ˈsɪmstrɪs

  • 91Laden — Detailgeschäft (schweiz.); Einzelhandelsgeschäft; Geschäft; Ladengeschäft; Kaufhaus; Geschäftsstelle; Geschäftslokal; Lokal; Handlung * * * 1la|den [ la:dn̩], lädt, lud, geladen <tr.; …

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  • 92Armstrong —   [ ɑːmstrɔȖ],    1) Edwin Howard, amerikanischer Elektrotechniker, * New York 18. 12. 1890, ✝ (Selbstmord) ebenda 1. 2. 1954; seit 1934 Professor an der Columbia University in New York; einer der Pioniere der Rundfunk und Nachrichtentechnik.… …

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  • 93Melba —   [ melbə], Dame (seit 1918) Nellie, eigentlich Helen Porter Armstrong [ ɑːmstrɔȖ], australische Sängerin (Koloratursopran), * Richmond (bei Melbourne) 19. 5. 1861, ✝ Sydney 23. 2. 1931; feierte 1887 1926 in allen internationalen Musikmetropolen… …

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  • 94dumbstruck — dumb|struck [ˈdʌmstrʌk] adj so shocked or surprised that you cannot speak …

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  • 95dumbstruck — [[t]dʌ̱mstrʌk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (emphasis) If you are dumbstruck, you are so shocked or surprised that you cannot speak. We were dumbstruck. We just couldn t believe our eyes when she appeared. Syn: speechless …

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  • 96hamstring — [[t]hæ̱mstrɪŋ[/t]] hamstrings, hamstringing, hamstrung 1) N COUNT A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg. Webster has not played since suffering a… …

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  • 97seamstress — [[t]si͟ːmstrəs, se̱m [/t]] seamstresses N COUNT A seamstress is a woman who sews and makes clothes as her job. [OLD FASHIONED] …

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  • 98seamstress — UK [ˈsemstrɪs] / US [ˈsɪmstrəs] noun [countable] Word forms seamstress : singular seamstress plural seamstresses a woman who sews and makes clothes as her job …

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  • 99dumbstruck — /ˈdʌmstrʌk/ (say dumstruk) adjective shocked into speechlessness …

  • 100hamstring — /ˈhæmstrɪŋ / (say hamstring) noun 1. (in humans) any of the tendons bounding the ham, or hollow of the knee. 2. (in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock. –verb (t) (hamstrung or, Rare, hamstringed, hamstringing) 3. to cut the… …