somebody fo …

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  • 8NHL salary cap — The NHL Salary Cap is the limit to the total amount of money that National Hockey League teams are allowed to pay their players and uses a hard cap, meaning there are no luxury taxes or exemptions. The actual amount of the cap varies on a year to …

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  • 9fit — 1 /fIt/ verb past tense fitted also fit AmE past participle fit 1 RIGHT SIZE (intransitive, transitive not in progressive) to be the right size and shape for someone or something: The dress fits perfectly. | fit sb: The jacket fitted me pretty… …

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  • 10fit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 way sth fits/way two things match ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, nice ▪ We need to achieve the best fit between the staff required and the staff available. ▪ correct, exact …

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