(to build)

  • 101build|ing — «BIHL dihng», noun. 1. a thing built. Barns, factories, stores, houses, and hotels are all buildings. »All great buildings, after all, express an idea and…the Palace of Westminster is undeniably a great building (Manchester Guardian Weekly). 2.… …

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  • 102(build) castles in the air — (build) castles in the ˈair idiom (BrE) (to have) plans or dreams that are not likely to happen or come true • As a child he would wander round the boatyards, building castles in the air about owning a boat one day. Main entry: ↑castleidiom …

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  • 103build something around something — ˌbuild sth aˈround sth derived usually passive to create sth, using sth else as a basis • The story is built around a group of high school dropouts. Main entry: ↑buildderived …

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  • 104build something on something — ˈbuild sth on sth derived usually passive to base sth on sth • an argument built on sound logic Main entry: ↑buildderived …

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  • 105build — build1 W1S1 [bıld] v past tense and past participle built [bılt] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make something)¦ 2¦(make something develop)¦ 3 be built of something 4¦(feeling)¦ 5 build bridges Phrasal verbs  build something around something  build… …

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  • 106Build-A-Bear Workshop — Infobox Company company name = Build A Bear Workshop company company type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=BBW BBW] ) company slogan = Where Best Friends Are Made. foundation = 1997 key people = Maxine Clark,… …

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  • 107Build engine — Infobox Software name = Build Engine logo = caption = developer = Ken Silverman latest release version = latest release date = latest preview version = latest preview date = operating system = genre = Game Engine license = Free for non commercial …

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  • 108Build-a-lot — Infobox VG width = title = Build a lot caption = picture format = developer = HipSoft publisher = Various distributor = Various designer = license = series = engine = version = released = 2007 genre = Business simulation game modes = Single… …

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  • 109build — build1 [ bıld ] (past tense and past participle built [ bılt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a building or other large structure by putting its parts together: Do you know when this house was built? They re building a new… …

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  • 110build — [[t]bɪ̱ld[/t]] ♦ builds, building, built 1) VERB If you build something, you make it by joining things together. [V n] Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site... [V n] The house was built in the early 19th century …

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