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  • 61someone's very own — someone’s very own phrase used for emphasizing that something belongs to someone and not to anyone else Well, you finally have your very own car. of someone’s very own: I’ve dreamed of buying a little house of my very own. Thesaurus: owners and… …

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  • 62someone likes the sound of their own voice — spoken phrase used for saying that someone thinks their opinions are more important than anyone else’s Thesaurus: describing arrogant and over confident people or behavioursynonym Main entry: voice …

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  • 63set someone against someone else — ALIENATE FROM, estrange from; drive a wedge between, sow dissension, set at odds. → set …

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  • 64someone's dream — someone’s dream phrase what a particular type of person wants more than anything else It’s every schoolboy’s dream to play football for his country. He was a cute kid – an advertiser’s dream. Thesaurus: feelings of want and desiresynonym… …

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  • 65in\ someone\ else's\ shoes — See: in one s shoes …

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  • 66else — /els/ adverb 1 who/what/why etc else or anything/someone/anywhere etc else a) besides or in addition to someone, something etc: I ve said I m sorry. What else can I do? | Who else was at the party? | Do you want anything else to eat? b) apart… …

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  • 67someone —    These are interchangeable indefinite terms of address, used by a speaker who wishes one of the persons to whom he is speaking to identify himself with it. Examples will make that statement clearer.    In Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, by… …

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  • 68someone - somebody — You use someone or somebody to refer to a person without saying who you mean. There is no difference in meaning between someone and somebody. Carson sent someone to see me. There was an accident and …

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  • 69someone — [[t]sʌ̱mwʌn[/t]] ♦♦ (The form somebody is also used.) 1) PRON INDEF You use someone or somebody to refer to a person without saying exactly who you mean. Her father was shot by someone trying to rob his small retail store... I need someone to… …

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  • 70someone's very own — used for emphasizing that something belongs to someone and not to anyone else Well, you finally have your very own car. of someone s very own: I ve dreamed of buying a little house of my very own …

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