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  • 1beating — beat|ing [ bitıŋ ] noun count * 1. ) the act of hitting someone hard a number of times in a fight or as a punishment: The man had been given a severe beating. 2. ) a bad defeat in a game, competition, or election: It looked like Penn State was… …

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  • 2Real Madrid Castilla — Football club infobox clubname = Real Madrid Castilla fullname = Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol nickname = founded = 16 December 1930 (as Agrupación Deportiva Plus Ultra) ground = Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, Madrid, Madrid, Spain capacity =… …

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  • 3Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island — Infobox language = English network = MTV first aired = September 10, 2008 last aired = num series = 16 num episodes = preceded by = followed by = TBA website = http://theisland.mtv.com Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island is the sixteenth… …

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  • 4Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 — The Gauntlet II was the eleventh season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge , airing in late 2005 and into 2006 with 32 contestants and taking place in Trinidad and Tobago. The teams were designated Veterans and Rookies, based on the number of …

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  • 5When Your Heart Stops Beating — Studio album by +44 Released November 13, 2006 …

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  • 6Get Real — Infobox Film name = Get Real image size = caption = North American DVD cover for Get Real director = Simon Shore producer = Stephen Taylor writer = Patrick Wilde narrator = starring = Ben Silverstone Brad Gorton Charlotte Brittain Stacy Hart Kate …

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  • 7How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life —   …

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  • 8performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 9death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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