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  • 21ask for someone's indulgence — ask for/beg/crave/etc someone’s indulgence spoken formal phrase used for asking someone to be patient while you say or do something I wonder, could I just crave your indulgence very briefly? Thesaurus: ways of telling or asking someone to… …

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  • 22Ask Katy — (pronounced Katty ) is the question and answer section of duranduran.com, the official website of the pop band Duran Duran. Questions are submitted and passed on to the band members, with their answers being posted to the site weekly. The band s… …

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  • 23ask sb to leave — ► HR to make someone leave their job: be asked to leave »They said I had breached confidentiality rules, and I was asked to leave. → See also DISMISS(Cf. ↑dismiss) Main Entry: ↑ask …

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  • 24someone won't bite — someone won’t bite spoken phrase used for telling someone not to be afraid of a particular person Just ask her. She won’t bite, you know. Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to worry or be upsetsynonym Main entry: bite …

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  • 25ask*/*/*/ — [ɑːsk] verb 1) [I/T] to speak to someone in order to get information from them I wondered who had given her the ring but was afraid to ask.[/ex] The police wanted to ask us a few questions.[/ex] She asked me how I knew about it.[/ex] Did you ask… …

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  • 26ask for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ask for : present tense I/you/we/they ask for he/she/it asks for present participle asking for past tense asked for past participle asked for 1) ask for something to speak or write to someone because you want… …

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  • 27ask for — verb increase the likelihood of (Freq. 4) ask for trouble invite criticism • Syn: ↑invite • Derivationally related forms: ↑invitation (for: ↑invite) …

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  • 28Ask — This is the quoted ask, or the lowest price an investor will accept to sell a stock. Practically speaking, this is the quoted offer at which an investor can buy shares of stock; also called the offer price. The New York Times Financial Glossary * …

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  • 29ask — Also called asking price or offer. It s the price at which the seller is willing to sell his/her futures contract ( asset). The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary This is the quoted ask, or the lowest price an investor will accept to sell a stock.… …

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  • 30Ask a Policeman — Infobox Film name = Ask a Policeman image size = 150px caption = director = Marcel Varnel producer = Edward Black writer = Marriott Edgar Sidney Gilliat(story) Val Guest J.O.C. Orton narrator = starring = Will Hay Graham Moffatt Moore Marriott… …

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