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31not hold breath — not hold (your) breath to not expect something to happen quickly. She wants the company to apologize for damaging her reputation, but she isn t holding her breath. Usage notes: often used in the form don t hold your breath: If you re waiting for… …
32but — but1 /but/; unstressed /beuht/, conj. 1. on the contrary; yet: My brother went, but I did not. 2. except; save: She was so overcome with grief she could do nothing but weep. 3. unless; if not; except that (fol. by a clause, often with that… …
33Not I — This article is about the play. For the restriction enzyme NotI, see restriction enzyme. Photo of Lisa Dwan, Battersea Arts Centre © Allan Titmuss Not I is a twenty minute dramatic monologue written in 1972 (March 20 to April 1) by Samuel Beckett …
34used to*/*/*/ — [ˈjuːst tuː] modal verb I summary: ■ Used to is usually followed by an infinitive: We used to swim in the river. But sometimes the following infinitive is left out: I don t play golf now, but I used to. ■ Used to only exists as a past tense. ■… …
35But to bring a sword — Casting out the money changers by Giotto, 14th century …
36Used good — A second hand or used good is one that is being purchased by or otherwise transferred to a second or later end user. A used good can also simply mean it is no longer in the same condition as it was when it was first transferd to the current end… …
37Not even wrong — For other uses, see Not even wrong (disambiguation). An argument that appears to be scientific is said to be not even wrong if it cannot be falsified (i.e., tested) by experiment or cannot be used to make predictions about the natural world. The… …
38but — [[t]bʌt[/t]] unstressed [[t]bət[/t]] conj. 1) fun on the contrary: My brother went, but I did not[/ex] 2) and yet; nevertheless: strange but true[/ex] 3) fun except; save: did nothing but complain[/ex] 4) fun without the circumstance that: It… …
39Not a typewriter — This article is about the UNIX error code. For the Robin Williams book The Mac is not a Typewriter, see Robin Williams (writer). In computer science Not a typewriter or ENOTTY is an error code defined in the errno.h found on many Unix systems.… …
40but — /bʌt / (say but), weak form /bət / (say buht) conjunction 1. on the contrary; yet: they all went, but I didn t. 2. except, rather than, or save: anywhere but here. 3. without the circumstance that, or that not: it never rains but it pours. 4.… …
