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  • 101prostration — prostrate ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying stretched out on the ground with one s face downwards. 2) completely overcome with distress or exhaustion. 3) Botany growing along the ground. ► VERB 1) (prostrate oneself) throw oneself flat on the ground in… …

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  • 102frogmarch — v. & n. esp. Brit. v.tr. 1 hustle (a person) forward holding and pinning the arms from behind. 2 carry (a person) in a frogmarch. n. the carrying of a person face downwards by four others each holding a limb …

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  • 103prostrate — adj. & v. adj. 1 a lying face downwards, esp. in submission. b lying horizontally. 2 overcome, esp. by grief, exhaustion, etc. (prostrate with self pity). 3 Bot. growing along the ground. v.tr. 1 lay (a person etc.) flat on the ground. 2 (refl.)… …

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  • 104western roll — noun Usage: usually capitalized W : a technique of high jumping in which the leg farthest from the bar lifts first, the jumper s side is to the bar as the body passes over it, and a three point landing is made on the take off leg and both hands… …

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  • 105breast stroke — breast|stroke «BREHST STROHK», noun. or breast stroke, a swimming stroke made by a swimmer face downwards with both arms, extended forward and together swept to the sides and back under water, while the legs make a frog kick …

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  • 106breast|stroke — «BREHST STROHK», noun. or breast stroke, a swimming stroke made by a swimmer face downwards with both arms, extended forward and together swept to the sides and back under water, while the legs make a frog kick …

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  • 107Sundial — A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style (a thin rod or a sharp, straight edge) onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating… …

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  • 108fall — 1 verb, past tense fell past participle fallen 1 MOVE DOWNWARDS (I) to move downwards from a higher position to a lower position: The rain had started falling again. (+out of/from/on): Wyatt fell from a second floor window. (+down): I m always… …

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  • 109Types of gestures — Gestures are a form of body language or non verbal communication.Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, having specific… …

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  • 110Badminton — infobox sport name = Badminton imagesize = 200px caption = The Danish badminton player Peter Gade union = Badminton World Federation nickname = first = 18th century registered = clubs = contact = No team = Single or doubles mgender = category =… …

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