Hand-set

  • 81hand — [[t]hænd[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the terminal, prehensile part of the arm in humans and higher primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpals, fingers, and thumb 2) anat. zool. the corresponding part of the forelimb in any four legged vertebrate… …

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  • 82Hand cannon — The hand cannon (Arabic: midfa ; Chinese: ), as it was called, was the first handheld portable firearm, or handgun.Early firearms ranging from hand cannons to arquebuses are referred to in texts of the period by many spellings: gonne, gunne,… …

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  • 83set — set1 W1S1 [set] v past tense and past participle set present participle setting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put)¦ 2¦(put into surface)¦ 3¦(story)¦ 4¦(consider)¦ 5¦(establish something)¦ 6¦(start something happening)¦ 7¦(decide something)¦ …

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  • 84set — I [[t]se̱t[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ sets 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A set of things is a number of things that belong together or that are thought of as a group. There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country... I might need a spare set of… …

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  • 85set — 1 /set/ verb past tense and past participle set PUT DOWN 1 PUT (transitive always + adv/prep) to carefully put something down somewhere, especially something that is difficult to carry: set sth down/on etc: She set the tray down on a table next… …

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  • 86set — I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2 …

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  • 87Hand of God goal — Argentina won 2–1.ContextThe long term rivalry between the two footballing nations can be traced back to the controversial sending off of Argentine captain Antonio Ubaldo Rattin in the England Argentina match of the 1966 World Cup; Argentina were …

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  • 88Hand to God (Arrested Development episode) — Infobox Arrested Development episode episode name = Hand to God episode no = 2AJD12 airdate = March 6, 2005 writer = Chuck Martin and Mitchell Hurwitz director = Joe Russo on the next = Buster and G.O.B. find themselves closer than ever. And… …

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  • 89set\ one's\ hand\ to\ the\ plow — • put one s hand to the plow • set one s hand to the plow v. phr. To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn t like it when he quit …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 90set, sit — Predominantly a transitive verb, set means to put, to place : Set the box on the floor, please. Sit is predominantly an intransitive verb with a basic meaning of to place oneself : When I sit down, you come and sit beside me. Set used for sit,… …

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