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  • 41minus — preposition 1》 with the subtraction of.     ↘informal lacking: he was minus a finger. 2》 (of temperature) falling below zero by: minus 40 degrees centigrade. adjective 1》 (before a number) below zero; negative. 2》 (after a grade) rather worse… …

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  • 42since — preposition in the intervening period between (the time mentioned) and the time under consideration. conjunction 1》 during or in the time after. 2》 for the reason that; because. adverb 1》 from the time mentioned until the present or the time… …

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  • 43within — preposition 1) within the prison walls Syn: inside, in, enclosed by, surrounded by; within the bounds of, within the confines of Ant: outside 2) within a few hours Syn: in less than …

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  • 44prepositional — preposition ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a word governing a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element, as in ‘she arrived after dinner’ and ‘what did you do it for?’. DERIVATIVES prepositional adjective …

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  • 45afoul of — preposition : in or into conflict with : in or into opposition to he fell afoul of the law : in or into collision or entanglement with one ship ran afoul of the other * * * /əˈfaʊləv/ adv fall/run afoul of chiefly US : to get into trouble because …

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  • 46outtaken — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ preposition Etymology: Middle English, from out (I) + taken, past participle of taken to take (after taken out to take out) more at take archaic …

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  • 47HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …

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  • 48American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …

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  • 49HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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  • 50Phrasal verb — A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition, a verb and an adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and a preposition, any of which are part of the syntax of the sentence, and so are a complete semantic unit. Sentences, however, may… …

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