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  • 31glance — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ backward, sidelong, sideways ▪ She cast a sidelong glance at Fern. ▪ brief, cursory, fleeting, quick …

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  • 32charge — The document evidencing mortgage security required by Crown Law (law derived from English law). A Fixed Charge refers to a defined set of assets and is usually registered. A Floating Charge refers to other assets which change from time to time (… …

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  • 33slander — ▪ I. slander slan‧der 1 [ˈslɑːndə ǁ ˈslændər] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW a spoken statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of him or her, or the legal offence of making a… …

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  • 34it — [[t]ɪt[/t]] ♦ (It is a third person singular pronoun. It is used as the subject or object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition.) 1) PRON SING You use it to refer to an object, animal, or other thing that has already been mentioned. He saw …

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  • 35shift — [[t]ʃɪ̱ft[/t]] ♦♦♦ shifts, shifting, shifted 1) V ERG If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. [V n prep/adv] He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand... [V prep/adv] He shifted from foot to foot... The entire pile shifted …

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  • 36start off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you start off by doing something, you do it as the first part of an activity. [V P by ing] She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her... [V P ing] Joe Loss started off playing piano background… …

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  • 37whitewash — [[t](h)wa͟ɪtwɒʃ[/t]] whitewashes, whitewashing, whitewashed 1) N UNCOUNT Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white. 2) VERB If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with… …

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  • 38meet — 1 /mi:t/ verb past tense and past participle met /met/ 1 BE IN THE SAME PLACE (intransitive, transitive not in passive) a) to be in the same place as someone else because you have arranged to do this: Meet me at 8.00. | We agreed to meet in front …

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  • 39Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008 — Infobox U.S. federal election campaign, 2008 committee = Rudy Giuliani for President 2008 campaign = U.S. presidential election, 2008 candidate = Rudy Giuliani Mayor of New York City 1994 ndash;2001 cand id = P00003251 fec date = 2007 12 31… …

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  • 40release — A document or a process in which a secured party gives up its collateral interest in the property of the debtor. Releases may be for all of the property of the debtor or may be partial. For example, if a real estate developer has pledged 10 lots… …

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