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  • 1nail — [[t]ne͟ɪl[/t]] nails, nailing, nailed 1) N COUNT A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall. A mirror hung on a nail above the… …

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  • 2colour — [[t]kʌ̱lə(r)[/t]] ♦ colours, colouring, coloured (in AM, use color) 1) N COUNT: usu with supp The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours. What colour… …

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  • 3tooth — [[t]tu͟ːθ[/t]] ♦♦♦ teeth 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your teeth are the hard white objects in your mouth and which you use for biting and chewing. She had very pretty straight teeth... If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it s… …

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  • 4hard — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦ harder, hardest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is hard is very firm and stiff to touch and is not easily bent, cut, or broken. He shuffled his feet on the hard wooden floor... Something cold and hard pressed into the back of his …

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  • 5Phalanx — Anatomically, any one of the bones in the fingers or toes. (The plural of phalanx is phalanges.) There are 3 phalanges (the proximal, middle, and proximal phalanx) in most of the fingers and toes. However, the thumb and large toe have only two… …

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  • 6bit — [[t]bɪ̱t[/t]] ♦ bits 1) QUANT: QUANT of n uncount A bit of something is a small amount of it. All it required was a bit of work... I got paid a little bit of money. 2) PHRASE: PHR adj/adv/prep (vagueness) A bit means to a small extent or degree.… …

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  • 7bite — [[t]ba͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ bites, biting, bit, bitten 1) VERB If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. [V n] Both… …

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  • 8drive — [[t]dra͟ɪv[/t]] ♦ drives, driving, drove, driven 1) VERB When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction. [V prep/adv] I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner... [V prep/adv] He… …

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  • 9spike — I [[t]spaɪk[/t]] n. v. spiked, spik•ing 1) bui rai a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 in. (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track 2) something resembling such a nail,… …

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  • 10Metal cristiano — White Metal Orígenes musicales Heavy metal, Rock cristiano, Hard rock, Musica cristiana, Glam metal,Surmount darkness Orígenes culturales Mediados de los 80 en EE. UU. Instrumentos c …

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