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  • 11happen — verb 1》 take place; occur. 2》 come about by chance.     ↘chance to do something or come about.     ↘(happen on) come across by chance.     ↘used as a polite formula in questions: do you happen to know who her doctor is? 3》 (happen to) be… …

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  • 12trust — noun 1》 firm belief in someone or something.     ↘acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation. 2》 the state of being responsible for someone or something: a man in a position of trust. 3》 Law an arrangement whereby a… …

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  • 13pardon — [pärd′ n] vt. [ME pardonen < OFr pardoner < LL perdonare < L per , through, quite (see PER ) + donare, to give: see DATE1] 1. to release (a person) from further punishment for a crime 2. to cancel or not exact penalty for (an offense);… …

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  • 14please to — please, also (now rare) please to A polite formula equivalent to ↑if you please above, now felt as imperative, perhaps orig from the older please it you or please it (sometimes printed pleaseth in Shakespeare) or please you may it please you • •… …

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  • 15nice to meet you — spoken phrase used for greeting someone when you meet them for the first time, or for saying goodbye to them on that occasion Thesaurus: ways of saying hellosynonym ways of saying goodbyesynonym Main entry: nice * * * a polite form …

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  • 16List of comic book drugs — This is a list of fictional performance enhancers, serums, trigger chemicals, booster drugs, and mutagenic foods in the various comic book universes, that were used to give a specific hero or villain their powers. This list also provides a brief… …

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  • 17Partition (number theory) — Young diagrams associated to the partitions of the positive integers 1 through 8. They are so arranged that images under the reflection about the main diagonal of the square are conjugate partitions. In number theory and combinatorics, a… …

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  • 18English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 19Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 20List of Heroes characters — From left to right: Micah, Niki, Nathan, Peter, Noah, Claire, Hiro, Mohinder, Matt, Sylar This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Heroes …

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