(by behaviour etc)

  • 61disease — /dI zi:z/ noun 1 (C, U) an illness or unhealthy condition in your body, especially one caused by infection: eye/liver/kidney etc disease: Heart disease runs in our family. | cause disease: filthy insanitary conditions that cause disease |… …

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  • 62ripped, ripping — verb 1 (I, T) to tear something or be torn quickly and violently: I ve ripped my skirt on a nail. | The sails ripped under the force of the wind. | rip sth open (=open something by tearing it): Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open. 2… …

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  • 63извращать — ИЗВРАЩАТЬ, несов. (сов. извратить), что. Изменять (изменить) понятие, представление и т.п. о ком , чем л., представляя в ложном, искаженном, неприглядном виде; Син.: Книжн. деформировать, искажать [impf. to misinterpret, misconstrue, twist, put a …

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  • 64geoscientist — /dʒioʊˈsaɪəntəst/ (say jeeoh suyuhntuhst) noun a scientist who studies the earth or some aspect of its history, composition, behaviour, etc., as a geologist, geophysicist, geochemist, palaeontologist, etc …

  • 65instructions — /ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz/ (say in strukshuhnz) plural noun 1. orders or directions for action, behaviour, etc.: *Private King, acting under instructions from his superior officer, then shot Linda through the head. –frank clune, 1937. 2. directions for use,… …

  • 66monkery — /ˈmʌŋkəri/ (say mungkuhree) noun (plural monkeries) 1. the way of life, behaviour, etc., of monks. 2. (derogatory) the practices, beliefs, etc., of monks …

  • 67nonconformist — noun /nɒnkənˈfɔməst / (say nonkuhn fawmuhst) 1. someone who refuses to conform, especially to an established Church 2. someone belonging to an originally British protestant church which at no time acknowledged the established church in England,… …

  • 68prim — /prɪm / (say prim) adjective (primmer, primmest) 1. affectedly precise or proper, as persons, behaviour, etc.; stiffly neat. –verb (primmed, primming) –verb (i) 2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. –verb (t) 3. to make… …

  • 69revert — /rəˈvɜt / (say ruh vert) verb (i) 1. to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc. 2. to go back in thought or discourse, as to a subject. 3. Biology to return to an earlier or primitive type. 4. Law to go back or return to the… …

  • 70convention — n. 1 a general agreement, esp. agreement on social behaviour etc. by implicit consent of the majority. b a custom or customary practice, esp. an artificial or formal one. 2 a a formal assembly or conference for a common purpose. b US an assembly… …

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