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  • 51start - begin - commence — If you start, begin, or commence something, you do it from a particular time. My father started work when he was ten. The prisoners plan to begin a hunger strike today. I …

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  • 52ágan — irreg v/t 3rd pres áh/ágon past áhte ptp geágen 1. of possession, to own, possess, have, obtain; ágan wælstówe geweald to obtain possession of the battlefield, conquer; 1a. of a husband s relation to his wife; sé þe him þás idese ágan wolde he… …

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  • 53as — 1. problems with as…as… In this common construction, the first as is an adverb, and the second is either a preposition or a conjunction. a) When no verb follows, e.g. as good as we / as good as us, there is no problem with nouns after as because… …

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  • 54Belarusian grammar — The norms of the modern Belarusian grammar were adopted in 1959. Belarusian Grammar is mostly synthetic and partly analytic. Belarusian orthography is constructed on the phonetic principle ( you write down what you hear ) and is mainly based on… …

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  • 55intó — prep w.d.a. into, to, against, in; w.d. into (with verbs of going, bearing, sending); (1) w.d. into the possession of; hé sealde twá in Níwe mynstre he sold 2 into the possession on New Monestary; (1a) of political supremacy; (2) implying… …

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  • 56owing — adjective 1 (not before noun) especially BrE if money is owing, it has not yet been paid to the person who should receive it: There s still over 100 owing to the bank. 2 owing to because of: Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue …

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  • 57cheap - cheaply — ◊ cheap as an adjective Cheap goods or services cost less than other goods or services of the same type. ...cheap red wine. ...cheap plastic buckets. A solid fuel cooker is cheap to run. ◊ cheap as an adverb …

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  • 58durran — modal v/i 3rd pres dearr/durron past dorste ptp gedorren to dare, venture, presume (+ infinitive); [durran is the fourth of twelve Anglo Saxon verbs, called preterite present, and given under ágan. The infinitive durran and the present… …

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  • 59Came — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …

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  • 60Come — Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …

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